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I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the weekend! We celebrated our October Child of God and Pilgrims of Hope on Friday during a very SUS-spirited assembly! Way to go, Huskies! Here are this week's reminders:
Please make sure your Husky brings their charged Chromebook and charging cord daily.
If your child is absent, needs an early dismissal, or has a dismissal change (going home at a different time or with another student at a different time), please send in a handwritten note. If this is a late-in-the-day change, please call the office to make sure I get the message.
With cooler temperatures, please have your Husky prepared with the appropriate outerwear. Also, an SUS sweater, long sleeve pullover, or quarter-zip for inside. Please label everything to help us locate items if they are misplaced.
Please remember to sign your child's fluency passage sheet each night.
Our class specials schedule is the following:
Monday D Day- Technology
Tuesday E Day -PE -wear gym uniforms
Wednesday F Day- Library- return library books
Thursday A Day- Spanish
Friday B Day- Music
On Monday, weather permitting, we will have a fire drill with the fire department visiting us.
On Tuesday, we will be celebrating a schoolwide Mass in our Gym.
Students who signed up for the 1st and 2nd Grade after school Game Club need to bring their signed permission slip to school by Tuesday, October 29th. I will be helping with this club :)
On Wednesday, we will have a Dominick's Hot Lunch for those who pre-ordered.
On Friday, students are invited to wear their Halloween costumes or the colors black, orange, and/or purple. Please see last week's "What's Ahead Wednesday" email for costume guidelines.
Also check last week's "What's Ahead Wednesday" email for additional updates and information such as the new Chromebook policy that starts in November.
School will be closed to students on Monday, November 3, due to Staff Professional Development.
In Math this week, students will be solving problems and writing equations for equal groups and arrays during the last two lessons of Chapter 4. This repeated addition work prepares students for multiplication. Students will review Chapter 4 on Wednesday then test on Thursday. Please have your child continue to practice their addition and subtraction facts.
In ELA this week, we will be starting Lesson 7, "The Ugly Vegetables." We will be working with the skills of drawing conclusions and using context to determine the correct homophone in sentences. In spelling, we will be focusing on the spellings for long i such as, igh, i_e, and ie. We will continue with our lessons about the different types of sentences and their correct punctuation, and also work with identifying subjects and predicates within sentences. Students have now learned about statements, questions, exclamations, and commands. The spelling test for long i will be on Thursday, November 7th. The Lesson 7 Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Tests will be on Friday, November 8th.
In Religion, we will be reviewing Chapter 3 on Monday and testing the chapter this Wednesday. Please have your child study the Chapter 3 Study sheet in their binder. Students will be learning about Mary, the Blessed Mother, and the Rosary this week.
In Science, we are continuing our Engineering Design Process unit. Please help your Husky study their EDP flapbook to know the order of the five steps and what is done for each step. We will be using the Engineering Design Process to design, build, and test our homemade bridges to see if they can support a toy car. Students will also learn about students their age who have used the EDP process to solve community problems.
On Friday, we will be enjoying Halloween-themed math, ELA, and Science activities for a ghoulishly fun day!
If you would like to send in a Halloween snack for Friday please email me. We do have nut allergies. (so students in all.) I have Bingo and crafts already.
Week of October 20th...
I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying this long weekend! Here are our weekly reminders:
Please make sure your Husky brings their charged Chromebook and charging cord daily.
If your child is absent, needs an early dismissal, or has a dismissal change (going home at a different time or with another student at a different time), please send in a handwritten note. If this is a late-in-the-day change, please call the office to make sure I get the message.
With cooler temperatures coming, please have your Husky prepared with the appropriate outerwear. Also, an SUS sweater, long sleeve pullover, or quarter-zip for inside. Please label everything to help us locate items if they are misplaced.
Please remember to sign your child's fluency passage sheet each night.
Our class specials schedule is the following:
Monday School Closed
Tuesday F Day - Library- return books
Wednesday A Day- Spanish
Thursday B Day- Music
Friday C Day-Art
On Tuesday we will be celebrating the Feast Day of Saint Ursula with Mass at the Church.
Our SUS Open House is Tuesday evening from 5:30-7:30 PM. If you know of a family considering private school, please encourage them to check out SUS!
