This week is Catholic Schools Week.

Each morning we will be collecting funds to help support Sister Carolyn’s Adopt a Student program; our hope is to raise money for our own SJA families in need.   Students are encouraged to earn money doing chores or jobs at home and turn in donations to their homeroom teacher any morning during Catholic School’s Week. 

The book fair is open Sunday through Wednesday.  Fourth grade students can drop by before school on any of these days.    The only time they will be allowed to visit the book fair during the school day will be on Tuesday.

 Reminders

• Monday:  Ice cream treats during lunch.  If your child is listed on the snack restriction list, please send an alternate treat. 


• Tuesday: Gift from the PSO.  Spelling test and homework due.


• Wednesday:  Crazy sock, hat and/or tie day (grades 4-8) – No slippers this year.  Music mix up day- periodically throughout the day music will be played over the PA system.  When the music is played, students are encouraged to get up and dance.


• Thursday:    Performing Arts at 9:00 a.m. – Godspell


• Friday:  Red and white school appropriate clothing may be worn instead of the uniform, Jeans or slacks and sweatshirts or long sleeved shirts/blouses are allowed.  Skirts and flannel pants are not permitted.   All School Spirit Rally

Reading:  This week the Authors, Editors and Publishers will have to read and complete their literature circle role sheets for homework because we are losing some reading time due to Catholic Schools Week activities. The Illustrators will be required to complete their story element and reading strategy pages for Wayside School is Falling Down.   Since they will be reading and responding to what they read, they will not have to complete their reading logs this week.

 Below you will find this week’s schedule for the Authors, Editors, & Publishers. 

English: We will continue on with Verbs.  The students will be given another list of irregular verbs they need to memorize for the quiz next Friday, February 10.   They will also be introduced to the concept of direct objects and how they receive the action of the verb in the sentence.

Writer’s Workshop: We will continue to focus on the trait of conventions.

The students will:

• recognize that good writer’s use a variety of sentence types


• use ending punctuation to turn run-ons into sentences


• learn to create compound sentences

This week looks like it’s going to be a busy week in 2B. Please refer to the SJA Blog for all the Catholic Schools Week activities.
We are excited!

READING: Red Group: Thursday 2/2/12 will be Day 1 of Lesson 21. The story is “A Chair for My Mother.” The Spelling Words are: 1. out 2. town 3. count 4. crowd 5. ground 6. now 7. found 8. crown 9. sound 10. down 11. surround 12. without 13. cowboy 14. powerful 15. cloudless. The Robust Vocabulary are: allowance, rosy, bargain, spoiled, comfortable, boost, exchanged, delivered, thrifty, industrious. Please refer to your packet. The Weekly and Spelling Test will be on Wednesday 2/1/12. The Homework for Monday 1/30/12 will be to read the story “What’s My Job”, Lesson 20 out loud to you. The Think Central Homework will be posted on Wednesday 2/1/12 and is due on Thursday 2/2/12. A new Robust Vocabulary packet will be given Thursday 2/2/12 to study at home. The Red Group will be taking the Theme 4 Test on Thursday 2/2/12.

White Group: Thursday 2/2/12 will be Day 1 of Lesson 19. The story is “The Life of George Washington Carver.” The Spelling Words are: 1. gear 2. deer 3. fear 4. year 5. cheer 6. near 7. hear 8. clear 9. steer 10. rear 11. appear 12. pioneer 13. volunteer 14. earrings 15. nearby. The Robust Vocabulary are: brew, snug, supplies, crop, provide, earn, committee, experiments, innovation, edible. Please refer to your packet. The Weekly and Spelling Test will be on Wednesday 2/1/12. The Homework for Monday 1/30/12 will be to read the story “Ah, Music!”, Lesson 18 out loud to you. The Think Central Homework will be posted on Wednesday 2/1/12 and is due on Thursday 2/2/12.

MATH: The Stars are still working on using money. Please keep reviewing facts up to 20 with your child.
The Stripes will be having the Unit 4 Test on Monday 1/30/12. We took a couple of extra days last week to review the concepts in this Unit. We will then be covering regrouping with subtraction in Chapter 12. Please keep reviewing facts up to 20 with your child.

The children are really doing a good job on the Timed Tests. I have seen much improvement in both Math Groups.

