Friday, March 30th

NEWS: Hoppy ABC Superstars Day! We had a wonderful celebration of giving today.  Thank you boys and girls for being so gracious to the fourth graders.  They were so happy for the gifts you gave them.  A special thank you to all of the families who donated their time and supplies for our special celebration today.

Please complete your Chapter 3 First Eucharist work this weekend with your family.  There is more information on yesterday's post if you don't remember everything.

Auditions for the Talent Show are MONDAY! Please go to Children's Center after school and you will be called by Mr. or Mrs. Wall when it is your turn. Auditions will be held from 3:30-4:30.

Next week we will have a 2:00 dismissal on Weds, 12:30 dismissal on Thurs. and NO SCHOOL on Good Friday.

HOMEWORK:
1. www.raz-kids.com ~ The Bookroom is coming soon! We will check it out on Monday in class together.
2. Mathletics
3. HRL
4. First Eucharist preparation-Chapter 3-toed sloth

Thursday, March 29th

NEWS: Thank you for your hard work in class today boys and girls. Tomorrow we will be celebrating YOU, our ABC Superstars! If your Mom or Dad is helping in class, please tell them to come around 12:00.  Remember, Lent is about SERVING OTHERS by prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. 

Please return your Rice Bowls to school tomorrow if you have not already brought them. Also, tell Mom and Dad about the hippopotamus and blowfish. =) 

We will be experiencing Stations 11-14 tomorrow, presented by the 8th graders at 2:15-2:45, if any parents would like to join us for this. 

Tomorrow is the last day to turn in your permission slips if you want to audition for the Talent Show.  Auditions are Monday, April 2nd, after school from 3:30-4:30 at Children's Center.

HOMEWORK:
1.  First Eucharist preparation-Chapter 3

• TONIGHT: Memorize the short prayer before everyone received Holy Communion at Mass.  You have this highlighted in your paper packet.
• THIS WEEKEND (or tonight): Complete the At Home Activities with your family. 
• Each person should participate in creating the rainbow. 
• Finish the stained glass picture in your book.
• Return your folder and your completed work on Monday.

2. Read a book at www.raz-kids.com.
3. Earn a gold bar at www.mathletics.com.
4. HRhinocerosL  
5. Bring your library books.

Mom and Dad,

Tomorrow in class we will begin practicing "receiving" the gifts for our First Eucharist preparation.   There will be more information coming about this very soon but please be aware that we will be tasting the unblessed host tomorrow in class for the first time. Hooray! Please turn in your money and/or baptism certificates ASAP if you have not done this already.

Thank you,

Mrs. Wall

Wednesday, March 28th

NEWS: Thank you second graders for another WONDERFUL day! My shirt is sagging again with 18 clips! Hooray! Will we have even more tomorrow? Thank you for your ABC Superstar actions and words in class today. We will be celebrating YOU on Friday!

Tomorrow morning is our Student of the Month Assembly.  Parents, please join us to celebrate these exceptional students from each grade. 8:05-8:25 (approximately) in the Comuunity Center (gym).

HOMEWORK:
1. HRL
2. www.raz-kids.com
3. www.mathletics.com
4. Spelling-You need to write a least 5 sentence pairs (10 sentences total) with your homophones on a lined paper and staple it together.  Please write AFTER Mom or Dad think of sentences for you to listen to.  Can you tell the difference between there and their, write and right? Have fun!
5. blowfish =)

Tuesday, March 27th

NEWS: Thank you boys and girls for an AWESOME day! I had 21 of you on my shirt by the end of the day.  This elephant is happy! =) Thank you again for being prepared with ALL of your Science Fair information yesterday! We will continue to work on creating our boards in class throughout the next couple weeks.

Tomorrow is a 2:00 day.

HOMEWORK:
1. www.raz-kids.com
2. Mathletics
3. HRL
4. hippopotamus

Monday, March 26th

NEWS: Boys and Girls,

What does ABC stand for in our classroom? Please talk with Mom and Dad tonight about each of these and what YOU are doing at school to show you are an ABC Superstar.

HOMEWORK:
1. HRL
2. Raz-kids.com
3. Mathletics
4. Read in your Science book pages A2-A17.  Answer the questions IN COMPLETE SENTENCES on pages A20-A21.  Do #1-8 and 10.  Write your answers in your notebook and return your work tomorrow morning.
5. Spelling Review words-We talked about what we need to do with this in class this morning.  If you are a SUPER SPELLER you should be challenging yourself with Mom and Dad's help to spell more words. You can do it! (You do not have to return this to school but you should be able to spell these words in EVERYTHING you write, even if it is writing for Science.)

