Welcome to Mrs. Sparkes Online Classroom

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

K2 friends loved preparing for our feast with K1 and K3.

The food was delicious and they looked adorable!

We have so much to be thankful for everyday.

Thank you for all you do and for entrusting your child to HFS.

I enjoyed talking with you at conferences but want you to know if you ever have a question or concern, please let me know.

Thank you for all the food donated to the pantry. Over 1300 items were donated! Kindergarten also sent over 600 treat bags to the pantry and 120 to Oxford Inn.

Reminders: Tomorrow is picture retake; if you are trying again you can bring your gym clothes and change for gym.

Mass on Friday 12/2, please wear sneakers and regular school uniforms.

Mass on 12/5 at the Cathedral with Bishop Cunningham @ 6:00p.m.

Little Shoppers next week.

The next few weeks will be busy but we in K2 will focus on the true reason for the season...the birth of Jesus.

We will be lighting Advent candles each week and discussing how we will get our hearts ready to welcome Jesus.

FYI...the children do not do a gift exchange at Christmas.

More to come!

Mrs. Sparkes and Mrs. Papa

Hello K2 Families

Hello,

We had a wonderful Halloween!

Thanks to Mrs. Luke, Mrs. Herrera and her mom from Maryland, Mrs. Cox, and Mrs. Prowak

for helping. It was nice to see so many at the parade, even if we were dressed like chickens!

We are trying to settle in and get back into a normal routine.

Thanks for limiting the candy, at least we have a fighting chance! 

Tomorrow we will make pancakes and use musical instruments when we march and sing, When the Saints Go Marching In . 

We have been learning about the saints. Did anyone name their child after a saint? If so, would you share your reasons? 

Mass on Friday. Sneakers and uniforms please. 

Don't forget about Applebee's on Sunday. Hope to see you there.

Hello K2 Families,

K2 News...

Nice start to the week for all.

I hope that you had a nice weekend.

Here is our specials schedule.

Gym - Monday/Friday.

Music - Tuesday/Friday.

Art -  Wednesday.

Library - Monday

Computer- Thursday 

We are working hard in K2 to learn the routines. 

We practiced moving in centers and did very well.

This week, in a nutshell, more graphing, alphabet activities and apples, apples, apples!

We will also practice our names and writing 0-5.

Sr. Alvera will be in to visit for 10-15 minutes each week for bible stories and songs.

A couple reminders...

Project and party fee is due by 9-21. 

Family and baby photos asap.

Meet the Teacher Night 9-21.

Looking forward to seeing you.

Thanks for entrusting your child to Holy Family School.

A great start in K2!

Welcome to all our new families and to our returning families as well.

Thank you for entrusting your child to Holy Family School and thank you for all you did to get your child ready for their kindergarten adventure.

This year our wonderful class has 12 girls and 8 boys. They seem to be happy, curious and eager to learn. So far so good.

Our  first full week will continue to work on building routines and getting to know the lay of the land. We will have centers and lots of fun with Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom activities. We will create a graph and make AB patterns.

In religion we will read Where Does God Live? by Holly Bea and talk about forgiveness and being a friend of Jesus.

I look forward to a wonderful year and to working as a team to ensure your child has a great kindergarten experience.

God Bless.

Mrs. Sparkes

Be safe, have fun, and read as much as you can over the summer.

God Bless and Thank You!

Mrs. Sparkes and Mrs. Papa

Hello K-2 Families,

Hope you are all keeping cool!

I can't believe we are down to the last 8 days of kindergarten.

We are trying to keep the schedule as normal as possible!!!!

If anyone can chaperone on Friday, please let us know ASAP. (Virtus)

We are walking over to Shove Park around 9:15.

Returning around 12:30. 

You are welcome to join us for a little or a lot of time if your schedule permits.

Children may bring games and toys to use at the park .

Please label any toy, bats, balls, etc.

Pray for sunshine!!!

Dress for graduation is your choice. No uniforms.

