October 11th News and Notes

Quincy Community Theatre Trip - Wednesday, October 16th
 We are SUPER excited about our trip to Quincy next Wednesday afternoon!  If you have a first grade student, please make arrangements to have a car seat available for the trip to Quincy.  These can be dropped off in our classroom when you come in on Wednesday.  Please remind all students of the importance of good behavior as we take St. John's out into the public and to a live theatre performance - The Wind in the Willows.  Also, kids may want to consider wearing nicer clothes than those for an average school day.  Thanks for your attention to these matters!

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. 

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.

First Grade Unit One Sight Word/Vocabulary Check
First grade parents - please look for a sight word/vocabulary sheet in the Friday Communication Folder.  Please review with your child and work on any words that they may have missed.

Religion
Memory Work for the Week of October 14th:

Tuesday (First and Second)
 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
  Matthew 22:37

Thursday (First and Second)
 Love your neighbor as yourself.  Matthew 22:39

Friday (Second)
 It is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.  Philippians 2:13

Reading
First Grade Reading Story for the Week of October 14th:  Animal Moms and Dads
Vocabulary:  our   two   her   they

Second Grade Reading Story for the Week of October 14th:  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 - Atticus Sternke
Second Grade - Beau Johnson

Next Week's Book Nook Topic:  
Jane Yolen - The "How Do Dinosaurs..." books

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