Friday, March 23rd

NEWS: Happy Friday! We are working at school to have NO BULLIES in our classroom.  Please talk with Mom and Dad about how you are working to be a good friend to others at school, on the playground and in the classroom.

HOMEWORK:
1. Read at www.raz-kids.com
2. Mathletics-Remember to let me know when you have completed all of the GOLD BARS so I can give you more.  Until then, keep working to get all of your GOLD BARS complete and move onto Problem Solving and Live Mathletics.
3. HRL
4. Finish your First Eucharist Chatper 2 work.  There are more details for what to do listed on yesterday's post.  Please turn your bookmark and reflections in on Monday morning.

NEWS:
Tomorrow we will be presenting the Stations of the Cross to SLEMS! Mom and Dad, please come to the church at 10:15 to see this wonderful student-led prayer service.  ALL of our students are reading and acting stations 6-10.  Please join us.

Bring your library books tomorrow!


Academy Production “Little Shop of Horrors”
Please join us for SLA’s 18th annual Spring Musical Production, "Little Shop of Horrors" Thursday, March 22nd, Friday March 23rd and Saturday March 24th at 7:30 pm in the St. Lawrence Community Center. Many of our students have been rehearsing diligently for the past two months in order to bring you this fun show! Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and senior citizens and $6 for children 10 and under.

HOMEWORK:
1. Reading at www.raz-kids.com
2. Mathletics
3. HRL-What is your connection?
4. Complete Chapter 2 in your First Eucharist book with your family.  You have until Monday to complete your "Family Thoughts" and At Home activities.  Please spend time with Mom and Dad talking about how you LISTEN to God's Word everyday.

Wednesday, March 21st

NEWS: Today we saw a sneak peek of The Little Shop of Horrors, presented by the high school! It is a fun and exciting musical that is taking place THIS WEEK at St. Lawrence.  Thursday, Friday and Saturday there will be performances in the gym (Community Center) at 7:30, for to all to attend.  Tickets are between $6-$10.  Please come to support this wonderful production and St. Lawrence! Tell Mom and Dad about the crazy plant today!

HOMEWORK:
1. Keep reading! www.raz-kids.com
2. Mathletics
3. HRL
4. Spelling-Add MORE k, ck, ch, and tch words to the list you are given.  How many can you find and SPELL CORRECTLY?
5. Science Fair information needs to be turned in now.  Monday is the last day to get your data sheet to Mrs. V. Please bring it as soon as you are done with your work. Have fun!

Tuesday, March 20th

NEWS: Our Science Fair projects are almost done! (or should be) You need to bring your completed data sheet BEFORE next Monday if possible.  Monday is the LAST day to turn in your data and be able to possibly get all of the points possible. =) Please bring your completed data page that you received from Mrs. V and put it in our Science folder that is in our classroom.  This will give Mrs. V some time to check out your data before we begin working on the boards next Tuesday.   We will be doing all of the presentation board making IN CLASS so you have to have your information here by MONDAY. Mrs. V and I are excited to hear about all of the things you learned from your Science projects!!!

Tomorrow is a 12:30 dismissal. We will be going to the high school play preview at 11:30 during class.  Performances start this weekend if you want to see the whole play with your family.

Talent Show permission slips are due NEXT WEEK Friday if you would like to participate in the Talen Show. You can turn them into Mrs. Wall.

HOMEWORK:
1. Read at www.raz-kids.com
2. Mathletics-Keep earning those GOLD BARS everyday! Let me know when you have earned all of your bars so I can open up new assignments for you.
3. Fractions Math-This was the work we completed IN CLASS today.  If you did not have time to get done with both worksheets you will need to complete this work at home.  Remember, if there is not a picture given to you for the story problem, you need to draw a picture to show your answer. 
4. Keep working on your Science Fair projects.

Monday, March 19th

NEWS: Talent show permission slips are due NEXT WEEK Friday.  Pleaes remember that your performance needs to be ready for the actual show.  Ask questions if you are unsure about something. We saw some GREAT acts today from Middle School!

HOMEWORK:
1. Read at www.raz-kids.com
2. Mathletics
3. HRL
4. Math-fractions worksheet (We worked on this in class as well.  You need to complete it and turn it in tomorrow.)
5. Think about your QUESTION and what you want to use as a TITLE for your Science Fair Project.  We are starting to work on these things IN CLASS tomorrow. 

