Mrs. Revis' Class Connection

Hi Families,
Happy New Year! Hope you all enjoyed Christmas. It was a nice, relaxing break.

Congratulations Mikey for being our next star-of-week! Its Baby Duck's second visit to the Horan house. Baby Duck was there 6 years ago when Mikey's brother, John was in Kindergarten. Baby Duck was only a year old. Have fun :)

We began letter book Ff yesterday. The picture paper was assigned today, and the printing pages will be assigned tomorrow, and Thursday.

There is no story in this letter book, so please have your child review the word list that was sent home. Some day next week I may be giving another spelling test.

We began our new chapter in Math yesterday. This chapter focuses on counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's. Today we counted by 10's and used Fruit Loop cereal to help us identify and count the numbers.When we were finished, we enjoyed a little treat:).

A Family Snowman activity went home yesterday. I was asked if you have to disguise the snowman, No! That was only for the turkey activity. Just dress up the snowman any way you wish.

Friday is the end of the 2nd quarter. This week and next, I will be testing each of the students on printing, number/letter recognition, and reading various words. Please review these concepts with your child. Report cards will be distributed soon.

This Sunday at the 10:30 mass we will be celebrating our Blue ribbon status with Cardinal George. If you plan on having your child attend, please have him/her dressed in their school uniform and sit with our class in our designated spot we sit for all school masses. I will be there, so look for me.

No school next Monday, January 16th in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Tomorrow and Thursday we will be reading our Scholastic news magazine about him and will discuss how we can solve problems peacefully, and how we should pay attention to who people are on the inside instead of on the outside.

Have a good rest of the week and enjoy our last day of Spring weather tomorrow. Snow is coming!

Take care,
Mrs. Revis

Hi Parents,
Hope you are all having a good week. I was not in school today because I was attending a workshop. It was very worthwhile.

Markie is our star-of-the-week and I'm sure is enjoying his visit with Baby Duck. Its Baby Duck's second visit to the Wantuck home. Markie's sister, Rosie was one of my students-4 years ago! My, how time flies!

We had our first "rocking chair reader" come and read to the class yesterday. Michael Lundy's grandma came and read a very cute Christmas story to the class. She also brought them each a candy cane. How nice! If any one else is interested in having a grandparent read to the class, please let me know, I would prefer after the holidays-next week is a busy week.

Due to the short week we have next week, there will be no star-of-the-week. Baby Duck is going to visit her relatives. (Ha ha).

We will be finishing up letter book Ii this week. Tomorrow I will be introducing i as a middle sound. I will also be doing another Math "challenge packet". I always find these to be quite interesting. Its good to be challenged!

We began a new chapter in Math yesterday. We identified 4 new shapes: sphere, cube, cylinder, and cone. After Christmas I will introduce fractions.

As of Thursday, there will be 10 more days until Christmas. (Its hard to believe!) Your child will be coming home with a countdown chain. Please remind your child to remove a link each day. When only the star that is attached to it remains, Christmas day will be here. By doing this little activity, your child won't have to ask you how many days until Christmas:)

Friday is the Ladies Guild hot lunch. Rest towels will be coming home and staying home. Please have your child bring it back in January.

Any questions with the Christmas program letter I sent home, please let me know.

Well, enjoy this "balmy" weather. Make the most of this holiday season, and enjoy it with your child. Christmas is always so much fun when they are little. (I do know that!) I miss those days.

Take care,
Mrs. Revis

Hi Parents,
Its certainly the Christmas season! We are enjoying Circle time each morning opening up the Advent calendars window, practicing our song for the Christmas program, and doing a variety of Christmas art activities.

Here is our week:
Yesterday we had a wonderful time on our field trip to the Beverly Art Center. The performance was enjoyable and the students were very well behaved. A big pat on the back to all them!

Sofia is our star-of-the-week. Have fun Sofia!

We began letter book Ii today. As stated in my newsletter, we learn only the short i sound in Kindergarten. (as in igloo). A new word list also went home with new/review words.

