We will be square dancing today, January 4,5, and 6th. Children may wear jeans or sweatpants, appropriate shirts, and gym shoes. All are invited to attend the final school-wide program on Wednesday, January 6th at 1PM in the gym.
December 22nd is our last day of school before vacation. Students may wear Christmas colors. It is a full day of school.
Many times, after the initial excitement of Christmas wears off, children begin chanting the age-old refrain, “I’m bored!”
If this happens in your home, get your child involved in some fun, educational activities by logging on to Spelling City (www.spellingcity.com). First click on FIND A LIST. Then you can search by my name (Amy Dittman) and find all of our spelling lists so far, including the words for Cinderella, the story we will do after the holidays.
Spelling City can teach your child words (be sure the speaker is on!). A pleasant voice says the word, spells it, and uses it in a sentence. Then your child can play about a dozen games using the words. When they are ready, they can take a test on the words.
The children have seen the site and are excited to use it.
Give it a try and let me know what you think!
Monday, December 14th is an early dismissal at 1:30PM.
Friday, December 18th we have Mass at school at 1:45PM.
Next Tuesday, December 22nd is our last day of school before Christmas vacation. It is a full day with the final Advent Service at 2PM in the gym.
If you have not yet sent in a monetary gift to be applied to a group gift for the priests and wish to do so, it is not too late. Please put your donation in an envelope marked PRIESTS GIFT and I will send it to the office.
Please be sure to send in book orders by Tuesday as I will need to place the orders Tuesday evening in order to get Christmas delivery.
These are a few more songs from the Open Court reading series that we use at school.
SETTING READING GOALS (The More We Get Together)
The more we browse the story, the story, the story the more we browse the story, the more prepared we’ll be. Do you have any wond’rings, or problems, or clues? Let’s talk about the purpose for reading today.
SUMMARIZING (Comin’ Round the Mountain)
To tell you all I read would take too long. So I have to think and plan how to respond. I can sum up, sum up, sum up the most important facts. It will check my understanding to the max!
These are from the “Stick Out Your Neck” series by Carson-Dellosa Publishing.
ACTION WORDS (Bingo)
Some words tell things that you can do and verbs are what we call them. V-E-R-B-S, V-E-R-B-S, V-E-R-B-S and verbs are what we call them.
Here are some action words for you to act out as we sing them: S-T-A-N-D, S-T-A-N-D, S-T-A-N-D and verbs are what we call them!
(I just add more verbs to act out like: march, jump, skip, bend…)
THE ANTONYM SONG (The Muffin Man)
Oh, do you know the antonyms, the antonyms, the antonyms? Do you know the antonyms? The meanings aren’t the same.
If I say young then you say old. If I say hot, then you say cold. If I say bought then you say sold. The meanings aren’t the same.
If I say up then you say down. If I say smile you say frown. If I say sit then you say stand. The meanings aren’t the same.
The second grade class sings a lot of songs. It seems that I have a song for nearly everything- and if I don’t, I try to create one! The first one is from the Open Court reading series. The next two are from a language resource I purchased last summer. (I will get the name of it tomorrow!) The last song is one of my own creation!
MAKING CONNECTIONS (I’m a Little Teapot)
I can make connections, so can you. It’s really simple. Here’s all you do. When you start to read just let your mind go And make connections to things you know.
THE GRAND JAZZ BAND (Do Your Ears Hang Low?)
Sam can tap his drum ratta-tatta-tatta-tum Jan can play a jazzy sax and so can her cousin Max If you clap your hands together you can join their happy band It’s a grand jazz band.
PIP’S MITTENS (She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain)
Liz is making mittens for her kitten Pip Every day she’ll knit another little bit Pip thinks kitty mitts are silly but he’ll wear them if it’s chilly in the winter they will keep him nice and warm!
TRANSPARENT, TRANSLUCENT, OPAQUE (Twinkle, Twinkle)
Transparent you see right through,for that a Ziploc bag will do. Translucent is not so clear. Wax paper will do for here. Opaque lets no light get in like paper bags or cans of tin.
