The children are bringing home a reading log to do over the Christmas break, as I said please keep them reading over break.  I hope you all have a very Merry and Blessed Christmas.

Homework tonight is the weekly reading log.  Please check with your child on supplies.  Just about everyone needs more glue sticks.  Perhaps this is something you could put in their stockings.

Homework tonight is the reading log and some children have religion papers to finish.

Congratulations to  AJ, our room Spelling Champion!  Andy stayed up for a long time also and was edge out in the end. 
Homework tonight is a math paper.  The reading log is due Thursday this week since there is no school on Friday.  The only homework I will be sending home over break is a double reading log.  It will be due on the day we come back from break (Jan. 9th) PLEASE KEEP THE CHILDREN READING EACH AND EVERY DAY OVER BREAK.  Last week 6 children did not turn in their reading logs.  It does effect their grades.

Reading log is due tomorrow and there will be a spelling test.
See you tonight between 6:30 and 6:50.  Have your child report to Room 4 at that time.

The children have a math paper for homework tonight.  Some children have a phonics paper to finish.
Please remember to send your child's costume to school tomorrow.  The dress rehearsal is at 1:30.  I will send them home in their costume.  They are to return to school in costume at 6:30 tomorrow evening for the evening performance which will start at 7.  Our class is to report to Room 4.

Everyone has a spelling paper for homework tonight.  Some of the children did not finish their directions paper and they are bringing it home to finish.  We will be taking our spelling quiz tomorrow, so they should look over their spelling words tonight.

The children are bringing home their spelling words for the week.  They should also have their religion book for a test over Chapter 10.  It will be an open book test. 
Remember, if possible, to have your child read 10 to 15 minutes a night instead of cramming it all into one night.

I want to let you know that I do take a grade on the weekly reading log.  If it is not in on time, then points are deducted.  If the children just copy a few lines from the book and don't give me just a summary, points are deducted. At this point of the year the children are all capable of reading on their own.  This is their homework, I do appreciate the fact that you make sure it is done but they need to take some responsibility for it themselves.  If you can not find books for them to read at home, please let me know and I will send some your way.
The children are bringing home a Family homework paper that was due today, but for some reason we did not get it until today.  If you can go over this with them and have them bring it back on Monday, it will be helpful to our student ambassadors.

The children did an awesome job reading at Mass today.  We received many compliments from a lot of people. I was very proud of them.
Tomorrow we will have a spelling test and a religion test.  The weekly reading log is also due tomorrow.

The children will have a religion test on Friday.  They have to memorize the 8 things that occur in the first part of the Mass (The  Liturgy of the Word)  We have been working on this in class.  They should be bringing home the list tonight.  The weekly reading log is due on Friday.
Remember we are doing the readings at the 8:30 Mass tomorrow.

The children have 2 math papers and a spelling paper for homework tonight.  Their weekly reading log is due on Friday. 
We will be having our classroom spelling bee the week of December 19.
We will be viewing the book fair tomorrow afternoon and  making out a wish list of books we would like to have.

Tonight when the children bring home their spelling notebooks, please remind them to not only copy their new words for the week , but to also look over Unit 12 words that gave them trouble on last week's test.  We marked those this morning in our spelling notebook.
Remember we are collecting gently used shoes for the children of Honduras and any small amount of money the children can earn to donate to buy uniforms for these children. This is our advent project.

Just a reminder about the "gently used shoes"  we are collecting for the children of Honduras.
We will be doing the 8:30 Mass on Thursday, December 8th, please join us if possible.
The children are excited about reading in Mass that day. Have a great weekend. 

Religion (Chapter 9)and Spelling tests tomorrow.  The weekly reading log is due.  Tomorrow is a 2 dollar jeans day. 

I sent home a list of spelling words for the children to study. We will be selecting a 2nd grade spelling champion from our room.   We will have a spelling bee in the classroom using the words on the list.  The children have a little over 2 weeks to prepare for it. The spelling bee will be the week of Dec . 19 - 22.
Also coming home tonight is the book fair brochure.  The book fair will be next week from Dec. 7 - 10.

Homework tonight is to study spelling and work on their reading log.