On Wednesday we will have Chick-Fil-A hot lunch for those who pre-ordered.
Thursday is Dollar Day. If you have not yet paid for Dollar Day dress down days, your child can still dress down and bring in a dollar on Thursday. Please be sure to follow the acceptable dress code rules in the Student Handbook.
Friday is our next Spirit Assembly at 2:05 in the gym. Also, on Friday evening the PHSA Trunk-or-Treat will be held at 6:15 on the SUS and Saint John's lots.
Please check the weekly "What's Ahead Wednesday" emails for additional updates and information.
In Math, we will review Chapter 3 on Tuesday before taking our test on Wednesday. Please have your child study the review and continue to practice their addition and subtraction facts. On Thursday we will begin Chapter 4, where we will be learning about even and odd numbers and repeated addition and arrays. This will be the foundation for learning multiplication.
In ELA this week we will continue with Lesson 6, "Animals Building Homes." This is a nonfiction story, so we will be identifying the main idea and key details as an additional comprehension skill. We will continue to work with the prefixes re- and un-. In Phonics, we are still working on the long a letter patterns ay, ai, and a-consonant-silent e. In Grammar, we will be reviewing the four types of sentences and their proper punctuation. The long a spelling test will be on Thursday, October 23rd and the comprehension and vocabulary tests will be on Friday, October 24th.
In Religion, we will continue with Chapter 3: Our Church Shows Us How to Live. Students will be learning about our Church heroes (saints), what makes a person a hero, and discussing heroes in our lives today. Please have your child study the Chapter 3 Study Guide in their binder-coming home tomorrow.
In Science we have started learning about the Engineering Design Process. The students will be making a flap book with the EDP steps inside. Please allow your Husky to keep this book in their folders for studying throughout the unit. We will be reading the story, The Most Magnificent Thing and discussing the engineering steps the little girl took in designing her invention. Then the students will use the Engineering Design Process to design, build and test a bridge that can hold a toy car.
Week of October 13th...
hope you are having a great weekend! What a fantastic Harvest Festival had by all! Our Huskies had a great time playing games and enjoying treats with you on Thursday! Thank you to all our families for volunteering and taking time out of your day to support our Harvest Festival. It was a huge success! Here are this week's reminders:
Please make sure your Husky brings their charged Chromebook and charging cord daily.
If your child is absent, needs an early dismissal, or has a dismissal change (going home at a different time or with another student at a different time), please send in a handwritten note. If this is a late-in-the-day change, please call the office to make sure I get the message.
With cooler temperatures coming, please have your Husky prepared with the appropriate outerwear. Also, an SUS sweater, long sleeve pullover, or quarter-zip for inside since this weather and temperatures are so unpredictable. Please label everything to help us locate items if they are misplaced.
Please remember to sign your child's fluency passage sheet each night and to date the spelling homework.
Our class specials schedule is the following:
Monday- B Day- Music
Tuesday-C Day-Art
Wednesday- D Day-Technology
Thursday- E Day-PE
Friday- School Closed for students
On Tuesday morning, we will celebrate schoolwide Mass in the Gym.
Our Subway Hot Lunch will take place this Wednesday for all students who have preordered.
Parent conference sign-ups were sent out last Wednesday. Thank you for signing up so quickly.
School will be closed on Monday, October 20th. Enjoy the long weekend!
In Math, we will continue Chapter 3: Basic Facts with lessons on subtraction strategies including counting back and using 10. Students will also be writing addition and subtraction equations to represent word problems before reviewing Chapter 3. Our Chapter 3 test will be on Wednesday, October 22nd. Please continue to have your Husky practice their basic addition and subtraction facts.
In ELA, this week we will be working on Lesson 6, "Animals Building Homes." This is a nonfiction story, so we will be focusing on text features as our comprehension skill. Our vocabulary skill will be the prefixes re- and un-. In Phonics, we will be working with the long a letter patterns ay, ai, and a-consonant-silent e. In Grammar, we will be reviewing the four types of sentences and their proper punctuation. Due to school being closed this Friday and next Monday, we will be working on Lesson 6 skills for two weeks. The long a spelling test will be on Thursday, October 23rd and the comprehension and vocabulary tests will be on Friday, October 24th.
