Mrs. Cahill

Our homework for tonight is:

Math-flashcards! Results from Mrs. Denver's tests went home today. Some need to really focus these last few tests!

Reading--AR! Many have surpassed the goal of 7 points! Hurray for you! :-) Some haven't even come close! :-(

Religion-Study for the Ch. 11 test. Unfortunately, I am not receiving any emails from those of you who have emailed me from the blestarewe.com website. I wonder if they went on vacation early??

FYI:We had our BINGO "Kind Deeds" raffle today and many were very lucky. Congrats to you!!
Our end of the year party is tomorrow. Our room moms, Mrs. Simonetti and Mrs. Schreiber have some fun surprises in store for us! Remember, out of uniform again tomorrow! YIKES!!!! You cannot believe the difference in the noise level coming out of uniform makes. Odd but true!!!

Thanks to those who remembered to fill our Food Pantry with items. I will be bringing them over after school on Monday.

Our homework for tonight is:

Math- flashcards! Some will be pleasantly surprised on the 100 problem test that I gave both in addition and subtraction. Some not so pleased! Look for the results that went home today.

Religion-Study Ch. 11 for a test on Friday.We are learning about the Works of Mercy. I told the children that we have an opportunity to do one of the Works of Mercy right here at St. Juliana and that is to bring in an item or two for our own Food Pantry. It is located in the Parish Center. See the list below for the items they need. We can teach our children that in giving we receive!

Items Needed:
Peanut Butter / Jelly
Canned Tuna / Chicken
Mayonnaise / Salad Dressing
Crackers / Chips
Instant Potatoes / Gravy
Cereal / Granola Bars
Canned Fruit / Vegetables
Pasta Sauce / Prepared meals
Coffee / Tea / Juice
Sugar / Flour
Bath Soap / Deodorant

Thanks in advance!


FYI:Out of uniform again tomorrow and Friday.

If you did not bring some quarters to the Book Sale today, you still have a chance to do so again tomorrow. Just a reminder to those who borrowed money from a friend,please repay your friend tomorrow!!!
And THANK THEM!!!

Have a great night!

Our homework for tonight is:

Read!!!! Last day for AR points is June 1.

Math-flashcards or whatever you do to learn the facts. Subtraction facts are hurting!!!

FYI:If anyone who has not donated to our prize box and still wants to... We are very low on prizes for the remaining days!

We had so much fun letting our butterflies go on Friday. We all got to let one sit on our hands and make a prayer and the butterfly will take your prayer to heaven. We learned that on our video. That is the belief in many cultures, so why not????
Here's hoping they got a chance to lay their eggs on the leaves of a hollyhock plant and start the cycle all over again! Thanks to all who donated fruit so they could survive in captivity.

We will have our last Religion Test on Friday. Ch. 11. You can go on blestarewe.com to get a sneak preview. We have not covered all the pages just yet but it wouldn't hurt!

There is a book sale at our Library tomorrow. If you want to purchase a book you can bring in quarters.Every book is a quarter. These are books for THIRD graders! So get an early start!!

Enjoy your light night of homework! (We are doing our final testing in reading this week so therefore NO backpack pages.

Our homework is:

Math-flashcards as always! The fruits of your labor are starting to show!!!

Religion-Complete the Rosary pages in the back of the book. Be prepared to tell something you learned about Mary from either the book or the video today and know how to honor Mary.

Reading/Spelling- Do Backpack page 114 and Study for the spelling test.

FYI: Out of uniform again tomorrow.

Bring a rosary for the next decade tomorrow!

Tomorrow we say Adios to our butterfly friends. It has been so fun to watch this beautiful miracle of nature take place right in front of our eyes--starting with the teeny, tiny caterpillars, the growing caterpillars , then making their chrysalis, to the golden dots on the outside of the chrysalis, to the blackening of the chrysalis right before the emergence,flapping their wings to bring out their beautiful colors,watching the proboscis suck up the sugar water or the orange and watermelon slices and finally seeing them flit around inside the cage. Hopefully, this cycle will be recalled next year for the Terra Nova tests!!!!

