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Newsletter for Week of Jan. 27th, 2014 = Week in Review = Did anyone say BRRRRRR? We go outside for every recess unless it would be unhealthy. Please have your child bundled appropriately. I never call parents if your child forgets their shoes...toasty toes are just fine. Each day we are always learning so many new things and review the past. In Grammar we are reviewing nouns and verbs and learning that **is** and **are**, **was** and **were** are present and past tense verbs verbs. We are also tackling contractions. Just remembering all the different kinds and then the word **//apostrophe//**. Yikes! The English language seems to have so many rules for us to remember. We can't seem to write anything without hearing a reminder of something old or in turn learning something new. In Science we are working on the properties of solids and we are working on many investigations. This week we constructed with solids by remembering their properties as we built the tallest towers. This week we look to the sites and activities of [|Catholic Schools Week]. Conferences are optional this time and they are scheduled for Monday, February 3rd.

** Reading ** = = We have now completed one half of our reading curriculum with the culmination of our Unit 3 test. This week our story will be the retelling of Drakestail to "Drakes Tail." Our featured skill is the long a made with "ay and ai." We will continue making predictions and connections throughout the story, as we have in the past, discuss how a word may have multiple meanings, and review the concepts of past tense verbs and proper nouns. We enjoy a well deserved and desperately needed Read and Treat. The children loved the stories and the very special treat. encourage...friendship...relationship...rely...support ...across...carry...once...eight  walked... saw...upon...borrow...trip...snail...mail...chain...play...rain...way...day...worker  honey...queen The children will begin Chapter 16, Making Good Choices. We have been working on this the entire year and all throughout Guidance as well. We will begin learning about the 10 Commandments. I love how the 10 Commandments are presented to the First Graders in our text. I will definitely be sending this presentation home with the children. They are worded in such a way that the children can understand them as well as easy for you to discuss and implement reminders at home. Ask us what "WWJD" means! That's the easiest way to decide how to make good choices.
 * Vocabulary for "Drakes Tail " **
 * Religion **

= Math = We have been practicing our graphing skills throughout the week. We began two of our days with collecting data from our peers. We brought that information into the classroom and interpreted the data we collected by practicing how to ask each other questions from the data acquired as well as making statement of what we learned from the data. We will begin the measurement portion of our unit by measuring with nonstandard units. We proceeded to transfer our data into our ipad app and created our very own bar graph.

picture graph...data...tally chart...bar graph...nonstandard unit
 * Vocabulary for Graphing **

=  Riddles of the Week = What comes once in a year, twice in a week, but never in a month? A cabbage, a faucet, and a tomato had a race. What happened?
 * The letter "e". **
 * The cabbage was ahead, the faucet was running, and the tomato tried to ketchup! **

== =Important Dates = Jan. 26th-31st............[|.Catholic Schools Week]  Jan. 26th.....................SUNDAY, LCT Open House, 10:00-12:30 p.m.   Jan. 27th.....................uniforms, Newcastle 12:30-1:45 p.m.   Jan. 27th.....................[|Chess club] begins  Jan. 28th.....................Sports Day, DQ treat Jan. 29th.....................Wacky Wednesday, Spaghetti Dinner @ LCM gym 5-7:30 p.m. Jan. 30th.....................Hero Day Jan. 31st.....................LCM, all school Mass, Rocky's Pizza, at LCM all day, spirit wear Feb. 3rd......................Parent Teacher Conferences 7:30-3:30, no school Feb. 5th.......................Next Class Mass, 8:30 a.m.  Feb. 5th.......................Highland House Give Back   Feb. 5th.......................Special p.m. bus routes   Feb. 7th.......................Out of uniform   Feb. 10th.....................Kohl's Wildlife Theatre, 1:30-2:30   Feb. 12th.....................Birthday Blessings, Feb./Aug. Feb. 14th.....................Valentine's Day, wear pink/red tops  Feb. 14th.....................Special bus routes   Feb. 17th.....................Special Bus routes   Feb. 21st.....................No school, professional development