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The youngest child in your family is bringing home information about the next exciting 5 school days!

It is Lutheran Education Celebration Week!

I have one tip for you!  Please put your child's musical clothing into a bag in their backpack!  The students will need...a plain T-shirt, blue jeans, and tennis shoes (we can use gym shoes if we need too).
There are a few extra shirts in my classroom for any child in need of a plain shirt. You do not need to purchase one if you do not have one.  Please let me know if your child needs to borrow from me so I am prepared.  A quick email will solve the problem. kfritz@stjohn.merrill.wi.us

They will need these clothes on Tuesday for Dress Rehearsal and on Thursday for the matinee performance! They will bring their backpacks home on Tuesday and then you will have the clothes to dress them in for the performance on Tuesday night! Please put them back into the back in their backpacks and they will be ready for Thursday Luncheon Performance!  I hope this helps you to get organized for a very fun week!

I will see your students with Camo Clothing on Monday.  We will start our day with devotions in the church.  It will be fun to see how many different treats the students bring on Monday.  The afternoon will be special as we eat those treats together in our Camo Attire!

We will be learning about and celebrating our Lutheran Heritage all next week!

*WE WILL NOT HAVE SPELLING WORDS, A SPELLING TEST,  OR MEMORY WORK NEXT WEEK!

WORK, Work, work...work

We had a great deal of classroom work time, but I noticed several students decided not to use our work time.  They are chosing to take home too much work!

Please set a reasonable amount of work time for tonight.
Give your child a clear "school work" goal!

Homework should be checking over sentences, signing tests, signing the memory verse, & AR reading.

HOMEWORK
Sign Memory Work (we can sing it two different ways)
Sign Math Test #15
Sign Spelling Test #18
Study Spelling Unit #19 words
Complete Math #84
Check over Workbook pages 36 to 41 (not page 37)
Check over Cursive worksheet for the letter j

Unit 19 Spelling Words

1.    car

2.    dark

3.    arm                 Vocabulary Words

4.    star                1.  assistant

5.    park                2.  agreed

6.    yard                3.  polite

7.    party               4.  failed 

8.    hard                5.  tearing

9.    farm               6.  wisdom

10.   start               7.  cleared

11.   part                 8.  trouble

12.   spark              

13.   art

14.   jar

15.   carpet

16.   apartment

Look for other “ar” words in everything you read.  Please type your new list on the comment section of the blog! Please do not type our spelling list, but please do take time to type the new words you have found.

Vocabulary Words have been added to the Spelling List.

They are from the Reading Story this week. They are part of the test on Friday.

YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED

Some of you get this email at work and I don't want to miss giving you such an important reminder!

THE AUCTION IS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!!!!

I want YOU to COME and BID!!!

I need YOU to COME and BID!!!

The auction supports St. John Church and School.  The church needs our monetary support to continue the great Christian Education that has touched the Merrill Community and in fact the WORLD!  Yes!! The World has been changed by our students!  Students have traveled the world, explored the surrounding communities of Merrill, and made their homes in other states!  We are a world wide group spreading God's Great Love.  Please help this ministry as it continues to grow!!

SEE YOU AT THE AUCTION!!! 
The Silent Auction runs from 4 until 7.  The Silent Auction closes in sections & they announce those sections during the Big LIVE AUCTION which begins at 7!!

Olympic Letter and Homework

The cursive letter k could be in the Olympics!  Ask your child to explain the steps used to make a k and you will discover some sporting events from leaning ski jumpers to acrobatics.  The cursive k could be a contender for the Gold.

HOMEWORK

Chapel Offering & food pantry
Read for AR
Memory for Thursday
Check Math #81
Check Workbook pages 26 & 27
Study Words for Spelling& Vocabulary Test on Friday
Work on your Airplane flight for Fun Friday
*Draw a scene for our Auction Basket

Spelling and Work

Homework

Math Side B of #76 & #79

Sign Memory and Spelling Test

Study New Words for Unit 18

Check over workbook pages 24 & 25

Work on your Airplane to fly on Fun Friday

Read for AR

Unit 18 Spelling Words

1.    happy

2.    pretty

3.    baby               Vocabulary Words

4.    very                1.  accept

5.    puppy              2.  express

6.    funny              3.  taught

7.    carry               4.  grand 

8.    lucky               5.  pretend

9.    only                6.  prize

10.   sunny               7.  wonder

11.   penny               8.  fluttering

12.   city                

13.   tiny

14.   many

15.   sorry

16.   noisy

Look for other y words with the e sound in everything you read.  Please type your new list on the comment section of the blog! Please do not type our spelling list, but the new words you have found.

