Week of May 28-June 1

Happy Memorial Day!

Our class really enjoyed the field trip to the Beverly Hills Library on Tuesday. It was so exciting for them to receive their first library card! The children’s librarian engaged their interest in a read aloud picture book entitled Library Lil.

This week we will continue to collect items for our Service Learning Project for “Get on the Bus”. If you have any items to contribute to this cause please submit them to me or Ms. Monroe by Thursday, May 31.

In Religion we continue to learn and practice the seven fruits of the Holy Spirit and begin our lessons with a decade of the rosary in honor of our Blessed Mother for the month of May. For Science we completed our Lab last week on Liguids and compared various types. This week we will learn about the properties of Gases and complete Lab 3. For math please continue to practice subtraction number facts to 15 for speed and accuracy. The students are really progressing nicely with telling time to the half hour and quarter-hour!

Wishing you a great week and I hope you enjoyed the holiday weekend!

Monday: No School

Tuesday: Study and write spelling words for Lesson 28

Wednesday: Math 124B

Thursday: Math 125B
Spelling Test tomorrow

Friday: Spirit Day- Dismissal at 12:30 p.m.

Week of May 21-25

Happy Memorial Day!

We will have our field trip to the Beverly Hills Library on Tuesday, May 22. Please make sure that your child wears their school uniform for this event. Also, if your child needs to have a booster or car seat while driving in a car that you leave it with me in the morning to be used in the cars of the parents that are driving us to the library. We should return just before lunch time.

Also, on Friday the fourth quarter Progress Reports were sent home in the Homework Folders. Please sign the report paper and return it to me by Wednesday, May 23.

Just a reminder that there will be no school on Monday, May 28 in observance of Memorial Day. School will resume on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

Homework:
Monday: Study and write spelling words for Lesson 27
Math Les 120B

Tuesday: Field Trip today to the Beverly Hills Library. We will leave school at
8:30 a.m. No math homework today

Wednesday: Religion Test on Chapter 16 today
Math Les 121B

Thursday: Study for Spelling Test tomorrow
Math Les 122B

Friday: Spirit Day- Dismissal 12:30 p.m.
7th grade Ice Cream fundraiser $1.00 at dismissal time

Week of May 14-18

Thank you very much for all of the wonderful, delicious meals you provided for the Teachers and Staff for Teacher Appreciation Week! You are so kind and thoughtful to think of us! I hope that you had a lovely Mother’s Day!

For this week we will be walking to church for our School Mass on Wednesday, May 16, for the May Procession celebration. The Eighth Grade will lead. In Religion we continue to learn about the seven fruits of the Holy Spirit and that petitions are asking prayers. The students will create and write their own petitions of prayer, as well. In Math we will learn about identifying fractional parts, graphing tags on a bar graph, and identifying geometric solids.

Have a great week!

Homework:

Monday: Study spelling words for Lesson 26

Tuesday: Math Lesson 117B

Wednesday: Math Lesson 118B

Thursday: Study for Spelling test tomorrow on Lesson 26
Math Lesson 119B

Friday: Spirit Day -Dismissal 12:30 p.m.

Crusader Day-Thursday May 10

Crusader Day-

We will be celebrating our school’s birthday with Crusader Day on Thursday. Students may wear a spirit/sport jersey shirt and jeans. However, with the weather being much warmer they may wear jean shorts the length of their uniform shorts. For lunch we will have our pre-ordered In- N- Out burgers. There are fun activites planned. Later in the afternoon we will have our annual 8th grade/teacher volleyball game!

Week of May 7-11

Happy Mother’s Day!

In the month of May we honor our Blessed Mother. We honor Mary in special ways; such as, a May procession. Our School Mass on Wednesday, May 16 will be our dedication to Mary with a May procession lead by the eighth graders and the First Communicants of the second grade. The first graders this week will learn about this special event and the hymn, “Hail Mary: Gentle Woman”. Also, we will recite a decade of the rosary before beginning our Religion lessons this week while practicing the prayer, “Hail Mary”. In Math we will review the concepts of less than, greater than and equal and learn the liquid measurement equivalents of cup and quart. For Science this week we will begin our Physical Science unit on Solids, Liquids and Gases. The students will gain an understanding that solids, liquids and gases have different properties through the Directed Inquiry Lab for Lesson One “What Are Solids?”.

On another note our classroom is in need of baby wipes and tissues. If you are able to supply these items your support is greatly appreciated!

It was great to see all of you at the Spring Carnival on Sunday! The children really enjoyed the games and activities. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to make this event successful.

Have a nice week and a lovely Mother’s Day!

Homework:

Monday: Write and study Spelling List words for Lesson 25
Religion Test tomorrow Ch 15

Tuesday: Math Lesson 113B
In and Out Order forms are due today for Crusader Day-May 10

Wednesday: Math Lesson 114B

Thursday: Math Lesson 115B
Study for Spelling test tomorrow Lesson 25

Friday: Spirit Day and Electives today
Dismissal at 12:30 p.m.
Seventh Grade Ice Cream Fundraiser today-$1.00

Week of April 30-May 4

The students really enjoyed our field trip to the Natural History Museum last week. It was a fun learning experience for all! They especially enjoyed the Dinosuar Encounter Show!

