October 5th News and Notes

Please prepare for recess!
The weather people are saying that cooler weather is on the way!  Please remember to dress your child appropriately each day for outside recess.  We will be going outside on days that we can, and some of those may start getting a little chilly. 

Memory Work Mix-Up
My apologies on the mix-up on Memory this past Thursday.  I practiced one verse with the kids at school, but then too late discovered that I had a different verse published on the blog.  So I allowed your student to say whichever verse they practiced, and gave them a plus (excellent), check (fine), or minus (needs work) grade in place of the usual number grade.  Sorry for the confusion!

Reading Homework/Unit Tests
Last week I forgot to mention that during our review (unit test) week in Reading, we will not have the regular Tuesday/Thursday night Reading homework.  Kids work hard on the unit tests all week during school time and we do not begin a new story on those weeks.  This will happen approximately once every six weeks.  Please look for the regular Tuesday/Thursday evening homework again this coming week.

St. John's is in session on Monday!
We will be having school on Monday, October 8th at St. John's, although some places will be closed due to the Columbus Day holiday.

Religion
Memory Work for the Week of October 8th:

Tuesday (First and Second)
The Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.  Joshua 1:9

Thursday (First and Second)
God says, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."  Joshua 1:5

Friday (Second)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.  Proverbs 3:5

Reading
First Grade Reading Story for the Week of October 8th:  Animal Moms and Dads
Vocabulary:  our   two   her   they

Second Grade Reading Story for the Week of October 8th:  Babu's Song
Vocabulary:  figure  vendors  concern  collection  exclaimed

Spelling
Please check out Spelling City for the new lists!

First Grade Words:  hop  top  log  hog  hot  lot  fast  wink  Bonus Word:  our

Second Grade Words:  jay  hay  may  main  wait  tail  sail  train  pay  stay  Bonus Word: exclaimed

Sonic Superstars of the Week:
First Grade - Jacob Flowers
Second Grade - Jade Miller

Next Week's Book Nook Author: 
Doreen Cronin

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