May 8th News and Notes

Happy Mother's Day!
We hope that all of our classroom mothers and grandmothers have a great day on Sunday!

Field Trip Wrap-Up
We had a great time in St. Louis on Thursday!  A big thanks to the parents that were able to go along and chaperone, and to all parents for getting the kids to school on time to leave at 7:30 and for making sure they had their lunches and spending money!  We had beautiful weather and safe travels, and the kids enjoyed themselves and learned something, too, which was the whole purpose!

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!

Scholastic Book Order for May
Included in the Friday folder is a book order for the month of May.  This will be the last book order for this school year, and a great way to stock up on some summer reading material!  If you would like to order, please send a check with completed order form in an envelope marked "Scholastic Book Order" by next Wednesday, May 13th.  Online ordering is also available by clicking on the link above.  I will definitely need to send the order on the 13th to be sure we receive books by the last day of school!  Thanks!

Religion
Memory Work for the Week of May 11th:

Tuesday (First and Second)
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.  1 John 1:9

Thursday (First and Second)
The Lord has laid on Jesus the iniquity of us all.  Isaiah 53:6

Friday (Second)
By His wounds we are healed.  Isaiah 53:5

Reading
Next week will be unit test week over Unit 5 in our Reading books.  This means we will not have regular Tuesday-Thursday Reading homework since we work hard on Unit tests each day in class and we will  not begin a new story.  Please take this opportunity to review all of the Unit Five vocabulary and sight words which can be found on the April 1st - May 1st News and Notes posts.

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

First Grade Words:  how  round  old  find  pages  hold  seven  large  dishes  blue  taking  fault
Bonus Sentence:  The kind old man told me some tales.

Second Grade Words:  nap  napkin  pen  pencil  human  giant  lit  little  no  noble
Bonus Word:  neighbor

Next Week's Book Nook Topic:
Magic Tree House continued....

McDonalds Superstars of the Week:
David Munger and Sam Sherwood

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

Love and Blessings,
Mrs. Bradshaw
kbradshaw@stjohnshannibal.org