Dear Parents, I hope this week finds you well! Happy Halloween! I hope the week is going well. It feels like a busy one that's for sure!
Reading- This week we read a section from the book Old Yeller. I told them they can read it for our next book report, but that isn't for awhile so I wouldn't start it today! The section we read deals with Travis and his mom attempting to rescue his younger brother from a bear. Arlis is holding onto the paw of a bear cub and won't let go even though he is scared. We talked a lot about dialect in this story and I tried to explain that it isn't their "accent", it is how they say a word or phrase something. It can be regional. I told them when I moved to Creston I noticed quite a few people saying "warsh" instead of "wash". We also talked about how Travis changed his feelings for his brother and the dog by the end of our story.
In grammar we are working on direct and indirect objects. They are taking notes in a notebook. I told them they can use the notes during the test on Friday because they will have to be able to pick them out from the sentence and it does get confusing on remembering which is which.
Book Report- Their first project is due on November 14.
Math- On Monday and Tuesday, I taught them a new strategy to divide with double digit divisors by using partial quotients. They are basically dividing by 10 until they can't any longer. I would say the majority thinks it is super easy and likes this method. I did tell them this work is to be done at school, not at home. I didn't want to freak any parents out! 😉Although, your kids might try to teach you. As I told them, I will teach them the standard algorithm, but for the test...they can use either one. Both ways will come up with the same answer, but this new strategy does take more paper. I won't be surprised if they change their minds once they do the standard way. For those kids who struggle with basic facts and estimating, this is really a great strategy!
Religion- They are now finished with the Glorious Mysteries and will be working on the Joyful Mysteries. Their posters are very cool. They are being hung up outside my room.
Don't forget- mass is on Friday this week for All Saint's Day! Dress Up on Friday!
Social Studies- Mark your calendar! The projects are due on Monday! Just bring them in that morning. We usually put them in Mrs. Mitchell's room. There will be an Iowa History Fair on Wednesday from 2:00-2:45.
Cell Phones- Just a reminder that if the kids bring a cell phone to school, it is to stay in their bag and off once they get on school property. This hasn't been an issue for my kids, but we are all putting the reminder out there.
Halloween Parade is at 2:30 in the gym! All are welcome!
Thanks to Heidi Rohrig for supplying the kids with pumpkins to paint in art! They will bring them home on Thursday! They had a fabulous time!
I hope everyone has a great weekend! I have no real plans which is really nice actually! Next week is conference week. Make sure you have picked your time and day to come and visit with me!
God Bless,
Miss Surma
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Hello Parents! I hope all of you are doing well! Mrs. Sickels and I really enjoyed our conference in Des Moines this week. We learned so so much! We will be passing it on to the rest of the staff.
Reading- This week we are reading a story about tree kangaroos. This story is nonfiction. It was about a group of scientists trying to track them. Once they were able to capture two of them, they put radio transmitters on a collar that went around their neck. This way they could gather information about them. The tree 'roos live in Papua New Guinea. Our skill this week was on cause and effect. On Wednesday, I gave them a situation and they had to come up with the cause of that and the effect from it. Their focus in grammar is verbs. They are working on verb tenses, helping verbs, and main verbs. They will test over this tomorrow since we don't have school on Friday. Next week will be a normal week in reading.
Math- Since I was gone I had them just keep practicing division with a single digit divisor. Tomorrow they will be doing a division scavenger hunt! I will take pictures and post on Facebook. Next week we will move on in the chapter. Our next lesson will be another strategy for division, but they will only do it at school! This one will be on partial quotients. I will have them work on it in the classroom with me because I don't want to freak you guys out! 🤣🤣 I am sure you could get it, but it is something new and you most likely were never taught this way. I am not dissing your math skills! If you want to learn this way, I will gladly teach you! I really like it! Most times they learn it and go back to the standard algorithm.
Religion- This week they worked in small groups to draw and color a picture to represent each of the Sorrowful Mysteries. They are going to share them on Thursday and then will be given a new one to do. The posters will be on display in the hallway. You can check them out during conferences.
Halloween- Next Thursday we will celebrate Halloween in the afternoon. They will run through the Civics Club activities. The parade will be at 2:30 in the gym. They should bring their costumes to school that day. They should be easy enough that they can handle getting into them unless you are coming to help.
Mass- There is no mass next Wednesday at school. We will have it instead on Friday, November 1st for All Saints Day. They will have to dress up on Friday. Thank you to all that were able to make it to our mass and join us for the reception today!