Tonight's homework is a spelling paper.  Some of the children have to finish reading and religion also tonight.  The weekly reading log will be due on Friday/
For our advent giving this year the entire school will be collecting money to  help buy uniforms for the children at our twinning parish in Honduras. When the children bring in any amount of money they will fill in an ornament for our Christmas tree in the hall. We are also collecting gently used shoes for the same children.
Gratitude assignments are due tomorrow.

I am sending home a reading log tonight.  It will not be due until Friday, December 2.  Remember to keep your child reading over this break.  
If you would like a head start on the spelling words for next week, here they are:  long, little very, after, words, choose, letters, story, write, and good.  Remember that words from the past are also continued on each test especially words like there, their, because, different, story and write.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish each of you a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Since we only have a 2 day week next week, there will not be a new spelling unit.  We will work on words from the past that are still giving us trouble. 
I will not be requiring a reading log to be due on Tuesday, but could you please keep the children reading over vacation.  The daily practice is so very important to helping them become better readers.

Tomorrow is green and gold day.  We are to wear our school colors.  We will be having a pep rally in the afternoon.
Homework tonight is the reading log and to study for spellling.

Tomorrow is dress up day.  If the children decide to dress up they still need to bring their gym clothes to change into for gym class later in the morning.
Homework tonight is a spelling paper and their weekly reading log.

First Reconciliation tomorrow morning in the church.

On Monday we will have the large traveling map of south America in the gym.  We will be using it at 1:40 - 2:20.  As a result of it being on the gym floor our class will have gym outside Monday morning, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather.

I have had a couple of children wearing gym shorts without sweatpants or long pants over them.  Please be sure your child wears long pants over their gym shorts.

Homework tonight is a math paper.  We are working on shapes.  The children will have a spelling test tomorrow and of course their reading log is due on Friday also.

Homework tonight is a reading paper on sequencing.  There is an open book Religion test tomorrow.  They can always be working on their weekly reading log.

Homework tonight is a spelling paper.  We will be having a spelling quiz tomorrow and it will include proofreading.  Thursday the children will have a religion test over Chapter 4.  Please remember to remind the children about their reading log.

I think we are all ready to make our First Reconciliation.  Everyone has had a chance to role play going to confession with  me playing the part of Father.  They seem to know what they are supposed to do.
Homework tonight is to copy their new spelling words and then bring their spelling notebook back to school tomorrow and to read for their reading log.

Parents, I could really use your help with getting the reading logs in. This week there were 6 students who did not turn in their reading logs, for two of them it was the 2nd week in a row.  This will be reflected in their reading grade.  The students who did not turn in a reading log this week received a homework notice.  It is to be signed and returned with the homework on Monday.  Your help is greatly appreciated.
I will see you tomorrow morning in church at 10:00 for the Reconciliation Retreat.

Tonight' homework is to study for the spelling test and to get the weekly reading log in tomorrow.

Homework tonight is  a story problem in Math.  They also should be working on their weekly reading log.
Remember the Reconciliation retreat this Friday morning from 10:00- 12:00 in the church.

The children are bringing home their parts for the Christmas program.  Please help them to memorize it. 

Some children also have parts for the November 9th Mass.  Please help them go over those also.
Homework tonight is a phonics paper and a spelling paper. 

CONGRATULATIONS TO JOSEPH, REAGAN, MITCHELL, ANDY, ROSA, BRIANNA, ALEXIS, ZACH, HAYDEN, TY, ISABEL, AND ETHAN !!  These children completed their October reading logs each week and got them in on time.  They will each receive a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Super job!!!
Tonight's homework is to copy the spelling words once and then bring their spelling notebook back to scshool tomorrow.

Monday the Halloween party will be from 1- 2:15 PM.  The children are to bring their costumes to school and we will change into them right before the party.
Remember that the children are not to wear  uniform shorts anymore after fall break. Please make sure on gym days that they have long sweatpants over their gym shorts. We go out to recess everyday at 10:35.  It is still pretty chilly at that time on some days.  The heat of the day does not happen until 4:00 or 5:00 in the afternoon.

Homework tonight is their reading log.  This will be turned in on Wednesday.
Because we will be here until noon without lunch tomorrow, the children can bring a snack to eat in the late morning.

