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             Happy New Year!

  
  Dear Parents,
  
      This is the Channel 2 newsletter for January 2010! Here is what will be

  happening this month.

  Literature: We will be continuing in our 1st book of our literature series.
                  We are about 3/4 of the way through and hope to start our
                  2nd book by the end of the month. Also a 2nd book report
                  book will be assigned and it will be due by the last week in
                  January. More details to follow.

  Math: Completion of Chapter 4-addition with regrouping then on to 
             Chapter 7 for telling of Time and Money.
              Our classroom store will begin in 2 weeks. (class store name to
              be chosen.) There will be 2 cashiers each day the store is open
              on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a variety of school supply
              items from 5 cents to $1.00 at this time. If you would like to
              donate any supplies to our store, please check out the Wish List
              on my teacher-web page.  Thanks :)

  Spelling: Week of: January 4- Lesson 14 More Long E words
                               January 11- Lesson 15 More Long O words
                               January 18- Lesson 16 More Long I words
                               January 25- Lesson 17 Homophones & Lesson 18 Review
              This will be the last time I will send home a list of the weekly words.
     After Lesson 18 all weekly spelling words will be on my teacher-web
    for you to print out for your child.

  Science: Antarctic and Arctic Animals as well as some Winter Fun.

  Social Studies:  Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as US State names and
                            names of the 7 continents.

  Religion: Sister Faustina  and I will be working together on Epiphany,
                  Baptism and begin studying the parts of the Mass. 
               

         Reminders:  1/2 day  Wed. January 6th  QAS t- shirts & jeans
                              January 18th  No School 
                              January 31st 3-4:30 Open House for new students
                             and 5:00 Teen Mass. 
                             Catholic School Week Begins 
                                   More Updates to follow:      : ) mg