Hello Parents, I hope you had a great Easter! It was nice to spend time with family in Waterloo and Waverly! 

Calendar Dates:

Apr. 12- 5th grade mass with Kindergarten

Apr. 14- Spirit Day

Apr. 21- Clean Up Day! Need rakes and gloves! 

Apr. 27- Field Trip to Civic Center

May 1- Lap-A-Thon/ Sack Lunch Day

Reading- This week we read an informational text called Vaqueros. It is the history of the cowboy!  The story explains how we ended up with so many cattle and horses in the US and then how we needed workers to take care of them. This was before fences! The kids learned about the different things they wear for protection from the elements and the ride. This week is our 3rd story which means on Friday there will be a cold read. I decided since it is also ISASP week, that they would only test over the cold read and I wouldn't include the 10 comprehension questions of our story just to give them a little break. They will still test over vocabulary and grammar. 

We will be discussing the next book report tomorrow (Thursday). 

Field Trip- There is a permission slip in your child's folder for our field trip to Des Moines later this month. The entire school will be going! Please fill it out and return it ASAP! Thanks ! 

Clean Up Day- Next Friday we are cleaning up the school grounds! There is a paper that went home last week to inform you. The 5th graders will need to bring rakes and work gloves if possible! Make sure your rake has your name on it! The gloves will be helpful when picking up the leaves and sticks! 

Due to testing this week we haven't had math or religion very much! That will all be back to normal next week. 

Spirit Day on Friday! Hats and/or Sweats for $1

Mass- 5th graders did a great job with the kindergarten class. Our next mass will be on May 3. That is our class' last mass of the year. They will be with kindergarten again, but I told them that next time they won't all have a job! Mrs. Chesling and I will divide up the parts. 

The Blood of Christ will be coming back to our school masses! It took me a bit to figure out that your kids made their First Communion at the beginning of Covid. I am excited that they will be able to receive this again! I will remind them of how we do this! 

I hope you have a great weekend! The weather this week has been amazing! Hopefully the weekend will be too so we can all be outside to enjoy it! 

God Bless,

Miss Surma