Week of December 19, 2011

Exciting events in our classroom: I sent home a note last Friday about our change in the date for our Christmas Party.  It is now in the afternoon of Thursday, December 22.  Girls should bring a "girl" present and boys should bring a "boy" present to exchange.  If you would like to send a Christmas treat or beverage to share with the class, those are welcome too! The Christmas store is Tuesday, December 20.  Everything at the store is 50 cents.  Students can purchase items for anyone on their list as long as they have the money for it.  This is also a good place for your child to buy their class Christmas present. The Baby Jesus Party turned out very nice.  We appreciate everything that was brought in.

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Chapter 4 test (types of sin)  Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE Math – Multiplication/Division (Please help your child practice their facts!) Science - Time for Kids Social Studies - KIND news Art -  Christmas activity  Spelling List usually worth family piece conversation whether special course shown around

Dates to Remember: Mon. Dec. 19 - Christmas Caroling Tues. Dec. 20 - School Christmas Store Thurs. Dec. 22 - Class Christmas party Dec. 24 - Jan. 2 - Christmas vacation

I hope that all of you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Drive safe and enjoy your time with your family. We must be working hard this year because we have already run out of pencils!  If you are able to donate another box of pencils to our classroom, I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks so much for all your support! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of December 12, 2011

Exciting events in our classroom: The Christmas Program turned out wonderful on Friday night.  Thanks to Ms. Betzold for her hard work and all my students that put their best efforts in to make it so nice!  We had a fun pizza party on Friday. With the guidance of Ms. Montano,  we were able to make homemade pizzas that were very yummy.  We enjoyed working with our Kindergarten buddies too!  Thank you Ms. Montano, Mr. Maynes, and Ms. Zifko for all your help! The Baby Jesus Birthday Party is coming up this Thursday afternoon.  At this party we will be celebrating the upcoming birth of Jesus by collecting baby items for The BRICK, making cards for people at the nursing home, and enjoy a birthday cake in honor of Jesus.  So far I haven't received any donations of baby items.  If you are able to send in anything for those in need, please do so.  Some of the items they are in need of are baby food, diapers, wipes, and baby shampoo. I plan to do our Safe and Sacred lesson on Tuesday of this week.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Sin/Reconciliation/Safe and Sacred Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE Math – Multiplication/Division (Please help your child practice their facts!) Science - Finish up body systems Social Studies - Wisconsin! Art -  Christmas activity  Spelling List class piece surface river common different through children answer thought

Dates to Remember: Thurs. Dec. 15 - Baby Jesus Birthday Party Mon. Dec. 19 - Christmas Carolling Tues. Dec. 20 - School Christmas Store Fri. Dec. 23 - Class Christmas party Dec. 24 - Jan. 2 - Christmas vacation

A note went home last Friday about our upcoming Christmas party.  If you have any questions please let me know.  We must be working hard this year because we have already run out of pencils!  If you are able to donate another box of pencils to our classroom, I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks so much for all your support! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of December 6, 2011

Exciting events in our classroom: We had a great field trip today to WITC.  The students got to do 12 hands on labs about the human body.  They even got to hold a sheep's heart, eye, kidney, and brain! Our Christmas Program is coming up on December 9th at 6:30.  The students are busy preparing for that with Ms. Betzold. The students worked together to purchase the "class pizza party" from our Rock Star Class Store.  I was impressed with their efforts!  Mrs. Montano will be coming in on Friday to help us make homemade pizzas for the party.  They also purchased a class movie, so we will be watching Mr. Popper's Penguins.  We are excited because we read that book earlier this year! We will be finishing up our Guided Reading books soon and then will be starting an independent reading unit.  I will be focusing on individualized strategies for reading.  Students will have a book at their level to read at school and at home.  Please support them in their reading!

Focus areas for the week: Religion – God's image Language Arts - Guided Reading groups, writing workshop, CAFE reading Math – Multiplication/Division Science - Circulatory and Respiratory Systems Art -  Knights of Columbus contest  Spelling List matter that's among until almost sign money bright apple special

Dates to Remember: Mon. Dec. 5 - Field trip to WITC Fri. Dec. 9 - Christmas Program - 6:30 Thurs. Dec. 15 - Baby Jesus Birthday Party Mon. Dec. 19 - Christmas Carolling Tues. Dec. 20 - School Christmas Store Fri. Dec. 23 - Class Christmas party Dec. 24 - Jan. 2 - Christmas vacation

A note will be going home this week about our class Christmas party.  Please be on the look out for this information.  Thank you to Mrs. Zifko, Mrs. Sunie, and Mr. Maynes for helping out with our field trip today! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of November 28, 2011

Exciting events in our classroom: We have a fun field trip coming up next Monday for a Science Day at WITC.  Last year it was a wonderful experience that helped us have hands on experience with exploring science. Our Christmas Program is coming up on December 9th at 6:00.  The students are busy preparing for that with Ms. Betzold. Tomorrow is Stuff the Gym night at our basketball game.  Games are at 6 and 7.  Please come if you can with your red and white Bruin's colors on! We will be finishing up our Guided Reading books soon and then will be starting an independent reading unit.  I will be focusin on individualized strategies for reading.  Students will have a book at their level to read at school and at home.  Please support them in their reading!