Enjoy the nice night!

Our homework for tonight is:
Math-flashcards!

Reading--Read the fluency page that went home several times. Be sure to read with exclaim when necessary,also with great expression!!!

Handwriting-finish the pages we started in school. R, B and the Practice Page.

FYI: Thanks for all the watermelon slices! The butterflies are having a feast.

Out of Uniform tomorrow!

Bring your rosary!

Last day to accrue your AR points is June 1st. Read, read, read!!!

Our homework for tonight is:

Math- Flashcards! Some may want to try Xtramath.com. Max's mom said it was good! Thanks for sharing!

Reading/Spelling- backpack page 112. You may also want to go onto spellingcity.com and try some games that teach you to spell the words correctly.

Handwriting- Finish the pages we started in school and do not forget the Review page for P and E. Please take your time to touch the proper lines when forming these letters. You may notice they are slightly different than what the old alphabet looked like.

FYI:Some have offered to bring in some oranges for the butterflies. Watermelon is great for them as well.(I hope I don't get too many, though, as we are releasing them on Friday.

It has been so exciting to watch the transformation. Thanks to Rocco's aunt who sent in some flowers that they love !We can see them landing on them and eating all day!

Our homework for tonight is:

Math-flashcards! We took another 100 fact test today on addition! Many are very pleased. I knew it was an attainable goal! Keep practicing!

Reading/Spelling--Backpack Page 111 went home today.

FYI: We had a our last gathering with our Buddies in 8th grade today. It was exciting to run around and play games with them on the playground! Some felt it was the best time ever! Thanks Buddies!

Our butterflies survived the weekend. I came back in with more oranges and sweet water for them on Saturday. They are so pretty, now that they have pumped all their colors in. It has been a fun ride but soon we will have to let them go so they can start the cycle all over again!

We had a delicious Snack Attack today. It will be the last one this year. I sent home the directions in case anyone feels like doing it again. Our Super Magazine has a special Snack each month. How fun!

Happy Birthday, Meghan! Thanks for the yummy treat too! Loved the hairdo!!

Enjoy!

Our homework for tonight is:

Math- flashcards! Winding down. Many students got their names entered into the raffle today! Some even more than one! Keep it up now! Our Math tests on the 100 problems had to be postponed due to the EMERGENCE OF TWO BUTTERFLIES!!!! It was so exciting!!! We even got to see the proboscis unfurl back and forth. Thanks for those who sent in the oranges--we cut them up and laid them carefully into the bottom of the cage. I hope they are still juicy enough!!! I will add the sugar water just to be safe.

Spelling- study for the test tomorrow.


Reading/Writing- if you need any further information on your research paper please feel free to bring in the books, internet print out,and pictures that you might need in order to illustrate your cover.


FYI: Fr. Steve will come in tomorrow morning to bless any items you may want blessed by him. Please have them in a ziploc bag or some container just to keep them all together and safe.

Out of uniform again tomorrow. Wow!
What a difference out of uniform makes!!!!

We had a great time listening to our latest radio star, Danny, this morning. His interview on Relevant Radio lasted the whole half hour! He did a great job representing St. Juliana School and was able to answer all of the questions presented to him! Way to go, Danny!!

Enjoy!

Our homework for the night is:

Math-flashcards as always! Starting to see some improvement!!! Mrs. Denver is having a raffle for 2nd graders to win a summer fun basket. All you have to do is improve on your last score by 1% and you will get a raffle ticket or if you get 80% on a Mad Minute Drill.So start studying now to get as many tickets in the drum as possible!There will only be two winners-a boy and a girl from the whole second grade. I can't wait to see who wins! We have some Math Wizards in here, so...

We also will be completing the backside of those 100 problems pages we did the other day. I am impressed so far! Let's do even better this time.

Religion-Study for the Ch. 10 test! Be prepared to tell how the farmer and the seeds story(parable) helps us to learn how to act.

