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PICTURE DAY is TOMORROW! If you would like to order them, please send in your form with your money enclosed. Also, please remember you must wear your SCR red sweater or sweatshirt for the picture! Thank you!
VERY IMPORTANT..PLEASE SIGN UP FOR EDLINE. YOU RECEIVED YOUR ACTIVATION CODE YESTERDAY. EVERYONE MUST DO THIS! NEWSFLASH WILL BE GOING AWAY AND WE WILL NOW BE COMMUNICATING THROUGH EDLINE.PLEASE DO THIS ASAP!!! Thank you!!
Your child has two pages of homework tonight. Please complete both pages. Thanks! Grandparents forms are due. Please send them tomorrow if you forgot! WACKY WORDS - List 2 - you, he, she, is on This week we will GROW red beans. We will learn the importance of dirt, sunlight, water, and love. We will observe and document their growth for about 2 weeks!
Next Week (Sept.12th -16th):Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Mass at 8:55 Thursday - Picture Day  (You must wear a red SCR sweatshirt or sweater) Friday -
Friday, we had our first FUN FOOD PROJECT! We made an edible garden with pudding, cookies, gummy worms, and oreos! They were so CUTE and YUMMY!! We had a great time! MANY THANKS to the moms who came to help us: Gabriel's mom, Brooke's mom, Sarah's mom, Jake's mom, and Rebekah's mom. EXTRA THANKS to SARAH'S mom for organizing our adorable project! MARK YOUR CALENDARS...KINDERGARTEN FIELD TRIP WILL BE FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012. We will be going to RED BLUFF FARM. Parents are welcomed to attend. Details will come later in the year. IMPORTANT..last week a sheet came home that shows you proper formation of letters and numbers. We will practice this daily in our class; however, it is also important for you to do so at home. When doing homework, please refer to this sheet to help your child properly form their letters and numbers. We concentrate a lot on handwriting and we need your help at home too. Please keep this paper in a safe place and refer to it when doing homework. Thank you! Rebekah is our Fish of the week! We can't wait to learn more about you! Fish of the week posters go home on Friday. Please decorate them and return them on Monday. Your child may also bring in a show and tell when they are the fish of the week. Everyone will be the fish of the week this year!
Thursday, we had a MYSTERY READER, KOLBE'S MOM and DAD! They read us an LSU and SAINTS book and got us in the spirit for the Saints game!! We had fun cheering. They also brought us each a saints football cup with goodies inside! We loved their visit!! Thank you  Some Letter G center activities will include: learning the ingredients to make gumbo and making our very own Grandma's Gumbo, growing red beans and documenting their growth, cutting and gluing G pictures from magazines, listening to Hansel and Gretel in our listening center, practice writing G, O, and C with shavin g cream, playing games, and making a goldfish with glue and tissue paper! Also, in our math centers, we will be using many types of manipulatives to create patterns (ABAB, AABAAB, and ABCABC)! Have your child create some with you at home!
Feed the Hungry is the first Wednesday of every month. Please send in a non-perishable food item to help the less fortunate. This is a great way to teach our little ones about the importance of helping others! Thank you! If you are interested in K4J (Kids for Jesus), please send back your applications that were sent home in your registration packets. The first K4J meetings are scheduled for October 11 and 12. If you need another application or more information, please look online under the K4J link. Mission Money - we will be collecting money for the less fortunate throughout the year. Please encourage your children to help others in need. Perhaps, they can earn money by doing chores and helping out at home. HUGS to GABRIEL, TATE, JOEL, SARAH, BROOKE, and MARTIN for starting off our collection this year!
MANY THANKS to MARTIN and SARAH for purchasing books off of our Scholastic Wish List!! We can’t wait to read them! HUGS to ROSS for the motivational stickers!
HUGS to these families for bringing in items off our class wish list:
* Jill for the colored copy paper and tape
* Natalie for the popsicle sticks and stamp pad
* Sarah for the stamp pads, popsicle sticks, and stickers
* Tate for the stickers and stamp pads
* Allison for the electric pencil sharpener
* Jill for the tape
* Brooke for the orange and lime green tissue paper
* Jake for the colored copy paper
* Joel for the expo markers
* Evan for the binding combs
* Jiya for the expo markers
* Martin for the foam stickers
* Rebekah for the tape and bandaids
We greatly appreciate your donations! :)
If I have missed someone, please email me so I can thank you!
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WACKY WORDS - List 2 - you, he, she, is on
Please study daily.
Next Week (Sept.12th -16th):
Monday -
Tuesday -
Wednesday - Mass at 8:55
Thursday - Picture Day (You must wear a red SCR sweatshirt)
Friday -
Miss Erin's twins have arrived! She has been blessed with two beautiful, healthy babies. We can't wait to meet Cecelia and Griffin!
Please return the Grandparents forms by TUESDAY. We need to plan our special art project for our grandparents :) Friday we had our first FUN FOOD PROJECT! Because we are learning the letter G, we made an edible garden with pudding, cookies, and oreos. It was yummy! Many thanks to the moms who came to help us out: Abby's mom, Ainsley's mom, Bella's mom, Julia's mom, Tucker's mom, and extra thanks to Fabian's mom for organizing our adorable project.
