Weekly Reminders:

• There is a First Communion Parent Meeting on Wednesday, February 3 at 7pm
• Hot Lunch on Wednesday
• Wednesday is also dress up as a book character day. Please just use what you have around the house! 
• Sunday we are having our Open House. It would be great to see you there! In our classroom we are doing a demonstration of our math games. If you are around at 1:15 and your child would like to help teach others some math games, please come and join us. 
• Grade 1: ate, date, gate, late, mate, rate, grate, slate, crate, skate
• Grade 2: dice, ice, mice, nice, price, slice, spice, twice, advice, device

Week 18

Weekly Reminders:

• There is a workshop tonight being given by Deborah MacNamara. She will be speaking about how to help your kids attach more to you, rather than their peers. If you would like to attend, it is at 7:00 tonight at the Parish Center
• All students should now be practicing their Bible readings and working on picking out a poem. If you have not received the Bible readings, let me know, so I can send a copy home. 
• Grade 1 Spelling: dock, lock, mock, rock, sock, block, clock, flock, shock, smock
• Grade 2 Spelling: Coke, joke, yoke, poke, broke, choke, smoke, stroke, broken, token

Weekly Work

• The Grade two students are working on addition with regrouping, and the Grade ones have been learning a little bit too!
• We are learning about Force this week. We have learned that a force is a push or a pull and we have also learned about friction. The students are working in science stations to experiment with materials to find out more about force and motion.

Speech Arts

Speech Arts is just around the corner!  It is a time for students to get "comfortable" reading and presenting in front of their class.This year I am asking all students to present a poem and read a bible passage. 

Poetry:
The poem does not need to be very long.  I would like each student to learn and memorize a poem that he/she presents to the class for 30 seconds - 2 minutes.  You know your child best so help him/her choose a poem that they can learn and memorize. Poems need to be selected by Jan.20th.  Please send me a copy via email or in your child's homework folder.  Start learning the poems immediately and practice with your child saying the poem title and author before reciting the poem.

Bible Reading:
There are three passages that students will need to practice.  Your child does not need to memorize these - they should be practiced until your child can read them comfortably.  Practicing one reading a night is good (and counts as part of their nightly reading).  The passages were sent home today. 

Speech Arts poems and Bible Readings will be presented, in class, on February 15 & 16.

Spelling Words for the week

Grade 1: bent, cent, dent, lent, tent, went, spent, scent, event, cement

Grade 2: dine, fine, pine, brine, shine, spine, swine, twine, whine, ninety

Week 17

Weekly Reminders

• First Confession on Wednesday at 10 am. Parents are welcomed and encouraged to come!
• Hot lunch on Wednesday
• On the Calendar it might have said there was a non-uniform day this Wednesday, but it has been rescheduled to another day. 
• Next week on Monday is a Pro-D Day. This is an extra Pro-D Day mandated by the government. We will be learning about the new curriculum being implemented in BC. 

First Confession Next Week!

The kids are getting really excited for First Confession on Wednesday! We are preparing for it in class, but also your child should be practicing at home with the sheet I gave them this week. They will be allowed to take the sheet in with them, so if they forget what they have to say, it is there as a safety net.  Here are a few details about the day.

• Parents and older siblings are welcome to attend with us, but of course if older siblings are taking part, they must be respectful. 
• We will start in the Church at 10am, where Fr. Anthony and Fr. Edwin (from St. Nicholas) will be leading us in Exposition.
• After your child has made their First Confession, they are welcome to stay in the church and pray or they may go over to the Parish Center to do a craft and quiet reflection work. If they chose to go over to the Parish Center, they may always come back and join us to pray in the church.
• After everyone is finished, we will end with Benediction and then have a celebration in the Parish Center

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Schock