Social Studies- Mrs. Sickels has read all of their rough drafts for their Iowa history papers. They are now working on fixing errors. The final paper needs to be printed. The paper and the 3D project are due at school on Monday, November 4. Mrs. Sickels will have the Iowa History Fair in the gym on Wednesday, November 6 from 2:00-2:45 for you to come and check them all out! They can invite their grandparents or special guests as well! If you miss that day, they will also be on display during conferences. They will start sharing their projects in class the next week.
Prayers are going to my uncle and his kids this week. They put him in hospice care on Monday.
I hope everyone has a great 3 day weekend! After our PD in Des Moines, I am heading back home. There is a craft show on Saturday in my hometown, plus my siblings and I are going to surprise our oldest brother Carl with a dinner for his 60th birthday! Shhhh.... don't tell. It will be fun to be together again!
God Bless,
Miss Surma
Reading- This week we are reading a story about tree kangaroos. This story is nonfiction. It was about a group of scientists trying to track them. Once they were able to capture two of them, they put radio transmitters on a collar that went around their neck. This way they could gather information about them. The tree 'roos live in Papua New Guinea. Our skill this week was on cause and effect. On Wednesday, I gave them a situation and they had to come up with the cause of that and the effect from it. Their focus in grammar is verbs. They are working on verb tenses, helping verbs, and main verbs. They will test over this tomorrow since we don't have school on Friday. Next week will be a normal week in reading.
Math- Since I was gone I had them just keep practicing division with a single digit divisor. Tomorrow they will be doing a division scavenger hunt! I will take pictures and post on Facebook. Next week we will move on in the chapter. Our next lesson will be another strategy for division, but they will only do it at school! This one will be on partial quotients. I will have them work on it in the classroom with me because I don't want to freak you guys out! 🤣🤣 I am sure you could get it, but it is something new and you most likely were never taught this way. I am not dissing your math skills! If you want to learn this way, I will gladly teach you! I really like it! Most times they learn it and go back to the standard algorithm.
Religion- This week they worked in small groups to draw and color a picture to represent each of the Sorrowful Mysteries. They are going to share them on Thursday and then will be given a new one to do. The posters will be on display in the hallway. You can check them out during conferences.
Halloween- Next Thursday we will celebrate Halloween in the afternoon. They will run through the Civics Club activities. The parade will be at 2:30 in the gym. They should bring their costumes to school that day. They should be easy enough that they can handle getting into them unless you are coming to help.
Mass- There is no mass next Wednesday at school. We will have it instead on Friday, November 1st for All Saints Day. They will have to dress up on Friday. Thank you to all that were able to make it to our mass and join us for the reception today!
Social Studies- Mrs. Sickels has read all of their rough drafts for their Iowa history papers. They are now working on fixing errors. The final paper needs to be printed. The paper and the 3D project are due at school on Monday, November 4. Mrs. Sickels will have the Iowa History Fair in the gym on Wednesday, November 6 from 2:00-2:45 for you to come and check them all out! They can invite their grandparents or special guests as well! If you miss that day, they will also be on display during conferences. They will start sharing their projects in class the next week.
Prayers are going to my uncle and his kids this week. They put him in hospice care on Monday.
I hope everyone has a great 3 day weekend! After our PD in Des Moines, I am heading back home. There is a craft show on Saturday in my hometown, plus my siblings and I are going to surprise our oldest brother Carl with a dinner for his 60th birthday! Shhhh.... don't tell. It will be fun to be together again!
God Bless,
Miss Surma
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Hello Parents, I hope you had a great weekend! I was able to catch my nieces from Waterloo play some soccer on Sunday in Des Moines. I always enjoy watching, but am not a fan of the colder temps while watching!
Math- I wanted to explain that I attempted our first online test in math. I can't say I was much of a fan. The harder part for me is the going back to score their work online. It would have been easier if I had just chosen a test that is 25 multiple choice questions, but I am not a huge fan of those. I like the ones where they have that and fill in the blank. The kids have to show their work no matter what test I give them. I just had to keep going back and scoring. Then I had to look back again. It was just more of a hassle. I will need to think about this. It does give great information after their tests are completely scored. There was one problem everyone missed when it came to writing the expression. They needed to include brackets and parentheses in order to get the correct answer. If they only do the parentheses then it messes up with using the rules for solving expressions and their answers were much lower. Our next chapter starts right off with division with a single digit divisor. In chapter one they learned two new strategies for division problems. This will be the standard algorithm-- the way you and I learned it. Now, they may ask for help and tell you ,"That's not how Miss Surma does it." It probably is the same, but our vocabulary could be different. I usually hit a little wall in this chapter. They forget from last year how to divide, so we have to start from scratch it seems. I always have one or two that think they will never get division. They will. It just takes time and practice. Knowing their math facts is a big help so that is something they could practice at home with you or even in the car.