RELIGION: We are discussing how our actions influence the way others feel. The children are enjoying the journal writing on different topics we have been discussing in class. The Chapter 10 Quiz will be on Wednesday 2/1/12. We continue to share our good deeds with each other on a weekly basis. Our class will partake in the 8:15 Mass on Friday 2/3/12. Some of the children will be bringing up the gifts. How fortunate of us to have our Mass on Catholic Schools Week.

SCIENCE: Both 2A and 2B are discussing slow and fast changes on Earth. We are also going to be discussing how monsoons affect Vietnam’s farms. Next week, Mr. Luebchow will be given a presentation on farming for 2A and then for 2B. Many thanks to him for his time!

HANDWRITING: The children are loving practicing their Cursive!

Please keep encouraging your child to reach their goal for AR. Most of the children have met their goal and a few are not far behind. Nice progress! They are really working hard.

Hope to see you all at the Sunday Mass at 11:30 and Open House for our kick off to Catholic Schools Week!
Have a Great Week!
Ms. Coduto

“In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”

Social Studies 6

We continue our study of Christianity and the Roman Empire.  February 9 or 12 will be a test on the Roman Empire.  They will get review sheets this week.

Social Studies  7

Monday is their test on the Legislature Branch.  We begin our next study on the executive branch.  Also they should be reviewing the location of the 50 states.  Test on the locations will be February 7th.

Social Studies  8

Monday is their test on the Great Depression.  We begin next the study of World War 11.  The will be doing time line work this week.

Happy Catholic Schools Week….Mrs. Haeger

7A Homeroom: Unit 9 Vocabulary Test on Tuesday, January 30

It’s Catholic Schools Week. I will donate $1.00 to the Adopt the Student Program for any homeroom student who volunteers to be quiet for 100 minutes during homeroom in the morning, at lunch time, and during dismissal time in my homeroom during Catholic Schools Week. 1 cent for every 1 minute of silence. I have 34 homeroom students so let’s see if they can earn a $34.00 donation for the Adopt the Student Program. Money donated will count for the Adopt the Student Fundraiser Contest that each homeroom will be participating in.

Free Ice Cream Treat Monday at Lunch time courtesy of our PSO.

6th Gr. Religion: Finish reading the Book of Exodus by this Thursday. Review for Ch. 10 Test on the Exodus. Learn the Ten Commandments.

7th Grade Religion: Finish Unit 1 take home test and Ch. 8 Quiz for Monday. Begin Ch. 10 on Parables of Jesus

8th Grade Religion: Review Chapter 5 for Final Test this week. Finish review in Ch. 5 for Monday.

Please read Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time Cycle B for January 29, 2012 and complete the Grade 7 and 8 activities.

This week is Catholic Schools Week. There are a variety of fun activities scheduled for the children throughout the week. On Monday the children will receive an ice cream treat, Tuesday is Catholic trivia for 3rd grade and a PSO gift, Wednesday brings crazy sock and hat day and music mix up, Thursday is performing arts, and Friday is the spirit rally. All in all a fun week designed to celebrate Catholic Schools!

Spanish: page 18 due Friday, February 3

Religion: This week we will work on Chapter 21; The Holy Spirit Lives Within Us. In this chapter we will learn that Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to help us. The Spirit comes to us at Baptism and is present in us throughout our lives, showing us how to become more like Jesus. We will take the Chapter 21 quiz on Thursday, February 2.

English/Writing: This week we will practice using adverbs that tell how, what kind, and where. Then we will review how to use to, too, and two. Next week we will review Unit 4 and be ready to take the unit test on Thursday, February 9. In Writing we have been busy completing winter break stories and bio poems. This week students who have creative writing will spend some time responding to explanatory writing prompts.

Science: On Monday we will review the water cycle and make a cloud in a jar. Key words in relationship to the water cycle are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. The Water Cycle packet is due on Tuesday, January 31. Then we will turn our attention to Climate and Seasons. This week we will learn about the difference between climate and weather and how our climate depends on where we are located on the Earth. We will discuss how the sun’s rays strike Earth differently due to our shape and tilt. The Climate and Seasons packet will be assigned on Thursday, February 2 and due on Wednesday, February 8. Weather journals will be collected on Monday.

