Week of June 17th to June 21st

Congratulations!

The school year is come to an end! Thank you for all your support and cooperation this year! I could not do this without your help! Please continue to encourage your child to read, write, and practice their math over the summer.

 This week is early dismissal at 12:30

June 17, Monday – Step up day – Students will go to first grade to meet their new teacher.
June 18, Tuesday – Last Parent meeting at 8:15 in O’Ryan Hall

June 19, Wednesday – Grub Scrub Day – Free dress day.

The day’s schedule:
8:00 – 11:45 am – SCRUB (kids and teachers clean classrooms and other school areas). Be prepared to get dirty and wet.
11:15 – 11:45 – Chalk art fun for all grades on parking lot.
11:45 – 12:25 – GRUB (Picnic style lunch on school side). Don’t forget to bring picnic blankets and your “grub.” They  are also be selling an Italian ice Cream for $4 this day.

Thursday, June 20 – Graduation Day
The graduation will be on Thursday at 10:00 am in O’Ryan Hall. Students must dress in their finest outfits for their graduation. It will begin promptly at 10:00 am. Here is some information…
* Students will be dropped off at school at the regular time: 7:40 am
* Students will need to bring their snack (no lunch). They will not need to bring  a backpack.
* Parents will need to be in O’Ryan hall by 10:00 am.
* Parents entering after the graduation has started need to enter through the doors by the girls bathroom.
* There will be a small reception in O’Ryan Hall following the graduation.
* All siblings of the Kindergarten students are invited to attend the graduation.
* All students will receive their report card at the end of the graduation. Please make sure to pick up the report card from me before you leave.
* Please try to remain in your seats during the graduation to allow all parents to see/videotape/take pictures of the students.
* Kindergarten students have NO school on Friday. We are done on Thursday.
* Below is the order the students will be seated. This will help you decide where you would like to sit during the graduation. Its just one horizontal line. Starting from the left…
Kylie, Emilio, James, Alexia, Benjamin, Madison (space; this is where a kid standing when they recite their speech); Angelina, Connor, Cassidy, Nathan, Ronin, Anabel, Noel

June 21, Friday – Mass at church; Kindergarten will not be going. They are done on Thursday (after graduation).

Have a wonderful and relaxing summer!!!

Week of June10th to June 14th

Have a great week!

This week:

One Sunday a month, a class and their family is asked to help with set up, clean up, and serving coffee and donuts after each of the Sunday morning masses (you do not need to supply refreshments). Sunday, June 16 is kindergarten’s turn. Volunteers are needed for the 8:30, 10:30, and 12:30 masses. If we could have 3 students IN UNIFORM at each that would be ideal.Please let Andrea and/or I know ASAP if your family is able to help. SERVICE HOURS APPLY!!!

Spelling Test: There will be no more spelling tests this week. The students have been doing a great job on their tests. Please continue to work with them over the summer.

Graduation: I can’t believe the students will be graduating in one week. The year has gone by so quickly! I’m not ready to let them go to first grade. I have truly enjoyed having each student in my class and getting to know each one of them. They are all great kids with great personalities and hearts.

The students have brought home their lines for the graduation. Please review them with you. The graduation will be on Thursday, June 20 in O’Ryan Hall. The students must dress in their finest outfits for Thursday’s graduation. It will begin promptly at 10 am.

Classroom cleanup: The students will be bringing a lot of their work home this week. We will slowly be cleaning out the classroom and taking home journals we have been working on during the school year. Please take the time to look through the work your child is bringing home. It’s great to see all the work they’ve done and progress they’ve made during the year.

This week we are learning:

Religion
We love others
My First Bible

Math

More or less, survey
Identifying cones
Identifying the time of day as day or night
counting by 2’s
Identifying Even and Odd numbers to 10

Language Arts
Phonemic Awareness – Review
Phonics – Review: Short Vowels a/e/i/o/u
High Frequency words – review
Comprehension – Draw Conclusions
Robust Vocabulary – Review: dare, gleaming, splendid, cautiously, festival, disaster, adventure, explore, tame, amazed, completely jolt
Writing – Personal Narrative

Science
Animal Classification

Social Studies
USA/California

FieldTrip

We had a great time on our field trip to the California Science Center. Thank you to all the parents who volunteered their time.

