August 24th News and Notes

Blog Invitations
I am including a printed copy of this week's blog in the Friday Communication Folder.  I have attempted to send a blog invitation to everyone who provided an email address to St. John's from our classroom.  Please let me know if you have not yet received an invitation by emailing me at  kbradshaw@stjohnshannibal.org. Thank you for helping St. John's save on paper and printing costs even more this school year!  Please be sure to check the blog every Friday for a new parent letter.  Let me know if there are any additional people in your family that you would want to be invited as a reader to our blog!

Religion
As part of our first and second grade Religion curriculum, I will be assigning Bible verses for the children to memorize and repeat back to me.  Verses will be said twice a week for first graders (Tuesday and Thursday) and three times per week for second graders (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) unless otherwise notified.  We will be practicing them during class time, but some additional help from home would be appreciated.  Look for the Memory Verses on the Friday parent letters.

Tuesday (First and Second)
God saw all that He had made, and it was very good.  Genesis 1:31

Thursday (First and Second)
God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son.  John 3:16

Friday (Second)
The first commandment:  You shall have no other Gods.

Reading
First Grade Reading Story for the Week of August 27th:  Pam and Sam
Vocabulary:  up   not   jump

Second Grade Reading Story for the Week of August 27th:  David's New Friends
Vocabulary:  groan   different   whisper   carefully   excited

Spelling
Next Friday will be the first Spelling Test opportunity for both grades!  Please remember to check out the Spelling City website for more spelling word practice!

First Grade Words:  man   ran   can   cat   hat   mat     Bonus Word: not

Second Grade Words:  has   wag   sat   had   bad   six   if   him   will   fix    Bonus Word: whisper

Next Week's Book Nook Author:  Robert Munsch

This Week's Sonic Superstars:  First Grade - Maddie Bradshaw     Second Grade - Gabriel Foster

Thanks for all that you do!  Have a nice weekend and week ahead!
Mrs. Bradshaw
kbradshaw@stjohnshannibal.org