Math: The Calculators will continue on in Chapter 21. This week we will cover lessons 5-8. We do not have class on Friday due to our Spirit Rally so we will review this chapter on Monday, February 6 and take the chapter test on Tuesday, February 7.

The Rulers will continue to work in Chapter 10. This week we will work on dividing by 5 and 10. We will also focus on the problem solving strategies of choosing an operation and writing a number sentence. We are on pace to take the Chapter 10 test on Tuesday, February 7.

Reading: Both groups begin new stories this week on Monday. The Spelling test for both groups will be on Friday, February 3. Both groups also will be reading online leveled readers and turning the assignment in on Friday.

The Publishers will read Bat Loves the Night (lesson 22) an informational narrative focusing on sequencing story events.

The Spelling Words are:  ought    soft    yawn   walk    long    also   thaw   lost   cause   taught   pause    straw   false  author    almost    swallow   naughty    sommersault    sprawling   faucet

The Robust Vocabulary words are:  blanketed    surroundings     nocturnal    effort    dozes    swoops     detail   fluttering    plummet    inverted

The Publishers will take their Weekly Lesson Test on Friday, February 3.

This week is a review week for the Illustrators. We will have some fun reading the Reader’s Theater story, Ask the Experts, lesson 15 and reviewing the skills in this theme. We will work on our theme test this week on Thursday and Friday.

The Robust Vocabulary words are: issue     advice     consult     recommend    sensible     devise     expertise     correspondence     luscious    shudder

The Spelling words are review words: title     rattle     saddle     gnat     knight     wrench     rough     edge     police     giant     judge     hotel     seven    broken     taken

Accelerated Reader: Please continue to encourage your child to reach their point goal. Some children have already reached their goal and many are very close!

Have a great week!

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK!

This week we will be celebrating all Catholic Schools and how blessed we are to be a part of such a wonderful and faith filled school and SJA community. Here are the special things that are coming up this week:

Sunday – Fill the Church 11:30 Mass to start off the week! This is the most important part of the entire week, so please try to make it to Mass. Following Mass will be Open House until 2:00 p.m.

Monday – Ice Cream Treat

Tuesday – 4th grade to the Book Fair (during Reading this day, Mrs. Kenney has set up an appointment for the 4th graders to visit the Book Fair. This will be the ONLY time they can go during classes. The ONLY other time that they can go will be before school. The Book Fair will be open Monday-Wednesday. It is not open all week this year.)

Wednesday – Crazy sock, hat, and tie day – They are allowed to wear all three. (The rule with the hats is: if a child takes off his/her hat, they will immediately have to go put it away in their locker. So if a child wears a funny hat to school instead of a baseball cap or the like, he/she will have to put it in their locker as soon as they take it off their head.)

Thursday – Performing Arts

Friday – SPIRIT RALLY (Red and White Day!)

This week in:

Social Studies – We will be continuing to learn about the Midwest Region.

Thursday/Friday – Midwest States/Capitals Quiz (The students need to learn THREE things: Location of the states, state names, capital names. They will need to know where each state is and write both the state and its correct capital.) Only a quarter of a point will be taken off for spelling, but please encourage your children to learn how to spell them too.)

Religion – Ten Commandments

As you can see, this week is filled with all sorts of fun activities! Being part of a Catholic School is a privilege and a blessing and I am glad to be sharing that privilege with all of you! I hope you have a wonderful week!

It’s Catholic Schools Week! We have many fun activities for the students to participate in during the week. Check the schedule for Catholic Schools Week as to what is planned for each day. A reminder for next Friday that we will be doing the Blessing of the Throats after Mass and because it is spirit day students may be out of uniform wearing spirit wear. In other class news please read below:

7th Eng. Adjective and Adverb phrases – no quiz or test

7th Lit. Continuing with Red Badge – chapters 14 and 15. Second hero paper due Thursday. Test over chapters 13-15 Thursday

8th Eng. Verbal and Verbal phrases. No class Thursday

8th Lit. To Kill a Mockingbird – chapters 18 and 19. Test over chapters 16-19 Wednesday.

6th Eng. Adj. and Adv. phrases. Quiz Wednesday

6th Lit. Red Fern – chapters 14 and 15. Test Thursday over chapters 11-15.

Have a great Catholic Schools Week! Enjoy the fun treats and events. Study hard, play tough, and have fun!