A FEW NOTES FROM ME
- Tuesday 10/30 we will be attending the San Diego Symphony (Science of Music & Sound). Students should be in formal dress uniform.
- Wednesday 10/31 is Halloween – free dress or regular uniform
- Thursday 11/1 is All Saints’ Day – formal dress uniform (mass)
- Friday 11/2 is 12N dismissal
Thanksgiving Food Drive
Thanksgiving is just right around the corner! As such, we are beginning our annual collection for our Thanksgiving Food Drive. Sixth Grade should bring in gravy (canned or packets – no glass please). In addition to food items, gift card donations of $20 or $25 amounts to Vons, Walmart, Target, and/or Ralphs are also greatly appreciated (through Scrip, you can do double duty and help the school too!). All food and gift cards will be donated to Catholic Charities and will go towards feeding families for the holiday season and into the rest of the year. Thank you in advance for your generosity, St. Vincent’s! We wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!
Carpool Pick-up & Dismissal
Just a friendly reminder – K-8 carpool pick-up from the school parking lot is from 12:45 – 3:00p. After 3:00p, only preschool parents should be on the parking lot for pick-up. We appreciate your cooperation!
I would also appreciate the reminder to your children that they need to be either on our dismissal line for carpool pick-up or in Mercy Hall for extended care. They should not be using their cell phones on campus without permission from a teacher, nor should they be anywhere else on campus or around the school premises for pick-up. Thank you!
THIS WEEK….
Reading/Language Arts: We’re continuing to work in our Realms of Gold Literature book with another Edgar Allen Poe work, “The Raven”. We’re discussing the use of prose vs poetry and narrative voice, as well as exploring the symbolic use of a raven throughout literature.
Vocab Unit 7A this week. Tests will be on Friday 11/2.
Grammar this week continues to focus on prepositions. We will also circle back to perfect form of verbs.
Start choosing a book for your quarter 2 book report… non-fiction. Biographies, autobiographies/memoirs, histories, and how-to’s all fall under this broad genre. Book approval date is 11/7 (I will start recording chosen books in the gradebook this week).
Math: We are moving on to use our knowledge of decimals to applications of patterns, relationships, and generalizations (rules/properties) for operations with FRACTIONS. Please note that while a cumulative test will not be given until after the end of the unit, I will give smaller quizzes throughout the next few weeks (look out for the notice in your child’s homework planner or on the homework page of the class site).
This week, we are focusing only on adding/subtracting fractions (estimating sums and difference is included with this). We have a quiz this Friday 11/2.
Religion: We will be continuing our investigation of the Old Testament by exploring the book of Genesis and the story of Creation. This week, we will be starting to read about the Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph).
Social Studies: We are moving into Mesopotamia for our next Social Studies unit. In this unit, we will discover the Fertile Crescent. We’ve been focusing on the first known civilization, Sumer, and will spend this week discussing the different people who ruled this region after the Sumerians.
Please note our test is scheduled for next Tuesday 11/6.
Art: We are exploring the element of value.
UPCOMING EVENTS
October 30 – Field Trip (San Diego Symphony – The Science of Music; formal uniform)
October 31 – Halloween (free dress)
November 1 – All Saints’ Day (8:00 AM Mass; formal uniform)
November 2 – All Souls’ Day (12N Dismissal)
November 7 – Free Dress for Halloween Costume Contest
November 12 – Veterans’ Day (No School)
*** Just a head’s up… I will be out of the country November 9 – November 25. Mrs. Zapata will be our sub for the week I am out. All emails, notifications, etc. should be directed to the school office during this time period as I will not have access to email. Thank you!
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