Sr. Joann asked me to remind you that the "Love Letters"  to your child for the First Reconciliation retreat are due in the religious ed. office on Monday, Oct. 24.  Your child is bringing home a reminder also.
The children did an excellent job at our Mass this morning.  I think they all enjoyed having a part in it.
Since next week is a very short week we will not be having a new spelling lesson.  There will be no tests.  We will work in class on words that have given us trouble so far this year.  The children, however, will be responsible for a weekly reading log that will be due on Wednesday, October 26.

Homework tonight is a spelling paper dealing with er, ir, ur, and or words.  The children will also have a spelling quiz tomorrow and ,of course, should be working on their weekly reading log.

Tomorrow is Tuesday and the children need to have their First Reconciliation books here at school for our 6th lesson.
Homework tonight is to copy their spelling words to have at home to study and they have a noun paper to finish.  They can always work on their reading log.

HELP!!!! Thursday I had 7 children that did not turn in their spelling homework.  Today I had 5 children that did not turn in their weekly reading log. This is the start of some very bad habits.  The children need to realize the importance of their school work.  Any help that you can give me with this will be appreciated.
This coming Friday is our Mass that we will be doing.  It starts at 8:30.  Please come and join us if you can.  We will be the only class in church.
Thursday, October 20 will be our 2nd field trip.  We will be going to Eagle Creek Park. The children need to bring a lunch in a sack - no lunch boxes please.  They can wear play clothes and please be sure they are dressed for the weather as we will be outside part of the time.

WE GOT TO BE PART OF AN ATTEMPT TO SET A QUINESS WORLD RECORD.  IT WAS OVER 1700 ADULTS AND CHILDREN DOING THE STOP, DROP, AND ROLL TODAY AT OUR FIELD TRIP.  CHECK OUT FOX NEWS TONIGHT.  THEY WERE THERE.
Homework tonight is to study for our spelling test and to turn in their weekly reading log.

Tomorrow the children are to be in their school uniforms for the field trip.  Lunch will be furnished. 
Homework tonight is a spelling paper.  They can work on their reading log also.  Patty Norman

Please be sure your child's permission slip is in for our field trip on this Thursday.  It is the one from the firefighters.
Tonight's homework is to study spelling and a spelling paper dealing with adding endings.  The children should also be working on their reading log. 

For our firefighters field trip this Thursday I will need you to sign a second permission slip.  The firefighter insist on their own permission slip.  The children are bringing it home tonight. 
Homework tonight is a reading assignment and to copy their spelling words to keep at home.
Please be sure your child's Reconciliation book is here for our lesson tomorrow.  Thanks!!

A great big THANK YOU to all the parents that volunteered to go on our October 20th field trip.  Deangelo's mom and Isabel's mom were the two who were chosen by a blind draw this morning to be our chaperones.  That day we will be leaving Holy Spirit at 9:10 and returning at 2:00.  Everyone will need to bring a sack lunch and the children will be dressed in play clothes and dressed for the weather as we will be outside part of the day.

I am sending home your child's benchmark testing results tonight.  Please ask them for the results.
Also coming home with some of the children is a reading that they will be doing in Mass on Friday, October 21.  Everyone in the class has something to do in the Mass that day.  If your child doesn't have a reading then they are doing something else like taking up a gift.

TWO FIELD TRIPS - I am not trying to confuse you, but the 2nd grade will be going on 2 field trips in October.  We have the opportunity to go on a FREE field trip sponsored by the Indianapolis fire Department.  It will be October 13th.  The children are bringing home the permission slip tonight.  Please sign it and return it as soon as possible.  The other field trip is to Eagle Creek for a Nature Study day.  Please have the money and the permission slip for that one in on Friday, October 7. 

Homework tonight is a math paper and a paper on active listening that the children need your help on.  They also have their reading log which is due on Friday.

The children have a spelling game to play with mom, dad or an older sibling.  It is about homophones.  It does not have to be brought back to school.  If you cannot get to it tonight it is OK.  They are bringing their Reconciliation book home tonight to do the home session of  lesson 4.  Please have the books back by next Tuesday.  The children should also study their Unit 6 spelling words tonight.

TOMORROW IS TUESDAY.  WE WILL BE WORKING IN OUR PURPLE RECONCILIATION BOOKS.  PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CHILD HAS THEIR BOOK AT SCHOOL TOMORROW.

Homework tonight is to copy and practice their new spelling words and a math paper where they must make up 10 equations that equal 13. 

