Mrs. Porter’s Newsletter

Feb. 17^th-21st, 2013

 

Calendar of Events

Monday, Feb. 17^th-President’s Day-School IN session

Tuesday, Feb. 18^th-Mandatory PTO meeting on Cyber Bullying-6:00PM

Wednesday, Feb. 19th-8:30AM All School Mass

 

NEWS AND NOTES

I’m in a little shock as I look out of my classroom windows.  I didn’t realize that it was supposed to snow this much.  Be safe this weekend and I’m really looking forward to the warmer weather next week.

 

Thank you to all of you who were able to donate to the Indy Spring Break basket for the CYO reverse raffle dinner.  This will take place on Saturday, Feb. 15^th.

 

I will be sending home a letter very soon explaining a new website that I would like to students to use.  It is called www.learnzillion.com and there are short tutorials on there that I want students to watch from home.  I will be able to check if they have watched it and there is a short quiz on each one.  The first video series will be on collecting data and making graphs.

 

Everybody who is receiving First Communion this year should have received a letter from the Religious Education office confirming your First Communion date.  The retreat will be held on March 15^th.  Make sure that you have that on your calendar.  One parent and the student is expected to attend this special day.

 

Thank you so much for sending in Valentines!  I appreciate the chocolates, bracelet, and other goodies that I received on my desk.    Also, thank you to everybody who came and assisted with the party that afternoon.  The kids always look forward to celebrating these special days with friends.

 

Tuesday, Feb. 18^th is the last mandatory bully parent meeting.  Child care will be provided for students in K-4^th grades.  5^th-8^th graders are encouraged to attend the meeting with parents.  Ryan Mears will be speaking to us about Cyber Bullying-a very important topic in today’s modern society.  The meeting starts at 6:00 PM.

 

Please make sure that you are helping your child prepare a speech based on the life of his/her wax museum figure.  We will work on it here at school as well.

 

Don’t forget to check your child’s school progress on www.mystudentsprogress.com.  I try and add grades at least once a week.

 

Since we are making up school days, conferences will be help as requested.  Please let me know if you are interested in setting up a conference and I will do the same.

 

Have a great Valentine’s weekend!

 

Reading-Compare/Contrast two stories/Daily 5/Story mapping

Spelling-Unit 18

Religion- Chapter 2 in yellow book-We Gather

Math- Complete Unit 4 on data and graphs

Social Studies-Maps and President’s Day compare/contrast

Mrs. Porter’s Newsletter        

Feb. 3-7^th, 2014

Calendar of Events

Wednesday, Feb.5th-All School Mass-8:30AM

                         Field trip to the Children’s Museum

Friday, Feb. 8^th-February Book Order due

NEWS AND NOTES

Please make sure that you keep your child’s First in Math paper in a safe place.  I would like these to be returned to school at the end of the month with a parent signature.

Valentine’s Day is coming soon!  We will be celebrating this holiday on Friday, Feb. 14^th at 1:40.  Please have your child sign and bring 20 valentines for the class.  It’s easiest if they are not personalized to each student.  We will be making Valentine’s bags in class to put our Valentines in. Thanks so much! 

I have received one envelope of “Spring break in Indy” items for the Reverse Raffle basket.  Please donate if you can!   Thank you so much!

The office is also taking donations for the Ramirez family from St. Philip’s who lost two members of their family in a tragic fire.  

The months of January and February are always tough to get through.  It’s cold, dark, and we have to stay inside A LOT!  I ask that you please review homework procedures with your child this month.  I have students who are not coming to school prepared.   Their homework is incomplete, or they don’t have everything that they should.  Thank you to those students who continue to do a good job even during these dark days!  Don’t forget to fill in those reading logs and send them back on Monday mornings!

I drew Allan Gonzalez’s name to have the chaperone parent for our field trip on Wednesday morning.  If any other parent would like to meet us there, you can check with the Lilly Theatre at the Children’s Museum and see if they have extra tickets.  Thank you to those parents who volunteered to go!  I am going to let the students eat a snack before we leave, so if you remember to send one in that would be great.  We leave at 9:45 and return at 12:30.  Kids can bring a sack lunch or order a sack lunch from the cafeteria.

We had a great Catholic School’s Week culminating with a great volleyball game between the teachers and the eighth graders.  What a fun way to be thankful for the opportunity to go to a school filled with faith.  Thank you for the sacrifices you make to send your child(ren) to Holy Spirit!

Finally, we will be having school on President’s Day to make up for the snow/cold days we have had.

Week at a Glance:

Reading- Lexile level reading passages and check for understanding

Religion- Chapter 1 in the Yellow Communion books.  Please make sure that you have paid $20 if your child has one.

Math-Unit 4-Organizing and collecting data

Science-Complete Air and Weather

Spelling-Unit 16 words