October 26th News and Notes

Wednesday is the last day of October!
October is coming to a close already!  If your student plans to participate in Book It! this month, please have completed forms sent to school by Wednesday, October 31st.  A form for November will come home in the Friday folder. 

Scholastic Book Order for November
Also in the Friday folder, please look for a book order for the month of November.  If you would like to order, please return completed form along with a check made out to Scholastic Book Clubs to school by Wednesday, October 31st.

Looking forward to our meeting next week!

Conference meeting days and times were sent home in the Wednesday night folder.  Please let me know if you did not receive it.  I'm looking forward to discussing your child's progress so far this year with you sometime next week!  Please remember also that there is NO SCHOOL FRIDAY due to Parent/Teacher Conferences.  Look for the Parent Questionnaire pictured below in the Friday folder.  Please consider filling this out and bringing it to our conference next week.  I find that it helps direct our conversation and allows us to remember topics that we wanted to talk about together! 

Changes To Schedule Next Week
Due to no school on Friday, and trying to avoid homework on Halloween, weekly Reading assignments will come home on Monday and Tuesday evenings.  Memory will be said on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.  Our Spelling tests will be on Thursday, so please plan ahead so the bulk of the studying will not be on Halloween night!  Thanks!

Religion
Memory Work for the Week of October 29th continues to be words to the song "All Creatures of our God and King" that we will be singing in church on November 11th.  You can type the song title in on You Tube to see a video and get the tune of the song (although it may be a somewhat different version than the one that Mrs. Begley is using)!

Tuesday (First and Second)
Let all things their Creator bless, and worship Him in humbleness!
O praise Him!  Alleluia!

Wednesday (First and Second)
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, and praise the Spirit, three in one!
O praise Him!  O praise Him!  Alleluia!  Alleluia!  Alleluia!

NO FRIDAY MEMORY WORK

Reading
First Grade Story:  The Pigs, the Wolf, and the Mud
Vocabulary:  could   again   one   make   then   three

Second Grade Story:  One Grain of Rice
Vocabulary:  collectors   store   reward   clever   double   amount

Spelling
Spelling City awaits!
(Also be sure to check out Arcademic Skillbuilders above for practice of basic math facts!  First Grade should work with addition up to sums of 12, and Second Grade should work with subtraction up to 18-9!)

First Grade Words:
run   fun   nut   cut   bug   rug   grass   spin   Bonus Word:  could

Second Grade Words:
grow   mow   bowl   most   told   goes   toe   toast   foam   soap    Bonus Word:  clever

Sonic Superstars of the Week:
First Grade - Brynn Dolbeare
Second Grade - Megan Kendall

Next Week's Book Nook Topic:
My Favorite Book - Students are encouraged to bring in ONE favorite book of their choice.

Thanks for all that you do!  Have a nice weekend and week ahead!

Mrs. Bradshaw
kbradshaw@stjohnshannibal.org