We are doing a great job on our Benchmark testing.  We should be done (hopefully) on Monday. I will keep you posted.
Please remember to send in the permission slip and the money for the field trip by next Friday.  I will do the blind draw for the chaperones on Friday morning and let you know if you are chosen or not.
Have a wonderful weekend!

Coming home tonight is the details and permission slip for our first field trip.  We will be going to Eagle Creek Park on October 29.  Please have the money and permission slip back to school by Friday, October 7th. 
The children will have a spelling test tomorrow and a Religion test.  For the Religion test they will be allowed to use their notes and the book when taking the test.  Their reading log is also due tomorrow.

Parents, I have not been able to access my email at all today.  I apologize if you sent me an email and I did not answer.  Today we had our 3rd lesson in our Reconciliation books and I had SEVEN  children that did not bring their books.  Please remind them that the book needs to be here on Tuesdays.  They will be bringing home the book tonight so you can do the family lesson with them and have the book back by next Tuesday Oct. 4
Homework tonight is a spelling paper and to study for the spelling quiz tomorrow.  Some children have reading papers to finish also.  They can work on the reading log if that is not finished.

Hopefully we will be able to get into the computer lab tomorrow morning and begin to take our first Benchmark testing.  Since the new boiler was being put in down there we have gotten behind schedule.  For those who don't know what Benchmarks are , they are a test done on the computer to assess the children abilities and needs in the area in Math, Reading, English and Science
Homework tonight is the reading log and study for the spelling sentences.  Some of the children did not finish their math and are bringing that home too.

Homework tonight is a spelling paper dealing with th, ch, sh and wh words.  They children are also bringing home their Reconciliation book, we have finished the school lesson 2 and now you are to do the home lesson 2 and have the book back to school next Tuesday the 27th.
 We will be having the spelling quiz tomorrow over Unit 4 words.  The children can also work on their weekly reading log.

We will be using our purple First Reconciliation books tomorrow in Religion.  Please be sure your child's book is here at school for Lesson 2. 
The children are bringing home Unit 4 spelling words to copy  so they will have them at home to study this week.  Please have them bring their spelling noktebook back to school tomorrow.  They can also be working on their weekly reading log.

Please remember after you have gone over Lesson 1 with your child in his/her First Reconciliation book to send the book back to school.  We will be using it on Tuesday of each week.  You can send it back as soon as you finish with it.
Reading logs are coming home tonight for next week.

For homework tonight the children are bringing home their Scholastic newspaper which we read together in class. They have a sheet of questions to answer about the articles we read.  Encourage them to look for the answers in the article.  They are to bring both the newspaper and the questions sheet back tomorrow. 
We will have a spelling test tomorrow and their weekly reading log is due tomorrow.  Mrs. Norman

Homework tonight is a math paper and a reading paper.  the math paper has facts to 14 and the reading paper is about Dinosaurs. 

We had four students that did not bring their First Reconciliation book to school for our first lesson today.  Please help them to do the lesson at home and have the book back to school by next Tuesday for our 2nd lesson.
Homework tonight is a page of putting words in ABC order and work on the reading log and study for a spelling quiz

Please remember to send your child's First Reconciliation book tomorrow.  We will be working in it. 
Homework tonight is to copy the Unit 3 spelling words to keep at home and then bring the spelling notebook back to school tomorrow.  They can also work on their reading log.

The children are bringing home another reminder about the Rite of Enrollment Sunday afternoon.  It also has the dates for the retreat and the day of First Reconciliation on it.  The children will be receiving their book that we will be using for preparation for confession on Sunday.  We will be working in those on Tuesday, September 13th for the first time.  They will bring them home that night for you to do the home lesson with them.  Be sure to have the books back to school by the following Tuesday for our 2nd lesson at school.  We will be working in them each Tuesday for 6 weeks. 
We had a beautiful prayer service today in remembrance of 9-11. 

Tomorrow the children will be allowed to wear red, white and blue in remembrance of 9/11. (jeans allowed) We will have a prayer service at 9:15 AM.
The children will have a spelling test tomorrow over Unit 2 words.  They will also have an open book test over Chapter 1 in Religion.  They should have their book home with them tonight.  The weekly reading log is also due tomorrow.
We have ice cream available tomorrow after lunch.

