Catholic Schools Week 2012 is here!

Hello!  Happy Catholic Schools Week!!  We've got lots of fun things planned for this week to celebrate our wonderful school!!  It's sure to be an exciting week.  The kids have been getting really excited with all the activities we have planned!

Monday:
Dress as your favorite movie/book character day!
For Language Arts, the Kindergarteners are going to focus on Jan Brett's story of 'The Mitten'.  We will read through it and point out the beginning, middle and end.  We will also be practicing to act this story out.  We will have headbands with the different animals and other props to help us.  We'll be practicing this all week and finally doing for an audience during the Variety Show on Friday!

The afternoon fun will be gathering together with other classes to watch a movie in the library!

Tuesday:
(will run with Wednesday's normal schedule)
Red & White Day!
Mass with the Bishop at 10 AM...please feel free to join us for this wonderful occasion!

Wednesday:
(will run with Tuesday's normal schedule)
Crazy Hat Day!
Language Arts:
We'll continue to practice 'The Mitten'.  We'll also be reviewing our sight words and our word families and writing in our journals.
Religion:
We'll be focusing on learning about Jesus as a storyteller and teacher.  We'll listen to many stories from the bible that guide us in learning how Jesus wants us to live our everyday lives.  The big lesson this week will be:  LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR!

Thursday:
Spelling Bee Day!
Happy Groundhog's Day!
We'll be hearing stories of Phil the Groundhog and what the whole meaning behind this day is.  The children will pretend that they are groundhogs and decide if they would want to see their shadow or not and write about why they would choose what they did.  We'll also do an groundhog art activity in the afternoon to go with this.
In the afternoon, we'll go to the Social Hall to watch the Jr. High students do the Spelling Bee!

Friday:
Favorite Team Sports Day!
We'll have a final practice for 'The Mitten', as we get ready for the Variety Show in the afternoon.  The Variety Show is at 1 PM, in the Social Hall.  All are welcome to join us...we hope that you can make it!

Saturday:
Home & School Bake Sale

Sunday:
All School Liturgy at 10 AM Mass
Pancake & Sausage Breakfast by the KC's...benefits go to support our school!

That's all for now!
Thanks for stopping by!!
~Mrs. Westlund  =)