Week of January 30, 2012 - Catholic School's Week!

Exciting events in our classroom: Our Chinese New Year celebration turned out wonderful!  Thanks so much to Mrs. Zifko and Ms. Hnath for all your time and effort.  The students had a wonderful time experiencing the Chinese New Year celebration! I hope you received the note form your child about Parent/Teacher Conferences coming up on February 9.  Please contact the office or me if you need to reschedule. Thanks for all the donations for our Catholic School's Week basket.  We ended up with a lot of things for our silent auction. Please check the school's website for a calendar of all the special events coming up this week.  It should be a fun-filled celebration of our Catholic school! Please continue to check that your child is reading their "good fit" book for 20 minutes each night.

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Chapter 5 test Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE - finish one "good fit" bookMath – Multiplication/Division and Algebra (Please help your child practice their facts!) Social Studies - Native American unit; Science - Scientific method Spelling List power problem longer winter almost however course several hours instead

Dates to Remember: Jan. 30 - Feb. 3 - Catholic School's Week Tues. Jan. 31 - Mass with the Bishop here 10:00 Wed. Feb. 1 - Sliding and snowshoeing after lunch Thurs. Feb. 2 - 1:00 - 3rd-5th grade spelling bee

Thanks for all your help in supporting our Catholic school!         We are still working on our Native American unit.  I'm excited by how the projects are turning out so far.  Thank you for helping out your child at home if they need it!  I'm interested in finding someone that might be able to help us cook Indian tacos as a part of this unit.  Are any of you knowledgeable about that or do you know someone that is?  Please contact me if you can help! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of January 23, 2012

Exciting events in our classroom: Happy Chinese New Year!  I'm looking forward to a fun afternoon today with the help of Mrs. Zifko in celebrating our Chinese New Year.  We are getting together with the first graders to do some cooking and crafting related to the Chinese New Year. Notes will be coming home soon about Parent/Teacher Conferences.  Please contact me or the school office if you need to reschedule.  I hope that I will be able to talk with all of you about your child's education! Catholic School's Week is coming up at the end of this month.  The theme for our silent auction basket is "Summer Fun."  I am asking that each student bring one small summer fun item or $2-$5 in to contribute to our basket.  I need the item or money by Tuesday, January 24. We are beginning to run low on snacks again, so please start sending in a snack to share for 3rd quarter with your child. Your child should be reading their "approved" book for 20 minutes each night.  I've been working with them to pick out a book that matches their skill level and interest.  Some students are reading different books at school and at home and others are bringing their book back and forth to read each day.  Please help remind them each night to read their approved book.  This is a great way to work on their reading comprehension!

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Our unique image Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE - finish one "good fit" book; antonyms Math – Multiplication/Division and Algebra (Please help your child practice their facts!) Social Studies - Native American unit; Chinese New Year Science - Scientific method Spelling List between example human tonight future families outer instead surface together *devour

Dates to Remember: Jan. 30 - Feb. 3 - Catholic School's Week Tues. Jan. 31 - Mass with the Bishop here

Thanks to Kreighton for the pencils!  Thanks to all of you that have sent in items for our basket and snacks!            We are still working on our Native American unit.  I'm excited by how the projects are turning out so far.  Thank you for helping out your child at home if they need it!  I'm interested in finding someone that might be able to help us cook Indian tacos as a part of this unit.  Are any of you knowledgeable about that or do you know someone that is?  Please contact me if you can help! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of January 16, 2011

Exciting events in our classroom: Our Liturgy went really well last week.  I'm very proud of the students for taking all their "parts" seriously, including going through a pretend baptism. Catholic School's Week is coming up at the end of this month.  The theme for our silent auction basket is "Summer Fun."  I am asking that each student bring one small summer fun item or $2-$5 in to contribute to our basket.  I need the item or money by Tuesday, January 24. We are beginning to run low on snacks again, so please start sending in a snack to share for 3rd quarter with your child. Your child should be reading their "approved" book for 20 minutes each night.  I've been working with them to pick out a book that matches their skill level and interest.  Some students are reading different books at school and at home and others are bringing their book back and forth to read each day.  Please help remind them each night to read their approved book.  This is a great way to work on their reading comprehension! It's hard to believe but 2nd quarter will be ending on January 19th.  Please keep an eye on your student's assignments and encourage them to do any missing ones.

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Image of God Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE - finish one "good fit" book Math – Multiplication/Division and Algebra (Please help your child practice their facts!) Social Studies - Native American unit Science - Scientific method Spelling List *freedom

Dates to Remember: Thursday, Jan. 19 - End of 2nd quarter Fri., Jan. 20 - No school  (Teacher inservice) Jan. 30 - Feb. 3 - Catholic School's Week Tues. Jan. 31 - Mass with the Bishop here

Thanks to Corbin for the pencils!     We are working on Native American tribe projects.  The students are working with a partner to learn more about a Native American Tribe of Wisconsin.  I'm hoping to do either a field trip or have some guest speakers come in along with this unit.  If you have any knowledge about Native American culture, art, language, etc., please let me know. Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of January 9, 2012

Exciting events in our classroom: We are leading this week's Liturgy.  All parents and other relatives and friends are invited to attend our mass on Wednesday at 9:00.  We will be celebrating the baptism of Jesus and having our own pretend baptism. Your child should be reading their "approved" book for 20 minutes each night.  I've been working with them to pick out a book that matches their skill level and interest.  Some students are reading different books at school and at home and others are bringing their book back and forth to read each day.  Please help remind them each night to read their approved book.  This is a great way to work on their reading comprehension! It's hard to believe but 2nd quarter will be ending on January 19th.  Please keep an eye on your student's assignments and encourage them to do any missing ones. Catholic School's Week is coming up at the end of this month.  You will be receiving information about this later this week.  One thing that we will be doing is creating a theme basket for the silent auction.  I will be asking each student to bring something in for our basket based on our theme.  We have not chosen what that will be yet but I will let you know when we do. We are beginning to run low on snacks again, so please start sending in a snack to share for 3rd quarter with your child.

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Lead Liturgy and faithful cinquains Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE Math – Multiplication/Division and Algebra (Please help your child practice their facts!) Social Studies - Native American unit Science - Scientific method Spelling List instead either pictured unusual understand completely English probably pieces friends *ecology

Dates to Remember: Thursday, Jan. 19 - End of 2nd quarter Fri., Jan. 20 - No school  (Teacher inservice) Jan. 30 - Feb. 3 - Catholic School's Week Tues. Jan. 31 - Mass with the Bishop here

Thanks to Mrs. Zifko for the pencils!     Please remind your child to dress for the cold weather.  I see cold weather is again in the forecast so make sure they are bringing their snowpants, boots, hats, mittens, and jackets with them. Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of January 3, 2012

Exciting events in our classroom: Our Christmas party was very nice.  Thanks for all the wonderful presents and to those who brought in snacks to share! We are leading next week's Liturgy.  All parents and other relatives and friends are invited to attend. It's hard to believe but 2nd quarter will be ending on January 19th.  Please keep an eye on your student's assignments and encourage them to do any missing ones.

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Plan next week's Liturgy Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE Math – Multiplication/Division (Please help your child practice their facts!) Social Studies - Native American unit Spelling List example American toward happened we've animals often almost round past *Epiphany

Dates to Remember: Thursday, Jan. 19 - End of 2nd quarter Fri., Jan. 20 - No school  (Teacher inservice) Jan. 30 - Feb. 3 - Catholic School's Week Tues. Jan. 31 - Mass with the Bishop here

I hope that everyone enjoyed their Christmas break and were able to spend time with their loved ones. Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J