Week of January 6, 2014

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great break! This week will be my last week at school before I start my maternity leave. I’d like to thank all the parents and students for their support during this time. I’m excited (and nervous) to begin this new chapter of my life and the Good Shepherd family has been great the last several months.  Mrs. Sarah Mirasol will be the sub while I am gone. She will begin on Monday and I will be there all week to help with the transition.

This will also be the last blog post. All updates/news/announcements will be posted on Edmodo by Mrs. Mirasol. Please make sure someone in the family has an Edmodo account linked up to the 2nd grade group.

SPELLING: wish, catch, bath, very, money, huge, price, stir, turn, learn, favorite, through. No sentences this week.

LOYOLA HS SENIORS: Beginning this week, we will have 4 Loyola High School seniors completing their Senior Project (community service) at Good Shepherd. They will be helping in all the classrooms for the next 3 weeks.

Wednesday – buddy activity

We will have a buddy activity at the end of the day on Wednesday. We will be making mini Christmas trees with ice cream cones.

Please have your child bring in a tupperware to take their project home in.
Students are also welcome to bring in candy or other decorations they’d like to use on their trees. Please don’t feel the need to go out and buy anything. Students can just bring in whatever extra items they have at home.

Week of December 16, 2013

Monday: Free dress with pass

Tuesday: Christmas program practice

Tuesday-Wednesday: Santa’s shop. Students can bring in money in the envelope that was sent home to buy items for family and friends.

Tuesday-Thursday : Student council will be selling hot chocolate and donuts in the morning before school.

Thursday:

• 12:30 dismissal. The Christmas concert will be at Good Shepherd church at 6pm. The student are expected to be at the church by 5:45 and meet at the Parish hall.
  
• If students would like to bring in treats/gifts for their classmates, please remember there are 19 students in the class.
  

December 20 – January 5: Christmas break!

Reading Log: Please make sure to turn in the reading log by Monday. Two reading logs will be sent home on Monday to complete during the break. The first log should be turned in when we return from the break.

Edmodo: Please make sure someone in the family has an Edmodo account set up to the 2^nd grade group. The blogs will no longer be used in the new year. They have already been taken off the school website.

For Monday- Science Experiment

We will be starting a new unit (plants) in Science next week. We will begin the unit with an experiment using plants to dye fabric.
Maite (Kiki’s mom) will be coming in to lead the experiment. There a few things we will need from the class:
What we need:

1) the dry skin around the brown onions–the more the better. (Supermarkets often peel away some of the outer layers of brown skin. If they ask often the supermarket will happily give them the skins.)

2) Big glass containers, like the wedding drink dispensers or ice tea containers. Glass is best for this. Since space is an issue, big is best as I only want to use 4 containers for the entire class–but if they are small we will use more containers.

Week of December 9, 2013

Spelling:
fur, shirt, burn, stir, bird, turn, herd, third, learn, search, interesting, care. The girls curled their hair. The dog jerked its leash out of Wilbur’s hand.

Tuesday: Mass and Christmas program practice immediately after Mass.

Wednesday: Religion Test

Thursday: Ms Rivera will be collecting flowers on Thursday morning for Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Friday:

• Social Studies test and Spelling test
  
• Barnes and Noble book fair at the Grove.
  

Baptismal certificate: If you child has been baptized, please turn in a copy of the certificate.

Report cards: Please sign and return the report cards.

Week of December 2, 2013

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

 

Spelling:
slice, dodge, city, huge, nice, space, gem, price, cage, fudge, above, tough. I saw her dance on the stage. A giant lived in the city.

Stained glass window project: The students completed their stained glass window projects last week. They came out beautiful! They will be displayed in the hallway and then students will be able to take them home for the holidays. However, I will be asking for them back in January so they can be displayed at the church.

Service project: Kindergarten and TK are collecting (shatterproof) ornaments for the seniors at the St. John of God retirement Home. The last day to turn these in is December 13^th.

ornament

Parent teacher conferences: Thank you to all the parents for coming to the parent teacher conferences!