Vocabulary Words have been added to the Spelling List.

They are from the Reading Story this week. They are part of the test on Friday.

Helpers and Homework

HOMEWORK
I believe I have a majority of the Workbooks. We used T.I.C. (Together in Class) today.
     *We have completed pages 1 - 23.  We did not work on page 22
Memory Work needs to be learned for next week
AR (some students are trying to finish a one point book this weekend)
Science - Work on ways to make your "heart" paper airplane fly farther.
Reading - reread "Luke Goes to Bat"


The day was packed with grand blessings including learning who Valentine really was!
The Spirit used him to spread faith in the one true God when people were worshiping idols.
It was against the law in Rome which caused him to be put in prison & eventually killed.
He inspired Christians to show God's love to one another.
It was not meant to be a holiday of married bliss, but a celebration of a life lived for God!
So Be a Valentine to someone!  Encourage their faith in God to grow!!!!

HELPERS!
Mrs. VanDeWeerd came to wash school doors on Wed., she cleaned the computer room, & gave us some help with our party today!

Mrs. Steffen came last week to help me measure bulletin board paper and cut paper for the AR board which is more of a job than you can imagine!

Mrs. Wood came to help today.  She was busy laminating some of the Art for our Auction Basket. Then she laminated more information for the AR board.

This help is wonderful.  Sometimes I have work for helpers and sometimes I don't.
These 3 ladies came to ask at just the right moments.

If you would like to help out there is always a need for someone to keep us healthy.  We need someone to daily wipe down doors and handrails.

I would like another adult on Monday's from 12:45 to 1:40.  Mrs. Vincent comes at that time and then I could split the group of 23 into a couple smaller groups.
It is a short amount of time that moves by very quickly and I am sure it will be fun!

Wed. Worship and Pictures

Tomorrow is the day we begin with worshipping our Lord.

Pictures for the yearbook will begin after worship.

If you own something in a shade of red please wear it for our "heart" picture.
Your child can also dress in layers or bring a different shirt for our choir picture.

It will be a busy day of smiling!

Schoolwork VS Homework

My students seem confused as to when to accomplish their work.

We have plenty of class time devoted to your child being successful with their work.

Today I was shocked to find many students chosing to put away incomplete work to do things they wanted to do instead!  It is not my goal to cause hours of work at home!

Your child is directed and expected to complete work here and check it over at home.  If your child is arriving home with a great deal of incomplete homework you need to have a chat with them.

When it comes to "Schoolwork VS Homework" please make sure to insist on Schoolwork.
Homework should be checking over sentence structure and possibly finishing the last question.

We even learn most of our Memory Verses at school!  I am going to be using a new quick note for you it is TIC, this means Together In Class. Yes, some of the work your children make you struggle with is work we did Together In Class.

HOMEWORK 

Read for AR
Reread "Jackie Robinson"
Work on Memory Verse for Thursday
Pack Offering & Food Pantry
Check Over and Possible Complete Math #77

Spelling Test List & Daily Homework

Homework

Reading Wkbk pgs. 6, 7, 8

Memory Due Tues.

Math #76

Handwriting "h" (check over graded work for guidance)

Read for AR

A Valentine Note was sent home today

Sign Spelling Test from Unit 16

Unit 17 Spelling Words

1.    night

2.    kind

3.    spy                 Vocabulary Words

4.    child                1.  practice

5.    light                2.  hurried

6.    find                 3.  position

7.    right                4.  roared 

8.    high                 5.  extra

9.    wild                 6.  curb

10.   July                7.  cheered

11.   fry                  8.  final

12.   sigh                

13.   by

14.   why

15.   behind

16.   lightning

Look for other igh, y, and i. words in everything you read.  Please type your new list on the comment section of the blog! Please do not type our spelling list, but the new words you have found.

Vocabulary Words have been added to the Spelling List.

They are from the Reading Story this week. They are part of the test on Friday.