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Newsletter for Week of Feb. 3rd, 2014 = Week in Review = We had an amazing Catholic Schools Week. Open House was on Sunday. It was great to see the children and their families come through the school. Monday was an amazing experience for the children to see how much sharing their talent of singing brought happiness and smiles to the residents of Newcastle. There were so many smiles to be seen by the residents that you could not possibly count them. After the frigid temperatures, we were able to dress up in sports or hero attire. It was plain fun. Friday was another exciting day with our entire school family. We gathered for Mass and then arranged ourselves into smaller multiage and multigrade groups as we traveled to three major stations of service (making rainbow bracelets for the patients an Children's Hospital, decorated bags for serving meals, and Valentine cards for the veterans), fitness, and knowledge by traveling through 10 different trivia stations. We want to thank all the parents and teachers who made this great week possible. Catch the highlights of January in our [|photogallery]. This week we will begin our preparations for our **100th Day of School** which is scheduled for next Monday. The children will be asked to bring in 2 things, but the handouts that will be sent home will explain the details. Thank you for your assistance in advance.

= = This week we will read the story "Gram and Me." Our featured skill is the long e made with "**e, ie, ea** and **ee**." We will continue making comparisons throughout the story, as we have in the past. We will review the concepts of past tense verbs, proper nouns, and the children will be introduced to two more verbs **have** and **has**. We will be talking about the many things we do with our grandparents throughout the week.
 * Reading **

** Vocabulary for "Gram and Me " **
Concerned...fortunate...member...trust...share ...concentrate...splendid...write...about  were... pretty...says...give

 We will be practicing our readings for our Wednesday liturgy on Monday and Tuesday. //We hope you will attend our Mass at 8:30 and ask that you sit with your child.// At the end of the week we will begin our next chapter as we lead into forgiveness by saying we are sorry. This will lay the ground works for the purpose of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, which the children will receive in Second Grade at this time of year. We will continue to review the concepts of the 10 Commandments throughout the remainder of the school year. = 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.
 * Religion **

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

 **Riddles of the Week** Because it is full of problems. In a snow bank. =**Important Dates ** =  Feb. 3rd.......................Full day of school, regular schedule Feb. 5th.......................Our 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 Mar. 15th.....................[|SHAMROCK], 5:30 p.m.
 * [[image:heart.jpg width="96" height="96" align="left"]]Why is a Math book so sad?**
 * Where does a snowman keep his money?**