***We will celebrate Valentine's Day on Thursday, February 12th. (We don't have school on Friday, February 13th.) I will send home a class list to help your child write out valentines.
***Tomorrow is a dress down day.
***Tomorrow is the carnival. Each game is 25 cents. Please send money with your child by tomorrow. All of the money earned will be donated to the CP Center.
***Tomorrow we are going to the Weidner Center to see The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Mixed-Up Chameleon, and Little Cloud. :)
***Next week Wednesday is the 100th Day of School. Please have your 100 Day Projects completed by then. The students may bring them in as soon as they are ready. There are already a few hanging in the hall.
***2nd grade has phonics homework tonight. Mrs. VanZeeland also says to practice math facts. :)
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Weekly Spelling Lists -
First Grade - Phonetic List - adding suffix ing
doing
going
seeing
feeding
feeling
keeping
mowing
packing
bending
picking
First Grade - High-Frequency List - Words 101-110
get
through
back
much
go
good
new
write
our
me
Second Grade - Phonetic List - Long e - ee, ea
sea
week
eat
beef
neat
need
seat
seam
read
seen
Second Grade - High Frequency List - Words 271-280
learn
point
city
play
toward
five
himself
usually
money
seen
***Reminder - Tomorrow is wear your favorite sports shirt day.
First Grade - Phonetic List - adding suffix ing
doing
going
seeing
feeding
feeling
keeping
mowing
packing
bending
picking
First Grade - High-Frequency List - Words 101-110
get
through
back
much
go
good
new
write
our
me
Second Grade - Phonetic List - Long e - ee, ea
sea
week
eat
beef
neat
need
seat
seam
read
seen
Second Grade - High Frequency List - Words 271-280
learn
point
city
play
toward
five
himself
usually
money
seen
***Reminder - Tomorrow is wear your favorite sports shirt day.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
A few updates -
First Grade Math - We started a new unit today. We are working on telling time.
First Grade Phonics - Phonics - We are learning about blends and r-controlled vowels. (Bossy R)
Science - Our caterpillars are growing! :) This week we learned about the body parts of the caterpillars.
Religion - We spent all of our Religion time practicing for our mass this week. The kids did a great job today!
STREAM - Last week we made a flying machine. This week we made a helicopter. Next week we are going to make a jet ski. The kids also are learning how to program their Legos to move.
Reading - During daily 5 I have been pulling students and doing running records with them. They are all improving so much! This week we continued to work on compound words.
Handwriting - We continue to practice our letters. The second graders are really enjoying learning cursive, although they are finding it a little challenging. :)
Writing / Computer - The Zoo Burst stories are going great! It really makes their stories come to life! I am so proud of how the kids can log on, type, edit, change backgrounds, change colors, find pictures, etc.
***We are out of glue sticks. If you would like to donate any to us, it would be greatly appreciated!
***Reminder, tomorrow is a 11:30 dismissal.
Have a great night!
First Grade Math - We started a new unit today. We are working on telling time.
First Grade Phonics - Phonics - We are learning about blends and r-controlled vowels. (Bossy R)
Science - Our caterpillars are growing! :) This week we learned about the body parts of the caterpillars.
Religion - We spent all of our Religion time practicing for our mass this week. The kids did a great job today!
STREAM - Last week we made a flying machine. This week we made a helicopter. Next week we are going to make a jet ski. The kids also are learning how to program their Legos to move.
Reading - During daily 5 I have been pulling students and doing running records with them. They are all improving so much! This week we continued to work on compound words.
Handwriting - We continue to practice our letters. The second graders are really enjoying learning cursive, although they are finding it a little challenging. :)
Writing / Computer - The Zoo Burst stories are going great! It really makes their stories come to life! I am so proud of how the kids can log on, type, edit, change backgrounds, change colors, find pictures, etc.
***We are out of glue sticks. If you would like to donate any to us, it would be greatly appreciated!
***Reminder, tomorrow is a 11:30 dismissal.
Have a great night!
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
*Second grade has phonics homework tonight.
*Tomorrow is our mass. The kids are very well prepared! :)
*Permission slips - Next week we are going to St. John the Evangelist on Tuesday for a Catholic Schools week prayer service and the Weidner Center on Friday. Please remember to return permission slips.
*100th Day of School - Today is the 90th day! We are exactly halfway done with the year! We will celebrate the 100th day of school on Wednesday, February 4th. The students will be creating 100 day projects again this year. I did send home a note today about the 100th day, but I see two of them on the floor. If you need another copy, please let me know.
*Social Learning Groups - Info from Mrs. Friday -
Social Learning Session #5
This week we will continue to look two new strategies for helping us move from a Yellow or Red
Zone back down towards the Green Zone.
