Dear Parents,

Happy Second Week of Advent!  The children enjoyed a nice Advent retreat day last Wednesday.  We have been watching the short , three-minute "Brother Francis" videos about the Advent season each afternoon.  I am grateful to our parish for providing the subscription for these educational and inspirational videos about our Catholic faith.

This week in Religion class, I will begin teaching the children about the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.  Your child will receive this sacrament for the first time on the last Saturday in January.  More information will follow as I receive it.  During the Advent season, I will continue to teach the children about the events leading up to Christmas.

On Friday the children will have a Math test on Topic 5:  Subtraction Strategies.  The children should be comfortable using the Hundred Chart to find the difference of 2 two-digit numbers.  Two strategies that your chlld should be able to easily use are the Open Number Line strategy and the Compensation strategy.  The children will also be solving some two-step story problems.

We will continue our reading of the non-fiction book Money Matters thils week.  The book explains all sorts of topics related to our money system.   Please review the story vocabulary on the back of the homework sheet I send home at the beginning of each week.

The Christmas Concert is Monday, December 9.  Please have your child come to the classroom between 6:00 and 6:15.  The concert begins at 6:30.  Please have your child in dress-up clothes (or the school uniform).

The Santa Shop will be open for business this week.  Our class will visit the shop on Tuesday and Thursday.  

Enjoy the weekend.

Sister Diane