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Advent Language Arts - Guided Reading groups, writing workshop, quotation marks Math – Time Science - Circulatory and Respiratory Systems Art -  Knights of Columbus contest

Dates to Remember: Mon. Dec. 5 - Field trip to WITC Fri. Dec. 9 - Christmas Program

Permission slips will be coming home today for our Science Day at WITC.  Please sign them and return them by Friday.  If you have been through Safe and Sacred Training and are able to drive please let me know.  Please also sign your child's report card and send it back to me as soon as you can. Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of November 21, 2011

Exciting events in our classroom: We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday.  Thanks to all the classes that helped make it a nice time! We had our pizza party last Friday for winning the Stuff the Truck contest.  Thank you to all the students that brought items in to help us win.  Thank you also to Mr. Bell for providing the pizza.  We enjoyed it! Thank you Mrs. Zifko for surprising me with a wonderful birthday cake on Friday.  We also enjoyed that! I had a great turn out for Parent/Teacher Conferences last Thursday.  It was nice to talk to almost all of you.  It is so nice to work with such supportive parents!

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Chapter review and test Language Arts - Guided Reading groups, writing workshop, Thanksgiving Reader's Theatre, adjectives Math – Pretest Social Studies - Thanksgiving Art -  Thanksgiving activity

Dates to Remember: Wed. Nov. 23-Fri. Nov. 25 - No school - Happy Thanksgiving! Mon. Dec. 5 - Field trip to WITC Fri. Dec. 9 - Christmas Program

It was great to see so many of you at conferences.  Thank you for taking the time to come in and talk with me.  Please sign your child's report card and send it back to me as soon as you can. Have a great week and a very Happy Thanksgiving! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of November 14, 2011

Exciting events in our classroom: The Veteran's Program went great!  It was so fun to see all the costumes and the results of everyone's hard work.  Thanks to the parents for helping your child learn their lines and a big thanks to Ms. Betzold for her hard work! Thank you so much for all your donations for Stuff the Truck!  With a total weight of 232 lbs the 4th grade won the contest!  As a school, we were able to donate over 800 lbs of food and other items total to the BRICK.  What a great service project! We are still busy working on preparations for our school Thanksgiving luncheon on November 17.  We are helping the Kindergarten make table runners, and we are also in charge of the place cards.  It is always nice to sit down with the whole school for a Thanksgiving celebration! 2nd Quarter has now begun!  Please send a snack with your child to share with the class for this quarter.   Thanks to those of you that have already sent one! Parent/Teacher conferences are coming up this Thursday night.  Please contact me or Ms. Sara if you need to reschedule.  I will be giving you your child's report card at that time and discussing how their year is going so far.  I'm looking forward to talking with all of you!

Focus areas for the week: Religion – 8th Commandment - Honesty Language Arts - Guided Reading groups, writing workshop, Thanksgiving Reader's Theatre, poetry Math – Algebra! Social Studies - Our climate and resources Art -  Table runners and place cards for Thanksgiving dinner; Thanksgiving activity Science – Circulatory and Respiratory Systems

Dates to Remember: Thurs. Nov. 17 - Thanksgiving luncheon (during regular lunchtime) and Parent/Teacher Conferences (in evening) Wed. Nov. 23-Fri. Nov. 25 - No school - Happy Thanksgiving! Mon. Dec. 5 - Field trip to WITC Fri. Dec. 9 - Christmas Program

Thank you for your continued support of our classroom and your child's education! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of November 7, 2011

Exciting events in our classroom: Our Veteran's Program is coming up this Friday at 2:00.  The students have been working hard to prepare it with Ms. Betzold's direction.  Please come and see it if you can! Donations need to be sent by Thursday morning!  Please continue to send any non-perishable foods or toiletry items to donate to our Stuff the Truck collection.  All donations will be going to help those in need through The BRICK.  Mr. Bell has also given us further encouragement by offering a pizza party to the class with the heaviest weight of donated items! We are busy working on preparations for our school Thanksgiving luncheon on November 17.  We are helping the Kindergarten make table runners, and we are also in charge of the place cards.  It is always nice to sit down with the whole school for a Thanksgiving celebration! 2nd Quarter has now begun!  Please send a snack with your child to share with the class for this quarter.  I ask that everyone brings one snack per quarter.  The students and I really appreciate this!

