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Newsletter for Week of May 27th, 2014 = Week in Review = = We loved our Rainbow Olympics and we were blessed with wonderful weather. Check our our [|photogallery] to see each child with their "coach" for the day. Have you been keeping up with all of our pictures for the year? They are all posted in our many albums. = = Our time capsules are coming along very nicely. I think the children are excited to learn bits and pieces about themselves and their families. A sheet will continue coming home on a daily basis until our autobiography booklet is finally completed....maybe we can be done by week's end. Your child may bring in their time capsule as soon as it is ready for your part. I will store them at school until all of them have arrived and we have completed our part. = We have enjoyed being introduced to our final science unit, Pebble, Sand, and Silt. The children are becoming more independent on their investigations while working with a partner and recording their information. Our Father's Day breakfast invitations have gone home. I truly hope Dads have been monitoring its date from our calendar. We hope they are as excited for the date to arrive as the First Graders are.

**Reading** This week, as we are continuing with "Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery" We have begun to practice open andclosed syllables (an open syllable is a syllable in which a vowel is not sandwiched between two consonants and a closed syllable is a syllable in which a vowel is sandwiched between two consonants) and this week we will learn the term homophone. In fact we will be filling our hall bulletin board with all of our discoveries under the caption, "Are You Smarter than a First Grader?" We enjoyed our final class //**Read and Treat**// this past week with wonderful stories and treats. Did anyone say tongue twisters. Unreal! Thank you so much to all of the parents that participated this year in our special program. All of the children looked forward to you coming. It was a great time to relax and and listen to wonderful stories and enjoy a snack. Thank you so very much!

Vocabulary for "Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery " insects...protects...senses...dull...swift...feature...habit...understand ...been...before... gone...searching...invisible...clues...sudden...spider...jumping...looking...waiting...  stopping...running...planning


 * Religion **

Next week, in our "Growing in Love" book, we will review our baptism. We will begin our next rosary as well. This pastweek we were praying the Sorrowful Mysteries which are retelling the events of Jesus suffering and dying for us. We will complete the last 2 decades and then we will begin our final rosary focusing on the Glorious Mysteries. Here is the final look at our Mary Garden for another year. It was an //amazing// site for all of us to see.

**Math** The children will be using multiple models to continue their understanding of place value and the base 10 number system. They will develop and use strategies for whole number computation with the focus on addition and subtraction. The importance of beginning their computation in the one place will be stressed. The children will find see the result of their year long laboring with math facts. Just by knowing their facts, everything will seem so much easier. ones...tens...addition...subtraction...story problems...strategy
 * Vocabulary for Place Value and 2-Digit Addition and Subtraction **

Because every lunch it went back four seconds. Because the keys were on the piano!
 * Riddles of the Week **
 * Why did the clock in the cafeteria always run slow?**
 * Why wasn't the music teacher able to open her classroom door?**

= Important Dates =  [|LC Connection] May 27th....................Map testing, last day May 28th...................."Noodles Give Back", 4-9 p.m. Mequon location May 28th....................Map Testing make-ups May 29th....................10 a.m. Band and Strings concert, LCT Gym May 30th....................**Father's Day Breakfast** in LCT-Dominiak Hall, **8:30 a.m.** June 2nd....................Out of uniform for the remainder of the year June 2nd....................**Frog and Toad performance at 12:45 Dominiak Hall** **JUNE 2-6...................**USED UNIFORM SALE June 6th.....................Early Release-Last Day of School June 7th.....................First full day of Summer vacation.....WE ARE SECOND GRADERS!

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