Hello Parents! I hope everyone is having a great week! I can't believe it is Easter already! 

Calendar Dates

March 28- Seder Meal/Cross Walk/Wear White Shirt

March 29- Rosary at 2 pm

March 31- Easter Sunday

April 5- Spirit Day

Apr. 8-12 ISASP Week

Apr. 19- No School/  PD Day

Reading- They took their Module test on Monday! These were our best scores yet!!! I am really proud of them! I am really excited to see they are putting so much effort into those short answer questions!!! I assigned them their book report today! A few have already finished reading and taking notes! They are starting to make their Google slides for their presentation! The project will be due in May. 

This week they also wrote their rough draft for the Dollars for Scholars essay. They were given 5 words. They had to choose one and explain how that is important to their education. 

Math- They are working on problems as a review. Next week we will focus on the test. This week is just too busy with Holy Week  activities. 

Religion- They took their test today! All did well!! I will send home tomorrow to be signed by you. I am currently showing them the movie The Ten Commandments. I always show this to the 5th graders the week of Easter because our Seder Meal follows the Hebrew people as they left Egypt. Once they get passed the fact that the movie is from the 50s, they get involved in the story of Moses. 

Seder Meal and Cross Walk tomorrow! Thank you for returning the permission slips. The walk should start around 12:30 in our courtyard if you'd like to go with us! Remember to wear a white shirt for the photo we take at the church! 

Rosary- We will be praying the Rosary at 2:00 pm on Friday. The 8th graders will be leading us. This will be our final activity to celebrate our Lenten Season and Good Friday. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter with your family and friends. I am heading to Waterloo to spend it with my brother and sister. Safe travels for those of you going out of town! 🐰

God Bless,

Miss Surma

 Hello Everyone! I hope you all were able to enjoy your Spring Break!! My sister and I had a relaxing time in Galena. Our brother and nieces came to spend an afternoon with us so we didn't get a ton of reading in! The weather was perfection! 

Calendar Dates

March 22- Spirit Day

March 28- Seder Meal/Cross Walk/Wear White Shirt

March 29- Rosary at 2 pm

March 31- Easter Sunday

April 5- Spirit Day

Apr. 8-12 ISASP Week

Reading- We are finishing our story this week! They will have their spelling test and reading tests on Friday!  Hopefully they are studying those spelling words because it has been a little bit since we've worked with them! We did play our Tic Tac Toe game with them today! I was pleased that so many remembered to drop the -e before adding -ing!  On Monday they will take their Module Test (unit test). We will also be working on our essays for Dollars for Scholars next week. I will also assign the next book report - which I talked about at conferences. It isn't going to be due until the middle of May. 

Math- We will finish our worksheet on Thursday. Hopefully it will be a little easier after taking a break! We will probably do a little more practice with dividing larger numbers on Friday. Next week we will begin the finishing up of this chapter! The test is just around the corner! 

Religion- We are going to get back to our chapter, but we took a break on Monday to make birthday cards for Father Patrick. On Tuesday they went to Reconciliation! I was really proud of the 3-5th graders! They were able to answer ALL of Father's question about Easter and Jesus dying on the cross! 

Permission Slip- In your child's folder is a permission slip that we need back before next Thursday. It is for the Cross Walk on Thursday. We will do the Seder Meal first and then they will walk with their Angel partners to the church with stops along the way to remind us of the walk Jesus took on that first Good Friday. They need to wear a white shirt so we can take our picture in the church. If they don't have a plain white one, they can wear a white one and then we will have them flip it inside out before we leave for the walk. You are welcome to join us on the walk if you want to! It is a great experience. 

Students are expected to participate in the meal unless they have a documented food allergy/issue.

Middle School Ready?? I told the 5th graders this week I was going to start doing some things to get them prepared for middle school next year. So from this point on they won't be doing corrections on homework assignments unless I see that they really are lost and need to fix things. They will still correct their tests. I have told Mrs. Sickels and Mrs. Burg to do the same in their classes with them. I told the 5th graders- your score will be your score. 

Spirit Day on Friday! It looks like the temps will be perfect for sweats! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend! Palm Sunday is this weekend!

God Bless,

Miss Surma