8th graduation mass

Friday, June 7th
8^th grade Graduation mass – At 8:45 am we will be walking to church for the 8^th grade graduation mass this Friday. Children need to wear their regular uniform , instead of the spirit shirt.
June Service Project – School Supplies Drive

For Moore Public School District in Moore, Oklahoma
In order to contribute to the relief of the damage caused by the tornados in Oklahoma, Good Shepherd has decided to collect the following school supplies items for the schools in Moore, Oklahoma:

• Crayola Crayons                 • Elmer’s School Glue

• No. 2 Pencils                       • Dry Erase Markers

• Red Pens                            • Blue/Black Pens

• Wide Rule Paper                 • Play Doh

• Child’s Scissors                   • Pencil Cap Erasers

• Folders (blue, red,green, and yellow)

• Spiral Notebook                   • Glue Sticks

Please turn in all items by Monday, June 17. Thank you for your support!

Week of June 3rd to June 7th

Have a good week!

This week:

Wednesday, June 5th:
Field trip to California Science Center – On the field trip, we will see the Endeavour and go to the Imax theater. We will be  leaving school on a bus at 8:30 am and will come back to school by 3:00 pm. If you would like to drive with your child, please meet us in front of the Imax theater.
Lunch: Students should pack a snack and lunch in a brown disposable bag.
Uniform: Students will wear their spirit shirts with jeans and tennis shoes.
Chaperones: All parents who would like to attend the field trip must be a Virtus trained.

Friday, June 7th
8th grade graduation mass at 9:00 am.

Homework:
Reading: Please read everyday for fluency.
Math: Quiz your child on their math facts as often as possible.
Spelling: Review spelling words and prepare for a test on Friday.
Graduation speech: We started practicing our graduation last week. Please help your child to memorize their speech.

Spelling works for the week: where, every, some, thing, again, December, eleven, time, plant, once

This week we are learning:

Religion:
We love others
Discuss Sunday gospel

Math
Identifying doubles
Identifying and matching equivalent sets
Acting out stories
Comparing and measuring length
Counting by 10’s to 100

Language Arts
Phonemic Awareness: Review – initial, medial, final
Phonics: Review: Short vowels a, e, i, o, u
High frequency words: Review – you, look, for, the, there, are, the, little, give, me
Comprehension: Reality/Fantasy
Robust Vocabulary: adventure, explore, tame, amazed, completely, jolt
Writing: Personal narrative
Literature: A mouse told his mother by Bethany Roberts, Igor, the bird who couldn’t sing by Satashi Kitamura, The three little pigs a European folktale.

Science
Continuation – States of matter

Social Studies
USA

 

Art show

Week of May 27th to May 31st

Hope you had a great Memorial Day!

This week:

Tuesday, May 28th – Concert practice: We will be walking to church on Tuesday at 12:30 pm to practice for the Spring Concert.

Wednesday, May 29th – Spring Concert:  The concert is at the church at 6:00 pm on Wednesday. The girls and boys  need to wear either red, white, blue dress or black dress and black dress shoes.  No jeans or sneakers please. All students should arrive at 5:15 pm and the doors are open to parents and guests at 5:45 pm. It is very important that every student be at the concert on time.

Friday, May 31st – Art Show and Silent Auction: I encourage you to come to the Art show and Silent Auction on Friday at 7:00 pm.

Homework:

Reading – Please encourage your child to read everyday for fluency.
Spelling – Do not forget to practice your child on their spelling words everyday. Have them  write the words three times and use them in a sentence.
Math – Review or complete the worksheets they are taking home everyday. Also, quiz your child on their math facts everyday.

Wednesday, June 5th – Field Trip: If you haven’t submitted your permission slip, please do so on or before Friday, May 31st.

Spelling words for the week: favorite, bird, night, Sunday, eight, ground, good-bye, letter, about, new

This week we are learning:

Religion:
Promise
Discuss Sunday Gospel

Math:
Tangrams
Largest and smallest shapes
Identifying half shape
Pennies, nickels, dimes, quarter

Language Arts:
Phonological Awareness: Review
Phonics: Word building, Phonograms _ug, _up
High frequency words – review
Comprehension: Reality/Fantasy
Robust Vocabulary: dare, gleaming, splendid, cautiously, festival, disaster
Writing: Thank-you note
Reading: I wish I were a pilot, The Kite Festival

Science:
States of Matter

Social Studies:
Our Country and States

Week of May 13th to May 17th

Hope you had a great Mother’s Day!

Please don’t forget to sign up for the Parent/Teacher conferences on Friday, May 17th.

The Student Council will continue selling ice cream and cotton candy on Friday, May 17th.  Please support them. Thanks!