Veteran's Day- On Tuesday, they worked with the 4 year olds in Mrs. Dinham's room to create a paper chain flag. I posted pictures on my Facebook page. It looks really cute! They did a great job together! The 5th graders are also making cards for the veterans that show up to our program.
Reading- This week they are taking their unit test. This is a benchmark test and typically is pretty hard. I won't be shocked if scores aren't great. I decided that on Friday we would start our next unit. That means they will have a spelling pretest and read a new story. Next week we don't have school on Friday, so that means the test will be moved to Thursday. Starting on Friday means I won't have to cram it in 4 days. We also started sharing our Halloween stories. They are being posted outside my room. If you are coming to the Spaghetti Supper on Saturday-- take a look!
Religion- This week we are focused on learning our prayers. We also have mass next week with the 3rd and 4th graders. Not everyone will get a part. Ask your child, they will know! We are having a doughnut and coffee reception for grades 3-5 and their parents/guests after mass next week. If you can join us, that would be great!
Paint Shirt- The 5th graders will need to have a paint shirt on October 30th. I believe that is a mass day as well. They will be painting pumpkins in art class that day! I don't want them to get paint on their mass clothes.
Spaghetti Supper is on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 5-7 pm. I believe they are still looking for workers. Sign up with the PTO if you can help out! I will see you at the dessert table! I am working the first shift! 🍝🍝🍝
No School on Friday, October 25. We have professional development that day!
There will be substitute on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Mrs. Sickels and I will be in Des Moines attending a conference. I will be back on Wednesday.
Our prayers go out to Taylor and her family with the loss of her great grandpa. This class has experienced a lot of loss in the last couple of months. I pray for some peace and a break for awhile. 🙏
Spirit Day on Friday!
I hope everyone has a great weekend. My oldest sister Mary is coming down on Friday for the weekend. She lives in Sioux Falls, SD. My sister Penny is from Waverly. She is a "maybe" at this point. It will be some good sister time no matter what! ❤
God Bless,
Miss Surma
Math- I wanted to explain that I attempted our first online test in math. I can't say I was much of a fan. The harder part for me is the going back to score their work online. It would have been easier if I had just chosen a test that is 25 multiple choice questions, but I am not a huge fan of those. I like the ones where they have that and fill in the blank. The kids have to show their work no matter what test I give them. I just had to keep going back and scoring. Then I had to look back again. It was just more of a hassle. I will need to think about this. It does give great information after their tests are completely scored. There was one problem everyone missed when it came to writing the expression. They needed to include brackets and parentheses in order to get the correct answer. If they only do the parentheses then it messes up with using the rules for solving expressions and their answers were much lower. Our next chapter starts right off with division with a single digit divisor. In chapter one they learned two new strategies for division problems. This will be the standard algorithm-- the way you and I learned it. Now, they may ask for help and tell you ,"That's not how Miss Surma does it." It probably is the same, but our vocabulary could be different. I usually hit a little wall in this chapter. They forget from last year how to divide, so we have to start from scratch it seems. I always have one or two that think they will never get division. They will. It just takes time and practice. Knowing their math facts is a big help so that is something they could practice at home with you or even in the car.
Veteran's Day- On Tuesday, they worked with the 4 year olds in Mrs. Dinham's room to create a paper chain flag. I posted pictures on my Facebook page. It looks really cute! They did a great job together! The 5th graders are also making cards for the veterans that show up to our program.
Reading- This week they are taking their unit test. This is a benchmark test and typically is pretty hard. I won't be shocked if scores aren't great. I decided that on Friday we would start our next unit. That means they will have a spelling pretest and read a new story. Next week we don't have school on Friday, so that means the test will be moved to Thursday. Starting on Friday means I won't have to cram it in 4 days. We also started sharing our Halloween stories. They are being posted outside my room. If you are coming to the Spaghetti Supper on Saturday-- take a look!
Religion- This week we are focused on learning our prayers. We also have mass next week with the 3rd and 4th graders. Not everyone will get a part. Ask your child, they will know! We are having a doughnut and coffee reception for grades 3-5 and their parents/guests after mass next week. If you can join us, that would be great!
