St. Joan of Arc School http://school.sjalisle.org/blog SJA Communicator - 4913 Columbia, Lisle IL 60532, USA +1.6309691732 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:15:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Preschool! http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/22/preschool-61/ http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/22/preschool-61/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:10:03 +0000 Mrs. Clark (Preschool) http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/22/preschool-61/ Happy Wednesday!

Thank you so much to all the mom and dad’s who brought in straws, tissues and paper towels. We all appreciate them.

I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend! I did!

I will be assessing the Toad on their letters, letter sounds and actions this week. We have been practicing everyday!
We will be celebrating Dr. Seuss the week on March 6th – 9th. (no school on March 5th)

If you would like to come in and read your favorite Dr. Seuss Book to us during our celebration. Please send me an email to let me know which book and which day. You can read when you drop off or at 10:15! Please invite grandparents too!

Have a great week :)

Mrs. Clark

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]]> http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/22/aimsweb-assessment-results/feed/ 0 Mrs. Anderson Week of Feb. 20th Update http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/22/mrs-anderson-week-of-feb-20th-update/ http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/22/mrs-anderson-week-of-feb-20th-update/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:49:20 +0000 Mrs. Anderson (7B) http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/22/mrs-anderson-week-of-feb-20th-update/ Mrs. Anderson’s update for the week of February 20th.
***All 7th graders should take a look at Mr. Gormely’s blog for a family faith exercise you can do at home with you parents.

In Science This Week:
All grade levels should continue to keep up will assigned reading, vocabulary, and lesson review questions. I do give points for completing the section review questions and vocabulary for each lesson. Please remember vocabulary definitions and lesson review questions should be kept in your science notebook to help you study for the chapter test.

6th grade
6-2 Will be taking the test on Chapter 1 this Friday, February 24th.
6-3 Will be taking the test on Chapter 9 this Friday, February 24th.

7th grade
7-2 Will be taking the test on Chapter 22 this Friday, February 24th.
7-3 Will be taking the test on Chapter 16 this Friday, February 24th.

8th grade
8-1 Will be taking the test on Chapter 19 this Friday, February 24th.
8-2 Will be taking the test on Chapter 5 this Friday, February 24th.

Please remember any student who scored below a 76% on their science test has the opportunity to raise their test grade 5%points by doing the following.
• Take the test home and have their parents sign the test
• Look through their science book and find the correct answers for the questions they got wrong.
• Write the correct answer on the test (in a different color ink) and write down the page number from the science book that you found the correct answer on.

Students will have one week to complete this to earn the extra points.

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]]> http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/22/fannie-may-catalog/feed/ 0 5B – February 22-24 http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/22/february-22-24/ http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/22/february-22-24/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:23:31 +0000 Mrs. Raymond (5B) http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/22/february-22-24/ I hope all of you had a nice long week-end!

Wednesday- We will have Mass and ashes at the 10:00 service. We will be bringing our buddies.

Thursday- We will have Gym today. Spelling test 23 will be given. The children will be introduced to what Lent means to a Catholic. They also will have Tech Lab today.

Friday- The children will be creating a Lenten symbol from their Religion book. These symbols will be hanging up in the classroom during Lent.

]]> http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/22/february-22-24/feed/ 0 Kindergarten News – Mrs. Kolar http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/21/kindergarten-news-mrs-kolar-57/ http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/21/kindergarten-news-mrs-kolar-57/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:23:39 +0000 Mrs. Kolar (K) http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/?p=12868 Tomorrow begins Lent. In my travels through the internet for lesson planning, I had the wonderful chance to listen to many thoughts about the season. One thought was to remember it as a happy time. Think of the many things you can do for others. Think of the many good changes you can make in yourself. Think of the gift of quiet prayer you can give to yourself during Lent. I like this way of thinking!                                                         

I wanted to thank you for the many thoughtful Valentine gifts! The children really enjoyed the many treats you shared with the other children in the classroom. I enjoyed sharing the wonderful gifts you gave to me with my family.

