Catholic Schools Week

Here's the schedule of events for this week:

Monday: Muffins with Moms at 7:15 AM, Macaroni Box Collection (5 boxes per student) Spirit Dress if boxes are brought in
PARENT MEETING MONDAY NIGHT AT 6 PM TO DISCUSS CONCERNS/QUESTIONS WITH 200 DAY CALENDAR

Tuesday: Mass at 7:45 (led by 3rd and 6th grades)

Wednesday: Donuts with Dads at 7:15; DRESS AS YOUR FAVORITE SAINT DAY (prize for the best costume). SAINT COSTUMES OR UNIFORMS ONLY - NO FREE DRESS

Thursday: Schol Pride Day with Family Dinner in O'Malley Hal 5:30 - 8:0

Friday: Surprise Treat for the kids!

Spelling Bee Finalists!

Congratulations to the four finalists that will compete in the upcoming MiniBee next week:
~*Sarah Tupy*~
~*Ryan Zimmerman*~
~*Hope Beegle*~
~*Jolie Beegle*~

I must say we have a great group of spellers in our class! I had to break out the "dreaded" HARD CARDS with words like difference, scientist, and exciting! Great job spellers!

Geo-Fun!

Last week, students explored congruent shapes. We learned that congruent shapes have the same size and must be the same exact shape. The students worked with their desk buddies to make congruent shapes. I extended the lesson by teaching children about other polygons and what their prefixes mean - an OCTAGON has eight sides because OCTO means 8 (just like and OCTOPUS has eight legs). Students now call a "diamond" it's official name, a parallellogram, because it has a set of parallel lines. We had a great time! Here are some photos of the kids in action!

Nothing makes this teacher happier than seeing kids helping each other learn! :)

Think Like a Paleontologist!

On Tuesday, the students learned all about fossils and the importance of them to tell scientists about the past. We read from our book, discussed, and used a graphic organizer to help us remember all about fossils. On Wednesday, we put on our "Paleontologist Hats" and dug for "fossils"!

Here are our young paleontologists at work!!

 Our paleontologists used a pointed popsicle stick as their pic to help dig up as many chocolate chips or "fossils" without breaking them.

 All of the students worked so patiently and carefully to avoid damaging their precious fossils, just as a paleontologist would do if he or she were on a dig.

 Many students found over 40 chocolate chips fully entact!

Many cookies were left nearly entact as students dug out the chocolate chips.

We had so much fun during our dig! The kids learned so much and were so excited. I was so thrilled to hear them exclaim how much they wanted to do this again! Great job young paleontologists!

Great American Spell Check

Hi Parents!
It's been a while. The holidays were such an exciting time in our classroom...but now we're back to the daily grind.

The Great American Spell Check pledges are due on Wednesday. If every student submits at least one pledge, the students will be awarded no homework for an entire week! Wow! What an incentive! Please have your children find supporters other than their own parents. Thanks!

I will also pledge for each student in the class if he/she brings in a different pledge.

Our spelling test will be broken down into 2 tests of 25 words each. Students have had some of these words before. Once the test is completed in its entirety, students will take their tests home and collect the pledge money.

The student with the most pledges will earn a special reward!