Mrs. O'Connell's Class Connection

This week, our phonics focus is on the long i sound and medial consonants.

Due to the shorter week, our Spelling test will take place on Thursday. Here are the words:

like, ride, nice, white, time, five, your, friend, never, rabbit

High Frequency (shoebox) words: be, soon, pretty, friend, your
Please continue to work with these words frequently at home.

In Math, we are learning about money! We are counting coins. If you want to help your child learn about money concepts at home, pull out the piggy bank and have them sort the coins. They should be able to count combinations of pennies, nickels, and dimes, so far. We will add quarters soon. Remind them to count the coins with the greatest value first, and ask them to show you why they should do that!

Tuesday is the 100th day of school! We are planning some fun 100th day activities to celebrate!

On Thursday, school will be dismissed at 11:30 a.m. I will be available from 1-4 p.m. and 5-7:30 p.m. for optional conferences. If you have concerns or would like to discuss your child's progress, please stop by. Remember, I am available every morning, and most afternoons after school as well, and we can always "meet" by phone or email.

Reminder: There is no school on Friday, 2/10. Enjoy the long weekend!

Coming up... We will have a simple Valentine's Day celebration on Tuesday, February 14th. The children may bring valentine cards to share with the class. Please make sure they include all their classmates. We have 9 boys and 8 girls in our room.

No "homework" tonight, but we are having our weekly spelling test tomorrow, so please review!

Happy Student Appreciation Day!

WE'RE BACK ONLINE!

Homework for Wednesday:
Reader Our Family Get-Together Selection Test on Thursday.
Math Workbook p. 74 Pennies, Nickels, Dimes

Thursday is Student Appreciation Day! Show your Linus pride by wearing blue and white.
The students will enjoy popcorn and their choice movie in our school wing.

Homework:
Reader The Red Stone Game 2x with expression!
Facts Quiz on Wednesday.

Our 3rd Quarter begins today. Report cards will be distributed on Friday.

Because of the shortened week, we will take both our Reading Selection and Spelling Tests on Friday.

Wednesday is Ice Cream Day -- $1.00

Today marks the end of the 2nd quarter. You are halfway to 2nd grade! Report cards will be distributed next Friday, January 20.

No school this Monday, 1/16, as we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.

For the week of January 17-20, our phonics focus is on the long a vowel sound with the CVCe spelling pattern (consonant/vowel/consonant, followed by silent e) and the inflected ending -ed.

New spelling words for Friday's test: ate, bake, gave, late, make, take, as, after, helped, wanted.
As usual, you can find these words on spellingcity.com

High Frequency (shoebox) words: after, as, call, laugh, something

Wednesday, 1/18 is Ice Cream day. Please send $1.00 in a marked envelope, if interested.

In January, we begin celebrating grade level Masses once each month. Our first Mass takes place on Friday, January 27th at 8:30 a.m. If your child has a reading part, they will be asked to bring home their part and practice. We will also practice several times in Church. You are most welcome to attend and celebrate Mass with us! More information to come as we get closer to the date.

Homework:

Practice Flowers in January. Bring script back to school on Friday.
Math Workbook p. 64 Patterns on the hundreds chart.

Just to clear up any confusion about the Readers Theater ---- we will not be doing a performance for the parents this time. We will be performing for the preschool instead. Sorry about the late notice - I couldn't make any definite plans until I knew what was happening to prep for our Mass with the Cardinal. We will definitely do our next Readers Theater for you, the parents! Thanks for your interest!

Reminders:

Please send appropriate outerwear, especially boots, when needed. When the sidewalks are dry, we still try to get outside for some fresh air! Don't forget to send shoes to change into!

If interested in Scholastic books, the order form and payment are due on Friday. Thanks.

Wednesday's Homework:

Practice lines for Flowers in January and read with expression. Bring script back to school!
Math Workbook p. 63.

We are looking for some artificial grapes and a bouquet of silk or other fake flowers to be used as props in our Readers Theater. If you have some that we can borrow, please send them to school on Thursday. Thanks!

Homework for Monday:
Be ready for Spelling Test tomorrow!
Math workbook p. 61

In Reading, we are working on the Unit 3 Skills Test this week, so there are no new stories in the Reader. Next week, we will go back to our normal Reading/Phonics/Spelling routine.

The 2nd Quarter ends on Friday. Report cards will be issued the following Friday, January 20.

Reminder:
Cardinal George will be here to celebrate our National Blue Ribbon status at Mass at 10:30 on Sunday, January 15. Classes will sit together in church and children should wear their school uniforms. There is a reception with the Cardinal following Mass. I'll keep you updated as I receive additional information.

Scholastic Book orders, if interested, should be returned with payment by this Friday, 1/13.

Please make sure your child has a hat and gloves for outdoor recess on chilly days.
Thanks!

Cardinal George will be celebrating our Blue Ribbon recognition at Mass on Sunday, January 15th at 10:30 a.m. We would like to celebrate together as a school. Please have your children attend Mass in their school uniforms and we will sit together as a class.

Also, a reminder that we will be taking a Spelling Test next Tuesday on the words we began studying this week. Here they are again:

clap, sled, trip, spot, drop, drum, read, please, can't, it's

Please review over the weekend. Thanks!

Today's homework:

Reader: Lily Reads Selection Test on Friday