The Saints are Marching into St. Laurence School!
Grade One/Two October 27-31, 2014
Greetings on another fabulous fall day! Thanks to all who were able to come visit at conference time. I so appreciate the insights you share about your child so that we can better meet his/her needs. We teach the whole child, not just the ABC, 123 child!
In reading/language this week we will read stories about characters showing kindness to one another. Goals are drawing conclusions/making inferences, discerning the author’s purpose in writing, and long i with final e. Handwriting letters, cursive or manuscript, are d and g.
In math we will review doubles and doubles plus 1, and then slide right into doubles plus 2. We hope to also introduce numbers 6-9 as 5 and some more.
We will talk about All Saints Day in religion. We will also learn about the way our Mexican brothers and sisters celebrate it with el Dia de los Muertos, a beautiful and deeply meaningful observance.
The push is on to complete the downtown book as we will celebrate that huge accomplishment with a book party on Thursday afternoon. Please join us if you can from 2-3 PM in our classroom. We have invited all the downtown businesses we visited. Come for treats, books, and lots of smiles and sharing!
Thanks to Mrs. Boyer for sailing the ship so well in my absence on Thursday. I was in Cheyenne with my Dad who had a minor surgery. Thanks to awesome prayers and excellent medical care, he is doing well. Mrs. Boyer actually managed to get the bat cave up amongst all the other tasks I had left her to do!
Please remember that we will share breakfast at Rose’s Café on Tuesday morning just after 8:30 AM. So your child need not eat breakfast before school that day! Each child will have a $6 or 7 limit; we need to keep this fair. This is my treat and Mr. Wilhelm kicked in some $ from can recycling. Thanks much!
Spelling words
like bike ride side hide ice rice
nice dice
Additional second grade words: twice trike pride
Homework
Monday: spelling sort as usual
Tuesday: Math
Wednesday: religion please talk with your child about his/her patron saint and why you chose that saint for your child, OR discuss your favorite saint and why that saint is your favorite. Ask your child to name his/her favorite, tell why.
Thursday: reading p. 64 (1st) or 57 (2nd)
El Dia de los Muertos
Our Hispanic brothers and sisters are preparing to celebrate El Dia de los Muertos, a beautiful celebration to remember our loved ones who have passed into Eternal Life. It occurs in conjunction with All Saints Day.
One of the components of this celebration is to make an ofrenda, or altar, on which photographs of loved ones are placed. We would like to offer you the opportunity to bring in pictures of your loved ones who have passed. After reading about this feast day, we will make a small and simple ofrenda in our classroom, complete with flameless candles and silk flowers.
Please bring your photos in any day this week. Your loved ones will be prayed for with great love.
Peace,
Mrs. Jeanne Van Heule
Mrs. Tara Boyer
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