Blogging Full Speed Ahead!
Hello everyone! This week, I will send one more printed copy of the blog home in the Friday Communication Folder. Starting next week, please check the blog online on Fridays for the updated version. Please let me know ASAP if you will need a printed copy.
Sleep and Breakfast Are Important
We are still adjusting to being back in school again, and many of the kids are used to getting up late, eating a late breakfast, then having a normal lunch time. Now that breakfast is happening early, they are "STARVING" by the time lunch finally rolls around at 12:00! Please encourage your student to go to bed at a reasonable time, and to eat a good breakfast before coming to school each morning. Unfortunately, there are no snacks (or naps!) in first and second grade! Thanks!
Saxon Math Homework
Thank you to everyone for your attention regarding the math homework! This is a very important part of the Math program and will help them practice the skills they will need to move forward. I am still working to establish our weekly schedule, so Math homework is not quite as frequent as I had anticipated. Please continue to look for the homework in the folder each evening, just in case. It works best when you give your student a few minutes to complete the work on their own, then sit down with them and look over their paper (both sides) to make sure that they understand and have the correct answers. This homework is not an attempt to "trick" your child at all. If they miss something, please do fix it with them and talk about the answer so that the next time they encounter it on their own - on a test for example - they may be more successful. Please have them use pencil and crayon only (no markers or pens) to complete their work. If you have any questions on how to manage the math homework with your child, please let me know.
Parent Questionnaires and Handbook Sign-Off Sheets
If you have not yet returned these items to school, please do so on Tuesday morning. Thanks!
Morning Routine
Please continue to support and encourage your child to check in and follow our new morning routine. Kids can come into the gym and say their Memory Work to me right away on Memory days!
Handwriting Practice Sheets
In the Friday Communication Folder, please look for a handwriting practice sheet that your child can keep at home and refer to when practicing their handwriting. We use the D'Nealian style of handwriting at St. John's, and yes...we do still teach cursive! This will begin toward the end of second grade!
Religion
Memory Work for the Week of September 1st ... please note the change in due dates for next week due to NO SCHOOL MONDAY FOR LABOR DAY:
Wednesday (First and Second)
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1
Friday (First and Second)
I trust in You, O Lord; I say, "You are my God." Psalm 31:14
No additional Memory Work for Second Grade on Friday this week!
Reading/Spelling
We have been working on ways for students to become more independent learners this week. We have been practicing techniques from The Daily Five - including "Reading to Ourselves", "Reading with Someone", and "Writing On Our Own". This week, we added "Word Work" and "Listening to Reading". We will continue to work on this next week. Please look for the first Spelling Test and Reading Sight and Vocabulary Words to appear further into September.
McDonald's Superstars of the Week:
First Grade: Issac Chen
Second Grade: Eric Forney
Next Week's Book Nook Topic:
Alphabet Books
Thanks for all that you do for your student! Have a nice weekend and week ahead!
Love and Blessings,
Mrs. Bradshaw
kbradshaw@stjohnshannibal.org
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August 22nd News and Notes
Blog Invitations
I am including a printed copy of this week's blog in the Friday Communication Folder. Please let me know if you have any problems accessing the blog using the address on the pamphlet that I gave out on Orientation Night. (Also, let me know if you have not received (or need more copies of) this pamphlet.) Thank you for helping St. John's save on paper and printing costs again this school year! Please be sure to check the blog every Friday for a new parent letter.
New Morning Routine
The new routine of meeting in the gym in the mornings is going great! We are discussing ways to speed up the sign-in process (and as people get used to it, that should help as well). Please remember to tell your child to sign in and declare their lunch and extended care choices. Also, please remind them to set their lunch boxes and bookbags down by the piano (our class only), and to have a seat by the 1st and 2nd grade sign.
