Angelville News, January 22-25

BON DIA
Week 19


Dear Families,

A huge thanks to all of my Chaperone's who helped with the Burke Museum field trip.  It was a great trip and fun to eat with all of the college students in the UW commons!!

This week I will not be sending home any homework, as it is vital that all of the students are working on their Native American Projects.  These projects are due next Thursday, January 31.  The students will be presenting these projects on Thursday and the following Monday, Feb. 4th.  All of the students received a very detailed print out of the project, expectations, time line, and rubric.  Please make sure that you have seen this packet, or ask your student to see it.  If your student can not find their packet please see to getting a new one ASAP!

4th Grade Math/Religion - there is a math test on Thursday the 24 over chapter 6 in their math book (measurement).  There will also be a religion quiz.  We are learning about the School Wide Learning Expectations (SLE's).  The quiz will be over the 2nd SLE, A Life Long Learner who:

Progress Reports - these will go home next Tuesday, Jan. 29.  Please bear with us as we continue to work out the kinks on this new grading program.

OPEN HOUSE- This Sunday is our school's Open House.  We will celebrate in a school mass at 10am and the Open House will follow immediately until 1pm.  Student work will be on display in the school if you want to stop by and take a look!  The week to follow is Catholic School's week!  Each day will be a different dress up day.  During that week the students will take part in a service project as well as a retreat put on by Fr. Shane and the Sisters.

Please continue to check your student's planner.  This is the best way to see what your student is doing and a communication tool between school and home.  Thank You!!

Angelville News, January 14-18, 2013

BON DIA
Week 18
(We are half way there, hard to believe)

Dear Families,

We will be taking a field trip to the Burke Museum this coming Friday.  Please make sure that your student brings in their form and money for this trip.  We will need parent drivers.  If you believe you can drive, please let me know ASAP.

This week we are talking about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and the peaceful marches he lead (no school on Monday, Jan. 21 in honor of MLK).  He believed that peace could be won with love not war.  Our TFK focuses on MLK and we will complete this in class, it will not come home in the homework packet.  We will also not have a Geography weekly this week.  We are working on personal narratives and getting them typed up.  The students do have a new Studies Weekly on the Coastal Indians, but most of this reading and work will be done in class.

Please see that your student reads each night and that you are signing their logs.  Please also make sure that you are sending your student to school with proper warm clothing.  It is very cold outside these days.  If I do not feel as though your child has enough warmth on I will have them remain in the building for recess.  Please also make sure that your student is coming to school in proper uniform attire.  Mrs. Innes has asked that the students are in mass attire each and every Tuesday.

We are getting ready for our annual Open House, Sunday, January, 27th.  Student work will be on display. Fill free to stop in and see your student's work.

Please continue to keep Mrs. Innes in you prayers as she is on bed rest until the baby comes, she is due in the beginning of Feb..  She has been a great leader this year, and we are lucky to have her.

Blessings,

Miz Schmutz

Angelville News Jan. 7-11, 2012

Bon Dia
Week 17

Welcome back everyone!  I hope you all had a restful and exciting Holiday Season!  I did and I am glad to be back with the students.

HOMEWORK:

1). Read each night and log your reading on the reading log sheet.  Make sure you are getting your parents signature.  Many students are not filling in their reading logs!  STILL!!

2). The students will have homework each night in their Studies Weekly Newspaper.  This will be assigned each day in class.  Some may complete this work and not have to bring it home at night.  We have begun a SS unit on the first Native Americans in Washington.

3). Spelling Unit 17 this week, all 4 pages! (Not MSL students)

*We are all off to a good start, it’s a New Year and many of the students have New Year Resolutions.  We will be writing those down tomorrow and posting them up on our board in the hall!!

This week we are focusing on Writers Workshop Personal Narratives.  The students are all thinking of a seed story that they can begin to brainstorm a time line for.  A Seed story is a smaller idea that can grow.  They are all drawing from their vacation break to begin ideas.  You may see some writing coming home this week.  I am not sending home a packet, more or less you will see extra reading and writing to be done at home.

In my Religion Class we will begin the 'Student Wide Learning Expectations'.

In 4th grade math we continue to work on Measurement and the Steps to word problems.  The students will take a measurement test in two weeks.  

Have a great week!  

Angelville News, December 17-21, 2012

BON DIA
Week 16

Dear 3/4 West Families,



I walked into church this weekend at Holy Rosary in Edmond's and the Vestibule floor was almost completely covered with gifts from our Charlie Brown giving tree.  This is the message of Christmas, we can all be messengers of HOPE for others!! I shed a happy tear, it was clearly amazing to see so many gifts for those in need.