Paint Shirt- The 5th graders will need to have a paint shirt on October 30th. I believe that is a mass day as well. They will be painting pumpkins in art class that day! I don't want them to get paint on their mass clothes.
Spaghetti Supper is on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 5-7 pm. I believe they are still looking for workers. Sign up with the PTO if you can help out! I will see you at the dessert table! I am working the first shift! 🍝🍝🍝
No School on Friday, October 25. We have professional development that day!
There will be substitute on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Mrs. Sickels and I will be in Des Moines attending a conference. I will be back on Wednesday.
Our prayers go out to Taylor and her family with the loss of her great grandpa. This class has experienced a lot of loss in the last couple of months. I pray for some peace and a break for awhile. 🙏
Spirit Day on Friday!
I hope everyone has a great weekend. My oldest sister Mary is coming down on Friday for the weekend. She lives in Sioux Falls, SD. My sister Penny is from Waverly. She is a "maybe" at this point. It will be some good sister time no matter what! ❤
God Bless,
Miss Surma
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Dear Parents, I hope you are having a good week! Please make sure your kids have a jacket or coat for Friday. Those temps will be cold for the parade!
Spirit Day- This Friday is Spirit Day. They can wear hats and/or sweats for $1. They can also wear their black and red if they'd like to for homecoming.
Fire Safety- The fire station will be here on Thursday to give a presentation to the 3-5th graders in the afternoon. They will also be participating in the Fire Poster Contest later.
Reading- This week they read the story called Elisa's Diary. Elisa has moved to the USA from Puerto Rico. She has trouble speaking English. She is afraid of being embarrassed. She meets Diego who came from Guatemala. He can speak the English language, but struggles writing it. The two of them help each other learn the area that is difficult for them. Elisa grows up to become a teacher. She teaches her students about working together to succeed. Last week they worked on common and proper nouns. It proved to be difficult for some of them. There were a lot of corrections and some of them didn't do that well on Friday's test with them. This week we continue working on nouns. This time they are writing plural nouns. I am stressing that spelling matters this week because we have different rules for different words. We can't just add -s to all the words to make them plural.
This is our last story in this unit. That means next week they won't have a spelling test. They will have a Unit 1 test. I spread this out over the 4 or 5 days. The first one is usually pretty challenging for them. They need to take their time and not rush. I don't have a set time limit so there is no reason to rush.
Math-They will test over Chapter 1 on Monday. Our book has an Extra Practice page for them. I will strongly recommend they work on that this weekend just to remind themselves of everything this chapter covers. There is a lot. I will also give them a "cheat sheet" to remind them of everything. They can look at it while taking the test. We will see how they do on Monday. They may need to finish it on Tuesday.
Religion- They finished Chapter 2. We will start our work on the Rosary next. They will be given a paper with two prayers on it. One is the Apostle's Creed and the other is Hail Holy Queen. We say this at the beginning and end of the Rosary. They will need to memorize them and recite them to me. I have a feeling many of them already have them memorized so this could go faster than I think. Once the prayers are done, they will work on knowing the mysteries of the Rosary.
Halloween Stories- I have edited all of them. They have them back and are typing up their final drafts. I gave them their due dates. Many have already finished typing them up and shared them with me. We will be sharing these next week. They will be reading them aloud. I plan on hanging them in the hallway so you can read them at the Spaghetti Supper on the 19th!
Book Reports- All of them have chosen their books. Their report is due on November 14. Some of them need to do some reading. I know I have some who are choosing to work on Dreambox rather than read their books. I am going to be putting my thumb down a little more as we work through October so they aren't scrambling on November 13.
Homework- I have been talking to your kids. I have a few kids who keep turning in their work with maybe one or two problems not done. I haven't been giving late slips for that, but I do count them wrong. I talked to them about needing to care about their work and making sure everything is answered because while it may only be a point or two now, in middle school and high school that will add up and work against them for their grade. I have been having the same issue with homework that needs to be corrected. Some of them correct one or two of things they missed,but not all. So I have been giving it back a second time, but that is all I am going to do. They won't get a third chance. They need to put some effort in to it and not be more concerned with... I don't want homework.
Friday is a 3 hour early out! We are not serving lunch.
Panther Pancakes on Friday from 7-8:30 am at STM! Come join us!
We finished our 2nd Mr. Terupt book on Wednesday during art. We have one more to go in the series. This one is called Saving Mr. Terupt. The 5th graders are already trying to predict what the plot will be for this book! 😊 I better start thinking of the next read aloud! I hope it will compete with these!
