27 January 2012
Dear Family,
Our classroom project for the SHAgala auction is a decorated hope chest. The parents who are helping are also donating ‘surprise’ items to go inside the chest. If you would like to donate something ($5 to Tim Horton’s, $10 gas card, car wash gift card, etc.) please send it in an envelope to be included in the chest. We already have 2-3 neat surprises! Thank you for your generosity.
Our SHAgala ‘Bird Lover’s’ basket has many really nice items. I think next Thursday will be the last day to bring in anything. Thank you again for your contributions.
HOMEWORK will begin next Monday. Your child will bring home a Homework Folder with a page in it Mon.-Thurs. He/she will practice (a few times) reading it to you or some one responsible and bring it back the next day, Tues.-Fri. I will put a red ‘ink’ stamp on it, return it to your child and give out the next one. I do not give homework sheets for over the weekend!
During Catholic Schools Week (next week) we are asked to perform a service project. As a school we will be collecting money for the Soup Kitchen and the Parish Food Pantry project. Christ asks us to feed the hungry. We will collect money through Friday, February 3. Thank you for any help with these noble causes.
Now I’ll explain the report card that is coming home today in the folder. Please return the folder to me
I have all the papers stapled together, hopefully they are in order:/ Remember 3 and 2 are good and 1 means the child needs to work on something, try harder, stay focused, etc. The cover is page 1.
Page 2—At the bottom on the left I have circled all the capital and lower case letters: a,A through p,P and the sounds that he/she could give me.
Makes prediction-mouse/snowman (some said make it again but there is just grass, no snow.
Retells a story-monkey/banana page
Next column:
Uses illustrations-How to make a snowman-4 distinct steps
Prints-a,A to p,P –this page also shows how they print their names
Recognizes 10’s-dot to dot
Prints 10’s
Rechecked telephone number (just one number) some do not remember any
Ordinals to 10th—the train
Extends a pattern-stars and circles
Relation/Position-the hats (this also counts for directions!)
Graphs-toy shelves-directions, too
Sense of time-Girl sharpening pencil and girl drawing a picture
Page 3—Stairs-observation
Hop-observation
Catch this time-the mark is a little to the right in the box but it’s in the 1st marking period.
Social/Emotional section
The Camel story—directions
The rest of the section is observations in class
Right side of the page
Science-
Compares-Wet/Dry
Seasons-Clothing choice (I messed up on the PM kids’ page. I told them the wrong color—red for blue—oops! I associate red with hot! I should read the directions.)
Weather charting
Soc. Studies—
Recheck addresses—some people have forgotten
Fine Motor skills
Color—letter O
Cut—the items on the ‘Snow Mobile’
Glue—wet/dry page
Tracing—the ‘Loops’ page
Music—observations—if they try (or don’t even) to sing
Art—Our lovely snow scenes in the hall
Page 4—Religion/Behaviors
If you have any questions, I would be happy to meet with you in the morning or after school. This is the half way point. They will still improve but by now your child should have mostly 2’s and 3’s with only a few 1’s.
Enjoy the weekend and your child.
Sincerely,
Janet Maddocks
WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT:
Lang. Arts—p,P—Pointy Patches and Peewee Penguin
Math—We will begin a new chapter on time (on the hour) and money 1, 5, 10 and 25 cents—the coins anyway. Any help at home will be appreciated. This is a hard chapter.
Science—finishing bugs; looking at rocks this week
So.St.—next month—Famous people
Religion—Jesus comes to us