October 17th News and Notes

Quincy Community Theatre Trip - Wednesday, October 22nd
We are SUPER excited about our trip to Quincy next Wednesday morning!  If you have a first grade student, please make arrangements to have a car seat available for the trip to Quincy.  (We will be taking the two school vans and a few parents will also be driving).  Car seats can be dropped off in the gym 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 - Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing.  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!  And often this time of year, temperatures can fluctuate up and down!  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.


Saxon Math Homework
Thank you for helping your children with these homework assignments each week!  Please make sure that your child does not use PEN or MARKER to complete these assignments.  Besides the thinness of the paper itself, pen and marker can not be erased when a mistake is made.  Please continue to encourage your child to work neatly at all times. 


Important Events To Remember For Next Week:
Saturday/Sunday - Cheese Soup Booth - Folklife Festival


Tuesday - Picture Retake Day - Please send your child dressed appropriately if you wish for them to retake their fall picture.  Also, Band Day has been rescheduled for this afternoon.  Please remember the change in pick-up procedure.  You will need to exit the parking lot with a right turn toward Eugene Field...


Wednesday - K-8 Field Trip to Quincy Community Theatre


Religion
Memory Work for the Week of October 20th:


Tuesday (First and Second)
Love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.  Psalm 32:10


Thursday (First and Second)
The Lord your God is with you wherever you go.  Joshua 1:9


Friday (Second)
The Seventh Commandment:  You shall not steal.


Reading
The Week of October 20th will be review week for Reading and Spelling.  Please take the opportunity to review all of the Unit One vocabulary and sight words with your child.  Please refer to the links at the side of the blog for each individual parent letter post to recall all vocabulary and sight words so far.  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 during the week of October 27th.

Spelling
Please look for the updated lists on Spelling City labeled as "Unit One Review".  Words for both classes this week are review words selected from lists throughout Unit One.

First Grade Words: on   no   a  an  as  is  hot  ran  ask  big 
Bonus Sentence:  The big dog ran home.

Second Grade Words:  has  wag  went  tell  bag  cap  fin  did  box  fox 
Bonus:  because

This Week's McDonalds Superstars:
First Grade: Jared Duccini
Second Grade: David Munger

Next Week's Book Nook Topic:
My Favorite Book
Students my bring in ONE favorite book of their choice.  Please mark the book clearly with your student's name.

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