Happy New Year 2014

We really enjoyed the long vacation. The polar vortex with wind chills at -45 degrees was enough to keep us home for two extra days. It was nice to get back to school. Since we have been back we have been very busy. We are becoming experts at multiplication and division. We are looking forward to doing our facts and earning an ice cream sundae. The uber words from Mr. Dufner are hard, but most of us get them right. The word this week was "fluorescent." Map testing is this week and we are working in math in the Compass program. We are doing a few projects to getting ready for Catholic Schools Week. We think we will be busy all year!

Murals and Immigration Dolls

Advent

We are preparing our hearts during this Advent season. We start each week with a prayer service and the lighting of the candles on the Advent wreath. Each child has a Jesse Tree packet that they are coloring each day as they learn all about the ancestors of Jesus, starting with Adam and Eve. We also do a kind act from our Advent chain each day. The kids also made stockings for St. Nick.

We have received the sacrament of Reconciliation as we are getting ready for Christmas. We also helped the parish by switching all of the prayer books to the new edition. Placemats were made for the veterans for Thanksgiving and we will do it again for Christmas.

We enjoyed learning all the different places that our ancestors came from. We created dolls to symbolize our family.

Veterans Day

The Thiensville campus celebrated Mass on Wednesday with the veterans. Each child wrote a letter thanking a veteran for their service to our country. After Mass they joined them for some breakfast treats and conversation. We were very proud on how respectful they were to the veterans.

On Friday afternoon both classes went to the Upper Room in the church and enjoyed independent reading. Nothing is better than a nice block of time to relax and read a good book!

More October Events

We accomplished many things this month. We began being acolytes to the Wednesday Mass and we enjoy the opportunity to be with Father Dan. 

We achieved our goal for PBIS with voice levels and will be rewarded on Monday with a movie and treat in the gym with the whole school. 

We worked with Mrs. Yingling on our blogs so please check them out and feel free to comment on them.

Book Club with Mrs. Hussey began and everyone is doing it. We will be reading and discussing James and the Giant Peach.

We met our standard in math of fluency adding and subtracting to 1,000. We have done some fun activities to practice our facts and have begun working on Compass.

The Faith Builders from the Mequon campus came and shared information on our Catholic faith through game activities. It was fun.

Enjoy some pictures of us!

Halloween

It was a fun day celebrating Halloween. The costumes were creative and scary. Even though the rain kept us inside, we still had a parade through the school and the gym. We enjoyed the classic Charlie Brown Halloween movie and munched on popcorn. Check out your child's blog on Halloween.

Beginning of October

Mass this week was exciting because C.J. and Cecilia were our first acolytes and they did a great job. Each week there will be two new acolytes and their pictures will get sent home to the parents and will be displayed in the hallway. We are thrilled with their contribution to our faith community.

We have enjoyed the nice weather at recess. Many third graders are enjoying the game "Capture the Flag." It is nice to have them playing as a team. Some of the girls and boys are busy sharing their talents in jewelry design with their creative rubber band bracelets.

We completed Maps testing and look forward to sharing the results with you.

Happy Fall!