SHA…
Leading the Way to Pray
T.E.A.M. 204 News January 13, 2012
Dear Parents, Guardians, and Students,
Congratulations to Madelon Humphreys and her siblings, Devin and Ainslee, on the occasion of their Baptism. They will be baptized at the 5P.M. Mass tomorrow night. Welcome to your CHRISTian life and the first step of initiation into the Catholic Church. They will receive their next Sacraments in April. The Humphreys family is also awaiting their mother’s Baptism as part of the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night. Please keep them in prayer in a special way this weekend and the next few months.
Also keep in prayer the Academy high schoolers, teachers, and chaperones who will be traveling to Washington, D.C. later next week. Our students will be joining with the Saginaw Diocese to be part of an eight bus caravan to D.C. for the National March for Life. What a statement as both young Americans and young Catholics! It is of utmost importance that we foster respect for life from the very moment of conception to a natural death. I’m very proud to be teaching your children here, to have been a graduate, and to be a parent of a Sacred Heart student, as together we strive to give our children the best education we can. Thank you, too, for your commitment to the “Heart”.
It has been a packed, first five day week of the year. Students have been doing a great job traveling quietly in the hallway. The substitute in P.E. for Mr. Shell gave me a nice comment about our class, too. Way to go, T.E.A.M. 204!
We have received two items for our Valentine basket for SHAgala. A gift basket of a variety of snacks and some Valentine window gel cling-ons has been donated.
…and speaking of SHAgala… see Mr. Szymczyk’s bright orange note in the Friday folders. If you have never been to the event, I would encourage you to attend or volunteer. It really is an amazing transformation of our school and a fun night for all whether attending or volunteering. If you have any questions, please ask me. Chris(weather pending) and I volunteer each year the night of the event.
We will have the first P.O.W. of 2012 next week – Ben Velguth.
Some quick reminders regarding work. Headings include name, date, and subject beginning in the middle of the page. Missing = -10 and partially correct= -5. When redoing work, students need a heading on their paper and the redo should be stapled on top. F.Y.I. if you see a page with initials and date, it has probably been an assignment that was assigned a few weeks ago that students kept in their desk folder to work on during desk work time. After a while that assignment is given a deadline and needs to be turned.
Thank you to students who are prepared for the weather. (…and to moms and dads for your help in this matter.)
SUBJECT NOTES
RELIGION-Students are bringing home their Twelve-Day booklet. As we worked on the booklet I shared the different religious meanings with students. As always, I encourage students to find some kind of pattern to help them remember. Those interested in taking another quiz for extra credit points can see me at second recess on Tuesday.
MATH- The “Ah-ha”s this week have been wonderful to hear. We worked out our two-digit math problems thinking specifically about what each digit stood for before learning to multiply the way our parents know and remember. There has been ample math work time in the classroom this week. Thank you to those students who have used your time well, it is a good example for others.
SPELLING- Students are being challenged to really think about the sounds made by certain spelling patterns. Some of the sounds are specifically related to the formation of our mouth, such as the /ou/ sound and the long o sound which can both be spelled ow – snowplow.
READING-We are enjoying personal anecdotes by Jerry Spinelli. Your child should be able to tell you what an anecdote is, ask them.
Students should have their AR reading requirement met by next Friday.
SCIENCE- Students learned and used a balance which measures mass using grams (g) and a spring scale which measures weight using newtons (N). I hope they have shared the investigations we’ve done.
SOCIAL STUDIES- We’ve been busy taking notes on lesson one of ch.2, learning about early Americans and where they may have come from, explorers, and about our country’s motto.
ENGLISH- We brainstormed names of Jesus last week and plastered the back chalkboard in the room with many! I was very impressed. From the board we chose some names of Jesus and wrote acrostic poems.
SPANISH-Ask your child about learning the Our Father prayer in Spanish. They should be practicing the first few lines.
COMPUTER- We typed up our Name of Jesus acrostic poem this week.
PHYS. ED.- Thank you students for welcoming Mrs. Mack to SHA as a substitute yesterday.
ART- Students have brought home some more of their fine art work. Mrs. Chaffee has some great ideas!
Let us pray for vocations and being open to God’s call in our lives:
Faithful God,
You call good men and women to be preachers and prophets
So that the world can hear your word and turn to you in hope.
Fill us with your grace,
So that our lives and our words may proclaim the coming of your kingdom.
We ask this through CHRIST, our Lord. Amen.
Sincerely,