FYI: We attended the Battle of the Books today. We even made some signs to hold up cheering on some siblings that were competing. Adam's sister's team won first place! Congrats on having such a smart sister, Adam!!! I hope to see you up there competing when your time comes.

Remember, Thursdays and Fridays are out of uniform!!!

Friday, Fr. Steve is going to come and bless any articles that you want blessed. Don't forget! Be sure to take them home again, though, at the close of the day. We do not want anything left in here over the weekend!

The caterpillars remain in their chrysalises. I am just hoping they do not emerge over the weekend when we are not here to eyewitness this miracle! Say a little prayer.

Anyone who wants can tune into our celebrity, Danny, tomorrow. He will be appearing on Relevant Radio on channel 950AM between 9:30 and 10:00. We will be listening here in class to hear what he has to say about making his First Holy Communion! I am sure you will make us proud, Dan!!

Enjoy the night!

"No Homework Tonight!" was the announcement from the Principal for the Day!!!

Enjoy the night! I guess we will have our Religion Test Thursday then!

FYI:We attended the beautiful May Crowning in Church this afternoon. We were so proud to see our Buddies in their gowns for graduation! We will be meeting them for the last time next Monday. Maybe you could make them a Congratulations on your Graduation card for your buddy for that day.

Also, Fr. Steve said he could come in this Friday morning to bless any articles that you may have received for Communion and want blessed.

Our homework for tonight is:

Math---Flashcards!

Reading/Spelling--backpack page 107.

FYI:Happy Birthday to Morgan. Thanks for the cupcakes!

We have successfully transferred the chrysalises into the butterfly viewing cage! Some are actually starting to wiggle---Or is it the trucks going by????? We shall see!

We got off to a great start on our research papers in the lab today. Some had to switch gears on some of their topics because we could not garner up enough info. :-(
This will be an on-going project now for a while. Any books from the Library or old encyclopedias or any on-line info may also be brought in to use to gather the info needed.


We talked about "Child Lures" today during our normally scheduled Religion class. We are currently working on a "Safety Backpack" that we are filling with lots of good hints to keep us safe out there!

"Table-Talk"---why are important people called "bigwigs?"


Have a great night!

Our homework over the weekend is to think of a topic you would like to do a research paper on. Pick something that interests you that you would like to find out more about. We will work on it here at school but have your ideas ready to go!

Our homework for tonight is:

Spelling/Reading-Complete the Backpack page. Study for the test.

Math-complete the page we talked about in school. Be sure to ask the "All important question each and every time!"

Cursive-complete the numbers page.

FYI:Out of uniform tomorrow again!YIKES!!! They are so excited to be out of uniform.

Hot lunch tomorrow for those who ordered. Our last one! :-(

Caterpillar Update:
All of our caterpillars have gone to the top of the cup and have started forming their chrysalis! We have noticed the gold dots that miraculously formed. It is a wonder for sure!Soon the transfer to the butterfly habitat will happen. Hopefully all will survive the move!!!
Thanks to those who remembered to make the card for Fr. Steve and return it on time!

Our homework for tonight is:

Reading- Do Backpack page 105. Start studying for the test!

Math-flashcards! Today Mrs. Denver wrote a note to everyone on the last test they took. I also shared the 100 problem test results with everyone. Some were pleasantly surprised!! Your efforts are really starting to show.


FYI: Today at Mass we blessed Fr. Steve on Pastor Appreciation Day. I sent home a card to be designed and sentiments should be written inside thanking Fr. Steve for all he does for our parish. Please return tomorrow. He won't mind if they are one day or so late!

Our caterpillars remain the hot topic! Today almost all of them are making their way to the top of the cup. There they will attach themselves and start to form their chrysalis. They will remain up there for 7-10 days at which time they will burst out and be beautiful butterflies. Let's hope I can make the transfer from the small jar to the larger observational container without dropping any!!! Anybody have hollyhocks growing in their yard? I hear that is what they love to eat.

We have enough passes to be out of uniform for every Thursday and Friday!!!!