This Friday, September 9, we will be having a prayer service at 9:15 AM to remember the events of 9/11/01 and those who died on September 11, 2001.  The prayer service will be in the gym.  That day the children will be allowed to wear red, white and blue. (YES THE BLUE CAN BE JEANS)  They do not have to wear their uniforms.

The children are bringing home a homework sheet on responsibility.  Please sit down with your child and do this paper together.  RESPONSIBILITY is our lifeline that we are studying this month.  This paper is due on Friday, Sept. 9

Please have the children do their reading log and study their spelling words.  We will be having a spelling test on Friday.  Some of the children will be bringing home a math paper to finish tonight.

Homework tonight is to work on their reading log and study Unit 2 spelling words.  Please remember the Rite of Enrollment this Sunday, September 11 at 4:00P.M The  children will be getting their First Reconciliation books.

After grading the quiz we took on Wednesday in spelling, I decided we need more time to work on Unit 2 words so we did not take the test today.  we will take it at the end of next week.

Today the weekly reading log was due.  I had 6 students that did not turn it in.  The children will have to turn in a reading log every week of the school year.  I want reading to become a part of their life.  Please encourage your child to read each night and record it on their reading log.  Your help with this is greatly appreciated

Have a wonderful and safe long weekend!!!!

Weekly reading logs are due tomorrow.  Remember we do not have school on Friday.  It is a teacher Training Day.
Your passwords for accessing your children's grades will be coming home tomorrow.
Have a great evening!

We are learning a new song for our First Reconciliation Rite of Enrollment on Sunday, September 11th at 4:00 P.M.  Your child and one parent will have to attend this meeting.  It usually only takes one hour.  The children will be receiving the books we will be working in for preparation of First Reconciliation.

Tonight's homework is a math paper and copy their new spelling words.  The children should bring there spelling notebook back to school tomorrow.  We will have a quiz in spelling on Wednesday and a test on Thursday.  Remember that we do not have school this Friday.

Some of the children are bringing their August Journal home to finish today's work in it.

Week 2 is over already.  We had a great week.  We are getting used to each other and adjusting very nicely.  Since there is no school on next Friday, the children's weekly reading log will be due on Thursday, September 1. 

Remember that school pictures are Monday.  The children do not have to wear their uniforms, but they need to bring gym uniforms to change into after we have our pictures taken. 

Perhaps you have heard we have some lima beans that have taken root and even some that have leaves.  Everyone is pretty excited about the plants.  

Have a great weekend.

On Monday, August 29th we will be getting our pictures taken.  The children do not have to wear uniforms that day, but they will need to bring their gym uniforms to change into after our pictures have been taken.

Homework tonight is an alphabetical  order paper.  They should also study their spelling words for another spelling test on Friday.  Weekly reading logs are due on Friday.

The children will have a spelling test tomorrow over Unit 1 words.  Some of the children are bringing home the picture of their family that they need to finish for Religion.

Please remember that the children are not to come into the primary building before 7:20 A.M. each morning.  If they arrive early, they are to go to the office.

One week completed and we seem to be getting into the swing of things.  We are reviewing beginning, middle, and ending sounds and vowel sounds.  We have also been talking about the life cycle of a frog and the life cycle of plants.  We are watching some bean seeds start to break open and sprout. We have also made an interesting looking frog which will come home next week.  We will be giving presentations to some of the other classes on what we are learning.
Have a wonderful weekend!!!!!

Tonight's homework is a spelling paper. Some of the children have  a writing paper to finish also.  We will not be having a spelling test this week.  We will be using the same words next week and I will let you know when the test is happening.
Tomorrow the Eighth graders will be selling ice cream for $.50 after each lunch period.  The money will be used for their Washington D.C. trip later this year.
Sometimes the temperature in our room gets chilly in the afternoon.  Please send a sweatshirt or sweater with your child if they are complaining about the cold temperature in the room.
Have a great evening!

We seem to be off to a great start.  If you did not make it to Back-to-School night you should have received the handout from your child.  If you did not receive it email me at pnorman@holyspirit-indy.org  and I will send one home. 
We have gym class on Monday and Wednesday.  The children are to wear their gym clothes to school on Mondays and Wednesdays.  In the winter just have them put on sweatpants and sweatshirts over their gym uniforms.
Tonight the children have a math paper to finish for homework.