Hello Parents, I hope this finds you well. I know all kinds of flu is going around! We may just be fist bumping for awhile instead of shaking hands in the morning. :) 

Lots of information in this letter. Hold on! 

Skating permission forms- I haven't received everyone's form yet. Remember those are due next week. The trip will be on Thursday. Some may have returned the form, but still need to pay the $10. 

Sack Lunches- They will need one on Monday (milk provided). They will also need one on Thursday. They will need to supply their own drink. 

There is another permission form and note in your child's folder today. That needs to be returned no later than Tuesday. Thank you! I know you're getting swamped! 

They will also have one for Friday. We need to get them to church for the Grandparent/Special Guest Mass. If your child doesn't have a guest coming, let me know. Sometimes we get volunteers from the church who like to join us! If your child is leaving from church with their grandparent or special guest, make sure they let me know. Thanks!

Reading- This week they read a story called Lunch Money. It is about a boy who makes his own comic books. He does EVERYTHING in creating them. He sells them for $0.25. In grammar we are identifying adjectives. They are answering the questions: how many? what kind? and origin?

Their 2nd book report will be due on February 15. That gives them about 2.5 weeks to get it done. I think some need to push their reading. 

Math- We are beginning to multiply decimals and whole numbers. They are also working with exponents. On Wednesday, we started doing it by drawing pictures of  base ten blocks to show the multiplication. They had fun! We will begin the regular way on Thursday. 

Religion- We are focusing on baptism and confirmation, but mostly about how kids and adults can receive these sacraments during the Easter Vigil. We are also talking about how during Confirmation, they pick a saint name. On Wednesday, they began to research saints and then pick one they like. They are taking notes on their life. Once the research is done they will type up a paragraph to share with the class. I always like hearing who they pick and why? It is so different from when I made mine back in 6th grade .

CSW- On Monday they can wear sweats or pjs! If they choose pjs, I'm okay with slippers, housecoat,etc! 

CSW MASSES- some of your kids have parts in either the Sunday or Friday mass. Those are in their folders! 

Have a great weekend! Stay well! Hope to see you at our kick off mass on Sunday! 
God Bless,
Miss Surma