Mrs. Porter’s Newsletter

April 22-26, 2013

 

Calendar of Events

 

Saturday, April 20^th-First Communion 11:00AM

Wednesday, April 24^th- Mass 8:30AM

Thursday, April 25^th-Make sure your speech is memorized!

         

NEWS AND NOTES

 

I’m looking forward to watching our first group of First Communicants receive the sacrament this Saturday morning.  I know that the students are excited and ready to go.  You may want to do a quick review of the proper technique before tomorrow morning.  We have asked the kids to make sure that hands are clean and clothes are tidy.  The procedures that we mentioned were:

 

*Lift kneeler quietly with your hands.

*Keep hands in a prayerful position until the person in front of you is receiving.

*Get hands ready by putting the hand that you write with underneath the other hand to make a special cup for the host.

*Give a small bow.

*Reach up so the Eucharistic minister does not have to bend down.

*Say “Amen!”

*When the host is in your mouth, please do not chew it like bubble gum.

*The sign of the cross is optional.

*Put hands back in a prayerful position all the way to your seat.

*Kneel and thank Jesus for coming to you.

 

If your child will be receiving from the cup, we told the students that they just need to let it touch their lips and that is good enough.  Enjoy this special day with your family and friends!  Remember that our school celebration of First Communion with take place on May 8^th at the 8:30AM mass.

 

I am very proud of the hard work that most of my students have done on their wax museum packets!  Now, it’s time to get ready for the speech.  If your child’s speech is really long and hard to memorize, he/she may take out some less significant parts.  Please make sure that the most important parts of the person’s life are covered:  Birth, why he/she is famous, and death.  Your child needs to be practicing the speech every night so it’s memorized by Thursday. Thank you for helping with this large project. 

 

This week, our class lost the First in Math trophy to Ms. Hill’s class.  But, we can get it back!  Every student should be working on his/her challenges for 10 minutes each night.  Good job Brayden Moyars for being Holy Spirit’s Player of the Month in First in Math!!

 

Don’t forget to send in those box tops!

 

Remember to celebrate the earth this month.  Ask your child how he/she can take care of our earth.

 

Benchmark/WRAP/ and IREAD2 testing will start taking place the week of April 28^th.

 

WEEK AT A GLANCE

 

Reading-Small group/QAR strategies/inferencing

Spelling-Unit 24-review long vowel spellings

Religion-We carry on the word of Jesus

Math- Measuring with rulers-Standard and Metric

Science-Invesigation 2-Motion