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Newsletter for Week of September 9th, 2013 = Week in Review =

Throughout each and every day the children are using the smartboard in our classroom. I begin using it when the children come in the classroom as they order their lunch and then I progress throughout the day for the children to become active learners. It is getting a little bit easier to accomplish the goals of our day. I hope you will be able to attend our annual Parent Night Meeting on Tuesday, September 10th. There will be two sessions from 6:30-8:00. I will try to give you a general over view of our days and find time to answer specific questions. The Scholastic Book Fair will open at 6 p.m. for your convenience and then the sessions begin in church at 6:30. You will also learn about the opportunity to sign up for specific needs we have within our classroom and school community for this school year, on-line as we did last year. Our Room Mothers are Colleen Bigonia and Beata Kim. I thank them both in advance for volunteering for this role and for all the additional help they will be to us throughout the entire school year. I truly hope I will be able to see all of you on Tuesday. PLEASE REMEMBER that all Thursday folders are electronic as last year. Check out the left margin of this wiki for a convenient link or at the bottom of this page under **Important Dates**. Finally, PLEASE put your child's ** first and last name ** on each and every note you send into the office with the ** effective date **. We absolutely want to make sure the correct information is documented.

= Reading = We are working on a variety of review skills in this first portion of our reading series. We have been working on listening and what we should be thinking and wondering as we proceed through our selection trying very hard to continue the process of understanding comprehension skills. We have been emphasizing story structure by pausing to label the beginning, middle, and end of the story and the purpose of each. We continue to work on the review of the short a sound with many of the word chunks. We have been reviewing vocabulary, blending of sounds, vowels, and we have even learned about "syllable segmentation." We have been so busy. PLEASE remember that we attend the annual **Scholastic Book Fair on Tuesday, September 10th from 9:00-9:30.** You are more than welcome to attend. //**IF YOU ARE SENDING MONEY**// with your child please put it in a sealed envelope with your child's name on it and the amount. Please discuss with your child how you would like this money to be spent....posters, pencils, books. Being explicit is the very best policy.

Vocabulary for "I Can Too!"
energy...exhausted...movements...express...stretch ...over...too it...can...helps...move...push...dad...back...sad...sack...nap...tap

= Religion = In Religion we have reviewing our favorite Bible stories, celebrating the birthday of Mother Mary, attending our first campus liturgy, and learning about our classmates. Friday we celebrated Mary's birthday by reading a story about Mary and working on a little project. Following, we went out to the Mary Garden on the south end of the church property and prayed the Hail Mary together. We made a "Mary" bookmark for our religion book as well. Did you know that the First Grade has its own Mary Garden, which we will plant with bulbs as we progress into the depths of the Fall as a service project for our school and parish? Next week we will learn more about the Bible and God as our Creator. We will enjoy hearing the Bible story of Creation. Each of us will seem to have our own personal favorite that has been created by God from the sun to the stars to even a penguin. This year our school theme is "TEAM LC". Father Dan gave the First Graders their responsibility throughout the year, at our very first Mass. The First Graders will be responsible for "gathering the people" in as greeters to our school and showing everyone that we are the children of God. Our liturgy was wonderful and we welcome you to attend our 8:30 Mass on Wednesdays.

= Math = This year we will implement the Common Core Math Standards. The First Grade has four major domains to master. They are **Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Numbers and Operations, Measurement and Data, and Geometry.** The children have now been in their flexible math groups for two classes. Just the sheer movement of the children is a bit challenging. We have been working on a variety of different skills, yet we are all focusing on addition and word problems. We are implementing smaller groups within these groupings as well as math stations to reinforce past skills.

= Riddles of the Week = = =  What do you hold without touching it? Your breath. What has four legs and only one foot? A bed.

** Important Dates ** [|Current Thursday Folder] [|Pre-order Pizza and Sub Form] [|After Care Enrollment Form] [|Young Rmbrandts Registration form] [|Mad Scientist Registration] [|Chess Club Registration] [|LC Stings Registration] Monday - Music Tuesday-Technology, Guidance, Phy.Ed. (wear gym shoes to participate)Monday-Music Wednesday-Mass, Phy.Ed. (wear gym shoes), Art Thursday-Music and Art Friday- Phy.Ed. (wear gym shoes) and Guidance ** Sept. 10th.......... Scholastic Book Fair scheduled class visit--9 a.m. ** Sept.10th..........[|Parent Night]6:30 p.m. - MEET IN CHURCH **Oct. 9th............OUR first prepared class Mass ** **Oct. 16th..........Schlitz Audubon filedtrip 11:30-1:30 **

** *FYI......Each day your child will be bringing home their Homework notebook. I ask that you help them become responsible by checking to make sure their work has been completed. Please sign or initial their notebook in the corresponding bottom space of their daily homework. They in turn will receive a sticker from me and as stickers add up, they will receive a small reward for being so responsible. **