Little Angels Newsletter May 20, 2019
Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ
School Webpage: www.btrcs.org
Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/
Reminders
Important Journal Project: Please read the project information sent home today and complete the project by Thursday. Please be very careful of the journals. They are not replaceable. Thank you.
Moving Up Day:
Parents drop children off at the regular doors at 9:30 AM on June 6, 2019
Parents will go directly to the lower church with any refreshments etc.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!!!. Children can wear dresses, little short sets, pants and tops, skirts and tops. The shoes must be sneaker type. Please no flip flops, sandals, or dressy shoes. They will be walking and dancing on the tile floor, and we do not want them to fall, walk out of their shoes, or make a lot of extra noise in church.
A few things we will be learning:
Comparing animals and plants
Children will identify syllables
Children will practice writing sentences
Different types of prayer including the Our Father
Symmetry
Homework:
Monday- Print first and last name together 1 time. Make up a little prayer of thanks and parents write the prayer in the copybook.
Tuesday: Print first and last name together 1 time.
Wednesday-Journal Project is due tomorrow. Print first and last name together 2 times. Have your child draw a picture of their favorite part of the butterfly metamorphosis and label the picture.
Thursday- Journal Assignment was due today. If you have not sent it in please do so by tomorrow. I need the journals back..
Little Angels Newsletter May 13, 2019
Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ
School Webpage: www.btrcs.org
Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/
Reminders: Important Letter concerning Moving Up Day should be in your child’s folder. Please sign the bottom and return and keep it in a safe place for future reference.
A few things we will be learning:
Types of prayers
Writing my own stories
Flowers around us
Numerals
Science of eggs
Homework:
Monday- Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter tonight. Write down the names of everyone in your house. Ask each person if they think eggs can bounce. Record the results.
Tuesday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter tonight. Using the name tag as a sample, have your child print their last name two times. Please follow the guide sent home exactly, and return the guide tomorrow.
Wednesday- Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter tonight. Ask your child to print their first name two times by looking at the name tag placed in the copybook. Please send the name tag back. Please pay close attention to the proper formation of the letters.
Thursday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter tonight. Ask your child to print the following sentences, do not spell them for them. You can say them slow, but do not spell, or correct their spelling please..
I love God. I see a flag.
Part 2: Ask your child to tell you if the eggs bounced or not, and what happened. Print what they said in the copybook
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Little Angels Newsletter May 6, 2019
Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ
School Webpage: www.btrcs.org
Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/
The Walk-a-thon Fundraiser will end this week. In order to promote this very important fundraiser. I will give each child who pledges any amount of money, a book of their own. I’m sure phone calls to aunts, uncles or grandparents might bring in a small donation. I know that money is not always available, but please contribute if you can.
The children’s Moving Up Day will be held on June 6, 2018 at 10:00 AM. More information will be following shortly.
Trip and Recycle Project- Thank you sincerely to all parents for your cooperation with the project. They were wonderful! The trip went off nicely. I hope everyone had a great time.
Book Fair will be held from ___________.
Inventive Spelling: the children are beginning to do write in their own journals. They are doing well and it makes me very excited. Inventive spelling was discussed at our opening meeting, but I encourage all to check out the websites below to gain a better understanding of the process and how to encourage your child throughout the summer.
https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/invented-spelling/
https://www.themeasuredmom.com/invented-spelling-guidelines-for-parents/
https://kidwriting.homestead.com/
The sites I am mentioning do sell things. I am not encouraging you to buy anything! I just thought that the information was on target and interesting to share with you.
Attendance and Arrival: There are not too many weeks left of school. Unless your child is very sick please make every effort to come to school. Please send in an absence note with a specific reason for the absence listed on the note when your child returns to school. Also, it is very important that you pick up your child at 2:30 PM. If at all possible I would love it if any child who does not go to CARES, or use the car loop to be in the yard by 7:40 AM to come in with the line. It is much safer and easier for everyone that way.
Printing: The children are trying very hard and I can see improvement everyday with their printing. Please continue to encourage your child to print the letters as they have been taug
A few things we will be learning:
Pond life.
Continuation of printing and writing in our journals.
Continue with printing and inventive spelling
Interaction between plants and animals
Simple addition
Homework:
Monday: Print the sample letter a few times carefully. In the copybook have your child draw their favorite part of the Please Touch Museum. Please label the picture.
Tuesday: Print the sample letter a few times carefully. Bring in a picture of something you would see in a pond. Please cut the pond creature out and send it in the folder.
Wednesday: Print the sample letter a few times. Look outside and write down some things you see outside that you did not see a few months ago.
Thursday: Print the sample letter a few times carefully. Ask your child to print the following sentence in their copybook. Do not give them any help except sounding out the words once or twice. In spring I like to play. If they print another letter just let it go. Do not correct it. Comment on how you think they did.