Friday, March 16th

NEWS: We had a great day in second grade! We are preparing for our Stations of the Cross presentation this coming Friday.  Each of you will either be acting or speaking in church for this presentation.  Please take some time this weekend to practice your lines or acting in front of your family.  We will be practicing in class all next week but I would like you to come prepared on Monday so we can go through the whole thing. 

HOMEWORK:
1. www.raz-kids.com
2. www.mathletics.com
3. HRL-This one is the same as last trimester, just TELL ME MORE!!! =)
4. Complete your Chapter 1 work for First Eucharist.  Pleaes look back to the Thursday, March 15th post to see specific instructions about all the things you need to complete for MONDAY.

*Those of you who will not be completing the Sacrament of Eucharist with us may choose to do the at home activities or not.

Thursday, March 15th

NEWS: Today in class we celebrated Reconciliation with Fr. Thuc, Fr. Ernesto, and four other priests from nearby churhes.  We joined third, fourth, and fifth graders in thinking about how we can "peel" back all of the things that hide our true selves from God.  Please talk about the clementine and how you are like a clementine with Mom and Dad tonight. 

Our prize of a Non-Uniform Day is TOMORROW!!! Wear something GREEN to show our TEAMWORK and to celebrate St. Patrick. =)  Great work second grade families!!!

HOMEWORK:
1. Read at www.raz-kids.com.
2. Ear one GOLD BAR at www.mathletics.com .
3. HRL-Setting-Tell me about WHERE your story takes place.  Write DETAILS to describe what the place looks like, sounds like, feels like, smells, like, etc.
4. First Eucharist-Complete Chapter One At Home Activities with your family.  Your completed reflection and evidence of your work must be turned in by Monday morning.  Email Mrs. Wall a picture jwall@saintlawrence.org or bring a picture to school.

Wednesday, March 14th

NEWS: That was a fun Winter Sports Rally! Thanks for cheering on the TEACHERS boys and girls! =)

Tomorrow we will be celebrating Reconciliation with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students.  Please think about your actions tonight and what sins you have done since our last confession (First Reconciliation).  Look back in your First Reconciliation book and make sure you know the Act of Contrition prayer.

Friday we have aNON-UNIFORM DRESS DAY! Wear something GREEN to show school spirit and celebrate our families for all completing the survey. Thank you again!

HOMEWORK:
1. Raz-Kids
2. Mathletics.
3. HRL
4. Spelling-Make sure you find the silent letters in each scrambled word and underline those letters where you wrote each word in the story.  Have fun!

What's new?

Hey you!!! Check out the new links that Mrs. Wall added to our class website! Use these at home everyday to make you smarter, so you always know what is happening at St. Lawrence! Look on the bottom RIGHT-hand side of this page and check out the new webpages that we are connected to! Have fun!!!!

Tuesday, March 13th

NEWS: Tomorrow night is the first choice for our First Eucharist meeting.  Check out yesterday's post and your Take Home folder for specific information. Mom and Dad must go to this or the one on Saturday!

Tomorrow is our Winter Sports Rally.  We will be celebrating all of the sports teams that have been working so hard this winter.  Plus, you will all get to cheer on Mrs. Wall playing basketball!!!

You should be working on your Science Fair project already! Start TONIGHT IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY!!  All of your data must be collected soon and brought to class to work on it in class.

HOMEWORK:
RAZ-KIDS, Mathletics, and HRL =)

Check out this great Thesaurus AND Dictionary in ONE!  This will help yiou with your HRL for Tuesday night if you don't know synonyms for the new words you are writing about!

http://www.wordsmyth.net/  Boys and girls, please use the Beginning Dictionary on the left side of the page when you are looking up words.  After you type in the word you can click on it and it will show you what it means and synonyms.

Monday, March 12th

NEWS: Our First Eucharist preparation has begun! =) There is a mandatory (that means they have to go) meeting your Mom and Dad must attend this week.  Mom and Dad can either choose:
Wednesday, March 14th @ the Parish Hall~6:00pm (English) or 7:00pm (Spanish)
OR
Saturday, March 17th @ the Parish Hall~9:00am (English) or 10:00am (Spanish)

The Talent Show is here!  Show your entry form to Mom and Dad tonight and talk about all of the possible talents you have to show off to St. Lawrence.  Return this completed form by March 30th if you would like to participate.  K-2nd grade auditions will be Monday, April 2nd @ 3:30.

