Hello Parents, Okay this weather doesn't feel like February! I love it, but I also know we need the moisture. I'm okay with rain!  I was able to see my niece perform last weekend at All-State Speech in Ames. Their choral reading story was about the planes that landed in New Foundland on 9-11 because the airspace had been shut down. It was really cool. I need to read the book. 

Calendar Dates

Feb. 23- End of 2nd Trimester/ Spirit Day/ Fish Fry

Mar. 1- Shorts can be worn

Mar. 2- STM Foundation/ Gala 

Mar. 4-7 Parent Teacher Conferences

March 8-15 Spring Break/ No School

Friday, March 1st- Shorts can be worn. I will remind them that if they wear shorts, I don't want to hear complaints of being cold! Shorts MUST be mid thigh- they have to be below their fingertips. If they aren't I will be sending home a slip with them to show they have broken our dress code policy. 

Spirit Day is this Friday! Sweats or hats for $1.

Math- We started our division chapter by estimating our division using compatible numbers. This isn't rounding. They have to find math facts that actually work so there isn't a remainder. We also have started dividing using partial quotients. This is the method I told them they won't do at home with you! We will get to the standard algorithm next week. 

Religion- we will be finishing up our Lent chapter on Thursday. Our next chapter deals with a few of the sacraments but mostly confirmation. We are also going to be reading one of my favorite stories from the Bible- The Woman at the Well. I think we will finish the chapter before break, but we won't have time for a test. That's okay.  We just won't test over this chapter. 

 The Knights of Columbus Fish Fry is this Friday at St. Malachy.  You can eat in the gym or drive up and get your dinner to go!! 🐟🐠

Reading- Our new stories have to deal getting people to recycle and reduce  what they use. We also have a story about a family who doesn't have much for food, but they learn some gardening tricks that help them! We will be working on figurative language in this story as well. In grammar they are learning about where to place commas in sentences. For example: commas go in a sentence when listing a series, or when you have a compound or complex sentence. On Wednesday, they worked on putting commas after introductory words or phrases. We also worked with placing semicolons in sentences with commas. Their spelling list this week is base words with the added endings of -ed and -ing. Some of the words require them to double the consonant! 

Thank you to those who have donated to our silent auction item and the live auction basket! The last day to donate will be Friday. We are shopping this weekend to finish it! I have seen the silent auction picture. It's beautiful!! Thank you, Tiffany Ossian! Don't forget to buy your dinner ticket if you're going to attend the Gala! 

The 2nd Trimester ends on Friday. Our final trimester will begin on Monday! The lateslip record will be clean! 

Don't forget to sign up for your conference time! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend!! 

God Bless,

Miss Surma