Religion
As part of our first and second grade Religion curriculum, I will be assigning Bible verses for the children to memorize and repeat back to me. Verses will be said twice a week for first graders (Tuesday and Thursday) and three times per week for second graders (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) unless otherwise notified. We will be practicing them during class time, but some additional help from home would be appreciated. Look for the Memory Verses on the Friday parent letters.
Tuesday (First and Second)
I praise You, for I am...wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works. Psalm 139:14
Thursday (First and Second)
The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
Friday (Second)
The first commandment: You shall have no other Gods.
Reading/Spelling
We have been working on ways for students to become more independent learners this week. We have been practicing techniques from The Daily Five - including "Reading to Ourselves", "Reading with Someone", and "Writing On Our Own". We will continue to work on this next week. Please look for the first Spelling Test and Reading Sight and Vocabulary Words to appear in September.
Saxon Math Homework
Please look for the first math homework sheet in Friday's communication folder along with a parent letter which briefly describes the program. Help your child complete the homework, and return in the communication folder on Monday morning. Thanks in advance for your attention to this important subject!
Parent Questionnaire
Also in the communication folder, please look for a brief questionnaire that I hope you will fill out and return so that I can learn a little more about your child. Thanks in advance for your help!
Handbook Sign Off Sheets
Please remember to read our new 2014/2015 St. John's School Handbook, sign the back page, and return that page in your student's communication folder. Thanks!
Next Week's Book Nook Author:
Robert Munsch
Click on the link above to listen to Robert Munsch read some of his stories!
Thanks for all that you do! Have a nice weekend and week ahead!
Love and Blessings,
Mrs. Bradshaw
kbradshaw@stjohnshannibal.org
I am including a printed copy of this week's blog in the Friday Communication Folder. Please let me know if you have any problems accessing the blog using the address on the pamphlet that I gave out on Orientation Night. (Also, let me know if you have not received (or need more copies of) this pamphlet.) Thank you for helping St. John's save on paper and printing costs again this school year! Please be sure to check the blog every Friday for a new parent letter.
New Morning Routine
The new routine of meeting in the gym in the mornings is going great! We are discussing ways to speed up the sign-in process (and as people get used to it, that should help as well). Please remember to tell your child to sign in and declare their lunch and extended care choices. Also, please remind them to set their lunch boxes and bookbags down by the piano (our class only), and to have a seat by the 1st and 2nd grade sign.
Religion
As part of our first and second grade Religion curriculum, I will be assigning Bible verses for the children to memorize and repeat back to me. Verses will be said twice a week for first graders (Tuesday and Thursday) and three times per week for second graders (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) unless otherwise notified. We will be practicing them during class time, but some additional help from home would be appreciated. Look for the Memory Verses on the Friday parent letters.
Tuesday (First and Second)
I praise You, for I am...wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works. Psalm 139:14
Thursday (First and Second)
The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
Friday (Second)
The first commandment: You shall have no other Gods.
Reading/Spelling
We have been working on ways for students to become more independent learners this week. We have been practicing techniques from The Daily Five - including "Reading to Ourselves", "Reading with Someone", and "Writing On Our Own". We will continue to work on this next week. Please look for the first Spelling Test and Reading Sight and Vocabulary Words to appear in September.
Saxon Math Homework
Please look for the first math homework sheet in Friday's communication folder along with a parent letter which briefly describes the program. Help your child complete the homework, and return in the communication folder on Monday morning. Thanks in advance for your attention to this important subject!
Parent Questionnaire
Also in the communication folder, please look for a brief questionnaire that I hope you will fill out and return so that I can learn a little more about your child. Thanks in advance for your help!
Handbook Sign Off Sheets
Please remember to read our new 2014/2015 St. John's School Handbook, sign the back page, and return that page in your student's communication folder. Thanks!
Next Week's Book Nook Author:
Robert Munsch
Click on the link above to listen to Robert Munsch read some of his stories!
Thanks for all that you do! Have a nice weekend and week ahead!
Love and Blessings,
Mrs. Bradshaw
kbradshaw@stjohnshannibal.org
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