December 16- December 20

Important reminders for the week:

Wednesday morning we will be having the Christmas program dress rehearsal at St. Patrick's Church. Your child must be dropped off at the church by 7:50AM.  I will be there at 7:30 if You need to drop them off earlier.  I'll be watching for my students.  When the rehearsal is over, parent volunteer drivers will be driving them back to the school.  

Wednesday night your child will need to be at St. Patrick's Church by 6:15 PM.  The first graders will be singing from the choir loft ( on the right side of the alter).  Please walk them over where I will be waiting for them.  You should sit near the choir loft so you can watch the first graders sing.  When the show is over, you will need to come over to get your child.  I will Not dismiss your child/ children until you come to get them, thank you for your support.  

Clothing for the program:  Your child must wear their best clothes.  Girls should be in dresses or skirt outfits and nice shoes.  Boys should be in dress pants and collared shirts or sweaters and nice shoes. Please no jeans or shorts! Thank you :-)

Vocabulary for the week

try

hard

rest

play

sing

please

thank

word

first

second

third

Spelling for the week

twigs

went

of

bend

still

fresh

dish

planted

going

spelling

**** last week we started sentence dictation as the challenge part of the test.  They need to have all the words spelled correctly, as well as proper punctuation to get the sentence correct.  Practice with them at home- remind them that a sentence always starts with a capital letter and ends with end punctuation.  We have been practicing this at school quite a bit; this is not a new concept- they need to work on listening and remembering to check their work.  :-)

Friday we will be having our class Christmas party.  The room mothers are organizing pizza, snacks, and a treat.  We will be having lunch and playing games.  This is sure to be a great party!!!!!  The party will begin around 11:00.  If you would like to help in some way, please give Mrs. McParland a call , 

Thanks to all my wonderful parents who have chipped in one way or another this year !! You truly are a blessing to me and my students!! Thanks again for all your love and support you have given, or continue to give !  May God bless you !! Thanks !!!!!

December9 - December 13

Vocabulary this week

return

should

old

pair

clothes

cook

knight

small

bring

Spelling this week 

for

they

shed

have

help

pet

sled

jet

test

net

******Starting this week the spelling test will now include dictation sentences as the challenge portion to the test.  The sentences will start off as simple sentences with words they have had, and/ or words they can sound out.  They need to begin with a capital letter and end with punctuation.  

1.  A permission slip went home for next Wednesday 12/18.  We will be having a dress rehearsal for the Christmas program at St. Patrick's Church that morning.  Please drop your child/ children off at the church by 7:50 AM.  We will rehearse for the program and then go to school when we are done- we will head back to school around 9:45 AM.  We will need parents to volunteer to drive my students back to school after we rehearse.  Please sign the permission slip and send it back to school, please note whether or not you will be able to transport students back to school.  Thank You :-). You MUST have fingerprints done and in the office and have taken the safe environment class.  

*****A note with other important details will be sent home by Friday concerning the times and information concerning what the students should wear that night to the program - remember this is a formal event and students should be dressed accordingly .

Thanks again!