In Religion, we will conclude our Growing with God lessons then begin Chapter 3: Our Church Shows Us How to Live. Students will be learning about our Church heroes (saints), what makes a person a hero, and discussing heroes in our lives today.
In Social Studies, students will be reviewing what they have learned about the past and present changes in schools, farming, transportation, and technology as well as the characteristics of urban, suburban, and rural communities. They will have a quiz on what they have learned on Tuesday, October 14th.
Please check last Wednesday's "What's Ahead Wednesday" email for additional reminders of upcoming events.
Week of October 6th...
Our Huskies had so much fun meeting and chatting and coloring with their Prayer Partners this past week! Here are the updates and reminders for the exciting week ahead:
Please make sure your Husky brings their charged Chromebook and charging cord daily.
If your child is absent, needs an early dismissal, or has a dismissal change (going home at a different time or with another student at a different time), please send in a handwritten note. If this is a late-in-the-day change, please call the office to make sure I get the message.
With cooler temperatures coming, please have your Husky prepared with the appropriate outerwear. Also, an SUS sweater, long sleeve pullover, or quarter-zip for inside since our air conditioning is still on. Please label everything to help us locate items if they are misplaced.
Please remember to sign your child's fluency passage sheet each night.
Our class specials schedule is the following:
Monday- C Day- Art
Tuesday-D Day-Technology
Wednesday- E Day-PE
Thursday- F Day-Library (Please remind your Husky to bring back their library books.)
Friday-A Day- Spanish
On Tuesday morning we will celebrate The Feast of the Rosary Mass.
Parent conference sign-ups will be coming out on Wednesday!
The Harvest Festival Special Lunch is Thursday for all students who have pre-ordered.
In Math, we will begin Chapter 3, where we will be using strategies and properties to solve addition and subtraction facts. Please continue to have your Husky practice their basic addition and subtraction facts.
In Reading , we are working on Lesson 5: "Teacher's Pets" and identifying the story elements. We will be reviewing short e words. We will also learn about words with -ing and -ed endings. In grammar we will be learning about complete and incomplete sentences, and subjects and predicates. Our short e spelling test will be on Thursday, October 9th. Our vocabulary and comprehension quizzes will be on Friday, October 10th.
In Religion, we will continue with our Growing with God lessons.
In Social Studies, students will continue learning about the past and present and identifying changes in farms, communities, transportation, and technology over time. We will be discussing the positive and negative effects of these changes.
The Harvest Festival slips that were sent home last week are due on Tuesday. For additional updates and information including Harvest Festival Day, please check last week's "What's Ahead Wednesday" email. Please note the individual grade-level times and identification badge information from the "WAW" email that I have added below:
Attending the Festival:
Thursday, October 9th - Students will attend the festival during their assigned time below. Parents/guardians who will be attending Harvest Festival with a student on Thursday, October 9th, will need to enter school through the playground doors to receive an identification badge before attending the festival. If you have previously visited the school and have had your ID scanned, please complete this form so that we can print your badge before the scheduled event: https://forms.gle/41571BYCxg8iRnUB7
PK & K 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Gr. 1, 2 9:55 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Gr.3, 4, 5 11:10 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
Gr. 6, 7, 8 12:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.
Week of September 29th...
I hope you are having a great weekend so far! Our Huskies did a fantastic job actively listening during our Spirit Assembly on Friday. Everyone looked very spirited in their blue and yellow! Here are the updates and reminders for the shorter week ahead:
Please make sure your Husky brings their charged Chromebook and charging cord daily.
Remember to check my website to see what homework is expected each night.
If your child is absent, needs an early dismissal, or has a dismissal change (going home at a different time or with another student at a different time), please send in a handwritten note or email. If this is a late-in-the-day change, please call the office to make sure I get the message.
With cooler temperatures coming, please have your Husky prepared with the appropriate outerwear. Also, an SUS sweater, long sleeve pullover, or quarter-zip for inside since our air conditioning is still on. Please label everything to help us locate items if they are misplaced.
