Hello Parents! Well, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year's! I enjoyed a ZOOM call with my siblings. I am gone on Thursday for a doctor appointment. Mrs. Struble will be my sub. If there is something you need, email Mrs. Lane or Mrs. Sickels or Burg.
Reading- This week we are reading a story about Molly Pitcher. Her real name is Mary Hays, but people called her Molly as a nickname. She fought alongside her husband in the Revolutionary War. First, she was running to a stream to get water in a pitcher. She would run that to the men on the battlefield, it was a very humid day in June. When her husband was injured, she took over shooting the cannon for him! George Washington named her a Sergeant because of her actions.
In grammar we are working on regular and irregular verbs. We are dealing with past and present tense. For example-- walk/walked, cry/cried, jump/jumped, carry/carried- these would be regular verbs
go/went, think/thought, forget/forgot- these would be considered irregular verbs
They will test on Friday on their spelling words. We will also test on the story. This is our 3rd story in the unit which means they will also get a cold read story to be tested on.
Book Reports due on Friday! 📚📚📚
Math- Well, my plan for this week went out the window. I forget how this last worksheet stumps them. We spent 3 days on this one. The issue with this one is that many times, their first number in the quotient is often wrong and they have to adjust. That is the whole point of this assignment. They don't like it. They want to get it done, understandably. This one really forces them to slow down, which isn't a bad thing. Many also were getting frustrated because they had to check by multiplying and that didn't always work out. Common errors I found were they multiplied wrong when dividing, they subtracted wrong, they forgot to add the remainder, they didn't drop a 0, or they multiplied wrong when checking. On Friday, we are going to start our "dress rehearsal" for the test. I am doing a different test with fewer word problems. We will see how far we get on Friday. They will have a test next week over this chapter. The next chapter will be working with decimals. They will enjoy the break! So will I! 😊
Seeking Donations for Newspaper Insert and Radio Commercials:
Our 8th-grade class is writing articles for a large insert in the Creston News Advertiser and our 6th-grade class is preparing 15-second commercials to be broadcast 5 times each on KSIB radio. The insert will be distributed and the ads broadcast during Catholic Schools Week. The cost for the insert and ads will be approximately $1700. We need your help to fund these great pieces about our school. If you are interested in helping, please click the link here: https://hsse.
If you plan to help please let Mrs. Lane know by January 19th so we can place your name on our donor list. Thank you! slane@crestonstmalachy.org
Religion- They will have a test on Friday!
Auction Basket- The auction is happening, but it will be online! We are doing baskets. This year it will be a 4th and 5th grade basket. Mrs. Sickels and I decided that we will take care of putting it together. The value of the basket cannot be any more than $300. We decided we'd like to do a Pampered Chef basket. If you are able to help with the cost, please send your donation to school with your child. We'd like donations to be in by February 5 so we can get our order in to PC.
We will also do a silent auction item from our 5th grade class. I am looking for parent volunteer or volunteers to help get this done! Please let me know if you can help out with this! Part of your donation for the basket would also go towards this item. Thank you so much!!!!
Catholic Schools Week is coming up at the end of the month! Keep an eye out for details! We definitely made some changes, but I think it will be fun!
Sounds like we are going to feel more like winter on Thursday and Friday! Is it to early to countdown the days until spring?
Have a great weekend!
God Bless,
Miss Surma
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