May 1st News and Notes

Important Dates Next Week

Monday - Wednesday - Testing Week - Iowa Test of Basic Skills
Please make sure that your child gets plenty of rest and has a good breakfast before coming to school each day!  Please encourage focus and perseverance!  Students are to bring a water bottle each day clearly marked with their name for our testing snack time.

Thursday - First and Second Grade Field Trip to The Fox Theatre/The Buterfly House
The kids are so ready for their Field Trip to The Fox Theatre and The Butterfly House on Thursday! A few things to remember for that day:

* We will be meeting that morning by the Jesus picture at the gym and our goal is to leave the building at 7:30am. Please be sure to have your child there on time so that we can keep on schedule.

*Please have your child wear the yellow St. John's eagle logo t-shirt that we sold this school year.  This will be a nice, bright color to keep us all identifiable!  If your child does not have this shirt, please have them wear another yellow shirt or another bright color.

* Please send your child with a cold lunch that we will eat at Faust Park before visiting The Butterfly House. If your child ordered a school lunch, we will pick them up from the kitchen that morning.  Chaperones  - please bring coolers so that lunches can be stored in a cold place until lunch time.

* First grade students need to bring along their car seat.

* Please remind your student to use respectfulness and good manners while out in the public representing St. John's Lutheran School.

* Many children will be riding with their own parents. Chaperones of children who are not will be in contact with the parents of those students riding with them regarding exact return time to St. John's. 

*Please be sure to send along a water bottle in addition to your child's cold lunch and drink on Tuesday's field trip.  Hopefully God will bless us with a nice warm day and kids will get thirsty after playing in the park!

* Children whose parents are not travelling with us may wish to bring along a small amount of spending money, as The Butterfly House has a gift shop. Otherwise, all other admission fees for the day have been covered through the school and our Field Trip Fund.

Please call or email with any questions. Thanks!

Field Day - Wednesday, May 20th
We are searching for some parents that might be able to help out with all or part of Field Day this year. Teachers will be running games and we are needing parents who can take groups of students from game to game. Please let me know if you can help us!



Religion
No Memory Work next week due to Achievement Testing!

Reading
Please look for homework on Tuesday and Friday evenings this week!

First Grade Reading Story: A Tiger Cub Grows Up
High Frequency Words/Vocabulary: wild learn enough air cub eyes open

Second Grade Reading Story: Nutik, the Wolf Pup
Vocabulary: glanced beloved promised noble gleamed wiggled

Spelling
This test will be on Friday like ususal...

First Grade Words:  taping  tapping  meter  study  sounded  catch  edge  reporting  caution  boxes  change  often
Bonus Sentence:  I didn't lie to my mother about the pie I ate.

Second Grade Words: no noble male female baby basic bacon relate return lion
Bonus Word: beloved

Book Nook Topic of the Week:
Magic Tree House books

McDonalds Superstars of the Week:
First Grade:  Kamilah Paaluhi
Second Grade:  Atticus Sternke

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

Mrs. Bradshaw
kbradshaw@stjohnshannibal.org