Please remember to sign your child's fluency passage sheet each night.
Your Husky will be bringing their yellow work folder home tomorrow. Please sign the sheet inside of it verifying you have seen the work. The folders need to be returned the next school day with only papers that have "Please sign and return" on them.
Use the Galeone flyer coupon code that your Husky brought home on Picture Day to access his or her individual photo proofs. Selection and ordering is online.
Our class specials schedule is the following:
Monday (E Day)- PE -Remember to wear gym uniforms
Tuesday (F Day)- Library- Return library books
Wednesday (A Day)- Spanish
Thursday (B Day)-Music
Friday- No School
On Monday morning, we will celebrate the Archangels Mass at Church at 10:15am.
On Wednesday, October 1st, the students who received a Child of God certificate or blue Child of God slip have an out-of-uniform day. (The Blue slips will go home tomorrow- Blue slip means out of uniform for your child.)
Also on Wednesday, Girl Scouts are invited to add their Girl Scout vests to their school uniforms.
SUS is also having our first Prayer Partner "Frienzy" activity on Wednesday morning. All SUS classes will be participating in a get-to-know-you activity with their 2025-2026 Prayer Partner classes. 2 Faith will be welcoming our 7 Faith Prayer Partners!
Dominick's Hot Lunch is also this Wednesday for all students who have pre-ordered.
School will be closed this Friday, October 3rd, for Professional Development.
In Math, we will be continuing Chapter 2: Use Place Value to Count and Compare on Monday and Tuesday with lessons on comparing 3-digit numbers with comparison signs and comparing and ordering three 3-digit numbers. We will then have our Chapter 2 Review on Wednesday and Chapter 2 test on Thursday, October . Remember to practice skip counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's.
In Reading and Phonics, we are continuing identifying cause and effect relationships in the Lesson 4 story "Diary of a Spider" and other text. We will continue our work using context clues to identify unknown words while reading. Vocabulary sentence homework is due this Tuesday, September 30th. Our Lesson 4 short o and u spelling test will be on Wednesday, October 1st and the vocabulary and comprehension tests on Thursday, October 2nd.
In Social Studies, students will be learning about the past and present and identifying changes in schools, communities, transportation, and technology over time. We will be discussing the positive and negative effects of these changes.
In Religion, we will be having our quiz on Monday about Baptism. Look over the study sheet in your child's binder. We reviewed it on Friday. Our next unit is our Growing with God lessons.
For additional updates and information including Harvest Festival Day, please check last week's "What's Ahead Wednesday" email. Please note the individual grade-level times and identification badge information from the "WAW" email that I have added below:
Attending the Festival:
Thursday, October 9th - Students will attend the festival during their assigned time below. Parents/guardians who will be attending Harvest Festival with a student on Thursday, October 9th, will need to enter school through the playground doors to receive an identification badge before attending the festival. If you have previously visited the school and have had your ID scanned, please complete this form so that we can print your badge before the scheduled event: https://forms.gle/41571BYCxg8iRnUB7
PK & K 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Gr. 1, 2 9:55 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Gr.3, 4, 5 11:10 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
Gr. 6, 7, 8 12:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.
Week of September 22nd...
Good Morning 2 Faith Parents,
I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying another beautiful weekend! We have a shorter but busy week ahead! Here are our weekly reminders:
If your child is absent, needs an early dismissal, or has a dismissal change (going home at a different time or with another student at a different time), please send in a handwritten note. If this is a late-in-the-day change, please call the office to make sure I get the message. Email is ok too (absence).
Please make sure your Husky brings their charged Chromebook and charging cord to school daily, along with mouse and headphones.
Our class specials schedule is the following:
Tuesday- A Day- Spanish
Wednesday -B Day Music
Thursday C Day-Art
Friday D Day- Technology
The yellow graded work folder will come home Thursday. (Due to being out Friday I need to grade the tests that were given which are still at school). Please also sign any papers with "Please sign and return" written on them and place them back into the folder.
Use the Galeone flyer coupon code that your Husky brought home on Wednesday to access his or her individual photo proofs. Selection and ordering is completed online.
