Calendar of Events

Sunday, January 13^th-First Communion meeting at 4:30PM.  Meet in the church.  One parent must be present with your child.

Monday, January 14^th-Honors ceremony for the second quarter at 7:45AM

Wednesday, January 16^th-All School Mass at 8:30AM

Friday, January 18^th-Class Spelling Bee-The winner will be announced at the School Spelling Bee on January 23^rd.

 

The benchmark testing has been going really well this week.  I am very pleased with a lot of the results.  Most of the students have scores that have improved.  If you have a child who didn’t improve, I have noted this and will be working on new strategies for how to teach him/her to their best ability.  The scores will be coming home next Friday so please look for that and discuss it with your child.  I did have a few students retake the test because they rushed through it.  Their scores reflect what can happen when we take our time and do our very best.

 

You have received several reminders about the First Communion meeting scheduled for Sunday at 4:30AM in the church.  Parking will be limited because of the large visitation for Mr. O’Donnell. What an exciting time for these second graders.  We will begin our lessons on the Eucharist in the next few weeks.

 

Before Christmas break, I sent home the second grade spelling bee words with each student.  All students will participate in our class spelling bee.  Encourage your child to review these words each night and maybe he/she will be our winner!

 

The Family Connect for the lifeline “Problem Solving” is due on Monday.  I would like to see a little work at the bottom of the page by each student.  Have your child write 2-3 ideas about how to solve a problem.  We will continue to work on Just the Facts-addition for one more week.  I only have a couple of students who haven’t achieved at least 50% complete.  Keep up the great work!  I will be looking for students who can achieve 100% by next Friday!

 

We do continue to collect Box Tops, so please keep sending them in!  Remember that if you collect 50 in a bag your name will be included in the drawing for a TV.  Make sure that you put your child’s name on the baggie with the Box Tops.

 

Thank you for sending in the dove for your child.  I am very close to having everybody’s here at school.  I really appreciate it! 

 

Finally, you will be receiving your child’s progress report for the second quarter today.  Printing of the actual report cards continues to be an issue and we’re working to resolve that.  Please make sure that you continue to check your child’s progress on www.mystudentsprogress.com. 

 

 

Reading- Fables/Nonfiction in small groups/Martin  Luther King stories

English/LA-Homophones

Spelling-Long i/spelling patterns/words that rhyme

Religion- Chapter 5

Math-Even and Odd/ Tens and Ones

Science-Air and Weather