The first is a calming strategy that involved deep breathing. Attached you will find worksheets
that explain two breathing techniques:
Lazy 8 Breathing
Six Sides of Breathing
These two ways of changing your breathing help children slow their inhalations and exhalations to
help create a calmer physiologic state. (These specific techniques typically work more effectively
than just asking the child to “take a deep breath and relax.”)
The thinking strategy for this week is called Inner Coach vs. Inner Critic:
Inner Coach – used to describe positive thoughts or positive self-talk
Inner Critic – used to label negative, self-defeating thoughts or negative self-talk
Inner Critic – used to label negative, self-defeating thoughts or negative self-talk
We will discuss how everyone uses self-talk (things we think in our head but don’t necessarily think
aloud). Sometimes that self-talk takes a negative tone, which we call our “Inner Critic”. Replacing it
with more positive self-talk called the “Inner Coach” will help cheer us on and help us through
difficult circumstances. For example, when faced with a task a student thinks is hard, the Inner
Critic might say “You won’t be able to do this so don’t even try,” creating a self-defeating attitude
and sending the student up into the Yellow Zone with feelings of anxiety and frustration. When a
student changes their self-talk to what the Inner Coach might say, “You can do this; just try your
best and remember you can ask the teacher if you need help;” their emotional state can go back
down into the Green Zone (more relaxed and able to focus on the task).
We will explain that a student’s brain is in control of who they listen to and allow to have the power.
Questions for generalizing this at home:
How can using the Inner Coach as a tool help you?
As circumstances arise when you see your child could benefit from using their inner
coach, ask them what their inner coach can say to them to help them out.
If you hear your child making negative, self-defeating statements, gently point out to
your child that it sounds like they are giving too much power to their Inner Critic. Then
ask them to think about their Inner Coach.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Mary-Beth Friday with any questions, comments or concerns at the
Communication Pathways office: 920-632-4488 or by email: marybeth@communicationpathways.com
*Tomorrow is our mass. The kids are very well prepared! :)
*Permission slips - Next week we are going to St. John the Evangelist on Tuesday for a Catholic Schools week prayer service and the Weidner Center on Friday. Please remember to return permission slips.
*100th Day of School - Today is the 90th day! We are exactly halfway done with the year! We will celebrate the 100th day of school on Wednesday, February 4th. The students will be creating 100 day projects again this year. I did send home a note today about the 100th day, but I see two of them on the floor. If you need another copy, please let me know.
*Social Learning Groups - Info from Mrs. Friday -
Social Learning Session #5
This week we will continue to look two new strategies for helping us move from a Yellow or Red
Zone back down towards the Green Zone.
The first is a calming strategy that involved deep breathing. Attached you will find worksheets
that explain two breathing techniques:
Lazy 8 Breathing
Six Sides of Breathing
These two ways of changing your breathing help children slow their inhalations and exhalations to
help create a calmer physiologic state. (These specific techniques typically work more effectively
than just asking the child to “take a deep breath and relax.”)
The thinking strategy for this week is called Inner Coach vs. Inner Critic:
Inner Coach – used to describe positive thoughts or positive self-talk
Inner Critic – used to label negative, self-defeating thoughts or negative self-talk
Inner Critic – used to label negative, self-defeating thoughts or negative self-talk
We will discuss how everyone uses self-talk (things we think in our head but don’t necessarily think
aloud). Sometimes that self-talk takes a negative tone, which we call our “Inner Critic”. Replacing it
with more positive self-talk called the “Inner Coach” will help cheer us on and help us through
difficult circumstances. For example, when faced with a task a student thinks is hard, the Inner
Critic might say “You won’t be able to do this so don’t even try,” creating a self-defeating attitude
and sending the student up into the Yellow Zone with feelings of anxiety and frustration. When a
student changes their self-talk to what the Inner Coach might say, “You can do this; just try your
best and remember you can ask the teacher if you need help;” their emotional state can go back
down into the Green Zone (more relaxed and able to focus on the task).
We will explain that a student’s brain is in control of who they listen to and allow to have the power.
Questions for generalizing this at home:
How can using the Inner Coach as a tool help you?
As circumstances arise when you see your child could benefit from using their inner
coach, ask them what their inner coach can say to them to help them out.
If you hear your child making negative, self-defeating statements, gently point out to
your child that it sounds like they are giving too much power to their Inner Critic. Then
ask them to think about their Inner Coach.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Mary-Beth Friday with any questions, comments or concerns at the
Communication Pathways office: 920-632-4488 or by email: marybeth@communicationpathways.com
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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