Hello Parents, I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend! I spent a day in Des Moines with Mrs. Levine. We had a nice little shopping day! I didn't get to my flowerbed, but I did get a lot done...so that felt good! 

 Calendar Dates:

Sept. 15- PTO Meeting

Sept. 21- 5th Grade Mass

Sept. 23- 3 Hour Early Out/ homecoming

Reading- This week was a little shorter so I make some changes on how we cover the material. This week we read a play called The Royal Mystery, They did a great job of taking on the characters even though most of them were girls! It is about Rena and Althea. They go spend their summer at a camp. Althea is all about winning the competition at the end of the summer and figuring out the mystery behind her roommate Rena. This is Rena's first time at camp. Ask your kids about how she talks and behaves! Althea believes Rena is royalty because of Rena's behaviors plus she read a fairy tale book. The mystery was solved by the end! Ask your kids to reveal that to you. In grammar we are focusing on the 4 kinds of sentences. There is lots of sentence writing happening! They will take their post test on Friday and the test over the story. You will find last week's scores in their folders on Thursday. They did really well! I also had them do it by themselves because I want to see what they can do without me reading it to them. 

Math- We are stepping into the world of place value and decimals! This part usually throws them for a loop. They "think" they know decimals, but now they need to know the different names and their values. We also practice how to read decimals correctly.  We make small steps here at first to get everyone on board! 

Religion- This week we started our chapter on God's creation. We usually start with all the things that God has provided us with and that we can be thankful for in our lives. We do give him the credit for giving us the brains for all the things that people have invented over the years! If you haven't been able to join us for a school mass, I hope you can sometime this year! We are really enjoying Father Patrick's sermons. He is also making some changes for the servers so I keep telling the kids to watch and learn! He held a practice this week and will again next Wednesday. 

Cy-Hawk Game- In honor of the "big game" this weekend...if your kids are fans, they can dress up in their gear! I will be in my UNI colors! I tell the kids every year I am allergic to the others!🤣🤣  IT is also a Spirit Day! They can wear sweats and/or a hat if they want to pay $1. 

I will be planning our mass next week. I will send home parts towards the end of the week. I don't know if I will have a job for everyone so I may divide the class into two. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend! 

God Bless,

Miss Surma