Thank you to everyone who brought their grade report folders back.  You are awesome! =)

HOMEWORK:
1. www.raz-kids.com
2. www.mathletics.com
3. HRL-Character Analysis (New responses for a new trimester!)
We are in the 3rd trimester already! We have learned so many things about books so far this year.   Show off your WRITING ABOUT READING (WAR) through your HRL.  Please choose FICTION books for HRL this week. We will talk more about Non-Fiction books and HRL next week.

Friday, March 9th

NEWS: 2nd Trimester grades went home today.  Please show them to Mom and Dad.  Celebrate those things you have already accomplished (Hooray for the things you know!) and talk about things you still need to work on.  Look to see those things you learned more about since first trimester.  Read and think about the comments I wrote to you.  Ask Mom and Dad to sign the big envelope you got your grades in and return it to school on Monday.

The St. Lawrence Talent Show is coming soon! Start preparing for your audition! You will have a chance to show off your talents on Monday, April 2nd for K-2nd grade auditions.  There will be LOTS more information coming home on Monday.  Have fun!

HOMEWORK:
1. www.raz-kids.com
2. Mathletics
3. HRL
4. Finish your published copy of your Pen Pal letter so we can send them on Monday to Colombia!
5. If you took any work home for the weekend from your "Unfinished Work" folder, please do it this weekend and bring it back to school on Monday.
6. Spelling-Review the words you missed and challenge yourself with NEW words of your choice! (You do not have to return this to school.)  This work should be done with Mom and Dad.

Thursday, March 8th

NEWS: We WON!!!!!!  Congratulations boys and girls! We won a Non-Uniform Day NEXT week Friday, March 16th! =) A big THANK YOU goes out to ALL of the Moms and Dads that completed the survey!  We had 136% participation for our classroom! You are awesome!

We will be presenting the Stations of the Cross in two weeks.  We are doing stations 6-10 on Friday, March 23rd at 10:15 in the morning.  If you Mom or Dad would like to come join us they are all welcome to meet us in the church for this special Lent prayer service.  Stations 1-5 will be presented tomorrow by 5th grade at 2:15.

HOMEWORK:
1. Read at www.raz-kids.com
2. Earn one gold bar at www.mathletics.com
3. HRL
4. Bring your library books please!

Wednesday, March 7th

NEWS: Sorry boys and girls! I didn't mean to be late in writing to you. Thank you for another week of GREAT problem solving in the classroom and out on the playground!

HOMEWORK:
1. Mathletics
2. Raz-kids.
3. HRL
4. Spelling
5. Finish your Stations of the Cross book and bring it to school tomorrow.  We will be using these for our school presentation in two weeks and we are choosing roles tomorrow.  You NEED your book at school please.  Read yesterday's post to find out what you need to do if it wasn't finished in class.

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

 NEWS: Are we going to win a Non-Uniform Dress DAy?? It's up to YOU to click on this website and go get Mom and Dad to fill it out right now!!  The survery closes tonight so we need your Mom and Dad to do it for our class to win!  Thank you second grade parents!!!

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EUHN3CZQD 

We are beginning our First Eucharist preparation.  A detailed letter will be coming home tomorrow about all of the meetings and requirements that are coming soon.  Mark them on your calendar if you have not already.  All activities are mandatory and full participation is required in order to complete this Sacrament.  You received this information along with your First Reconciliation schedule but I will be sending it home again tomorrow.  Hooray for First Eucharist!!!

HOMEWORK:
1. www.raz-kids.com
2. www,mathletics.com
3. HRL
4. Stations of the Cross-This was "in class" work that we did all last week during Religion.  If you did not complete any of your stations you can find the guiding questions for your responses below.  You are NOT DOING Station 15-LEAVE IT BLANK!!!  Return your completed book by Thursday morning please. Remember: on the last page you wrote the prayer and drew a picture of you about how you are acting, speaking, and thinking as Jesus would.
  Share your work with Mom and Dad and bring this back to school by Thursday.

Station 1~Jesus is Condemned to Death

When was a time you (or someone you know) were blamed for something you (they) didn’t do? What would you say to Jesus if you were there with Him?

Station 2~Jesus Takes Up His Cross

When was a time you were hurt and someone helped you? When was a time you helped others who were hurting?

Station 3~Jesus Falls the First Time

When was a time you could not find an answer or figure something out, but you kept trying?

Station 4~Jesus Meets His Mother

When was a time you comforted someone who was hurting or sick?

Station 5~Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus

When was a time you helped someone in need?

Station 6~Veronica Wipes Jesus’ Face

When was a time you showed kindness to others?