No flip flops or slippery shoes, please.

Last kindergarten homework assignment is...

Please help you child write a few sentences to finish the following sentence.

The best part of kindergarten was...

or

My favorite kindergarten memory is...

Please return by Friday, I want to create a memory book.

We will send home a note on Friday with what you can bring for our

graduation reception.

Please ask if you have any questions!!!!!

Thanks for all you do!

We are so very happy to be able to get out and run!
We definitely had some cabin fever in our room.
 Everyone is busy and making progress.
Thanks for all you do to get them ready to learn.
This week in K-2…
“Egg”citing science experiments.
Short e word families
Easter crafts
Miracles and Parables
Sharing bread
Earth day discussion
Egg Hunt
Poetry Month
Singing everyday
Easter stories
Landforms
Counting jellybeans
Rabbit facts
Rain sticks
Naming words and action words
Practice at home with coins and time to the hour.
Read everyday!
Easter Basket Raffle continues until Friday.
5/$1.00 or .25each

Hello K-2 Families,

We had tons of fun with Dr. Seuss, Sparkes' Supermarket and Papa's Palace Restaurant.
Thanks for saving all the grocery items. We have very creative children in our class.

We are working very hard... 
Trying to read and write. 
Measuring and estimating.
Discussing jobs and needs and wants.
Making rainbows and shamrocks.

We continue to focus on Lent and parables, miracles, our senses and
St. Patrick and St. Joseph

For homework this week...
Make a list of things that are green.
How many can you write all by yourself?
Write your numbers from 1-20.
Write rhyming words for up, ut, um, ug word families.

Return homework as it is completed.

Wear green and dress down on Thursday.
Irish dancers on Thursday.
Our very own Maggie dances for us on Friday.
Kindergarten Activity Club begins on Friday, 1:15-1:45.
Students will visit other classrooms to do different activities.

Just to update... our students collected over $1150.00 for Coins for Cancer, in 5 days !!!
Thank you for your generosity.

Thanks for all you do!
 
Have a wonderful winter break.
Rest,run,read and relax!
Enjoy some family time.
See you the 28th.
 Happy Valentine's Day!
Monday we will enjoy valentine centers, easel painting, face painting and treats in the afternoon.
We will have a busy week before winter break begins.
On Thursday we will celebrate the 100th day of school. More than half way through our year seems like they just walked in yesterday!
Please bring in 100 of something on Thursday. We stressed to the children that they have to be able to carry whatever they bring. (Nothing breakable or valuable.) We did brainstorm a list so they should have some ideas, be creative.
The "Love" posters are great. If you haven't had a chance to finish, they will be up all of February.
On Thursday the MOST will bring Science to our classroom.
Thanks for all you do.
Keep practicing at home.
 
Countdown to the Hooley, our biggest fundraiser of the year. Hope to see you Saturday, 2/12 for an evening filled with music, entertainment, food, raffles, laughter and wonderful items in our Silent Auction to bid on!!!!! See you there. Fun for the whole family.
Wear your green on Friday for Hooley Day at Holy Family!!!!!

Catholic Schools Week - A+for America- begins today. We will celebrate all week long with special activities. Check the pink sheet that came in the family folder for details.
Mass on Tuesday at 9am, all are welcome to come and celebrate with us.
All is well in K-2!
We had a smooth transition back to school. Everyone has been very busy working hard, having fun and loving learning!
Our new words and letter sounds are helping us to read new words and blend sounds together. It is hard work!
We are trying to write some sentences, writing the sounds we hear and using our sight words. We could use some practice at home.
Guided reading is fun and helps us to read and understand our little books.
We are having fun making predictions in all subject areas.
We learned about fairness, tolerance and Martin Luther King Jr.
Hibernation has been so much fun! We sang, pretended,and read many books on the subject. (4 out of 16 in the class said, they would like to hibernate for the winter)
Math has been fun, playing the missing number game and learning new patterns, writing numbers and following directions . This week we will use the geo boards and learn about line segments.
We will learn about our 5 senses in religion and learn about miracles and parables by reading bible stories.
The class had fun with snowmen, painting them, drawing snowmen, remembering details, listening and drawing from story and making a list of what a snowman needs. We also enjoyed many stories about snowmen.
Tomorrow we will start the day reading The Jacket I Wear in the Snow.
It is Jan Brett Week in K-2, bring any books you have by her to share.
We have had a blast playing outside, thanks for sending the snow pants, etc.
We are narrowing down the themes for our Hooley Basket.
Thanks for all you do.
Open House for 2011 is February 3.
Hope to see you all there.
 