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Little Angels Newsletter April 29, 2019
Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ
School Webpage: www.btrcs.org
Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/
Field Trip Information:
On Tuesday, April 30,2019 please report to school at 9:15 with your child. If for any reason you cannot make it that morning please call the school so that the buses can leave on time. We will board the buses in front of the school. Make sure that your child uses the bathroom before you leave home. You can bring snacks, but we do not have a scheduled lunch room time. There is a snack bar at the museum.
We are expected home by about 1:30 PM. Please be on time for the bus since we will be charged extra if the buses cannot get back on time to do their normal school pick ups.
Each child should have brought in a tri-fold board in the beginning of the year. If you did not send in a board it is really important to send one in immediately.
Walk-a-thon - It would truly be wonderful if each child in the room could be sponsored for the walk-a-thon. Please go to the school website and click on the link. If you would like to donate and do not want to use the computer or credit card, you could send in a check or cash to school and your child will be credited.
A few things we will be learning:
Continuing with printing
Feelings can be hard to understand at times.
Final consonants
Introduction to plants.
Compare and Contrast
Over for homework.
Homework:
Monday - Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Pick a toy your child loves, talk about the toy. Print the name of the toy in the copybook and print single words that describe the toy.
Example: basketball - round, orange, bumpy, hard, bouncy
Tuesday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Name a few things your family can do to save water.
Wednesday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter tonight. Play this game with your child. Gather a few small objects and set them out on the table. Have your child go away from the table and take one object away. See if your child can remember what is missing. Change places and you try to do the same. Make it a family game and have fun. Comment on how this game went in the copybook.
Thursday- Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter tonight. Name a few ways your family can save energy. Print in the copybook..
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Little Angels Newsletter April 15, 2018
Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ
School Webpage: www.btrcs.org
Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/
Reminders
On Wednesday, April 17, 2019 the children have an early dismissal. On that day we will have a simple Easter presentation and small Easter Egg Hunt. For the Easter Egg Hunt they do not have to bring anything. Parents are invited to attend, but if they cannot, an adult stand - in, is welcome. Adults will arrive at the front doors of the school by 12:15 PM. We believe that the presentation will be held in the Library. If an adult is not able to attend please let us know beforehand. This is not an activity that warrants taking off from work, unless it is easy to do so for you. If an adult will not be there during the Easter Activity remember that regular dismissal will be at 12:40.
Non-candy Easter Treats (as we did on Valentine’s Day) may be sent in on Tuesday, April 16,2019. There are 23 students (10 boys and 13 girls).
Please Touch Museum Trip is on April 30, 2019 please send in permission slip and fee if you have not done so already. It was due today The fee is $15.00 dollars total for you and your child. We will leave at 9:15 and return at approximately 1:30
Earth Day Project: please work on this project with your child. It is due April 25, 2019.
A few things we will be learning:
Continuing with printing
The Easter Story
Our environment
Sequence
Ordering by size
Homework:
Monday - Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Name your favorite season of the year and tell why you like it the best. You can ask your family members as well and print the answers in your copybook.
Tuesday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Take a look around your neighborhood.
Discuss what you see. Make a list of things that make you happy, and things that make you sad. Example: flowers are popping up vs. trash in the street
Little Angels Newsletter April 15, 2018
Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ
School Webpage: www.btrcs.org
Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/
Reminders
On Wednesday, April 17, 2019 the children have an early dismissal. On that day we will have a simple Easter presentation and small Easter Egg Hunt. For the Easter Egg Hunt they do not have to bring anything. Parents are invited to attend, but if they cannot, an adult stand - in, is welcome. Adults will arrive at the front doors of the school by 12:15 PM. We believe that the presentation will be held in the Library. If an adult is not able to attend please let us know beforehand. This is not an activity that warrants taking off from work, unless it is easy to do so for you. If an adult will not be there during the Easter Activity remember that regular dismissal will be at 12:40.
Non-candy Easter Treats (as we did on Valentine’s Day) may be sent in on Tuesday, April 16,2019. There are 23 students (10 boys and 13 girls).
Please Touch Museum Trip is on April 30, 2019 please send in permission slip and fee if you have not done so already. It was due today The fee is $15.00 dollars total for you and your child. We will leave at 9:15 and return at approximately 1:30
Earth Day Project: please work on this project with your child. It is due April 25, 2019.
A few things we will be learning:
Continuing with printing
The Easter Story
Our environment
Sequence
Ordering by size
Homework:
Monday - Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Name your favorite season of the year and tell why you like it the best. You can ask your family members as well and print the answers in your copybook.
Tuesday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Take a look around your neighborhood.