I hope everyone has a great weekend! Enjoy the parade on Friday! I won't be watching... I scheduled a haircut for the same time. 😒 Stay warm!!!!
God Bless,
Miss Surma
Spirit Day- This Friday is Spirit Day. They can wear hats and/or sweats for $1. They can also wear their black and red if they'd like to for homecoming.
Fire Safety- The fire station will be here on Thursday to give a presentation to the 3-5th graders in the afternoon. They will also be participating in the Fire Poster Contest later.
Reading- This week they read the story called Elisa's Diary. Elisa has moved to the USA from Puerto Rico. She has trouble speaking English. She is afraid of being embarrassed. She meets Diego who came from Guatemala. He can speak the English language, but struggles writing it. The two of them help each other learn the area that is difficult for them. Elisa grows up to become a teacher. She teaches her students about working together to succeed. Last week they worked on common and proper nouns. It proved to be difficult for some of them. There were a lot of corrections and some of them didn't do that well on Friday's test with them. This week we continue working on nouns. This time they are writing plural nouns. I am stressing that spelling matters this week because we have different rules for different words. We can't just add -s to all the words to make them plural.
This is our last story in this unit. That means next week they won't have a spelling test. They will have a Unit 1 test. I spread this out over the 4 or 5 days. The first one is usually pretty challenging for them. They need to take their time and not rush. I don't have a set time limit so there is no reason to rush.
Math-They will test over Chapter 1 on Monday. Our book has an Extra Practice page for them. I will strongly recommend they work on that this weekend just to remind themselves of everything this chapter covers. There is a lot. I will also give them a "cheat sheet" to remind them of everything. They can look at it while taking the test. We will see how they do on Monday. They may need to finish it on Tuesday.
Religion- They finished Chapter 2. We will start our work on the Rosary next. They will be given a paper with two prayers on it. One is the Apostle's Creed and the other is Hail Holy Queen. We say this at the beginning and end of the Rosary. They will need to memorize them and recite them to me. I have a feeling many of them already have them memorized so this could go faster than I think. Once the prayers are done, they will work on knowing the mysteries of the Rosary.
Halloween Stories- I have edited all of them. They have them back and are typing up their final drafts. I gave them their due dates. Many have already finished typing them up and shared them with me. We will be sharing these next week. They will be reading them aloud. I plan on hanging them in the hallway so you can read them at the Spaghetti Supper on the 19th!
Book Reports- All of them have chosen their books. Their report is due on November 14. Some of them need to do some reading. I know I have some who are choosing to work on Dreambox rather than read their books. I am going to be putting my thumb down a little more as we work through October so they aren't scrambling on November 13.
Homework- I have been talking to your kids. I have a few kids who keep turning in their work with maybe one or two problems not done. I haven't been giving late slips for that, but I do count them wrong. I talked to them about needing to care about their work and making sure everything is answered because while it may only be a point or two now, in middle school and high school that will add up and work against them for their grade. I have been having the same issue with homework that needs to be corrected. Some of them correct one or two of things they missed,but not all. So I have been giving it back a second time, but that is all I am going to do. They won't get a third chance. They need to put some effort in to it and not be more concerned with... I don't want homework.
Friday is a 3 hour early out! We are not serving lunch.
Panther Pancakes on Friday from 7-8:30 am at STM! Come join us!
We finished our 2nd Mr. Terupt book on Wednesday during art. We have one more to go in the series. This one is called Saving Mr. Terupt. The 5th graders are already trying to predict what the plot will be for this book! 😊 I better start thinking of the next read aloud! I hope it will compete with these!
I hope everyone has a great weekend! Enjoy the parade on Friday! I won't be watching... I scheduled a haircut for the same time. 😒 Stay warm!!!!
God Bless,
Miss Surma
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Hello Parents, I hope you are having a good week. I would like to send our condolences to Kennedy's family with the loss of her Great Grandmother Martha. The kids have been great again with the support for Kennedy and the continued support for Sadie. I am very proud of them!
Reading- So our week started off wonky because I didn't assign the test on Friday correctly. So, on Monday they had to redo it! Scores were better than I had expected overall. The third week there is always a cold read test. They get a new story to read to themselves and then answer the questions. The nice part with this one is they can always go back to the story and look up answers. The story they are reading this week is called Double Dutch. This was our first nonfiction story. It is about a group of girls who create a Double Dutch team at their school and then take part in some competitions. The grammar this week has been focusing on common and proper nouns. They are having to pick them out of sentences and tell me whether they are common or proper. They are also having to write sentences and capitalize the proper nouns in them. This can be a little tricky at times. They will also be working with titles and abbreviations.