Happy New Year to all of our Holy Family families!
May 2011 bring you health, happiness and many blessings.
 
Great Polar Express adventure today!
We had a wonderful imaginary trip,followed by delicious treats and activities.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend and enjoy all the preparations for Christmas. Keeping in mind the real reason for the season.
Thank you for all you do.
Have a blessed Christmas.
 
Happy December!
This will be another busy week in K-2.
St. Nicholas may visit tomorrow. shhh...
We will attend mass at St. Charles on Wednesday @ 9:15.
We will make gingerbread and gingerbread houses.
We are learning some Christmas signs.
Little Shoppers on Thursday.We shop at 8:15.
We are reviewing and practicing sounding out new words.
We will play store with pennies and buy what we need to decorate and ornament for our tree.
In Science we will be talking about weather and hibernation.
We will make a Gifts from the Heart Tree.
We will try really hard to remember the true meaning of Christmas.  
 
Happy Thanksgiving to all our BA@HF families. Enjoy your family time.
I enjoyed meeting with you. Thanks for all you do!
 FYI...
Progress reports went home today. I look forward to conferencing with you next week.
We enjoyed a Thanksgiving movie and popcorn with our buddies today.
Ask your child about some pilgrim words we learned. We will be little pilgrims on Monday with our kindergarten friends.
Kid's Night Out on 12/3, is going to be a wonderful event.  Enjoy a night of shopping or dinner. Sign your child up soon!
Picture retake on 11/30 if you weren't crazy about the first picture.
Welcome to K-2! November 17th...
We are/were busy, busy, busy... 
*voting and making all kinds of lists
*discussing what we "treasure" about our school
*learning about pilgrims, Thanksgiving and giving thanks
*painting still life cornucopias
*disguising turkeys
*comparing Thanksgiving today with long ago
*making decorations and costumes to celebrate Thanksgiving
*learning all about Creation
*practicing writing numbers and letters
*learning new words and rhyming
*learning about quotation marks
*singing songs of pilgrims and turkeys
*working together
*making butter, corn bread and cranberry sauce for our kindergarten feast
*sorting and grouping objects
*acting out story problems
*being bucket fillers
*giving thanks
*writing in our November journals
*visiting our prayer corner
*visiting church
*learning new signs
*reading all kinds of stories
*making place mats for the Samaritan Center
*counting, weighing and sorting all the candy  that was donated
*making 1450 treat bags with k-1, k-3 and our  buddies
*weighing over 250 pounds of candy
*making cards to thank our veterans
*enjoying pumpkin science with our 6th grade buddies
*doing stinky science
*doing our best
*having so much fun
Happy Thanksgiving to all our BA@HF families. Please know we are so very thankful for you and all you do, God Bless.

