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Newsletter for Week of June 2nd, 2014 = Week in Review = Mrs. Melichar and our class have been working on the musical production of **//All Year with Frog and Toad.// Our musical produ****ction is tomorrow M****onday, June 2nd** during our music class time 12:45-1:15. You are more than welcome to come to view our performance. You'll love this fast moving, energetic performance. It will be held in Dominak Hall. Our Father's Day Breakfast was wonderful and we thank all of our dads for making the effort to attend this special event. The children were so very excited and could not wait for the celebration. As simple as it is the children put all their entire heart into the event. Individual pictures can be seen in our photgallery.

**Reading** We have finally come to the last story in all of the First Grade book "Super Oscar". The story is about a boy who loves to daydream. One week, Oscar forgets to tell his neighborhood about their Saturday picnic. Our final skills will be working on final syllables, compound words, and contractions. We will also be working on our vocabulary skills and reviewing adverbs. Vocabulary for "Super Oscar " fantastic...nutritious...plentiful...stubborn...visit ...around...begin...brought...certain minutes...straight...cancel...daydream...apple...purple...circle...table...turtle...title

This week we will conclude our Growing in Love series with a concentration on ways in which we can grow in our love for God throughout our daily lives. We are completing our final rosary as we will be pray the Glorious Mysteries. On Wednesday, we will attend our final school liturgy for the school year. The children have learned so many things this year in their faith. This [|website] can be used to locate a Mass no matter where you travel this summer.
 * Religion **

**Math** The children have been working on the addition and subtraction of addition and subtraction equations without regrouping. They have loved the experience. They are continually reminded of 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. We are working very hard to understand a multitude of story problems and trying to decide how they must be solved, always reminded that a picture is a great way to begin if all else fails. ones...tens...addition...subtraction...story problems...strategy
 * Vocabulary for Place Value and 2-Digit Addition and Subtraction **

Where do fish keep their money? > ** There are 18: 3 in ‘the’, 7 in ‘English’ and 8 in ‘alphabet’. **
 * Riddles of the Week **
 * In the river bank, of course **
 *  How many letters are there in //the English alphabet//?

= Important Dates =  [|LC Connection] 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...................**Uniform Resale June 6th.....................Early Release-Last Day of School June 7th.....................First full day of Summer vacation.....WE ARE SECOND GRADERS!

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