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March
2, 2009
Dear 2nd grade parents,
Wow, where has this year
gone? The past few months have been busy with the Christmas
holidays, New Years, Valentine's Day and Catholic Schools Week.
We hope you enjoyed your visitation here at St. Ursula. The
children are continuing to grow and mature each day. They are
becoming even more responsible and smarter with each passing week.
2C has been reading a lot of fun stories. We have learned more
about the rainforests with Fernando's Gift and we took a tour of the
USA in The Best Vacation Ever. Ask your child about the Wright
Brothers, country music and line dancing, the Alamo, the Carlsbad
Caverns, the Grand Canyon and the La Brea Tar Pits. I told the
students that I hope they are able to see all those places in person
one day! We are now learning more about bats and with the help
of some spotters, the children leaned backward over their desks to
discover what it feels like to be a bat hanging upside down!
The children are learning more spelling and vocabulary words each
day. We have been learning about pronouns in Grammar. In
Writing, we have been writing persuasive letters and are now writing
a compare and contrast paragraph. Look for the writing books
to come home in the next week or so.
Math is going well.
We continue to practice and review math facts and regrouping and
borrowing into the hundreds. In the past few weeks we have
been learning to tell time and count money. We will move onto
measurement and geometry next.
First Communion is getting
closer and we continue to learn more about the Mass. Please
remember to attend church each Sunday so the children will be
prepared for their First Communion. We are in the season of
Lent right now and the children have made Lenten promises.
Please talk with them about their promises and see how they are
doing with keeping their promises. Also, with Easter
approaching it is a good time to take the children to the Sacrament
of Reconciliation again.
Multicultural Week has been on our
minds for the past few weeks as we prepare our presentation on
Congo. We are looking forward to traveling to the countries of
Mexico, Russia, Cuba, Nigeria, Madagascar and Kenya on March 3rd.
Thanks so much for your help and donations for our presentations.
Thanks especially to Blessy's mom for bringing in clothing and a VHS
tape of Congolese dancing. Thanks also for the parent
volunteers willing to come in during our presentations. Here
are some of the events taking place in March:
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March 3-5 |
Multicultural
Days |
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March 5 |
Report Cards |
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March 8 |
Spaghetti Dinner |
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March 11 |
Burger King |
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March 16-20 |
Book Fair -- We
will be attending on Wednesday -- I'll let you know the time.
Parents are invited to come with your child. |
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March 18 |
Recycle Day |
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March 19 |
11:50am
dismissal |
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March 28 |
Father Daughter
Dance |
Have
a Lenten Season filled with peace, reconciliation and growth in your
commitment to your Christian faith and serving others.
Sincerely,
Mrs.
Schneider
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