January 31st News and Notes

Student Teacher - Dakota Wood
Next week we will be welcoming our student teacher, Dakota Wood.  Dakota comes to us from HLG and she will be working in our classroom from February through April.

Lutheran Schools' Week
The kids are super excited about the events coming up next week!  Please refer to the schedule that was sent last week for the daily dress and activities.  Our first event- singing in church on Sunday at the 10:00 St. John's service!

Saxon Math Homework
Thank you to all parents who diligently look for the Math homework in the nightly folders!  A tip for you... assessments happen with lessons ending in 5 and 0.   Right now, we are working through lessons 70-1, 70-2, and 70-3.  On these three nights, we will not have homework as we are assessing during school hours.  Homework will start up again with lesson 71.  Another question ... should parents check the "A" side as well as the "B" side of homework?  Absolutely!  We want to the students to achieve an A 100% on each assignment!  If they are not understanding something, talking it through with a parent may be just the thing they need!  Also, sometimes, due to time constraints, we are unable to fully complete the "A" side.  Again, thank you for your help!  It means a lot!

Religion
Happy Lutheran Schools' Week!  In celebration, we will be taking the week off from Memory Work.

Reading
We will be moving our homework assignments to Monday and Wednesday night next week due to the Book Fair event on Thursday night.

First Grade Reading Story:  Drake's Tail
Sight Words/Vocabulary:  once   upon   carry   eight   across   saw   walked

Second Grade Reading Story:  Head, Body, Legs
Vocabulary:  swung   gasped   delicious   frantically   attached

Spelling
First Grade Words:  mail   chain   play   rain   way   day   string   split 
Bonus Word:  saw

Second Grade Words:  clown  crown  brown  growl  howl  sound  ground  house  shout  cloud
Bonus Word:  delicious

McDonalds Superstars of the Week:
First Grade - Trenten Coffman
Second Grade - Jacob Flowers

Next Week's Book Nook Topic:
Clifford Books

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

Mrs. Bradshaw
kbradshaw@stjohnshannibal.org