I'm sure the tragedy and senseless act of violence in Connecticut is weighing on all of our minds.  As a teacher it hits to the core.  We all want to protect and keep our children safe.  Please know that we at St. Alphonsus take every precaution to run a safe and secure school.  I plan on speaking with the children today about the event and letting them express any concerns or fears they might have.  I know that my daughter was a bit hesitant about returning to school today.  We want all of our children to feel safe and secure and at the same time be able to communicate any fears they might have. It is also all of our responsibilities to report any kind of activity around the school that looks weird or out of place.  At mass in Edmond's this weekend, Father spoke of the tragedy, he also told a story of a time when the principal called him because two parents were fighting in the hall at school.  He told her to call the police, she didn't feel like she could do that since they were parents of the school.  Father said, "What if one of them has a gun?"  She called the police.   One example of always doing what's best in order to protect our students.

I am not going to give any homework packet outside of what we are doing in class.
*Thursday is Red and Green Day

*This week we will focus on finishing A Christmas Carol.  There will be a test over the book Thursday morning. Thursday afternoon we will have a Christmas party.  We will watch the Christmas Carol movie, have popcorn, hot cocoa, and Christmas cookies.

*4th grade Religion Students will have an Advent quiz on Wednesday.  Thursday during Religion there is the opportunity for all of the students to go to confession.

I hope you all have a Blessed and Merry Christmas!  You all will be in my prayers!  Until Next year, Miz Schmutz

Angelville New, December 10-14, 2012

BON DIA
Week 15


I want to thank all of those who donated to the One Saturday stockings.  The children were very happy to receive your generous gifts.  Thanks to my room moms for helping me get that all put together.  I also want to thank both 3/4 room moms for pricing all of our items sold in the class store.  We had our first 'store' on Thursday and I believe it was a great success.  The kids had a blast.  We will probably have store again early February.

Our ROCK STAR this week is Brynne!

HOMEWORK:
*Spelling Unit 15
*Reading log
*MSL work
(we will not have a TFK or a Studies Weekly.  We are working hard to finish, A Christmas Carol, so you may see some of that work this week.  Today the students were assigned Stave II vocab.  That would be the second section of the book vocabulary, they have this).

Upcoming Events:
Tuesday the 11:  Report Cards go home.  Please be patient with this first time sending home the new report card format.  It is new to all of us and has been a learning curve.:)
Thursday the 13 - Red and Green Day

Friday the 14th - Prayer Assembly at 8:45, Holiday Hoopla so bring spare change, and both 3/4 classes will taking a walking trip to Ballard Manor to Christmas Carol with the music teacher Mrs. Sur.  Permission slips went home today.  If you would like to help chaperon this even please check the box at bottom of permission slip indicating that you can.  Thank You!

3/4 Science

We have finished up our study of animal life cycles. Students researched animals and created posters to help share their research with their classmates. Students became "experts" on their animals and we have all learned some fascinating facts about the life cycles of salamanders, butterflies, dragonflies, frogs, sea turtles, ants, chickens and lady bugs. We now continue to focus on our "Sun, Moon and Stars" unit. Thank you to the families who supported their student in observing the night sky over the last month. We will now delve into learning the names of the phases of the moon and modeling the Earth and moon's rotation with a light bulb and styrofoam balls. Students will be able to understand how the position of the sun, Earth and moon produce the cycle of the moon. We will also study the stars and planets.


Friday night BINGO!

Have a great week!  We are two weeks out, but I don't say that too loud..

Dear Families in 3/4 West,

There are a few people I would like for you to keep in your prayers.  The first person is Jamie and Clara's grandma.  She was hit by a car while crossing in a crosswalk last Friday and is at Harbor View.  She underwent surgery and will recover in a nursing home and with her son.  This accident hits home hard for the girls as they live with grandma and she is their primary care giver.  If you would like to help with meals please let the office know.  Thank you!

The second person I ask that you keep in your prayers is our Kindergarten teacher.  She is undergoing surgery today and will rest at home until after Christmas while she recovers.

Thank you and God Bless



  

Angelville News, December 3-7, 2012

BON DIA

Week 14

December 3-7, 2012

*Sunday began the first week of Advent!  The students will take part in various Advent activities in their Religion classes.  The 4th grade Religion class will help make Rosary's with the Senior community at the church this Wednesday.

*Hoping everyone had a nice weekend!  We still have three weeks of school left before Christmas.  The students are a buzz due to the season and what awaits us.  Please continue to support your students and help keep them on task in school.  

*We completed our first trimester last Friday and began a new one today.  I told my students they all have A's.  Now it is up to each one of them to keep their grades up.  We started a new grading system, grade link, last week, you can look forward to seeing a new report card format coming out next Tuesday.  Please bear with us as this will be our first go-around with the new system.

*I still have 3 students who have not completed their Advice Articles.  They are due.  I need them in my hot little hand Tuesday morning.:)

HOMEWORK:

1). Read each night and log your reading on the reading log sheet.  Make sure you are getting your parents signature.  Many students are not filling in their reading logs!  STILL!!

2). Read the Studies Weekly and complete the cross-word puzzle and worksheet.  Then staple both together and turn in on Friday the 7th

3). Spelling Unit 14 this week, all 4 pages! (Not MSL students)

Have a great week!!!