Hello Families- I hope everyone enjoyed the long break last week! I went to Cedar Falls and stayed with my sister Penny. We had a good weekend together. 

Calendar Dates: 

Nov. 7- Spirit Day

Nov. 11- Mural Painting Day

Nov. 12-4-8 Grade Mass 

Nov. 12- Book Reports Due/ Advent Activity Night at STM

Nov. 14- Biz Town Day

Nov. 26-Nov. 30- No School/ Thanksgiving Break

Field Trip- We are set to go next Friday, the 14th. We are leaving STM at 7:30 am. Anyone in the Greenfield area can meet Rebecca Van Donselaar at Casey's at the same time. You will have to meet her there again around 2:30 to pick up your child. Please let me know. I have gotten a couple emails so far.  They will need a sack lunch and drink that day. They also have to wear mass day attire. 

Math- We have been focusing on Biz Town this week, but I think we will get some more multiplying done before we go. I have been catching up on corrections with them. I did show them this week another website 

Reading- We read through our play on Wednesday. It was fun to talk about how the king was upset that people were taking time off of work and that upset him so much that he arrested Spring. Spring was then banned. He has a dream of being taken to court for "attempted murder" because with no spring, plants and animals were going to die.  The grammar for this story will focus on making nouns plural. I am giving them a "rules" sheet that will help them keep all the different ways a noun can become plural.  The English language has to always be a little tricky! 

Book Reports Due on Wednesday!!! They will share them during reading class. 

Religion- We finished our chapter on the seven sacraments. They are working on the review and study guide this week. As of right now, the test will be on Tuesday. 

Mural Painting- Next week each grade gets to help with the new mural going up in the K-2 hallway. The 5th graders will be painting on Tuesday morning. I would suggest wearing a shirt that can get dirty or bringing an old T-shirt to wear while painting. They can change afterwards into their other shirt. 

Take Home Folder- in your child's folder is  a card from CYC if you are interested in signing up your kids for camp next summer. 

Spirit Day is tomorrow! Sweats for $1. We don't do hats during the winter months. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend. I am heading back to Cedar Falls because my sister Eva is here from Maine and her son and his fiance are going to be here. It's been a couple of years since I have seen him! 

God Bless,

Miss Surma