We had a visit today from St. Nick and received a couple of candy treats. I also had the students color a picture of St. Nick and since they all colored their pictures so nicely, I had them laminated. The students were encouraged to hang the picture in their bedroom.

The Ii printing papers will be assigned tomorrow and Thursday for homework.

I am very pleased with how well the Biography program is going. Thank you for your cooperation. The students seem to enjoy choosing their book each week. Next week will be the last week, and I will resume sending them home in January.

We did another Science experiment today. This time with a lima bean. We wrote in our Science journals and predicted how long it will take for our bean to sprout.

Thursday we will be going to church @ 9:00 for an all school mass. Its a holy day since its the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

On Friday the NJHS is having a bake sale. All bakery items will be 50 cents. Please send in money with your child if you want him/her to purchase something. No more than $1.00 please.

I will be sending home a letter by Friday regarding the Christmas program.

Hope you are enjoying the Christmas season. Have a good week.

Stay warm,
Mrs. Revis

Hi Families,
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed the many art activities your child brought home. The Thanksgiving recipes were quite amusing this year! The responses are always so amusing.
Our week:

Charlotte is our star of the week! Have fun Charlotte with Baby Duck.
We are finishing up letter book Ll. The printing papers are assigned tonight and tomorrow for homework.

In Math we have started our chapter on numbers 11-30. Please continue to have your child practice printing numbers 1-30. I still see many reversals of a few of the numbers.

In Religion we began discussing the meaning of Advent and what the Advent wreath means. We will be making our own Advent wreaths for an art activity on Friday. I would encourage you to attend mass on Sundays and point out the Advent wreath to your child.

I have purchased 2 Advent calendars and during Circle time I will be choosing 2 students per day to open a window. One of the calendars has chocolate behind each of the windows:)

I will be giving a SMALL spelling test on Thursday. This is just a review of our letters and a way for me to see how well the students can sound out and spell some of the words from our word lists. I have had 2 parents contact me and ask what words their child should practice. I usually don't know what words I will be giving until the day of the test. I will only take words from our word lists. If I give out the words I will be testing on ahead of time, the children will have those memorized. Please parents-this is not a big deal!

A little progress report will be coming home on Friday along with the results of your child's spelling test.

The all school Christmas program is on December 20th @ 7:00 in the church. I will be sending home a letter some time next week with more details.

There are still students in need of the following items: a new pencil case, crayons, dish towel for snack/lunch, and a rest towel. Please see to it that your child has these supplies. Thank you!

Hope you are having a good week. Stay warm!
Mrs. Revis

Hi Parents,
Thanksgiving is already next week. Wow, where has the time gone? Speaking of Thanksgiving, the turkeys in disguise look wonderful! I will try and post some pictures so you can see how great they all look. Thank you for your cooperation with this fun activity.

Several students already read their biography and completed their worksheet. As stated in my newsletter, your child has until Friday to hand theirs in. This activity is a fun little way to introduce your child to many historic people. Have fun with it. Just so you know, since next week is a shortened week, I will not be sending home any biographies. I will resume after our Thanksgiving break.

Rudy is our star-of-the-week. Have fun with Baby Duck Rudy:)

Congratulations Karol! He is the proud big brother of his new baby brother, Anthony.

Ice cream will be sold at lunch tomorrow (Wednesday) for $1.00.

Today in our letter books we did our first page in which we had to sound out and spell two of our words. As you review the word lists with your child, have your child sound out a word after you say it, and have him/her write it out on an index card. Just a suggestion...have your child keep their own set of index cards with their words written on each one. As the year progresses, and we learn more words, I will be giving little, (about 5 words) spelling tests to the students. This not only helps them with their printing, but they are also introduced to spelling tests which they will have in 1st grade.

I am quite pleased with how well the class has done with their printing of numbers 1-10. We will be completing this chapter this week and next week I will continue with the chapter on numbers 11-30.

Friday is the Ladies Guild hot lunch.

I will not be having a star-of-the-week next week since there are only 31/2 days of school. Baby Duck will be home with me!