K-2 is a great place to be everyday.
Our enthusiastic learners are full of surprises.
We have enjoyed being fall detectives and using our senses to make discoveries.
In math we made patterns, worked with shapes, and graphs, practiced ordinal position, story problems and writing our numbers.
*Please practice name,address and phone numbers this week at home.
Our new word is - that and new sounds are Aa, Dd, Nn.We are also practicing matching sounds to letters and writing in our October journals.
Right now the children are writing the letters that represent the sounds they hear and some can only write the beginning and/or ending sounds. It is just to get them to start on the left, and use spaces between words. I do not expect them to be writing or to know all their sounds. Everyone is in a different place!
*Practice printing Dd, Nn, Aa at home along with first names (Capital at the beginning only.)
We love reading all kinds of books in our class and would love guest readers anytime.
The children love to partner read and retell the stories on their own.
We are learning all about pumpkins and spiders. Our buddies came on Friday to make silly spiders with us.
*Try to find some unusual spider facts to share with the class.
*We will be learning all about Baptism. Please send in a memento of your child's Baptism to share.
We will also be making friendship necklaces.
*Try to find pictures in magazines of friends and bring them into make a class collage.
Halloween will be celebrated in school on Friday with a parade then a short class party. The children should bring their costume in a plastic bag. They will change after lunch. No masks, weapons or scary costumes please. More info will follow.
Thanks for all you do!

Day # 10 was another wonderful day in K-2.
Hope you can make it on Thursday @ 6:30 to hear all about our curriculum and many other aspects of kindergarten.
We are off to a great start!
Thank you for sending your children to school prepared to start the day.
 We laugh so many times every day!!!!

A warm welcome to the kindergarten class of 2010-2011 and their families.
Thank you for entrusting your child to the Bishop's Academy at Holy Family.
We had a great 1st day in K-2!!!!!
We read The Kissing Hand and First Day Jitters, had our first morning meeting, learned some things about our new classmates, took a tour, went to Art, put together a special bag, used new green play dough, worked on our routine, and marched like dinosaurs, just to name a few.
See you in the morning!
 
Today is September 1st, and one week from today we will begin our kindergarten year together in room # 16.
Mrs. Papa and her girls have been helping to get our room ready for you.  We can't wait for you to see it.
In the next week try to...
    get to bed earlier
    get your supplies ready
    label you belongings
    work on your poster and bag
    choose a baby,family and current photo
    to bring the first week
    smile and don't worry about anything
    See you soon.
P.S. Welcoming Day is Tuesday the 7th, 5:00-6:00.
Also, remind your parents to send us a letter, all about you!

To all our K-1 parents...
We are winding things up in K-1. The year has flown by...
Our picnic was a success, a few rain drops didn't seem to bother anyone. Thanks to the parents who were able to chaperone or stop by for lunch.
We are excited for summer but a little sad to leave kindergarten. We have a very special class. 
Thank you for all your love and support this year. You are wonderful role models for your children.
Thank you for entrusting your child to the Bishop's Academy at Holy Family. For those moving on to other schools, we wish you happiness and will miss you.
See you all at graduation!
 
It is hard to believe we have less than one month left together.
We are working hard on our reading and writing. Hope you can also see an improvement in printing.
In math we are learning about tangrams, money, adding and subtracting, +,-,= signs.
We love watching our plants and tadpoles grow.
Our field trip to Le Moyne was a success and the children were a great audience.
Each child made their own rosary and we are praying a decade each day.
We also continue to read many different books. It is so obvious that you read to your children. They have a love for all kinds of books.
The next few weeks are going to be busy and will be filled with lots of learning and fun.Pray it isn't too hot!
We are making RWB shirts for Flag Day this week and will begin to practice for our mass on June 4th.
The Fairmount Fire Dept. is able to bring a fire truck, etc. to our kindergarten picnic on the 10th.
Thanks for supporting the candy sale and book fair.
Thanks for all you do and for entrusting your child to the Bishop's Academy at Holy Family.
Mrs. Sparkes and Mrs. Papa