Discuss what you see. Make a list of things that make you happy, and things that make you sad. Example: flowers are popping up vs. trash in the street
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Little Angels Newsletter April 8, 2019
Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ
School Webpage: www.btrcs.org
Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/
Reminders
Please Touch Museum Trip- Money is due on April 15, 2019 along with the signed permission slip.in an envelope with the child’s name written on it.
A few things we will be learning:
Continuing with printing
Dramatizing as a way of remembering stories.
How flowers grow, and keeping God’s earth as he would like it to be.
Sequence
Homework:
Monday - Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight Have your child print their name exactly as it is printed in the copybook. 1 time along with the sample letters. Tuesday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Your child should print their name the same way they did on Monday evening.
Wednesday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Ask your child to tell you the words below. Print which words your child could read in the copybook and comment if you wish.
it a and the is it stop exit to go this moat fiction no April
Thursday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Practice saying the days of the week with your child.
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Little Angels Newsletter April 1, 2019
Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ
School Webpage: www.btrcs.org
Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/
Reminders
The $15.00 fee for the trip to the Please Touch Museum is due by Monday, April 15th. Please send cash in an envelope with the permission slip.
Napkins-please remember to pack a napkin each day.
Please be sure to do homework each evening. This is the most exciting time for learning.They are beginning to use all the skills we have been building up to during the year. The homework assignments sometimes give you ideas to do with your child whenever the opportunity arises.
Hand Sanitizer: If there is anyone who did not send in extra paper towels and would like to send in an extra hand sanitizer it would be greatly appreciated.
A few things we will be learning:
Continuing with printing
Explaining why we make decisions.
Estimation
The Easter Story
Compare and Contrast
Homework:
Monday - Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Bring in a picture of something from the garden that you can eat.
Tuesday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Write down a kind deed you did tonight and add it to the Lenten Sacrifice Paper.
Wednesday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Name two tools you can use in the garden.
Thursday- Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Ask your child to spell the following words:
cat, bat pot and dot. Do not spell for them. You can say the word slowly, but just see how they do. Do not push. Make it fun. If they print c t. That is fine, do not add anything. This exercise shows that they can communicate by writing on their own. At this point there are lots of sounds they do not have the skills to spell.
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Little Angels Newsletter March 25, 2019
Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ
School Webpage: www.btrcs.org
Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/
Reminders
Lunches- many of the children are not doing a great job eating the Hot lunches. There are times when the entree does not look like the home version, or have the same taste that they are used to normally. When ordering please make sure your child will eat the meal.
Lip balm and lotions- I completely understand the idea of lip balm. Chapped lips are very annoying. However, if you send in any lip balm please keep it in your child’s school bag and write a note that it was sent in. If they need to use it tell them to ask me to get it out of their school bag. A few of the children have had it all over their face, or at times attempt to share it with others. We also have to worry about allergies.
Scholastic book club order sent home is due by Friday, March 29th.
The $15.00 fee for the trip to the Please Touch Museum is due by Monday, April 15th. Please send cash in an envelope with the permission slip.
A few things we will be learning:
Continuing with printing
Explaining why we make decisions.
Inventive spelling
The Easter Story
Compare and Contrast
Sight words
Homework:
Monday - Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Bring in a picture that reminds you of Easter. Please do a good deed for your Lenten sacrifice paper. Do not put it in the copybook.
Tuesday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Discuss and write down how a jellybean and a Easter marshmallow chick are the same and different. This is a great idea to do all the time.
Wednesday--Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Ask your child to try to write the following words in the copybook: the, a, at You can say them more than once, but do not spell them. See how they do and comment on this activity.
Thursday--Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Read a story to your child and ask them to follow along with the words as you read. Comment on this activity in the copybook.
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Blessed Trinity Catholic School Little Angels Newsletter March 19, 2019
Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ
School Webpage: www.btrcs.org
Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/
Reminders
Please remember to pack napkins for snacks and lunch
Follow guide for printing homework. EX: d, b, p, q are made with a full circle.
Please try to get the children to bed at their regular time, even though it is light out after dinner.
A few things we will be learning:
Continuing with printing
Structure of Stories
Reading simple words with Consonant Vowel Consonant pattern.
Printing upper and lowercase letters.
Compare and Contrast
Homework:
Tuesday- Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Sit down with your child with a favorite story book. Ask your child to tell you the characters, the setting, and point to the author, illustrator, and tell whether it is fiction or non-fiction. Comment to tell which answers your child was correctly able to tell you,
Wednesday- Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Talk about a job you do everyday. Using the following words print how the job is completed. First -----, next -------, then ________. Ex: First, I run the water, next I get in the tub, then I get washed.
Thursday-Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Bring in a picture that reminds you of Spring. Please put name on the back. Smaller pictures are better.
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