Hello Families! We had a busy week! They did such a great job at mass!!! Can't wait for everyone to hear the bells next week! 

Calendar Dates: 

May 17- 8th grade graduation/Spirit Day

May 22- Spring Concert/ Last School Mass for the year

May 24-Last Day of School/ Field Day/ 3 hour early out

Reading- I decided we would end our year writing another story. Every year I read the book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. It is a series of pictures, a title and sentence to go with the picture. The kids then have to choose one! They write their story based on that. The one sentence that is given has to be used somewhere in their story. It is a lot of fun to see what they come up with for their stories. 

They did a great job on their book reports! I think everyone learned something they didn't know! The costumes were great! I will be grading those as quickly as I can, but right now I am without internet at home- hopefully fixed tomorrow! It's been a quiet week at my house! I don't think I could have handled life on the prairie. I need noise in the background! 

Silent Book Club Day- On Wednesday, May 22, we are going to have a silent book club day! There is a flyer in your child's folder with the details! This will be similar to Mrs. Sickels' Cuddle Up and Read Day.  

Math- We have been doing our math FAST testing this week so we haven't done much in the classroom. We will be getting to subtract mixed numbers! They will learn how to borrow with fractions before they can subtract their numerators. 

Religion- Our last chapter covers the Sacraments of Healing -- Penance and Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick. We will probably get in one more test before the year ends. 

Spirit Day on Friday, May 17! Hats and/or sweats for $1. This is the last one for the year! 

All library books need to be returned by May 22.

Permission Slip- In your child's folder is a permission slip for an afternoon at Rainbow Park for the 4th and 5th graders. Unfortunately we didn't make enough money at last year's auction to take them to the Boone Scenic Valley Railroad like we had hoped. We are going to use some of that money next week to buy snacks and drinks for them to enjoy at the park.  We are going to walk over and let them play! We will need someone with a car over there in case we have an emergency, as well as have them cart over some play equipment and the snacks and drinks.  We have looked at the weather forecast and we do see rain. If we need to cancel, we decided we will do a movie afternoon in our rooms. They will need a water bottle that day to take with them! Make sure to wear shoes that are easy to walk in! 

If you would like to join us on the walk and hang out with us at the park, you are more than welcome.  You can also drive over there if that is easier. Just let me know! We plan on leaving here at 12:45. We will be back at school by 2:45 or 2:5o.  We know this is really short notice, sorry about that! We just kind of threw this idea together!  Please return the permission slip by Monday. 

Thursday, May 23- Clean out Desks and Lockers- Make sure they have an empty book bag or two  for school that day!! 

Congrats to Harper for winning the Dollars for Scholars Essay Contest for 5th grade!!! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I am heading to Waterloo on Friday for my niece Olivia's graduation. I will miss out on the 8th grade graduation. 

God Bless,

Miss Surma