April soon comes to a close.
It has been a busy month with just a few interruptions.
I hope all our families enjoyed the Spring Break.
We will hit the ground running next week so get a good nights sleep on Sunday.
Our featured author next week is Denise Fleming. We will read and write about her stories about the tall grass and the small pond, just to name a few.
We will plant seeds next week and review our Earth Day goals.
We had so much fun with alliteration. Their work will be coming home to grace your fridge this week.
How many landforms can you list? We will be talking about landforms next week.
Please continue to practice with coins at home, play store or a game with the coins. We have learned the value of penny, nickel and dime. Also count by 5"s and by 1's to 100.
We continue to work hard on our reading and we will be working on summarizing in the next few weeks. After you read at home ask your child to summarize what the book was about.
In religion we continue to learn about spring and new life. We use a lot of literature to reinforce our lessons. We will be praying the Rosary more in May, if your child has rosary beads they can bring them in to leave for the month of May.
The children are enjoying writing more and we are seeing less frustration. Most could still use practice making their letters correctly and taking their time.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend and thank you for all you do.
Mrs. Sparkes and Mrs. Papa
PS - Thanks to those who sent in glue sticks and wipes. We are already low on wipes and could use kleenex if you didn't get a chance last time.  
FYI:
Field trip permission slip comes home this week for our May 21st trip to Gifford Family Theatre.
 
March has really flown by...
Here are just a few of the things that happened in our classroom.
Dr. Seuss
Wacky Wednesday
rhyming words
green eggs and ham
making and playing with oobleck
beginning, middle and end of a story
settings and characters
comparing and contrasting
graphing favorite books
sight words and sounds
word family practice
before and after
ABC patterns
geoboards
ovals
adding and subtracting
dimes
pennies
estimating
counting by 10's, 1's and 5's
graphing Lucky Charms
St Partick and St. Joseph
green jello jigglers
rainbow art
visit from a leprechaun????
shamrocks
green science with celery and carnation
Happy Spring
parables and miracles
Lent
personal prayer
prayer intentions
helping buddies at Lenten prayer services
visit to church to see stained glass windows
made sandwiches for homeless shelter
placemats for Samaritan Center
If Jesus Came to Visit Me - read and discussed
made crosses with our buddies
Buddy Breakfast - Thanks for Coming!
predictions/weather watching
We predict March will go out like a lamb!
Writing in journals...
Would you tell if the Cat in the Hat came to your house?
Green, Green, Green
rainbows
What would you do with a pot of gold?
little books
books about Bullying
produce man from Wegmans visited
Did you know, if it has a seed it is a fruit?
face painting shamrocks
fingerplays, stories, songs
signs
Hope this helps. Just in case your child answers "nothing" to your ????
What did you do in school today?
Thanks for all you do.
Mrs. Sparkes and Mrs. Papa

March begins...
Will it come in like a lion or a lamb?
We will be weather watchers in K-1.
On Tuesday, March 2nd, we will celebrate Read Across America Day and the birthday of Dr. Seuss. We will be making green eggs and ham and doing Dr. Seuss activities all week.
Bring in Dr. Seuss books to share. (Names on books please.)
In reading/language arts, we will practice Rr, Pp, Ll and Uu, the sound each makes and the correct way to print the letters.
Try writing some short sentences at home using the letters, sight words and families we have learned.
Our new words are - go, me, to, do
Word families: -ug, -um, -up, -ut, -un
Can you make a  list of words for each family?
We are also practicing comprehension, main idea, comparing and contrasting and opposites.
We begin our countdown to spring!
Look, Listen and Learn Fair is Thursday, March 4th @6:30. We hope you can attend. There wil be a keynote speaker on Internet Safety.
Please RSVP, ASAP, the snow days really put us behind
Tomorrow we will have fun with our sink and float predictions, delayed by our snow days.
We have also been trying to eat the colors of the rainbow (fruits and veggies)and you may also have been asked by your child to get up and excercise during commercials. All part of our healthy habits and healthy hearts lessons.
In math we are measuring, balancing , counting, drawing lines, idenifying shorter and longer, counting dimes and telling time.
Family Discussion...We read a beautiful book the other day entiltled, If Jesus Came to Visit Me . The children really loved the book . If Jesus came to your house, what questions would you like to ask him?
We are looking forward to St. Patrick's and St. Joseph's Day, along with the arrival of SPRING!
FYI... We are planning a special "buddy breakfast" for kindergarten and buddy families. Details very soon.
Thanks for all you do!

