Veteran's Day - we pray for all of our Armed Forces, both living and dead who have and are serving our great country! We owe them a great deal for our freedom. We had a nice service with our area veterans today. It was well attended. Yesterday, we read and discussed Veteran's Day in our Weekly Reader.
This week we are doing our Theme 2 Reading-Writing Workshop. We are working on descriptive writing. We use the writing process steps when we write. I read a story and a book so we could pick out words that describe. They can see how it adds to the story to describe in detail. It's a little hard for them to put down in writing, but I think most are beginning to "get it".
Next week we will be doing Theme 2 skills tests. I will have Theme 1 Tests for you at conferences.
In Science, we're studying life cycles of plants and animals.
We are learning about graphs in Math. We used a horizontal and vertical bar graph as well as a tally table. It's a fun thing for kids!
We did our 6th Reconciliation lesson on Monday, and we made Welcome Home posters. Remember to ask to see your child's lesson as they add a parent note on the last page.
**PLEASE MAKE A NOTE**
1ST RECONCILIATION DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO JANUARY 6TH AT 5:30. This is necessary with Fr. Paul working alone.
See you at conferences next Tuesday!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Nov. 1st
The Halloween/Honors Party on Friday was a big success. The kids had a good time. It could have been for a shorter time so we could have had a classroom party, but I did let them have their treats for morning break. :-) I hope they all had a great time trick-or-treating!
This week we'll be working with words with double consonants. I have a little game to play with them. I am pleased with how well they are doing in spelling now that they have had 7 tests and have figured out that a lot of the words repeat from week to week. This helps them learn the words and use them in their writing rather than learn them just for the test and forget them.
We pray for Father Paul's family as they mourn the loss of their mother. We also pray for members of our families, the soldiers, and many other intentions every day. I love how it helps them think of others and their needs.
Remember there's only 1/2 day of school ( for the kids :-) not the teachers) on Wednesday! October went by so fast, and with Thanksgiving vacation coming soon, it will be a short month for November.
Thank you for all who donated to Stuff-A-Truck and for sending prizes for our Halloween bash! We appreciate everything you do!
This week we'll be working with words with double consonants. I have a little game to play with them. I am pleased with how well they are doing in spelling now that they have had 7 tests and have figured out that a lot of the words repeat from week to week. This helps them learn the words and use them in their writing rather than learn them just for the test and forget them.
We pray for Father Paul's family as they mourn the loss of their mother. We also pray for members of our families, the soldiers, and many other intentions every day. I love how it helps them think of others and their needs.
Remember there's only 1/2 day of school ( for the kids :-) not the teachers) on Wednesday! October went by so fast, and with Thanksgiving vacation coming soon, it will be a short month for November.
Thank you for all who donated to Stuff-A-Truck and for sending prizes for our Halloween bash! We appreciate everything you do!
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