Week of May 3, 2010

Welcome Parents!
Congratulations to all who made their First Holy Communion this weekend! Happy May! This week St. Jerome is trying out a new lunch system. The students will play the first 20 minutes of lunchtime and eat during the last 20 minutes. Some school districts have implemented this system and it has shown to increase learning and decrease visits to the health office in the afternoon hours.

In Reading, we will be working on the long e sound as well changing words from singular to plural. We are continuing to work on 3-digit addition and subtraction in Math and we will complete our chapter on Thursday with the Ch. 9 test. In English, we will have a test on Tuesday on adverbs. In Social Studies, we will begin working on our Career Reports, so please make sure your child returns their outline on Tuesday along with one other resource that they can use (i.e. book, article, etc)!


Homework

Monday
Reading-Worksheet
Math-Worksheet
Spelling-Activity #1;
Social Studies- Career interview due tomorrow!
Reporters-Be ready for Friday!

Tuesday
Reading-Worksheet
Math-Worksheet
Spelling-Activity #5

Wednesday
Reading-Worksheet
Math-Ch. 9 Practice Test; Test tomorrow!
Spelling-Activity #4

Thursday
Reading-Worksheet
Math-practice basic facts
Spelling-Activity #2; test tomorrow!
Reporters-Be Ready!

Spelling Words
calves
halves
leaves
lives
shelves
wolves
Challenge
ceiling
neither
High Frequency
road
young
eight
round
start

Reporters
Life- Eva
Poetry- Tony
Fun- Tuitupou
Vocabulary- Cydney
Weather- Chace
News- Meghan

Week of April 25

Welcome Parents! We hope you enjoyed the Carnival! The rides and booths will be taken down on Monday; drop off and pick up will remain in the U-shape. Regular car line will resume on Tuesday. We will continue to practice for 1st Communion during Religion. First Communion is this Sunday at the 9:00 am Mass. The students will need to arrive at 8:30 and meet in the back of the church. We look forward to this important milestone in your child's faith. We also encourage those who are not making their 1st Communion to come to mass on Sunday to support their friends as they receive their sacrament!

In Math,the students have done a great job with the addition of three-digit numbers. We are starting a new unit in Reading and will have a Spelling test on Friday. We are studying the long -e sound spelled "ie" and "ey" and the -gh, -ph, and -lf sounds as well as determining the difference between realism and fantasy. We are continuing our work with adverbs in English.

We welcome Ms. Levin to the St. Jerome staff as the Science teacher. Mr. Deltoro will be taking over the position of 8th grade homeroom/Jr. High Math teacher for the remainder of this year.

In Social Studies we will be hosting a career day. We have parent volunteers coming in on Tuesday and Thursday to discuss their professions with the class. The students will be bringing home a Career Report Outline this week. The students will choose someone to interview (either in person or over the phone) about their career. They will use the interview as the basis for an in-class report. Please look for more information about the report requirements in your child's Take Home folder.

Homework

Monday
Reading-Worksheet
Math-Worksheet
Spelling-Activity #5;
Social Studies- Career interview due Friday!
Reporters-Be ready for Friday!

Tuesday
Reading-Worksheet
Math-Worksheet
Spelling-Activity #3
Social Studies- Career interview

Wednesday
Reading-Worksheet
Math-Worksheet
Spelling-Activity #7
Social Studies- Career interview

Thursday
Reading-Worksheet
Math-Worksheet
Spelling-Activity #10; test tomorrow!
Social Studies- Career interview due tomorrow!
Reporters-Be Ready!

Spelling Words
calf
half
laugh
phone
rough
tough
Challenge
money
cookie
High Frequency
sound
kept
above
few
number

Reporters
Life- Benny
Poetry- Virginia
Fun- Colin
Vocabulary- Sebastian
Weather- Gevani
News- Nia Mosby

Week of April 19

Welcome Parents!

Hope everyone enjoyed the nice short week last week! This week is an exciting one, as the St. Jerome Carnival will be held this weekend on April 23rd, 24th, and 25th. Come out and support your school!

We are continuing our work with 3-digit addition and subtraction in Math. We will be taking our Unit 5 test in Reading so there will be NO Spelling this week! In Social Studies we are learning about how to conduct an interview and write a report. Please let us know if you are interested in coming in to talk to the students about your career. We need more sign ups! In English, we are beginning a new unit on adverbs. And of course in Religion we are practicing for the fast approaching 1st Holy Communion. What an exciting time it is!

Homework

Monday
Reading-read 20 minutes
Math-worksheet
Reporters-be ready for Friday!

Tuesday
Reading-read 20 minutes
Math-worksheet


Wednesday
Reading-read 20 minutes
Math-worksheet


Thursday
Reading-read 20 minutes
Math-worksheet
Reporters-be ready!

Reporters
Life-Taalib
Weather-Bailey
News-Hannah
Poetry-Kia
Vocab-Jeremiah
Fun-Niah O.

Week of April 12, 2010

Welcome 2nd Grade Families!

I hope everyone had a wonderful break! We are going to be easing back into school this week as it is a short week. We will have our regular schedule on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Thursday we will have Mass, please be sure to arrive by 7:45. There will be no Spelling test or Reporters this week.

We will be working on learning how to interview in Social Studies in preparation for our Career Day. We are starting a new unit in Math. The students will be learning how to add and subtract three-digit numbers. In Reading and English this week we will be working on our writing.

Homework

Wednesday
Math-Worksheet
Reading-Read for 20 minutes

Thursday
Math-Worksheet
Reading-Read for 20 minutes