Once again, thank you again for all your cooperation with the activities I have assigned. I also appreciate all the glue sticks that have been sent in.

Have a good week.
Mrs. Revis

Hi Parents,
Hope you all enjoyed that extra hour of sleep this weekend. It was nice!
Here's our week:

Today: Congratulations! Nora is our star-of-the-week. This is Baby Duck's first visit to the Murray home. I'm sure she'll have fun with Nora's family. Thank you to all of you who have had their visit with Baby Duck. You have taken such good card of her and all the other contents in the bag.

We began letter book Ss. A new word list also came home.

A family project has been assigned! A picture of a turkey came home in your child's folder. Please be creative and decorate your turkey. These are to be turned in by next Monday, Nov. 14th. Let the whole family get involved. Feel free to mount the turkey on poster board.

All permission slips f or our field trip were due back. If you have not done so, please have your child bring theirs in. The sooner we get our money in, the better our seats will be.

Tuesday: Ss picture paper for homework.

Our class will be attending the book fair from 1:20-1:40. Feel free to come and help your child with their purchase. Meet us at the classroom and you can walk down with us. If you are unable to come, put your child's money in an envelope with their name and "book money" on it.

Wednesday: We are discussing our families in Religion. Please have your child bring in a picture of their family. I would like to display these in the hall. Thank you.

Thursday: Veterans Assembly @ 9:15 in church. If you have not attended this assembly before, you should make an effort to. Its very meaningful.

Early dismissal @ 11:30. As always, I will be walking the students out @ 11:25. There will be no pm extended day.

Parent teacher conferences: Open conferences from 12:00-3:30 or 4:30-6:00. Scheduled conferences are from 6:00-8:00. * If you have a conference scheduled with another teacher for one of your other children, please let me know as soon as possible and I will try to schedule your time close to the time for your other child.

Friday: No school :)

Thank you to all of you who sent in glue sticks. We are set for awhile! No need for anyone to send more in.

Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday.

Have a good week,

Mrs. Revis

Hi Parents,
Happy November! Wow~where did October go?

Our Halloween party went very well yesterday. Thanks to Mrs. Lundy and all the other moms who helped out. The students all seemed to have had a great time. They were all well behaved. Their costumes were great too!

Jimmy is our star-of-the-week. This is Baby Duck's second visit to the Lyon's home. Jimmy's sister Morgan was one of my students a few years ago. I'm sure Baby Duck will have a lot of fun. I believe she wore a Halloween costume and even went trick-or-treating!!

We went to mass today and were very well behaved. I have noticed an increase in our participation and singing during the mass. Very nice.

I had mentioned in my newsletter that a field trip permission slip was to come home today. I was unable to complete it. I will send it home hopefully this Friday.

We are completing our Dd letter book, and are discussing dogs tomorrow. Have your child bring in either a stuffed dog, or a picture of one.

Thank you to all of you who had your child bring in a bible last week. It was an added bonus to our discussion of the bible.

Erin will be celebrating her birthday tomorrow. Happy Birthday Erin!

I sent home a note today regarding glue sticks. I can't believe we have just about gone through our entire supply. If any one could send some in, I would greatly appreciate it.

Tomorrow I will be reading/discussing the story of Noah's Ark. I was also able to obtain a childrens version of the story on VHS. The students in the past have always enjoyed watching this.

Report cards will be coming home on Friday. Also included in the envelope is the letter/number printing test I gave each child. Please review this, and have your child practice their printing if necessary. I have printing paper, so let me know if you need me to send some home in your child's folder.

Yesterday I sent home a letter regarding our "Rocking chair reading program". Please encourage grandmas/grandpas in your family to come visit and read a story or two to the class. I have plenty of books to choose from, and a nice rocking chair to sit in. Let me know if you have someone who would be interested. I will be doing this program throughout the entire year so no hurry. (Just a thought... you may want to wait for the room to cool down, its been quite warm lately.)

Our behavior seems to be improving. I hope this continues:)

Have a good week.

Mrs. Revis