May 14th
Hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weekend and had a wonderful Mother's Day. Congratulations to all our 2nd grade siblings (five of them-Lacayo, Fagan, Vogler, Ismail, and Hoffman) on receiving their First Holy Communion. What a special day and thank you also to all the third grade parents that helped with the reception afterwards and also with the Agape Dinner and breadmaking last Thursday.
Thank you also to our terrific parents that drove/chaperoned for our field trip to the Aquarium. What an educational treat! I have been many times and never tire of seeing and learning about our amazing ocean and ocean life. A BIG thank you to Mr. Hinckley for giving us a behind-the-scenes look at things and of course thrilling the students with his tank diving. What a fun memory for all!
This week is short but busy. It is Spirit Week so make sure that you read the flyer on the website for more info. Wednesday is the last Meet the Masters activity. Thank you to all the docents that made learning about the masters and helping the students create their art such a rewarding experience this year. Then Thursday is 12:00pm dismissal due to Teacher Appreciation Day and Friday there is no school due to a WASC Workshop for the teachers to prepare for our accreditation next year.
This week, we will begin our unit in ocean studies and continue with multiplication in Math. There will be a test on Chapters 15 and 16 in Math on Wednesday. We are also studying measurement and will start geometry. In Language arts, we will be writing fractured fairy tales. In Religion, we continue with Chapter 24 on prayer.
There will be no spelling test due to the short week and the only test is as follows:
Wednesday-Math Chs. 15 and 16
Enjoy your week and time away from school,
Sue Arnold
May 7th
Hope you all enjoyed our beautiful May Crowning Mass and inspirational retreat. Thank you to Carol Pfaffmann for providing the refreshments for the retreat and to Rebecca Ford for her help with the retreat and all the Spirituality lessons that she spearheaded for the third grade throughout the year. It was a wonderul day and the students looked and acted beautifully. It was also wonderful to hear some of the students express their thoughts about their moms. It certainly touched my heart!
This week promises to be another action-packed week. We have MTM lecture on Tuesday (our last master of the year) and our field trip to the Long Beach Aquarium on Friday. Thank you to all the parents that volunteered to drive/chaperone. Drivers should have received a letter via your student last week with more info about our trip. Please be here by 8:45am on Friday so that we can get off to a quick start.
This week we will be reading/discussing Chapter 23 in Religion on prayer. In Language Arts, we will not have a spelling test this week, but we will have a reading assessment on comprehension strategies today and a pronoun test on Tuesday.
In Math, we will continue with 2 and 3 digit times 1 digit multiplication and estimating products. In Science, we will have a test on Chapter D1 (Air as a Resource) on Wed. and in Social Studies, there will be a test on Ch. 9 on Economics on Thursday. We will also be studying standard and non-standard measurement in math.
First Holy Communion for 2nd grade is this Saturday, so we wish them all a blessed day. Thank you to all that are helping with the Agape Dinner and the First Holy Communion reception.
Tests are as follows:
Monday-Reading assessment
Tuesday-Pronoun test
Wednesday-Science test on ch. D1 (Air as a Resource)
Thursday-Social Studies test (Economics)
Happy Mother's Day to all!
Sue Arnold