January 20th
We are very busy in kindergarten and so excited to celebrate Catholic School's Week at the Bishop's Academy at Holy Family!
We have been discussing:Why our school is special and what we love about our school? You will see it all on display at our Open House on Thursday.
This week we will focus on winter, snow and all that goes along with this beautiful season.
We will conduct science experiments with snow and ice, learn about penguins and polar bears, cut snowflakes, make a snowflake snack,learn about Snowflake Bentley, read more Jan Brett and play in the snow.
The children are doing such a nice job and are enjoying writing in their journals.
Homework: Talk with your child about what makes them "one of a kind", just like a snowflake.
Thanks for all you do, especially the Hooley, and for entrusting your child to the Bishop's Academy at Holy Family.
Don't forget Hearts for Haiti.
 
Happy New  Year!
It was a busy week here in K-1 and this is just some of what happened.
We are off to a great "new year" start in kindergarten.  We loved all our presents and appreciate your thoughtfulness.
January class began with discussion about resolutions and goals. Each child chose one to write about for 2010.
We discussed and read the bible story of the Epiphany. We talked about the Three Kings, the Wise Men, the gifts they brought to Jesus and The 12 Days of Christmas.
Next we will learn about God's creation and create a mobile.
We met Kirby from the credit union and more info will be sent home soon.
We wrote a list of what a snowman needs and then tried to remember all 12 items on our list when the children made their own drawing. We also read many "snowman" books and enjoyed them very much.
We are really working on being a good listener and listening for information
We are trying to label and write more everyday. We made our January Journals and decorated the cover.
They are very excited to write more, we encourage practice at home. Start with our sight words and word families and then build simple sentences. It should not be frustrating.
We blended words with short o and reviewed short a and short i. We practiced letters and sounds and words/word families everyday.
New sounds and letters Tt, Oo, Cc, Ff. Words you, are, have, we.
Please try to reinforce at home and read the "little books" together. On the Dot will be home soon.
In math we counted by 10s, practiced dot to dot,used dimes and matched dots and numbers. We played with geo-boards, balance scales and continue to practice estimating, story problems, and patterns.
We practiced speaking to a group when we shared our "mystery bags" and "show and tell" gifts.(If they forgot they can still bring them in to share.)
Tons of fun playing in the snow !!!!!
What's next in kindergarten?
In January we will focus on journals, snow, penguins, polar bears, our five senses, author Jan Brett, science experiments with snow and ice, making snowflakes, weather watching, making predictions and learning about Martin Luther King Jr.. Just to name a few.
Catholic Schools Week (Jan. 25-29)will be here soon and special activities will highlight each day. More info soon.
Kindergarten will receive their first report card this month so we will be assessing skills in the next few weeks.
The Hooley (Feb.6th) is our major fundraiser and BA@HF would appreciate the support of all our families. More information will be sent home soon, if you have any questions, please ask.
The fabulous K-1 Hooley Basket will have a Valentine's Day theme.
There are many ways to help and "The Hooley" is great fun!
Outside play:
Monday and Fridays we will try to play outside (weather permitting). Please send snowpants and extra socks on those days.
Everyday your child should have boots, mittens and a hat, just in case we take a walk.
Extra snowpants, etc. may be left in school but please label all clothing.
In closing...
Thanks for all you do to support us and your child. We couldn't do it without you!
Thank you for entrusting your child to the Bishop's Academy at Holy Family.
Mrs. Sparkes and Mrs. Papa