6th grade service project: It would be great if we can show 100% support for donating diapers and baby wipes to help mothers and babies in need. Please bring your donations on or before May 23. Thank you very much in advance.

Graduation: Please look at the Graduation tab for which I added the songs that we will be singing on graduation day.

Please send a family picture with your child on Monday for our Family project. We haven’t started our project because the students do not know their family history. Please discuss this with your child. I need your support and cooperation. Thanks

Homework:
Please listen to your child read to you. Don’t forget to mark your calendar.
Spelling Words: Review the spelling words every night for fluency.
Math: Students will be given addition facts on Monday and need to review and be ready to be quizzed every day.

Spelling words for the week: little, give, for, work, flower, Friday, school, island, pencil, house, paper, work.

This week we are learning:

Religion:
We love Jesus
Sunday Gospel

Math:
Measuring Length using nonstandard units
Estimating and measuring Length and width using non standard units.
Graphing picture on a pictograph
covering designs using tangrams, Exploring slides, turns, and flips
Identifying the relationship between larger and smaller numbers, Counting forward and backward on a number line

Language Arts:
Phonic Awareness- Phoneme Deletion
Phonics: Word building
Phonograms: _un, _ut
High Frequency words: little, give
Comprehension: Details
Robust Vocabulary: lively, peek, arise, clever, boastful, quarrel
Literature: Good Morning Little Bear by Carol Votaw, Clever Tortoise by Francesca Martin, How Chipmunk Got his stripes by Joseph Bruchac

Science:
What are things made of?

Social Studies:
Family History continuation

Pajama day is this Thursday, May 9^th. For $1 students can wear appropriate pajamas to school. They must wear regular school shoes. For an additional $1 students can bring a comfort item (stuffed animal, slippers, etc). 

On May 10th & May 17th, (the next two Fridays) the student council will be selling an Italian ice cream (2 scoops for $4) and cotton candy for $2.

Talent show:
Show your talent on Thursday, May 23^rd. Auditions will be on Thursday, May 16^th and run through at lunch to May 21^st.

Week of May 6th to May 10th

Kindergarten LOVED the Aquarium of the Pacific on-campus field trip. Special thanks to Michelle Walter for making this happen!

5/8 – Mass: We will be going to mass on Wednesday. Please be at school on time. Parents are invited to join us. 

6th grade May Service Project: 

Please donate diapers and baby wipes to help mothers and babies in need. Donations will be given to Claris Health which is a local 501(c)3 organization that supports women and their families facing unplanned pregnancies. For more info on Claris Health and the ways they help people in our community, please visit http://www.clarishealth.org  

PAJAMA DAY

On Thursday, May 9th our Student Council will be hosting a “Pajama Day.” For $1 your child may wear pajamas to school all day, and for an additional $1 they may bring one comfort item to school.  Please make sure your child’s choice for what he/she will wear on pajama day will be in keeping with our free dress code and will be in good taste.

Please check the blog regularly under the Graduation tab at the top of the site. I added some of the songs we will be singing on Graduation. Please practice it to your child.

Homework:

Please review or complete the math and phonics worksheets your child is bringing home daily.
Reading: Please listen to your child read to you. Don’t forget to mark your May reading calendars every day.
High Frequency Words/Spelling Test: Please look over the spelling words your child is bringing home on Monday. It is important for each student to learn and spell the high frequency words we learn each week to help build confidence and fluency in their reading. The students will take a pretest on Monday to see how well they know the words. They will have a week to practice the spelling words. They will retake the test on Friday.

Spelling words for the week: and, funny, before, was, work, know, now, saw, always, apple,  Thursday,

Family Tree Project: This week we will be learning about family history. Please write down and discuss your family history with your child and bring some pictures of your family for our project.

This week we are learning:

Religion:
Sunday gospel
We love Jesus

Math:
Identifying left and right, Exploring Tangrams, Sorting and Identifying Tangram pieces, Identifying small, medium and large shapes

Language Arts:
Theme 8, lesson 25
Phonemic Awareness: Review phoneme isolation, categorization, blending segmentation.
Phonics: Short vowel U/u
High Frequency words: and, there
Comprehension: Details
Robust Vocabulary: hollow, scurry, watchful, cling, defend, ravenous.
Writing: Friendly letters
Literature: Whose House? By Barbara Seulig, Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley, and How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? By Julius Lester.

Science:
Magnetic/Non-magnetic

Social Studies:
Family History