Our Huskies will be taking their Reading MAP test this Wednesday morning, September 24th beginning at 8:30 AM. We have completed a practice test last week. Please have your child charge their Chromebooks the night before, get a good night's sleep, and eat a healthy breakfast. If possible, please send in a working mouse (if one isn't already with their Chromebook) since this helps many students maneuver the cursor during the test.
Our first Dollar Day is this Thursday, Sept. 25th. If you have not paid for the Dollar Days in advance, send in a dollar with your child on Thursday for them to participate. I will submit it to the office with your Husky's name. Please refer to the Student Handbook for information on the appropriate guidelines for out-of-uniform days.
On Friday, we will have a Spirit Assembly at 2:05. Students are invited to add-on a SUS or favorite team t-shirt to their regular uniform.
For additional updates including information about our upcoming October Harvest Festival, please check last week's "What's Ahead Wednesday" email.
In Math, we will continue Chapter 2: Using Place Value to Count and Compare. This week's lessons will have students counting by 1s, 5s, 10's and 100's to 1,000, finding 10 more, 10 less, 100 more, and 100 less, making a model and using number lines to compare 3-digit numbers. It is very important for students to skip count forward and backward by 1s, 5s, 10s, and 100s. Please practice this with 3-digit numbers and continue practicing basic addition and subtraction facts to 20 with your Husky.
In Reading and Phonics, we are beginning Lesson 4 "Diary of a Spider." We will be working on this lesson and the skills for the next two weeks due to this week's MAP testing and school being closed today and Friday, October 3rd. We will be focusing on identifying causes and effects and using context clues to determine word meaning. The Lesson 4 vocabulary sentence homework will be due on Tuesday, September 30th. Our phonics skills will be short o and short u vowel sounds. The Lesson 4 spelling test will be on Wednesday, October 1st and the vocabulary and comprehension tests will be on Thursday, October 2nd.
In Religion, we will be continuing our Chapter 2 Baptism lessons with the Chapter 2 test occurring on Friday, September 26. *Students may bring in an artifact from their baptism such as their baptismal candle, white garment, or a special gift they received. Students who have not been baptized yet may bring in a special artifact that they received when they were born or for a special occasion since then. Students will present their artifacts before bringing them back home.
In Social Studies this week, we will learn about the difference between primary and secondary sources and have a timeline quiz. Students will also present their timeline projects.
Pizza Lunch is Wednesday September 24th- a sign up was required last week.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions. I wish everyone a blessed day and a wonderful week ahead.
Week of September 15th...
Good Morning 2 Faith Parents,
I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying this beautiful weekend! We have another busy week ahead! Here are our weekly reminders:
Our class specials schedule is the following:
Monday (B Day)- Music
Tuesday (C Day) - Art
Wednesday (D Day)- Technology
Thursday (E Day)- P.E.
Friday (F Day)-Early Dismissal day-Library books due
Please make sure that your Husky is wearing a belt with their uniform pants daily. This is part of our uniform requirements as stated in the SUS Student Handbook.
Our Huskies will be taking their Language MAP test this Tuesday morning, September 16th beginning at 8:30 AM. They will take the Math MAP Test on Thursday, September 18th at the same time. We will try the practice tests before the students have to take their real MAP tests. Please have your child charge their Chromebooks the night before, get a good night's sleep, and eat a healthy breakfast. If possible, please send in a working mouse (if one isn't already with their Chromebook) since this helps many students maneuver the cursor much easier during the test. Ask your child if his/her headphones are working properly. Students will need them for the test.
Please remember to send any notes in your child's SUS folder.
If your child is absent, needs an early dismissal, or has a dismissal change (going home at a different time or with another student at a different time), please send in a handwritten note. Email is ok too. If this is a late-in-the-day change, please call the office to make sure I get the message.
Please check the weekly "What's Ahead Wednesday" emails for additional updates and information.
In Math, we will review Chapter 1 on Monday and Tuesday before having our test on Wednesday. Please continue practicing basic addition and subtraction facts to 20 with your Husky. If homework problems are circled, they are the only "Must Do" problems for homework. Your Husky may also complete the uncircled problems/"Can Do" problems. On Friday, we will begin Chapter 2 in which we will be learning about counting patterns within 100 and 1,000.