Reading log: I would like the students to start keeping track of their reading at home. Students should be reading at least 20 minutes a day at home. A reading log will be sent home every two weeks. Please help your child complete this and turn it in on time. They will get a grade for each log that is turned in and will have points taken off for turning it in late or missing a day of reading.

Week of November 25, 2013

Monday:

• Art Project: Next week the class will be doing a fun art project on plexiglass.  Your child may want to bring “paint markers” or colored sharpies available at stores such as Dick Blick or Michael’s for the project.  Your child is not required to purchase paint markers for the project but they are welcome to bring in their own markers in their favorite colors. 
  

  Brands of paint markers: Elmer’s Paint Markers, Sharpie Oil Based Paint markers, DecoColor Paint Markers, Sakura Permapaque Opaque Paint Marker
  

  Michael’s store coupon, expires on Monday.
  

  
  

• Social Studies Landform project due. The students will get a chance to present their projects this week. If they don’t get a chance this week, they will get a chance after Thanksgiving.
  

Monday/Tuesday: Parent Teacher Conferences. Please make sure you have sign up for a time to meet with me. I still have Tuesday and Wednesday morning available to meet as well.

Tuesday: Mass

Monday – Wednesday: 12:30 dismissal

Thursday – Friday: NO School!

Friday: Last Friday was the end of the first trimester. Students should be receiving report cards this week. Please make sure you are also regularly checking Gradelink.

Spelling: No spelling test this week.

Week of November 25, 2013

Spelling:
very, messy, lady, happy, key, baby, money, funny, candy, sunny, popular, year. Use your money to buy a toy. Be careful on the rocky path.

Jar jams: Student council will continue the jar jams fundraiser for the Philippines. Student council will have several jars in the downstairs hallway everyday, each labeled with a popular song. Students put their donations in a jar of the song they want to hear. At the end of each day, the song with the most money wins and will be played over the intercom at the end of the day. This will continue until November 22.

Nacho: Student council will be selling nachos for $2 at the end of the day on Friday.

Parent Teacher Conferences: Please make sure you sign up for a parent teacher conference. I am also available to meet in the mornings (except Friday) before school the week of the conferences and the week before. Please let me know if your schedule works better to meet in the mornings.

Edmodo: Please make sure someone in the family is signed up for Edmodo and has joined the 2^nd grade group. We will be getting rid of the blogs in the new year and I will be updating classroom news on Edmodo only after the new year.

Week of November 12, 2013

Spelling: I will be adding 2 high frequency word to each spelling list from now on. This means they will have 12 spelling words and 2 sentences each week. lunch, shape, wish, chop, show, catch, then, each, bath, such, minute, question. I wish we could go to the beach. Which
path
should we choose?

Wednesday: Last day to bring in candy for the 1^st grade service project.

Thursday – Religion Test: There will be a Religion test on Thursday for chapter 6.

Friday: Student council will be selling nachos for $2 this Friday and next Friday at the end of the day.

Social Studies
– We are learning about different kinds of landforms and bodies of water. Last week I sent home a project I’d like them to complete by the end of the month. I have explained everything in the letter. Please let me know if you have any questions. Be creative in how you’d like to present the project.

Parent Teacher Conferences: Please make sure you sign up for a parent teacher conference. I am also available to meet in the mornings (except Friday) before school the week of the conferences and the week before. Please let me know if your schedule works better to meet in the mornings.

Edmodo: Please make sure someone in the family is signed up for Edmodo and has joined the 2^nd grade group. We will be getting rid of the blogs in the new year and I will be updating classroom news on Edmodo only after the new year.

Baby shower: Thank you again for the beautiful shower and gifts. Albert and I feel so blessed and appreciate all the support you’ve given me and our baby girl.

Thank you!

Thank you for the surprise shower yesterday! I was definitely surprised. All the gifts were amazing and are already in her nursery.

Albert, baby girl and I are so blessed to have each of you in our lives!

Thank you again!