Mrs. O'Connell's Class Connection

Study for Friday's spelling test!
No Math homework tonight.

Scholastic Book order forms are in your child's Home folder today. If you are interested in ordering books for Christmas gifts, please send your forms/payment in by Monday, 12/5 so I can be sure of delivery before Christmas break. If the order is a secret, include a note, and I'll brown bag it before sending it home. You can also order online, using the scholastic.com classroom code H3ZD8, and have your order shipped directly to your home.

Our phonics focus for the week is the short u vowel sound, initial c /s/ as in city, and initial g /j/ as in giant.

Spelling words for Friday's test: us, bus, cut, but, rug, hug, our, bring, city, giant

High Frequency Words: bring, carry, hold, our, us

Scholastic Book orders due Monday (if interested)

This Friday, the NJHS is sponsoring a bake sale. All items are 50 cents and the proceeds will help a family participating in the parish Giving Tree. If you would like your child to be able to purchase baked goods, please send money in a marked envelope on Friday, 12/9.

Homework for Monday:
Reader Trucks
Math workbook p. 44

Thanks to Omar and Mrs. Zayyad for the fun Christmas stickers!

Look in your child's folder for exciting information and a permission form for an upcoming Field Trip. Forms/payment need to be returned by Thursday, 12/15. Thanks.

Homework:

Mini Reader: The Tub Read aloud 2x, and word hunt. Circle the words with the short u vowel sound, underline the words with the initial /s/ spelled with c and initial /j/ spelled with g.
Math workbook p. 45 Facts Quiz on Wednesday.

We will be performing You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch at this year's Christmas Concert on Tuesday, December 20. The lyrics to this song are challenging, but also a fun reading lesson for the kids. Please help them rehearse these lyrics at home. They can be found in your child's Home folder today. Please keep them handy and practice often! They don't have to be returned to school.

Reminders:
NJHS Bake Sale on Friday, 12/9.
We're missing a lot of lunch/snack towels.

Homework:
Reader Communities Selection Test tomorrow
Math workbook p. 46

A few more things...
St. Linus School is participating in Macy's A Million Reasons to Believe. The Student Council has asked us to write letters to Santa Claus. For every letter received Macy's will donate one dollar to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. We will be writing letters in class. Please send a stamped, blank envelope to school by this Friday. Thanks!

Again this year, the St. Linus school children have the opportunity to share their blessings with those less fortunate by participating in filling food baskets for the needy from Holy Family/Notre Dame of Chicago Parishes. Our class has been asked to donate tuna for the baskets. Cash donations to purchase perishables are also appreciated. Please send your donations to school by December 19th. Thanks again!

Homework:
Review for Friday's Spelling Test
Math Workbook p. 47

Reminders:
NJHS Bake Sale is Friday! Items are 50 cents each. Send money in an envelope, please!
Blank, stamped envelope for letter to Santa by Friday.
Thanks!

Christmas excitement is in the air and in our classroom. We are learning the lyrics to our Christmas Concert song, You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch, and the kids are having a lot of fun with it. Please continue to practice with them at home -- it is a challenging song!

The phonics focus for the week of Dec 12 is short vowels and final consonant blends. Spelling words for Friday's test: and, best, fast, just, hand, must, out, came, sent, next
High Frequency words: came, know, out, she, there

We are participating in the Student Government door decorating contest this week. Our theme is Santa's Workshop. The children will be making the decorations, but if you have extra craft supplies at home you'd like to donate to this effort, send them in! We could use tinsel, glitter or glitter glue, Christmas ribbon and bows, etc. Please don't go out and buy anything, but if you have some things laying around, we will use them. Our door will be judged on its theme, creativity, visual effect, imagination, and student involvement.

Reminders:
If you haven't already, please send in a blank, stamped envelope. We are writing letters to Santa Claus!

Homework:
Reader Fox and Bear, p. 136-143 only
Practice the lyrics to You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch -- concert is just about a week away!

Reminders:

If you haven't sent in a blank, stamped envelope, please do so asap. We're mailing our letters to Santa on Tuesday.

Field trip permission forms/payment due on Thursday, 12/15.

Friday is a Ladies Guild Hot Lunch day (if ordered.)

Homework:
Mini Reader <strong>Hop, Run, and Jump> Read aloud 2x, then circle/mark the short vowel words.
Math workbook p. 49
Practice Mr. Grinch