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Newsletter for Week of Jan. 6th, 2014 = Week in Review = We had a great week leading to the end of 2013. We thank you so much for coming to our story "The Savior that God Sent." We were very happy to tell you the story of the birth of Jesus in our own special way. We were able to perform it for the other grades in the afternoon. We especially want to thank Mrs. Melichar so much! She helped us with all of our music as we told this very special story. We also had such a busy

on Thursday evening. Thank you so much for attending our Christmas Program and we hope you enjoyed it. Friday is just what we needed as we ended with a pajama day.......oh my, we all need a rest. We had a great time at our Christmas party and we enjoyed saying "see you next year" as we left for the holidays. We wish you and your entire family a very happy Christmas celebration and may you all receive an abundance of God's blessings as enter into 2014.

= Reading = = = When we return in 2014, we will be introduced to the long vowels sounds of long o, u, and e and the respective word chunks of -ope, -ose, -ote, -ute, and -ube. The children are hearing so often about how complex the English language is because there are so many things to learn with exceptions. Long o can be made with just an o, oa, ow, o_e and even oe. Long u could be made with just u, u_e, _ew, _ue, and long e has numerous possibilities with e_e. ee, ea, y, and _ie_. Learning all of this is certainly a progression and we are always trying to remember more each week. Our story, "Rose Robot Cleans Up" is certainly a story of cleaning, creativity, and recycling....actually making something from nothing. This is a great story for this week and next.

Vocabulary for "Rose Robot Cleans Up"
create...inspire...hobby...resourceful...structure ...after...done...find...new...work...old...use...hope...hope...nose...note...rope...cube...cute...recyling...plastic...sort

= **Religion ** = When we return we will be review what we were learning about the Holy Spirit and later in the week we will start our chapter on service as we love and serve others. We will hear the story of how Jesus washed the feet of his apostles to show us how we must serve other. We are all called to be followers of Jesus as we follow his examples by helping others. We serve others by giving someone a hug if they are lonely, share food with the hungry, cheer someone up if they are sad, and even by saying only kind words to others.

= Math = When we return from vacation we will begin our next math unit on graphing. We will learn about the difference between concrete and picture graphs. We will learning about a variety of graphs that can display and interpret data. We will begin by graphing our holiday and winter favorites.

sort...picture graph...concrete graph...tally chart...tally mark...bar graph...possible...impossible...more likely...less likely
 * Vocabulary for Graphing **

= = = Riddles of the Week =  Your breath. Because it is two tired.
 * What can you catch, but cannot throw?**
 * Why can't a bike stand up?**

== =Important Dates = Jan. 6th.......................Classes resume Jan. 8th.......................Winter session of [|Young Rembrandts] begins Jan. 8th.......................January Birthday Blessings at 8;30 a.m. Mass Jan. 8th.......................The Feast of the Three Kings to be celebrated in 1st Grade Jan. 8th........................Read and Treat for Sean Jan. 10th.....................Resume [|Mad Scientist] Club Jan. 20th.....................End of 2nd quarter  Jan. 20th.....................Map Testing   Jan. 26th-31st.............Catholic Schools Week   Jan. 27th.....................[|Chess club] begins   Feb. 5th.......................Next Class Mass