Math- This week we took on orders of operations. It seemed pretty simple for them as they worked with on problems on Tuesday, but they were having issues with remembering they need to work from left to right. We are working on it some more on Thursday. I didn't feel comfortable leaving it to Mrs. Struble on Wednesday when I was gone because I wanted to be there to answer any of the questions. When it comes to math...I'd rather they ask me for help so I know what is confusing them. They will be adding braces and brackets to it on Friday. We are nearing the end of this first chapter. It is so packed with all kinds of different things. I will give them a "cheat sheet" for the test. It is just a guide to remind them of all the different things we did in this chapter. I know it is a lot to remember. They could end up testing next week, but I will see how these orders of operation lessons continue.
Religion- They worked on posters to represent each of the seven sacraments. They are going to share those on Thursday. We will be finishing up the chapter and then testing over it too. During the month of October we close the book and focus on the Rosary. They need to memorize two prayers-- which I think they already know. They also need to know all the mysteries. We work on this in class with different things. Plus we will go to the chapel to pray the Rosary. I usually do that on Fridays.
Food Pantry- We are working this Friday with the 3rd graders. It will be their first or second time I believe.
Homecoming- Next Friday, Oct. 11 is a 3 hour early out. There won't be lunch served that day. The kids can wear their Panther gear!
Panther Pancakes- We are doing this in place of Donuts and Muffins! So, next Friday, come to eat pancakes with your kids before school and celebrate homecoming!!! Breakfast will be served from 7-8:30.
Veteran's Day- We will be having a Veteran's Day program. The 5th graders will be making thank you cards. They are also going to do an activity with Mrs. Dinham's 4 year old preschoolers. I haven't told the kids yet, but I know they will be so excited!
I hope everyone has a great weekend! The temps will feel like fall, I think! I need to check the "lake" in my backyard! All this rain is making my sump pumps work overtime!
God Bless,
Miss Surma
Reading- So our week started off wonky because I didn't assign the test on Friday correctly. So, on Monday they had to redo it! Scores were better than I had expected overall. The third week there is always a cold read test. They get a new story to read to themselves and then answer the questions. The nice part with this one is they can always go back to the story and look up answers. The story they are reading this week is called Double Dutch. This was our first nonfiction story. It is about a group of girls who create a Double Dutch team at their school and then take part in some competitions. The grammar this week has been focusing on common and proper nouns. They are having to pick them out of sentences and tell me whether they are common or proper. They are also having to write sentences and capitalize the proper nouns in them. This can be a little tricky at times. They will also be working with titles and abbreviations.
Math- This week we took on orders of operations. It seemed pretty simple for them as they worked with on problems on Tuesday, but they were having issues with remembering they need to work from left to right. We are working on it some more on Thursday. I didn't feel comfortable leaving it to Mrs. Struble on Wednesday when I was gone because I wanted to be there to answer any of the questions. When it comes to math...I'd rather they ask me for help so I know what is confusing them. They will be adding braces and brackets to it on Friday. We are nearing the end of this first chapter. It is so packed with all kinds of different things. I will give them a "cheat sheet" for the test. It is just a guide to remind them of all the different things we did in this chapter. I know it is a lot to remember. They could end up testing next week, but I will see how these orders of operation lessons continue.
Religion- They worked on posters to represent each of the seven sacraments. They are going to share those on Thursday. We will be finishing up the chapter and then testing over it too. During the month of October we close the book and focus on the Rosary. They need to memorize two prayers-- which I think they already know. They also need to know all the mysteries. We work on this in class with different things. Plus we will go to the chapel to pray the Rosary. I usually do that on Fridays.
Food Pantry- We are working this Friday with the 3rd graders. It will be their first or second time I believe.
Homecoming- Next Friday, Oct. 11 is a 3 hour early out. There won't be lunch served that day. The kids can wear their Panther gear!
Panther Pancakes- We are doing this in place of Donuts and Muffins! So, next Friday, come to eat pancakes with your kids before school and celebrate homecoming!!! Breakfast will be served from 7-8:30.
Veteran's Day- We will be having a Veteran's Day program. The 5th graders will be making thank you cards. They are also going to do an activity with Mrs. Dinham's 4 year old preschoolers. I haven't told the kids yet, but I know they will be so excited!
I hope everyone has a great weekend! The temps will feel like fall, I think! I need to check the "lake" in my backyard! All this rain is making my sump pumps work overtime!
God Bless,
Miss Surma
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