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**CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK NEWS**

Here is a brief summary of the information that you need to know for Catholic Schools Week listed by the individual day:

Monday- Dress: red, white and blue clothing

-We will be making signs for our community helper day and then making a winter craft. In the afternoon, we will make valentines for the veterans.

Tuesday- Dress: Dress up for our field trip! Any attire that looks nice is welcome to be worn. No gym classes will be going on today.

-We will be going on our field trip in the morning and then we will have bingo in the afternoon.

Wednesday- Dress: Sports theme (any)

-We have a lot of presentations today! We will learn more about dental health, have a puppet show presented by the food bank, and have a magic show about healthy eating. **Please have your child bring in 1 non-perishable item as a donation to the food bank.

Thursday- Dress: team colors and sneakers

-We will have our community helper fair in the morning and mini-olympics in the afternoon.

Friday- Dress: Jeans

-We will go to church in the morning for Liturgy and the Blessing of the Throats and then we will go to the movie theater in the afternoon.

Please note that Second Grade is a peanut free classroom. Please do not send in any snack items containing peanuts, peanut butter, or that were processed in a facility containing peanuts. Thank you for your assistance in helping to keep all of our friends safe! Below is a list of peanut free snacks that you may use for snack ideas.

CRACKERS & COOKIES

Cheez-Its Cheese Nips

Goldfish Gripz

Honey Maid, Keebler or Nabisco Graham Crackers

TOPS Animal Crackers Cameos

Keebler Fudge Stripes Keebler Fudge Grahams

Keebler Grasshopper Fudge Mint Cookies

E.L. Fudge Sandwich Cookies

Lorna Doones Teddy Grahams

Nabisco Chips Ahoy Nilla Wafers

Nabisco Regular or Double Stuff Oreos

Nabisco Mini Oreos or Mini Chips Ahoy

CHIPS

Bugels Cheetos

Doritos Fritos

Potato chips (not kettle-cooked)

Pretzels (not Snyder’s)

Pringles Sun Chips

Tostitos

FROZEN TREATS

Popsicles, Whole Fruit bars, Juice bars, or Luigi’s Flavored Ice

MISC. TREATS

Nutrigrain CEREAL bars (not Fruit or Nut Bars)

Kellogg’s Rice Krispie Treats (store-bought only & not peanut butter flavor)

Fruit Snacks (not Brach’s brand)

Fruit Roll-Ups

Tops, Hunts or Kraft pudding cups

Gogurt

Fresh Fruit or Veggies

Applesauce

Raisins

CANDY TREATS FOR HOLIDAYS

Airheads

Blow Pops

Dots

Dum Dum suckers

Fun Dip

Gushers

Jolly Rancher Gummies

Jolly Ranchers

Juju Fruits

Junior Mints

Laffy Taffy

Lifesavers (hard and gummy)

Mike & Ike’s

Nerds

Pixy Sticks

Ring Pops

Rolos

Sixlets

Skittles

Smarties

Spree

Starbursts

Swedish Fish

Sweetarts (regular and chewy)

Tootsie Rolls

Tootsie Roll Pops

Twizzlers

Whoppers

York Peppermint Patties

Scholastic Book Club orders are due on Thursday, February 9^th. Books can be ordered online or by submitting the form on the flyer. If you choose to order through the flyer, please return the completed form and payment in an envelope marked with your child’s name. Please make your check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs. If you wish to order online, follow the simple steps below. When you order online, our class earns a free book for our class room library!

Online Ordering Information
Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: H36GR

• SIGN UP at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, click the "Register" button in the "First Time Here?" section. Register for your own user name and password. When prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown above. This unique code ensures that your order is sent to me.
• SELECT the books you'd like to order -- choose from thousands of titles -- many more than in our monthly flyers.
• SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child's books will be delivered directly to my classroom.

Literature Quilt Club

Literature Quilt Club Schedule

vFebruary 8^th

vApril 18^th

vMay 23^rd

All meetings begin at 8:00 am, in Miss Pasko’s classroom. Please be sure to send in a permission slip, for your child, the Monday before each meeting, so that we are able to purchase and prepare enough materials.

Spelling Homework

Spelling homework will be given nightly and must be done in your child’s spelling notebook. The directions are as follows:

First Grade

Monday: 2x each

Students need to write each word 2x.

Example: cat cat

sat sat

Tuesday:ABC Order

Students need to write each word in ABC order.

Example: art

bat

ladder

zebra

Wednesday: 6 words in a sentence

Students must write sentences for the first half of their spelling words. The spelling word must be spelled correctly. You should encourage your child to use letter sounds to spell any other words they do not know, instead of spelling the word for them.

Example: map- I found New York on the map.

Thursday:6 words in a sentence

The same directions apply as Wednesday’s homework. Students will write sentences for the second half of their spelling words.

Second Grade

Monday: 2x each

Students need to write each word 2x.

Example: cat cat

sat sat

Tuesday:ABC Order

Students need to write each word in ABC order.

Example: art

bat

ladder

zebra

Wednesday: 6 words in a sentence

Students must write sentences for the first half of their spelling words. There must be at least 6 words in each sentence, including the spelling word. The spelling word must be spelled correctly. You should encourage your child to use letter sounds to spell any other words they do not know, instead of spelling the word for them.

Example: map- I found New York on the map.

Thursday:6 words in a sentence

The same directions apply as Wednesday’s homework. Students will write sentences for the second half of their spelling words.

January 29^th: Catholic Schools Week Liturgy – 11:00 a.m.

: Open House – 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

January 30^th- February 3^rd: Catholic Schools Week

February 3^rd: School Liturgy and Blessing of Throats – 9:00 a.m.

February 10^th: Meat Raffle – 6:00 p.m.

February 13^th: Catholic Charities Dress Down Day

February 20^th- 24^th: No School – Mid Winter Break

Specials

Monday- Music

Tuesday-Gym

Wednesday- Art

Thursday- Computer/Library

Friday- Computer/Library

How can I bestmy child?

§ Look the weekly “Family Times” newsletter! Read and complete the suggested activities with your child.

§ Read with your child for a few minutes every night. Take turns reading to each other. Ask your child questions about what he/she is reading.

§ Review spelling words with your child every night.

Visit the following websites for helpful resources and review materials.

· www.pearsonsuccess.net This website provides additional daily activities and leveled readers from our reading series. Please refer to the log in information sheet I sent home, as each account has been personalized to your child.

· www.raz-kids.com This website provides animated leveled readers and short comprehension quizzes. Please refer to the log in information sheet I sent home, as assignments have been personalized for your child.

· www.scholastic.com/sni This website provides access to current and archived Scholastic News magazines. Additional resources and activities are also available. To access our account, log in with the magic word blue.

· www.starfall.com

· www.scholastic.com

· http://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/reading-help/

· http://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-help/

· http://www.scholastic.com/parents/activities/

· http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm This is a great website for sight word materials.

· http://www.mrcpl.org/literacy/lessons/sight/index.html sight words games

· http://www.quiz-tree.com/Sight-Words_main.html sight words talking charts

· http://www.mrsalphabet.com/wordfamilies.html

· http://www.kidzone.ws/phonics/index.htm word family activities

· http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Readquarium/Phonics_and_Phonemes/Chunks_and_Word_Families/ reading games

I am a graduate of Niagara University and I have been teaching at St. Stephen’s since 2004. This year I am teaching Second Grade reading, spelling, phonics, handwriting, language arts, and social studies. I also teach First Grade reading, spelling, phonics, and religion. It is a pleasure to teach at the same school I attended from Kindergarten through Eighth Grade!