Crazy Hat Day Reminder

Tomorrow is Crazy Hat Day! The children may wear a hat of their choice for a one dollar donation. The funds raised will be donated to the Leukemia/ Lymphoma Society.

St. Bernadette Outreach Announcement

Fourth of July Barbecue Bags for the Food Pantry 
 
We are asking each classroom to put together one bag
to help support local needy 
families enjoy the Fourth of July holiday. 
Items needed for bags…
 
Hot Dogs 
Hot Dog Rolls 
Boxed Pasta Salad 
Potato Chips 
Mustard, Relish, Ketchup 
Freeze Pops (The unfrozen kind)
 
$10 Gift cards to Hannaford
*It would be belpful to have a reusable grocery
bag to put the donated items in.

Please send in your donation next week!

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
         
       

SUPERKIDS Units 1 and 2 Wrap Up

Dear Family,
Your child just completed Units 1 and 2 of the More Adventures of the Superkids
reading program. In our first Student Book, your child learned that the letter y is a vowel
when it comes at the end of words, such as cry, penny, and play. Your child also learned that
when you add an ending to a word that ends with y, you change the y to i before adding the
ending.
We are continuing to read stories about the Superkids in our More Adventures of the
Superkids Reader. Ask your child to tell about the rainy day projects in the story “In Case of
Rain” and the surprising way Oswald’s wish came true in “The Wish.”
As you look through the Student Book for Units 1–2, try some of these activities with
your child:
• Have your child read aloud the words on pages 1–4. See if your child can think of
other words that end with y or ay.
• Look at the directions on page 14. Play a game where you say a simple direction,
such as: “Clap your hands.” Have your child do what you say. Let your child give
directions for you to follow, too!
• Talk about the list your child wrote on page 16. Discuss things your child would like
to do on a rainy day and choose one idea to do for the next rainy day.
• Your child read about Oswald’s luckiest day. Ask your child about the luckiest
thing that has ever happened to him or her. Share the luckiest thing that has ever
happened to you.
Your child is learning to read, write, and understand new words every day. Home is a
great place for your child to share and practice new skills and get encouragement to keep up
the good work!

Mrs. Dufault's Peek at the Weeks

SUPERKIDS: Over the past week, our class has been writing about "Wishes" that they have for themselves or for someone special. It is wonderful to see improvements in spelling, use of punctuation, and sentence writing. The children focused on Wishes that do not include "things", just hopes for something good to happen someday. In class we have been focusing on contractions and vowel "trickers" which are words that have vowel sounds that do not follow the rules of reading which we have been learning about. We are also learning about homonyms, story structure and comprehension.

Math: In math we have been spending time with fact review, counting change, and measurement. We have been learning about congruent shapes and will be using the geoboards for geometry this week. Please note that we often check math homework in the morning as a whole class. I do not always mark the homework and I encourage the children to make corrections if necessary. This is used as a tool to reinforce what we are working on in class.

Science: As we begin to move away from our weather unit we will be focusing on the life cycles of plants and flowers. We will be planting seeds this week. It will be great to watch the life cycle. We will even have a control group and a test group. The test group will have a dark cover on their seed cups which will prevent light and water from helping the seed to grow.

Social Studies: The children have been very excited to learn about the oceans and continents of the world. We have been working on world map puzzle posters. We will also be learning about the names of some countries on each continent as well as a little bit about living things found on the continents. On Friday the children will be bringing home an assignment about this topic which will be due on Wednesday, May 19th.

Religion: In class we have continued to write scripture passages each week with our handwriting program. We have been learning about the Ascension and are starting to learn about Pentecost. The children will be attending an all school Mass on Thursday afternoon at 1:30.

Important Notes:

First Grade Field Trip to the Ecotarium: June 9 9:30- 2:00

**I am in need of two adult chaperones for the field trip. Please let me know ASAP if you are able to join us!

Spring Concert for grades 1-3: June 2 at 1:30 in the Church

Move Up Day to Visit Grade 2: June 15 in the afternoon