December is here. It will be a very busy time both in school and at home.
Our goal is to keep the routine as normal as possible, that being said, there will be lots of fun and secret projects included.
We have "Little Shoppers" next Wednesday. We will shop first thing in the morning. Remember to send in the form, money and gift tags and the helpers will do the rest.
Christmas Concert onThursday,12/10.Children should wear their "Sunday Best" and arrive in our classroom no later than 6:30. For first timers, it is very crowded so get there early.
You may pick up your child after the concert in the church. We will sit together as a class after we perform.
Don't forget about the wonderful Breakfast with Santa on December 12th. Make your reservations soon!
We are finishing up Unit 2 in our reading and are learning about time and pennies in math. Practice at home would be helpful.
Our next sight word is - said. Next letter is -Tt.
We are learning about Needs and Wants, a good time of year to stress need not want!
In religion, we are discussing Advent and preparing our hearts for Christmas. As a family make a list of "Gifts from the Heart" and bring it in to share. Also,any family Chistmas traditions you would like to tell us about?
Children may also bring in Christmas books to share.  
FYI
On December 18th it will be Polar Express Day, We have not told the children yet so please keep it under your hat for now. Details soon.
Also, our party will be on Tuesday, December 22nd. The last day of school is the 23rd.
The children in our class will not have a gift exchange. We will have a school wide "kindergarten dress down service project" (details soon)and the school "Hat and Mitten Tree."
Thanks for all you do and for entrusting your child to the Bishop's Academy at Holy Family.
Mrs. Sparkes and Mrs. Papa

K-1 News to Note. Happy November!
We are not quite sure where October went but we had lots of fun in K-1.
The class enjoyed making Gak, milkshakes, spider snacks and noodles. They are discovering there is "science" all around us.
We became "experts" on pumpkins and will do activities with our buddies this week. Our list of spider facts is growing and we had fun spinning a web with yarn to practice our facts.
We enjoyed many Halloween books. Learned some Halloween songs and finger plays, I hope you have been hearing them at home.
In Math we continue to explore with our manipulatives. We are practicing - one to one, making sets, ways to count accurately, recognizing and ordering numbers 1-10. ordinal position, shapes and their attributes and patterns and pattern blocks.
The class made sandwiches for the homeless again on Wednesday. We are praying a decade of the Rosary each day. If your child has a rosary to bring they may, if not we have extras. (Might be a possible Christmas gift.)
In Ela/Reading we began our next unit. The next letters to focus on for sounds and printing are Mm, Dd, Ss. We will continue to blend words with short a with s, d, and m. Dad, Sam. When you are reading ask your child questions about beginning middle and end.
Thanks for all you do, your support is greatly appreciated.
 Thank you for entrusting your child to the Bishop's Academy at Holy Family.
I hope you will check the website often for information.
If you have any questions or concerns please let us know.
Mrs. Sparkes and Mrs. Papa
P.S. The children continue to do wonderful job!
 
Hello,
Happy October! 
Your children are "fall detectives", please help your child notice/find signs of fall and bring them in to share.
On Friday we made ants on a log and loved seeing the horse that came for a visit.
Meeting their sixth grade buddy was a big highlight for the children. We will do special projects and activities with them all year. They will also sit with us at mass.
Practice our new sight word "my" and review "the", "a" and color words red, yellow, blue and green.
A new "little book" will come home this week. We are working on the sound that the letter Nn makes. Please practice printing Nn and Aa. We are working very hard on printing our names. A nametag will come home this week to help them practice.
In religion we will continue talking about families and how we can help at home. We will also learn about St. Francis of Assisi, make animal collages and also begin to learn about the Rosary.  
In math we will continue to graph, use linking cubes, teddy bear counters, pattern blocks, tally marks and practice printing numbers 0-9. 
On Friday there will be a Ronald Mc Donald Character Education presentation in the gym at 9:00.
Thanks for all you do, your support is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for entrusting your child to the Bishop's Academy at Holy Family.
I hope you will check the website often for information.
If you have any questions or concerns please let us know.
Mrs. Sparkes and Mrs. Papa
P.S. The children are doing a wonderful job!!!!!

Last Updated (Monday, 02 November 2009 20:48)
Mrs. Sparkes and Mrs. Papa
P.S. The children are doing a wonderful job!!!!!