Please remember Ms. Irene in your prayers. She volunteers to help in our kindergarten. She will be having surgery this Friday.

In Religion, we will be attending Mass tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, with our buddies at 10:00. You are welcome to attend.

During Lent, we spend our Religion classes beginning with a Prayer Service. We will make promises to do something special for the season of Lent. We will learn about the meaning of Ash Wednesday and Lent.

Our high frequency words are like, one, and this. We have been reading about Clifford the Big Red Dog and how he shows us an example of a good Catholic Christian. We have also been reading and writing about bears. For art, we have been doing a favorite activity of mine, learning to draw. These lessons correlate with our afternoon reading. The lessons help to build visual and visual/motor integration skills. These lessons also help practice following directions. Wait to you see their bears!!!

Have a wonderful week!

]]> http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/21/kindergarten-news-mrs-kolar-57/feed/ 0 Mrs. Barenbrugge 1A February 21, 2012 http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/21/mrs-barenbrugge-1a-february-21-2012/ http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/2012/02/21/mrs-barenbrugge-1a-february-21-2012/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:40:07 +0000 Mrs. Barenbrugge 1A http://school.sjalisle.org/blog/?p=12861 Welcome back!  I hope everyone had a great long weekend!  We have a busy three day week ahead.  Here’s what’s going on:

Religion

We will go to Mass on Wednesday morning to receive ashes.  We will spend time discussing Lent and Ash Wednesday.  We will also make sacrifice beads this week during religion.  We will continue to learn about the parable of the Good Samaritan. 

Math

Both the red fish and the blue fish will work on Chapter 11 this week.  The chapter is all about comparing numbers.  We will work on making good estimates using a group of ten to help.  We will also learn about the greater than and less than symbols.  Please continue to work on math facts for a few minutes each night.  Homework will come home on Wednesday and will be due next Monday as usual.

Reading

This week we will only have 2 reading classes (due to Mass on Wednesday) so we will NOT have spelling this week.    Book bags will NOT come home on Wednesday.  Please have your child read on Raz-Kids Wednesday night.   Class time this week will be spent reviewing and doing some fun Dr. Seuss activities.  Next Friday is Dr. Seuss’ birthday and we will have a fun celebration!

Writing

We have been learning about the 6 traits of writing and so far we have talked about ideas and voice.  Next we will be learning about another important trait, word choice.  We will read examples of good writing, practice choosing good words and then apply it to our own writing!  Ask your first grader about word choice!

Social Studies

This week we will talk about cities, suburbs and farms.  We will compare and contrast the different communities.

Have a great week! :)

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8-2 Math:  We will continue to learn to factor polynomials completely.  Possible quiz on Friday, Feb. 24.

7-3 Math:  We will continue to review ratios and proportions.  Chapter 7 quiz Friday, Feb. 24.

6-1 Math:  We will continue to review percents.  Chapter 6 quiz Friday, Feb. 24.

8-3 Science:  We will continue to explore the properties of solutions.  The Chapter 12 test will be Tuesday, Feb. 28.

7-1 Science:  We will continue to review Chapter 6.  The Chapter 6 test will be Friday, Feb. 24.

6-1 Science:  We will continue to explore Earth’s Atmosphere (Chapter 12).  The Chapter 12 test will be Friday, Feb. 24.

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Friday: Arts Alive

Please be aware that the 2nd trimester ends on Friday, March 2

Spelling: The unit 24 test will be on March 1.  Homework for unit 24 will be different than normal.  I will explain the homework in class this week.  As usual, homework for unit 24 will be due the day of the test.

Literature: Students will continue to read Number the Stars. On Thursday, we will be having Dictatorship Day in homeroom. 

Social Studies: Students will be learning about the Declaration of Independence this week.

Science: Students will be learning about clouds this week in class.. 

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