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Finish 10 Commandments Language Arts - Guided Reading groups, writing workshop Math – Algebra! Social Studies - Natural Resources of WI Art -  Table runners and place cards for Thanksgiving dinner Science – Red Ribbon activities Music - The students are preparing for the Veteran's Day Program on November 11th.  They will be performing the program with the 3rd grade.  Last years program was extremely enjoyable and this year's looks like it will be great too!  Some of the the students have lines they have to memorize.  Please ask your student if they do and help them with their memorization.  It is okay if the lines are not word for word, but they need to get the main idea across.  Some students are nervous about this so they need our support!  Thank you!

Dates to Remember: Mon. Nov. 7 - Fri. Nov. 11 - Red Ribbon Week Wed. Nov. 9 - Picture Retakes and Family movie night at the Great Lake's Visitor Center - "A Dog Named Christmas" - Doors open at 5:45, admission is free! Thurs. Nov. 11 - Final Stuff the Truck Day Fri. Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day Program (3rd and 4th graders are leading this!) Mon. Nov. 14 - Early Release Day at 12:00 Thurs. Nov. 17 - Thanksgiving luncheon (during regular lunchtime) and Parent/Teacher Conferences (in evening)

Notes will be coming home soon about your time for Parent/Teacher Conferences.  If you are unable to make the time you are scheduled for please contact me or Ms. Sara about setting up a different time.  I am looking forward to talking with all of you! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of October 31, 2011

Exciting events in our classroom: We are finished with our ITBS testing! Our Halloween party was fun.  It was fun seeing all the different costumes. Please continue to send any non-perishable foods or toiletry items to donate to our Stuff the Truck collection.  All donations will be going to help those in need through The BRICK.  Mr. Bell has also given us further encouragement by offering a pizza party to the class with the heaviest weight of donated items! The end of 1st quarter is Friday.  I can't believe how fast it's gone.  Please remind your child that any missing work needs to be turned in by Friday to be a part of their grades.

Focus areas for the week: Religion – 10 Commandments Language Arts - We will begin Guided Reading groups later this week. Math – Addition/Subtraction facts Social Studies - Trees and water of WI Art -  Table runners and place cards for Thanksgiving dinner Science – Complete tree books Music - The students are preparing for the Veteran's Day Program on November 11th.  They will be performing the program with the 3rd grade.  Last years program was extremely enjoyable and this year's looks like it will be great too!  Some of the the students have lines they have to memorize.  Please ask your student if they do and help them with their memorization.  It is okay if the lines are not word for word, but they need to get the main idea across.  Some students are nervous about this so they need our support!  Thank you!

Dates to Remember: Fri. Nov. 4 - End of 1st Quarter Wed. Nov. 9 - Picture Retakes Fri. Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day Program (3rd and 4th graders are leading this!)

Thanks for all the help and support that so many of you give each week.  It is so nice to work with you to help give your child the best education possible! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of October 24th

Exciting events in our classroom: Our ITBS testing has been going well so far.  We are nearing the end.  We will be finished by Tuesday of this week! Our Liturgy and Grandparent's Day celebration went well last week.  It was so nice to see so many special visitors there.  The students did such a good job with their readings and jobs.  I was very proud of them! I will try to put up some pictures as soon as I can. Please continue to send any non-perishable foods or toiletry items to donate to our Stuff the Truck collection.  All donations will be going to help those in need through The BRICK.  Mr. Bell has also given us further encouragement by offering a pizza party to the class with the heaviest weight of donated items! Our Halloween Party is coming up on the morning of October 31st.  Students should wait to put their costumes on until they get to school.  You are welcome to send a treat for your child to share with the class on that day.  It is an early release day so all students will change out of costumes and leave at 12:00.

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Prayers and the Liturgical Year Language Arts - We will begin Guided Reading groups later this week. Math – Addition/Subtraction facts Social Studies - 5 Regions of WI Art -  Halloween decorating activity Science – Plant life cycle and parts Music - The students are preparing for the Veteran's Day Program on November 11th.  They will be performing the program with the 3rd grade.  Last years program was extremely enjoyable and this year's looks like it will be great too!  Some of the the students have lines they have to memorize.  Please ask your student if they do and help them with their memorization.  It is okay if the lines are not word for word, but they need to get the main idea across.  Some students are nervous about this so they need our support!  Thank you!