In ELA, we will be reading the informational text, "Dogs" and working on identifying an author's purpose and using context clues to define multiple meaning words. New vocabulary words will be coming home in your child's binder tomorrow. Their vocabulary sentence homework will be due on Thursday, September 18th. The vocabulary and comprehension tests will be on Friday, September 19th.
The spelling/phonics skill is words with short i. The new spelling words will be coming home in your student's binder tomorrow. The spelling test will be on Friday, September 19th.
In Religion, we will begin Chapter 2: Baptism. *I am inviting students to bring in an artifact from their baptism such as their baptismal candle, white garment, or a special gift they received. While in Chapter 2, students will present their artifacts before bringing them back home.
In Social Studies, we will continue our work with timelines then begin learning about primary and secondary sources. Students brought home a timeline assignment last week which is due on Friday, September 19th. A grading rubric was included so that students know the expectations for the project.
Yellow Graded work folders will come home tomorrow. Please review the work, sign any papers that request a signature, sign the folder, and return the folder on Tuesday-thanks!
This week, I will be in school till 1pm on Thursday and off on Friday due to the death of my mother-in-law. Please send notes of dismissal changes in the SUS folder since I will have limited to my email. Thank you.
Upcoming dates to remember..
September 22nd- no school
September 24th-Special Lunch-pizza
September 25th- Dollar Day-free dress
September 26th- Child of God assembly.
October 3- no school
October 9th- Harvest Festival at school. (10/10/25-5pm Festival)
October 17th- no school -Conference Day
Oct 20th- no school
Week of September 8th...
Good Morning Parents,
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend so far! We have had a great first few weeks of school! Thank you all for your support with your Huskies! They are starting to get the routines down! Here are the reminders for this week:
Send in a water bottle (that has a flip-out drinking spout and not a detached straw) with your Husky each day.
With our daily temperatures becoming cooler and air conditioning on during the day, please make sure to send appropriate outerwear for recess and SUS wear for inside the building with your Husky each day. Please label each item with your child's name.
Please remember to send in a handwritten note If your Husky will have an early dismissal, a dismissal change, or if he or she is returning from an absence.
Daily homework assignments can be found on the homework page of my teacher website which can be accessed through the school's website.
Please make sure your child's charged Chromebook and its charging cord are brought to school each day.
This week's special schedule is the following: Monday (C Day)- Art, Tuesday (D Day)- Technology, Wednesday (E Day)- PE (Gym), Thursday ( F Day)- Library, and Friday (A Day)- Spanish. Return library books on Thursday. Gym uniforms on Wednesday.
On Friday evening the Father's Club is sponsoring an Ice Cream and Movie Night from 6-9 PM in the Gym. Please see the "What's Ahead Wednesday" for more information about this fun event!
Please remember to check your child's planner, spelling homework, and math homework each night. If your child goes to extended day after school and does homework there, please look over their math homework to see if they need any help. Thanks so much!
This week in Math, we are finishing up Chapter 1: Understand Place Value. Students will be using place value to describe the values of digits in numbers up to 1,000. They will be writing and representing 3-digit numbers in standard form, word form, and expanded form. Our Chapter 1 review will be on Monday, September 15th, and our test will be on Tuesday, September 16th. *Please continue to practice basic addition and subtraction facts to 20 for increased fluency and accuracy.
In ELA this week we will continue with Lesson 1, "Henry and Mudge." We will be sequencing events from our leveled readers and continuing to practice putting words in alphabetical order. Students will be writing about their perfect pets. This lesson's vocabulary sentence HW is due on Tuesday, 9/9. Spelling menu choice homework will need to be completed each evening. The Lesson 1 spelling test will be given on Thursday, September 11th, and the vocabulary and comprehension tests on Friday, September 12th.
In Religion, we will continue with Chapter 1 "As We Gather." We will be learning about how as members of the Catholic church we are called to welcome, help, and care for others. The Chapter 1 Religion test will be on Friday, September 12. Please have your Husky continue to study their Chapter 1 Study Guide, which should be in their binders. Students should also continue to practice the Glory Be prayer.