Station 7~Jesus Falls a Second Time

When was a time you misbehaved?

Station 8~Jesus Meets the Kind Women

When was a time you hurt your parents with your words or actions?

Station 9~Jesus Falls the Third Time

When was a time you failed at something? How did you get the courage to try again?

Station 10~Jesus’ Clothes Are Torn Off

When was a time you were embarrassed?

Station 11~Jesus is Nailed to the Cross

When was a time you were lonely? When was a time your forgave someone?

Station 12~Jesus Dies on the Cross

When was a time you felt the love of Jesus in your life?

Station 13~Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross

When was a time you helped someone who hurt you or your feelings?

Station 14~Jesus is Laid in the Tomb

When was a time you showed love to someone? When was a time you felt love from someone?

Monday, March 5th

NEWS: We are beginning to learn about fractions in math.  Do you remember what a NUMERATOR and DENOMINATOR are? What do they tell us?  Check out some new Math activities at Mathletics tonight.  Please let me know when you finish ALL 5 unit that we have covered already and I will create new work for you. Great work boys and girls!

Did your Mom and Dad take our survey yet? Please ask them politely to do it NOW! We can only win a Non-Uniform Dress Day if YOUR Mom and Dad do it! Tell them THANK YOU if they already did it! We only have until tomorrow afternoon! =)   http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EUHN3CZQD   

Report cards will be coming home soon! Have you started with your action plan you created with Mom and Dad at home? What are YOU doing to make a change? What are Mom and Dad doing to help you achieve your goals? What is Mrs. Wall doing to help you?

Mrs. Wall will send home the completed progress reports you filled out tomorrow in your Take Home folders. Work hard to ALWAYS do YOUR best!

HOMEWORK:
1. Read at www.raz-kids.com~Don't forget Keala and Kate!!! =)
2. Mathletics~You need to complete your assigned tasks BEFORE playing Live every night.  Earn ONE GOLD BAR everyday and then challenge others with Live Mathletics.
3. HRL~Great responses this week to your reading at home! EVERYONE brought their homework this morning!! Woohoo!!! =)

NON-UNIFORM DRESS PASSES FOR ALL!!!!

Anyone ready for a little competition...

The class that completes the most parent surveys by this coming Tuesday will receive a NON-UNIFORM DAY on Friday, March 16th!!!  Moms and Dads need to complete the survey before this coming Tuesday night to earn this privilege for our class.  It is a short and sweet survey about why you have chosen St. Lawrence Elementary and Middle School for your family. Please help us WIN and complete your survey today!! =)

Thank you,

Mrs. Wall and your child =)

Survey link: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EUHN3CZQD  

Here is the official letter with more details about what to do:

Dear St. Lawrence Elementary and Middle School Families,

One of the projects that the Education Council (Mr. Dolan’s advisory group) has undertaken this year has been the “Marketing of the St. Lawrence Elementary and Middle School.”  To better understand how we can improve on the marketing our school, we would like to hear your feedback via a survey we have created just for our currently enrolled families.  The survey website link can be found at the foot of this letter which has been sent to all current families (parents, grandparents and legal guardians) who are in the SLEMS’ database.

Some important information regarding this survey:

·         All survey results are strictly confidential.  We, at SLEMS, will not know who each person is that answered the questions as it is anonymous.

·         Each person may respond to the survey only once.

·         All legal guardians of a SLEMS student (parents/grandparents/other legal guardians) will have the opportunity to answer the survey.  If there are two parents in the household, both will be able to answer the survey individually.

·         The survey is now open.  You may go to the website anytime between now and March 6^th.

·         The survey will close on Tuesday, March 6^th at 10:00 p.m.

It is important that we receive the largest sample involvement possible in this survey to truly validate the findings. We have decided to conduct a survey “contest” between all the classes from Pre-K to 8^th grade.  Whichever class has the highest participation percentage of parents completing the survey, will receive a “non-uniform day” for each student in that class (March 16^th).  If you have children in multiple classes, each of those classes will receive participation credit.

On behalf of Mr. Dolan and the entire Education Council at SLEMS, we greatly appreciate your time and feedback.  Your input is invaluable!!

Damian Romard                        Margie Kasle

Chairperson, Ed Council              Marketing Committee Chair

Survey link: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EUHN3CZQD 

Thursday, March 1st

NEWS: I will not be at school tomorrow boys and girls, so please be EXTRA responsible by listening, following directions, and working hard ALL DAY! Thank you!

HOMEWORK:
1HRL
2. Raz-kids.com
3. Mathletics