Dates to Remember: Mon. Oct. 31 - 12:00 Release for Students Fri. Nov. 4 - End of 1st Quarter Wed. Nov. 9 - Picture Retakes Fri. Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day Program (3rd and 4th graders are leading this!)

I will be sending home a paper on Tuesday listing any missing work that your child has.  I want to give them the chance to turn it in before the end of 1st quarter.  Please check their folders for this paper and encourage them to complete this work. Thanks so much to Mrs. Sunie who has been helping us with ITBS testing.  Thanks also to Mrs. Wolf for the special pizza treat during our Friday movie last week. Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of October 17th

Exciting events in our classroom: Today begins our ITBS standardized testing.  Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and a healthy breakfast this week.  We want them to do their very best!  If anyone is able to send a healthy snack for any days this week (such as fruits or vegetables, etc.), that is another way we can help keep the student's brains happy!  On Wednesday we will be celebrating Grandparent's Day.  It begins with a special breakfast together when the students arrive at school.  Then we have mass at 9, which we get to lead.  This is followed by time for the students to bring their grandparents (or grandfriends, special aunts or uncles, etc.) to the classroom where we will participate in an activity together, and they can give them a tour.  Our annual Stuff the Truck collection has begun.  Please send any non-perishable foods or toiletry items to donate.  All donations will be going to help those in need through The BRICK.

Focus areas for the week: Religion – We are the leaders for this week's Liturgy, so we are busy preparing for that.  It is also Grandparent's Day.  We are excited to prepare such a special mass! Language Arts - We will watch the movie of Mr. Popper's Penguins on Friday and compare it to the book. Math – ITBS testing Social Studies - ITBS Testing Art/Science – ITBS Testing Music - The students are preparing for the Veteran's Day Program on November 7th.  They will be performing the program with the 3rd grade.  Last years program was extremely enjoyable and this year's looks like it will be great too!  Some of the the students have lines they have to memorize.  Please ask your student if they do and help them with their memorization.  It is okay if the lines are not word for word, but they need to get the main idea across.  Some students are nervous about this so they need our support!  Thank you!

Dates to Remember: Wed. Oct. 19 - Grandparent's Day      8:00-8:45 - Breakfast with grandparents      9:00-10:00 - 4th grade leads mass     10:00-11:00 - Activities with grandparents Wed. Nov. 9 - Picture Retakes

Please try to make it to our mass on Wednesday at 9 if at all possible.  I know the students would love to see you there as they lead the mass! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of October 10th

Exciting events in our classroom: Our first class store went great last week.  The students were excited to get to shop with their well earned Starbucks.  It was fun to hear their strategies for saving up for some of the items that they couldn't yet afford.  It was also nice to see them helping each other out with "loans."  They are now working to earn more Starbucks (and hopefully not get too many debits) so they can enjoy the store again at the end of this month.  Thanks to Keely (from 6th grade) for being our store cashier! Next week begins our ITBS standardized testing.  There will be a note coming home soon regarding things you can do to help your student do their best on the testing.  This includes things such as a good night's sleep and a healthy breakfast.  If anyone is able to send a healthy snack for any days next week (such as fruits or vegetables, etc.), that is another way we can help keep the student's brains happy!  Next week we will also be having Grandparent's Day on Wednesday.  It begins with a special breakfast together when the students arrive at school.  Then we have mass at 9, which we get to lead.  This is followed by time for the students to bring their grandparents (or grandfriends, special aunts or uncles, etc.) to the classroom where we will participate in an activity together, and they can give them a tour.

Focus areas for the week: Religion – We are the leaders for next week's Liturgy, so we are busy preparing for that.  It is also Grandparent's Day.  We are excited to prepare such a special mass! Language Arts - Mr. Popper's Penguins; Poem for the month of October Math – Math facts practice Social Studies - 5 Regions of WI Art/Science – Art and Science are combined this week because we are working hard on our land conservation posters for the poster contest.  The theme this year is, "Forests for People."

Dates to Remember: Sun. Oct. 16 - All School Mass (10:00) and KC Pancake Breakfast (8:00-12:00)               Wed. Oct. 19 - Grandparent's Day      8:00-8:45 - Breakfast with grandparents      9:00-10:00 - 4th grade leads mass     10:00-11:00 - Activities with grandparents

We have an all school mass coming up this Sunday at 10:00.  Our goal is to have as many students as we can there to participate.  The KCs will also be putting on a pancake breakfast before and after mass, which will raise money for our school.  I encourage all of you to attend! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J