April 26th News and Notes

Achievement Testing Begins Monday!
We will begin our testing on Monday morning.  I will have First Grade in our classroom, while Mrs. Paschal will be testing with the Second Grade in the Library.  We will aim to finish testing each day by around 10:30 so that we can catch a brief recess before lunch time.  Thanks to your contributions, we will be able to have a snack and drink each morning.  Good pencils and erasers will be provided.  Please make sure that students get plenty of rest and a good breakfast each morning.  Please encourage them to try their best and to arrive each day with a positive attitude!

Unit Five Sight Word/Vocabulary Review- First Grade
Please check the Friday folders for the results of this word review.  Words with dashes were not recognized when they were tested on earlier this week.

Olivia Day on Friday, May 3rd
We will be celebrating the end of testing with Olivia the Pig on Friday.  Olivia's favorite color is red, so in her honor, please send your child to school in something red on that day.  I will try to remind the kids also as the day gets closer...

Religion
There will be no Memory Work this week due to Achievement Testing.

Reading
First Grade Reading Story:  Olivia
Sight Words/Vocabulary:  mother father four love always supposed firm

Second Grade Reading Story:  Dig, Wait, Listen
Vocabulary:  lengthy beyond burrow warning distant

Spelling
We will not be having a Spelling Test this week due to Achievement Testing.  However, we will be working with Spelling words and may have a Spelling Bee on Friday ....

First Grade Words:  book look cook took hood wood toy coin

Second Grade Words:  rat rattle rid riddle sad saddle jig jiggle apple puddle

McDonalds Superstars of the Week:
First Grade:  Beau Johnson
Second Grade:  Leo Zhang

Next Week's Book Nook Topic:
Olivia

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

Love and Blessings,
Mrs. Bradshaw
kbradshaw@stjohnshannibal.org