Mrs. Bartuce

I wish everyone a healthy, happy New Year. I hope you had a great Christmas holiday. Thank you for sending in all the teddy bears. The nurses came to pick them up for us. Thank you for all the Christmas presents.

Scientist of the Week

Andre was our scientist. He did a great job showing the children how a plant gets water through the stem.

Here are some of our Christmas pictures.









These are a few pictures of the class working hard at Centers.







We also visited our Reading Buddies before break.





Before Christmas Room 9 performed in the Cherub Concert.



















We listened to Christmas songs and talked about their meanings.





See you next week.

Mrs. Bartuce

Please send in your child's antlers on Tuesday. Please label them with your child's name. We will have a practice on Tuesday. K-2 rehearsal will be on Wednesday. The cherub concert will be on Thursday at 1:00. All are invited. The children should be dressed in nice clothes (x-mas colors if you have). We will be on the alter by the tabernacle side.

Friday, December 19- All School mass, dismissal at 12:00. Join us for mass.



Good stocking stuffer ideas-

new crayons

thick markers

thin markers

pencils, pencils, pencils, pencils

After Christmas check with your child to see see what he/she needs to have replaced.

Thanks for all you do for our classroom.

Enjoy the last busy days before Christmas.

Mrs. Bartuce

We are working hard while still trying to enjoy the Advent and Holiday season.

Reading- Our new story is "Greg's Mask." This will give us some practice with writing the apostrophe to show posession. We continue to practice the blend sounds.

Make sure your child is blending the letters as he/she reads. Just remind them "to get on the slide", he/she will know what you are talking about.

Spelling test on Short O words on Wednesday.

Math- We continue to work on reading and making graphs.

We are almost done with the Handwriting book, we should finish by Christmas. I will be getting very picky on all writing from now on.

We will attend Mass on Monday to celebrate the "Feast of the Immaculate Conception". Our chapter this week will be on the gift of the Eucharist. Plan a special family meal sometime this week.

Science- We continue to study the weather. This week we will learn about the seasons.

Social Studies- Our unit this week is learning about the Earth.

Have a great week. Take time to enjoy this special season.

Mrs. Bartuce

Hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday.

Check out mathfactcafe.com for a new way to quiz your student on math facts.

Book orders due tomorrow.

Mrs. Bartuce

Here is Maeve showing us how to make a soy sauce packet float.



We had fun learning about the pilgrims. The children dressed up as pilgrims and wrote "Postcards From Plymouth." I will share these with you at the conference. The children did a great job.







We are continuing our study of weather. We made cloud foldables. Ask your child about cumulus, stratus and cirrus clouds.





The Grandparents Mass was wonderful. It was so nice to see so many Grandparents in church. The children were so excited to give each Grandparent the grand tour of our room.



Thanks for sending in the spice drops. We will do the project in the second week of December.



Thank you to the Mulvaney family for joining me at Children's Liturgy Worship on Sunday. I think Christian and Aidan had a great time with the children of St. Tars.



Have a wonderful week.

Mrs. Bartuce

Short week next week-

We will finish up our study of the Pilgrims with a book report the children will work on in school.

Monday and Tuesday will be 1/2 days due to the Parent/Teacher conferences, I look forward to visiting with you all.

Keep an eye for the reindeer antlers as you are doing your holiday shopping.

Could someone donate three-four boxes of toothpicks to use with our spice drop project?

Thanks for all you do for our classroom.

Enjoy the QUIET week-end before the Holiday rush begins.

Mrs. Bartuce

Caitlin, Brandon and Maeve have been our Scientists of the Week. They all did a great job. The children really look forward to seeing their experiments.

Sounds like fun.





Attention: All Moms’



Our St. Juliana Mom’s Group will be hosting a cookie exchange on

Thursday, December 4th, between 9:30 – 11:00 am in the Parish Center.

If you are interested and would like to participate, we invite you to

bring two dozen cookies to exchange – no rules apply. The cookies may

be home made or store bought. All are welcome whether you bring

cookies or not.

Our Mom’s Group provides an excellent opportunity to get out of the

house and meet new people. The Mom’s Group is open to any mom that

would like to join us, no matter what age your child is.

If you have any questions concerning the Mom’s Group, please call Joyce

Browne at our Parish Business Office….773 – 631 – 4127.

Last week I sent information home about a directory that is to be printed. Some of the forms did not go home with the right family. If you did not get your form or if you do NOT want your information printed in the directory, please contact me. They are waiting to print the directory. Thank you. Sorry for the mix up.

Mrs. Bartuce

I invited all the children to join me at St. Tarcissus for the 10:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday 11/23/2008. I do the Children's Liturgy Worship during Mass. Hope to see you there.

St. Tars is at 6020 W. Ardmore.

Mrs. Bartuce