Friday morning we enjoyed doughnut holes and cookies as we celebrated Tucker's last day with us. Although we will miss him in our class, we know he will meet many new friends at his new school.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS...KINDERGARTEN FIELD TRIP WILL BE FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012. We will be going to RED BLUFF FARM. Parents are welcomed to attend. Details will come later in the year. IMPORTANT..coming home today is a sheet that shows your proper formation of letters and numbers. We will practice this daily in our class; however, it is also important for you to do so at home. When doing homework, please refer to this sheet to help your child properly form their letters and numbers. We concentrate a lot on handwriting and we need your help at home too. Please keep this paper in a safe place and refer to it when doing homework. Thank you!
Ainsley is our Frog of the week! We had fun learning more about you! Frog of the week posters go home on Friday. Please decorate them and return them on Monday. Your child may also bring in a show and tell when they are the frog of the week.
Yesterday, we had a MYSTERY READER, Justin's mom. She read us a SAINTS book and got us in the spirit for the Saints game!! She also brought us delicious cookies! We loved her visit!! Thank you.
We are beginning Letter G today! Some center activities will include: learning the ingredients to make gumbo and making our very own Grandma's Gumbo, growing red beans and documenting their growth, cutting and gluing G pictures from magazines, listening to Hansel and Gretel in our listening center, practice writing G, O, and C with shaving cream, playing games, and making a goldfish with glue and tissue paper! Also, in our math centers, we will be using many types of manipulatives to create patterns (ABAB, AABAAB, and ABCABC)! Have your child create some with you at home!
UPDATE ON THE TWINS!
The babies have been very well behaved and have stayed put! They are scheduled to arrive on September 16th, if there are no more bumps in the road. I miss school very much, but will be very busy soon enough! Thank you for all of your prayers! Please keep them coming! 
We are beginning homework this week. Most of the time, homework will consist of one worsheet, sometimes back and front. Homework will be marked with a "homework" stamp. Also, please help your child to complete their homework very neatly and in pencil. Sad faces will be marked if their work is messy. Please check your child's homework, especially if your child completes it without you. Thank you for your help!
Thursday is a BLACK AND GOLD DAY to celebrate the Saints first game! Your child may wear a Saints jersey, Saints shirt, or a solid black/gold tshirt to school. The rest of their uniform must be worn. WHO DAT?!
Friday-The Second Grade is sponsoring Olivia's Heart Day (baby sister of Nathan (2nd) and Delilah (PreK3) at St. Clement on Friday, September 9.They learned that their baby has a rare genetic condition called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Olivia will be born with part of her heart not functioning, and will require surgery at 3 days, several months and 3 years old.
Students bringing any donation can wear a red shirt with the rest of their uniform. They can bring $3 for an armband which they CAN wear to school through the following week. They can bring $10 for an Olivia's Heart tshirt. Second grade parents will set up tables at all morning drop off areas. They will collect donations and distribute armbands/tshirts there.
Feed the Hungry is the first Wednesday of every month. Please send in a non-perishable food item to help the less fortunate. This is a great way to teach our little ones about the importance of helping others! Thank you!
Opposite Day was so fun!
BELLA is our FROG OF THE WEEK! We loved learning more about Bella. We enjoyed reading her book "Superlicious"! Thanks Bella!
This Week:
Monday- No School, Labor Day
Tuesday-
Wednesday – Feed the Hungry, Mass 8:55
Thursday – Black and Gold Day! Who Dat?! Mystery Reader!
Friday – Fun Food Project!
If you are interested in being a mystery reader this year, please email Alita Caparotta, our mystery reader mom at aagill@cox.net.
These dates are still available:
September 22nd
December 1st
January 19th
February 2nd
April 12th
Good News! PAUL is a BIG BROTHER! Welcome Baby Cash! We enjoyed seeing the birth announcement!
** Keep reviewing List 1 of Wacky Words—a, like, the, and, I, see
If you are interested in K4J (Kids for Jesus), please send back your applications that were sent home in your registration packets. The first K4J meetings are scheduled for October 11 and 12. If you need another application or more information, please look online under the K4J link.
FROG OF THE WEEK: When your child is frog of the week, a poster will be sent home on the Friday before. Please decorate it and return it on Monday. Your child may also bring in a show and tell when they are the frog of the week. Frog of the week is chosen based on excellent behavior! Everyone will be the frog of the week this year!
Mission Money - we will be collecting money for the less fortunate throughout the year. Please encourage your children to help others in need. Perhaps, they can earn money by doing chores and helping out at home. THANKS TO DYLAN AND PAUL FOR BRINGING IN MISSION MONEY!
VERY IMPORTANT! Please send me an email if your child's normal transportation changes. For example, if he or she usually goes to aftercare, but will be a car rider one day (and vice versa), please send me an email or note. If I do not know, then he or she will have to be picked up in the cafeteria from aftercare. Thanks!
Entertainment books have gone home. If you will be purchasing one, please return the money in the envelope. If you do not want to purchase one, please return it back to school. Thank you! I believe our class receives a prize if they all come back in (purchased or returned)! Please help us!
BIG THANKS TO:
*DYLAN for the toilet paper rolls and the green and orange tissue paper
*EVA for the colored copy paper
*OWEN for the candy, tape, and staples
*EMILY for the bandaids
*JULIA for the treasure chest toys
*ANDREW for the tape
*FABIAN for the expo markers
*BELLA for the stickers and the notecards
*ABBY for the expo markers and the colored copy paper
*EVA for the orange tissue paper
We greatly appreciate your donations! :)
If I have missed someone, please email me so I can thank you!
My email address is eraymond@scrschool.org.
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