Our homework for tonight is:
Math-flashcards! We took our first timed test with 100 problems today! Some finished before the five minutes was up! They are feeling much better about learning the facts. Many had only a few rows left. We shall see what the results are as soon as I can get them corrected.
(Next will be the subtraction test!)

Reading--read the backpack page for fluency. Try to read with expression. Read it several times. We will be testing their fluency very soon for the last time. Let's see how far we SUPERKIDS have come!!!

Religion-Start studying Ch. 10 for a test soon. You may want to go onto blestarewe.com and take a sneak peek at the test.

FYI:We had a very busy but fun-filled day today. We started our morning off with a presentation about Thomas Edison. Our neighborhood was named after him! We got a glimpse into the past on how he invented the light bulb and the filmstrip and movie pictures and the phonograph. He said he invented over 1000 inventions! WOW! It is amazing how a 'Spark" of imagination works.

We are all going to have a chance to crown Mary in our room. Yesterday, Morgan and Jake had a turn. Today Bridget and Braden. Such angels!!!

We finished our day with a beautiful movie about butterflies. We learned the names of the stages a butterfly goes through starting from the egg on. We saw how they migrate over 2000 miles down to Mexico for the cold winter months. We found out they are becoming endangered but...we also found out how to help save them! Who remembers???


Enjoy the light night of homework and get out and have some fun in the sun!

Our homework for tonight is:

Math-flashcards! Try a new method if the old one does not seem to be working. Writing them? Clapping them? Jumping the answer? Writing the problem and the answer in a tray filled with pudding?

Handwriting-finish m and the review page tonight. Please bring back the book though!

Reading/Spelling-Backpack page went home.

FYI: Happy Birthday to Jake! Thanks for the big donuts! YUMMY!
We had our very last Art Mom presentation today. :-( We learned about the Kuba tribe from Africa. We had a chance to look at a lot of different masks they make for their ceremonies. Then we got a chance to design our own! They are drying over night. Some really put some thought and design into their masks.

Many thanks to our Art Moms for a great year of learning about artists and enjoying art. Kudos to Mrs. Gallagher, Mrs. Chruszczyk, Mrs.Keefe for coming in today to help us. The fruit kabobs from Mrs. Chruszczyk were delicious!!! Hopefully, the children will have a greater love for art after our Field Trip to the Art Institute and hands-on-art classes here at school. Who knows we may even have a budding artist among us!!

Our homework for tonight is:

Math-flashcards!

Reading/Spelling- do Backpack pages 101 and 102. Doubling up tonight because the test is tomorrow. Study for the test. Take the test on spellingcity.com and see how you do!

Cursive Handwriting-Some that did not finish their handwriting in school have to complete it for homework tonight.We have to have up to n done. Please remember to bring back the book though! HINT, Hint!!!!

FYI:We have been working very hard on learning double-digit subtraction. I am pretty confident at this time that everyone is able to do it!!! YIPPEE! It is the most important thing for them to know going into third grade BESIDES the math facts. So please go on ixl.com and do some double-digit work tonight and keep it up. Some forgot how to add double-digits because we have been concentrating on subtracting them! And that is just over a three week time span! So....you can imagine what they forget over the summer months!

All the Communion Banners and projects went home today. Look for them. I mentioned to the children that in the past we had to make a box to keep all the Communion things in but this year it was not a requirement but it would be nice to keep them as a memento of the day.


Enjoy the warm weather!

Our homework for tonight is:

Math-flashcards!Some have to finish the page we started in school. I gave everyone the paper clip needed to complete the page.

Reading-Read Backpack page 100 for fluency. It should be done several times to get good!

Religion-Study Ch. 14 for the test tomorrow.

Spelling-you may want to start studying for the test,since it will be on Thursday. Try spellingcity.com for some fun ways to practice.


FYI:Let's come out of uniform on Thursday since there is no school on Friday.


Thanks for sending back the test ASAP. Only one remains outstanding which is pretty good I'd say!!!!

Thanks to all the students who have been wishing me Happy Birthday all day! You are so sweet!