This week in Social Studies, we will continue our Social Studies Skills and Processes Unit. Students will be learning the structure of timelines and creating timelines that sequence real-life events using a variety of time increments.
Graded work folders will come home this week. Please sign the sheet in the folder-keep all the work except papers that say sign and return. Thanks!
I will be at a new teacher meeting on Wednesday Sept. 10th and will be out in the morning. I should be back by 1pm.
As always if there are any questions, please email me. I wish you all a wonderful rest of your weekend! Go Ravens!!!
Week of September 1st...
Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year! It was such a pleasure to see many of you at Back-to-School Night on Wednesday evening. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend so far! As I mentioned on Wednesday, I like to send a "Reminders for the Week" email each Sunday (Or Monday if we have a holiday) with any special things to remember for the upcoming week as well as brief explanations of what our Huskies are working on. As always, please also check the "What's Ahead Wednesday" school emails sent home each week for additional St. Ursula news and upcoming events.
For this week, please remember:
Send in a water bottle (that has a flip-out drinking spout and not a detached straw) with your Husky each day.
With our daily temperatures becoming cooler and air conditioning on during the day, please make sure to send appropriate outerwear for recess and SUS wear for inside the building with your Husky each day. Please label each item with your child's name.
Please remember to send in a handwritten note If your Husky will have an early dismissal, a dismissal change, or if he or she is returning from an absence. Email is ok too.
Daily homework assignments can be found in your child's homework planner and eventually on the homework page of my teacher website. I am working on my website and Google classroom today, so fingers crossed and stay tuned. :)
Your child brought home their textbooks and SUS folder to be covered with clear contact paper this past week. Please make sure all books are now covered. Have your child let me know if he or she needs to take any books home this week to finish up.
Please make sure your child's charged Chromebook and its charging cord are brought to school each day.
Thank you for having your children share their me bags last week. It was great learning more about them..
This week's specials schedule is the following: Tuesday E Day- Gym, Wednesday F Day- Library, Thursday A Day- Spanish, Friday B Day- Music. Wear gym uniforms tomorrow-Tuesday Sept 2nd.
We will have our first fire drill on Thursday, 9/11 and a lock down drill on Friday, 9/12. We reviewed and practiced a fire drill last week and will be reviewing lock down procedures at the start of the week. I thank you in advance for reinforcing the importance of following directions silently during drills.
This week in Math, we are beginning Chapter 1: Understand Place Value. Students will build foundational number sense by exploring place value within three-digit numbers. Students will be grouping tens as hundreds, writing a 3-digit number for a group of tens, and representing 3-digit numbers with base-ten block pictures and expanded form. *To gradually get our Huskies into the math homework routine, I will have students circle the assigned HW problems each day. They are welcome to complete the uncircled problems. *Please continue to practice basic addition and subtraction facts to 20 for increased fluency and accuracy.
In ELA Lesson 1, students will have their first story of the year, Henry and Mudge. Each week that we begin a new lesson/story, they will receive 8 vocabulary words which will be kept in the Reading section of their binders. They will also have vocabulary sentence homework in their SUS folders. This lesson's vocabulary sentence HW is due next Tuesday, 9/9 since we will be working on Lesson 1 through next week. In this lesson, students will be sequencing story events and placing words in ABC order. Spelling begins this week with short a words and the list will come home in the spelling section of your child's binder. We will be setting up spelling homework journals tomorrow. The menu choice sheets will be glued into their journals and one menu choice will need to be completed each evening. The Lesson 1 spelling test will be given on Thursday, September 11th, and the vocabulary and comprehension tests on Friday, September 12th.
In Religion, we began learning about the Bible this past week and will then start Chapter 1 "As We Gather." We will be learning about how as members of the Catholic church we are called to welcome, help, and care for others. Throughout the year, I will ask students to practice prayers as part of homework to help them commit the prayers to memory and then they will recite each prayer to me. We will start with the "Glory Be" prayer. Students will bring a copy of the prayer home. Prayers are also listed in the "Religion" section of my teacher website.
This week in Social Studies, we will begin our Social Studies Skills and Processes Unit. Students will be learning the structure of timelines and creating timelines that sequence real-life events using a variety of time increments.