Supplies Needed: Tissue Tops

Hello Parents!

We will be doing an activity soon and we need the tops of tissue boxes like the one below.

We only need one per student, but we won't say no to a few extra.  We need them at school by MONDAY, MARCH 4TH.

Thank you!
Ms. Hermus

Student Question: Spending Time with Jesus

On Tuesday in religion class we will be talking about different ways we can spend time with Jesus.  How do you like to spend time with Jesus?

And the winner is...

Late last week we took a poll of our favorite classes.  We took the results of this poll and turned it into a graph, and the students were paired up and each pair wrote a question to help make a worksheet to go with the graph!  Of course, they had a little help in that area :)  See the results of the poll below:

As you can see, we're pretty widely spread!  I have a feeling the friends who like social studies the most are food lovers!

Student Question: Snow Day

What is ONE thing you did on your snow day?

El Cuerpo en Español

We have been learning about the parts of the body in Spanish!  Here's a slideshow to show you what we've learned!

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Student Task: Italian Cities

Name one Italian city.  Put your answer in the comments section below!

Ms. Hermus

Pastors and Priests

We have been talking in class about our pastors and priests at our parishes.  What is something that your pastor does for your parish?

Poll Homework

Your student may be coming home and telling you they need to answer a poll on the class blog for homework.  They are right!  They know what they need to complete on the website.  Please help them complete this task.  We will be using the results in class on Monday!

Thank you,
Ms. Hermus

Why does the sun look so small?

Today we did an activity in science class to explain how the sun can be SOOOOOO bit, but look so small!  We learned that when things are farther away, they look smaller than they really are.  We measured a paper plate to see how wide it was, then measured  it again when our partner took it five steps farther away.  Lo and behold, it measured as smaller!  Here are some pictures in a slideshow that the students help make showing what we did today.

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100 Days and Still Going!

Welcome!  We've passed the hundredth day of school for this year!  We've done a lot, and I'm proud of the progress your students have been making!

In reading we sorted words into words with short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds.

We did story problems in math using each other as "counters."

We made clouds in jars while learning about the water cycle.







More recently, we've been learning about graphing in math.  We have been both filling in graphs and using graphs to solve problems.  Be watching for a tooth graph soon!

We just finished our unit on Hawaii yesterday, and the verdict is in:  14 of 17 present 1st and 2nd graders love Spam!  We learned that Hawaii is the largest consumer of Spam.  We also tried some sweet and sour sauce over rice.  Make sure to ask your students why the Union Jack is in the Hawaiian flag!

We will be starting Italy soon.  I'm very excited because of the opportunity to talk about how we vote for a new Pope.  It's a great teaching opportunity!

We have recently finished talking about weather in both science and Spanish.  The students have done a great job learning how the water cycle works and how to stay safe in many types of weather.

You may have noticed some worksheets coming home printed on scrap paper.  We have recently run low on paper, so I am trying to use some of our one-sided scrap paper when I can.  If your students says that he/she does not have to do that side, it's quite likely true!