Mrs. Mendoza

Our room smelled sooooo good today; the applesauce was a big hit. It tasted delicious!!! Thanks to everyone for bringing in the sliced apples.

Homework: Spelling test tomorrow. The missing addend math paper needs to be finished for homework.

Hope to see you at the Volunteer Dinner tonight. A big thanks to everyone for all of your help this year. I couldn't do it without you!!!!

Just a quick reminder: Remember to bring in a sliced, peeled apple for applesauce tomorrow.

Homework: Guided Reader and study for the spelling test on Friday. We will be out of uniform on Friday. It is also Mothers' Club Hot Lunch-pizza!!!!

Enjoy the weather!!

Homework: Math sheet. Please compete and return tomorrow.

Book Orders due tomorrow, too.

We visited the Science Lab today to visit "Nugget". We learned the weight of the chick in grams. Guess how big he is now!!! Ask your child how big a gram is???? He will be returning to the farm on Friday.

Have a great night!

We started a new story Johnny Appleseed. We will be doing many activities about apples this week. Please don't forget to send in a sliced apple on THURSDAY!

In Math we started addition and subtraction to 12. Today we reviewed how to "count on to add" using a number line.

The family page for Religion was sent home today. Please review the prayer with your child.

Homework: Go over reading flashcards. Our final long vowel spelling sheet was sent home today. Test on Friday.

Many of the children are in the need of glue sticks.

Thanks so much. Have a great evening!!

The children did a great job performing The Knee-High Man for our special guests; the four-year old pre-school, kindergarten, Ms. Werner and Mrs. Barton.

We prayed with the 1st through 4th graders at The Stations of the Cross. The second grade did a wonderful job leading us in prayer.

We start a new story, Johnny Appleseed, next week. A note went home today asking for one sliced apple for Thursday. PLease do not bring it before Thursday.

We are also making an Easter Basket for a little boy for a Student Council project. Please remember to bring in any donations during the next few weeks. We are also in need of an Easter Basket if anyone would care to donate one.

Have a great weekend!!

The timed math test came home today. All the problems completed within the 5 minute time limit are above the highlighter. Students are given another 5 minutes to complete the test. If they did not complete the test within the 10 minutes, they need to practice their math facts every day. PLease use IXL math or the flshcards. Several children stated they lost their password, so a new copy was taped in their folder yesterday.

Homework: Practice for the play. Study for the spelling test on Friday.

Have a great night!

We had a "Seuss-wonderful" time today!

We read "If I ran the Zoo" and we created a zoo animal of our own and named our creature.

We graphed our favorite Seuss book. Have your child tell you the class favorite.

We had a contest to see what group could write down the most rhyming words from "One Fish, Two Fish". We tried to balance ten cubes on our heads, ask your child what was easier; one cube, or ten. We enjoyed Seussville cupcakes at the end our day.

In math we worked on our Quick Check. Please remember to study tonight using the math review page that was sent home

for homework. Test tomorrow!!

Happy March!!

Reading: We are continuing to work on our play. Each child brought home their reader to practice their part. Please practice with them!! We will be making our puppets and scenery this week, too. We will perform the play for pre-school and kindergarten on Friday. Flashcards were also sent home today.



Phonics: We started long e. Spelling words and contract were sent home today. Test on Friday.



Religion: We finished up out unit review. It will go home tomorrow. We will continue to work on our Stations of the Cross Book.



Math: We are finishing up the chapter. The review sheet will be sent home for homework tomorrow. Test on Wednesday!! We made a "Monster Mouth"-He only eats the biggest number. Please practice reading numbers up to hundred with your child. We made a few number cards to see what number our monster would eat.



Several notes went home in the white folder today. Please empty the green and white folders!! Remember to return the reader to school tomorrow so we can continue to practice for the play. Also Heart suckers will be sold again for 50 cents to benefit Haiti. I would love for all of you to join me for the Volunteer Dinner next Thursday. I truly appreciate all you do. Information is in the white folder. Hope to see you there!!

Special thanks to Katie for a wonderful science experiment. The children were so excited to see the raisins dance in the pop bottle. Great job Katie!!



We went to the science lab today to visit the baby chick. Mrs. Oh is going to weigh and measure the chick, so we can see how the chick grows. Thanks Mrs. Oh!!



In religion, we started our Stations of the Cross book. Next Friday we will go to church for the stations at 2:15.

Enjoy the last few days of February!

We started a new story that is actually a play. We will be working on the parts of a play and performing it for the kdg. next week.

New long o spelling words were sent home yesterday. The spelling test will be on Friday.

We are also reading and doing some special activities with Dr. Seuss books. I told the children they could bring in a few Dr. Seuss books to share with the class. Please make sure your name is in the book!!!

I also sent home an Olympic Reading sheet. The children are asked to read for fifteen minutes a day. They are due by March 11th.

In Math we are learning the signs: greater than, and less than. Please practice this with your child on IXL math.

Have a great evening!!