This week in Religion we continue to learn about the seven Fruits of Holy Spirit. Also, we will read about St. Thomas Aquinas and how he taught others about the Holy Spririt which guides us to follow Jesus. For our Spelling list words for the week the focus of skill development is on the long vowel o sound with a silent e. Additionally, we will read and recite poems with describing words that end in -er, and -est. Our new Social Studies unit is on learning about being good citizens and an understanding for the need for laws in our country and rules in the classroom. This week in cooperative groups the students will write their own ideas about classroom rules and illustrate a poster while developing a sentence that states the complete idea. In Math we will learn how to divide a set of objects by sharing and estimating and measuring capacity of different types of containers. Please continue to practice telling time to the half hour and subtraction facts to 15.

Have a great week and it was nice to see all of you at the Spring Carnival!

Homework:

Monday: Write Spelling list words for Lesson 24

Tuesday: Math Lesson 110B

Wednesday: Math Lesson 111B

Thursday: Study Spelling words for Lesson 24 test tomorrow

Friday: Spirit Day today – Dismissal at 12:30 p.m.

Week of April 23-27

Our field trip to the Natural History Museum is scheduled for this Thursday, April 26. Permission slips were sent home last week. If you have not returned one and would like your child to attend, please submit it to me by Tuesday, April 24.
The students will be wearing their Spirit shirts and jeans. Also, please pack a sack lunch labeled with name, Grade 1 and GCS on the bag. We will leave by bus at 8:30 a.m. and return approximately at 1:30 p. m. Our class will attend the field trip with the Kindergarten and Second Grade classes. We are looking forward to an educationally fun time!

Also, this week our class will lead the second mass for this month. The School Mass will be on Wednesday, April 25 at 10:15 a.m. following the first recess time.
Please join us for this celebration!

Have a nice week!

Homework:
Monday: Write Spelling words for Lesson 23-Test is Friday
Permission slips are due tomorrow for field trip to Natural HIstory Museum

Practice readings for Mass on Wednesday

Tuesday: Math Les 104 B
Practice readings for Mass on Wednesday

Wednesday: Mass today at 10:15 a.m.
Math Les 105B Study number facts of subtraction of 10

Thursday: Study for Spelling test Lesson 23 tomorrow

Friday: Spirit Day – Dismissal is 12:30 p.m.

Week of April 16-20

Welcome back from Spring Break!

Thank you very much for the lovely and generous birthday gifts! It was so kind of you to think of me. I hope you had wonderful Easter and a great Spring vacation!

Report cards were mailed on Friday, April 6. Please let me know if you have not received one for your child. Also, return the report card signed to me by Wednesday of this week.

In Religion we will continue to learn about the Holy Spirit and that water in Baptism and holy oil in Confirmation are symbols of the Holy Spirit. The cards that the students made for the Catechumens of the parish for the Easter Vigil Mass were well received and appreciated. The pillar of character for the month of April for our school Character Counts! program is Trustworthiness. Before the Spring Break we began to discuss and implement the meaning of this pillar and how to apply trustworthiness in our daily routines in class. Our Science unit on Weather for this week is on how the Sun warms the Earth’s land, air and water. The students will participate in a Directed Inquiry Lab in which they will record and compare temperatures of three jars of sand and water and the connection to the objects being heated by the Sun. In Social Studies we will continue to learn about Transportation of Long Ago and inventions such as the airplane by the Wright Brothers and to the present time of travel into space. For math we will review counting nickels and progress into counting by tens with dimes. Our spelling list for this week is words with Long vowel i sounds and silent e. Keep practicing those handwriting skills. The students have improved very nicely!

Have a super week!

Homework:

Monday: Math Les 99B
Study and write spelling words for Lesson 22

Tuesday: Math -Fact Homework

Wednesday: Math Les 101B

Thursday: Study spelling list words and sentences for test tomorrow

Friday: Spirit Day Dismissal at 12:30pm

April 5-Shortened Day Dismissal

Just a reminder that Thursday, April 5 is an Early Dismissal day at 12:30 PM. There will be no After Care tomorrow.
Have a wonderful, Spring vacation! See you on April 16!

Week of April 2-6

With Holy Week approaching the students are learning about the events of Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter celebration. For our School Mass this week on Wednesday, our First Graders will lead and participate in the First Reading and Responsorial Psalms. Last week on Friday Ms. Hernandez and I sent home a copy in the Homework folders of the students reading at mass to begin practicing in preparation. Please join us in this celebration!

In Math we continue practicing telling time to the hour and half hour. Also, gaining speed and accuracy with addition number facts to the sums of 10. Additionally, last week they were introduced to the concept of adding number facts with the missing addend.

We began to make our Easter bunny project on Friday and will complete decorating it with the ribbons and flowers on Monday. The children had fun making this project and I’ m sure they will enjoy completing the activity. They are really looking forward to the Easter celebration and Spring vacation!

On Wednesday the class is going to have a Birthday/Pizza Lunch. Therefore, you do not have to pack their lunch or order one for that day. Lunch will be provided.

Also, as a reminder we still need to receive the Intent to Return forms which were due to the office on March 30. Please check to see if you submitted your form.

Have a great week and a very, blessed Easter!

Homework:

Monday: No Spelling list words this week due to 12:30 dismissal on Thursday and no school on Friday.
Math Les 97B
Practice Readings for Mass on Wednesday

Tuesday: Math Les 98B
Science Quiz today on Ch 5 Weather

Wednesday: Math Les 99B
Mass today at 10:15 AM

Thursday: No homework-Dismissal 12:30 PM
No School on Friday April 6- Good Friday