Tuesday, December 24, 2013

December 24, 2013

Our last week leading up to Christmas was full of "Love and Service."  We baked Christmas cookies for the poor of Milwaukee on Tuesday.  On Wednesday, we packaged them on small paper plates and sealed them in ziploc bags so that we could hand them out the the guests at the Open Door Cafe at the Cathedral of St. John.

On Thursday we had the opportunity to visit the Cathedral and tour this magnificent church.  After the tour we served lunch at the Open Door Cafe and handed out Christmas cookies as the guests finished their meals.

On Friday we watched a wonderful Christmas movie called The Ultimate Gift.  It is a fabulous movie that teaches an important lesson about the most important "gifts" of all- love, life, friendship, and more! Have a blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

Monday, December 16, 2013

December 16, 2013
At gathering we listened to the Go Fish Guys about Advent.  We also made angels to bring with us to the nursing home on Friday.  We also got our Social Studies test back today, and it was exciting!

The 5th graders are baking cookies tomorrow, on Wednesday they will package them, and on Thursday they will be taking them to the Cathedral.

The alligators are growing bigger every day, but the light green one is bigger.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

December 12, 2013

We are doing a Secret Santa until Dec 20. Students may bring notes or treats for their secret Santa, but do not tell who you have.  We want it to be a surprise next Friday when we open our gifts.

Today in school we had reconciliation. Science fair progress report is due tomorrow.

Yesterday we had a writers workshop with a man from CMH. He was really funny, and he led us in a writing activity about "School" for their spring play.  We had a lot of fun writing stories with him.

Have a great day.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

December 4, 2013
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!  Band will also be practicing on Monday in preparation for Tuesday's concert.  Please bring your instruments on Monday, December 9th.

Monday, December 2, 2013

Monday, December 2
We began Advent with the annual Advent Wreath Blessing.  We also discussed what we would like to do as a class to celebrate Advent and prepare for Christmas.

Band is scheduled to meet again this Thursday.  Be sure to bring your instruments this Thursday for Band.   If anybody forgot the science fair sheet, it was due today so make sure to bring it tomorrow.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

November 21, 2013

Today we got our science fair packet, and we are able to read it at home with a parent.
In social studies we are learning about the city of Sumer.

We are having our group mass together for the first time. We are all excited!

In math 6th grade we are learning about mixed fractions  The 5th graders are learning about mixed numbers.

In religion we are moving on to Passover and the Eucharist Celebration.

Green and blue group took our spelling test today.

Have a good day!!!   GOD BLESS YOU ALL.


By Elizabeth, Kayla

THANKS FOR READING OUR BLOG!

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The 5th and 6th graders are planning this week's mass.  It has been decided that the class who prepares the Mass may dress up on the day of the mass.  So, the 5th and 6th graders may dress up this Friday.  We are asking the students to keep it simple- no fancy heels, etc.

In gym we played volleyball. Art was fun because we made 3-D cans. Today the 5th grade had our 2nd last Spelling Bee, and boy was it exciting!

Tomorrow the 5th grade has a free dress down for our door decorating contest.  SCIENCE FAIR HAS STARTED!!!!

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

November 19, 2013

In science class we got our packet of information to begin the science fair project.  In Religon class we finished our chapter so we did a chapter review. Also in speaking and listening we started a new round with speaking.
Today it was Elizabeth Sutherland's birthday so we enjoyed the birthday snack that she brought for us. She brought mini cinnamin rolls and coconut banana bread. Have a good day!

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

November 13, 2013

Today we started the day with thrilling math classes.  Next in Gym class, we played Battle Ship with bowling pins, mats and dodgeballs. After that, the 5th and 6th grade  watched the last three book reports present.  After a very exciting English class, we split up into our Blue, Yellow, and Green groups for spelling.  In the middle of the day, we enjoyed our nutritious lunches, including walking tacos, and our very cold, yet fun, recess.  Next we went to Art class and worked on our candy wrapper zoom-in project.  After that we went to library to get some books to read.  Lastly in Religion class we learned about the Exodus and watched a video about it.  Have a great rest of the week and  God Bless!

Monday, November 11, 2013

Monday, November 11

Today is National Reading Day, so the whole day was dedicated to reading.  First we shared our book reports on books we've been reading for the past month.  After as many as we could fit in, (we have to do some tomorrow) we had about an hour or so to read a new book and experience the adventure of reading.  Later on we watched a fantastic movie that touched my heart and many of my classmates', based on a book.  The movie we enjoyed was Bridge to Teribithia.  When recess came, we all decided since it was indoor recess and we were all cozy in dress down clothing, blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, or bean bags, that we wanted to stay in and have a "nap time."  After lunch and recess, we watched the rest of the movie, enjoying popcorn and brownies. Yummy!  As the day came to a close the 5th and 6th grade went to gym class, and played Battleship for Veterans Day with bowling pins and dodgeballs.
Have a great rest of the week and God Bless!

Friday, November 8, 2013

November 8, 2013

In science, we made instruments with a group and we started presenting them today. We also did a team building activity where everyone was holding onto a long rope weaaring a blindfold.  On "Go"  we had to move into a circle.  It took a little communication and cooperation to make the shape. Afterward, we sat down to talk about what worked well, and what we needed to do to accomplish our goal.  It was fun. On Monday we have our celebrate reading day, and it is a dress down day for the 5th and 6th graders.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

November 5, 2013
 Today we learned a new song in music. Its called The Little Star. In science we learned about parts of the ear and we made a flow chart about it. In Speaking and Listening we did dictation again.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

October 31, 2013
Happy Halloween!  We had a great day!  In the morning we had reading, spelling, Spanish, and math.  Then we changed into Halloween costumes and  had a parade in the gym.  Everyone looked great all dressed up in costume.  Our party was a lot of fun, and thanks to the parents for bringing treats for us to enjoy!

As part of our Red Ribbon Week & Halloween celebration, we had a door decorating contest.  Each class worked hard on their door, but in the end, 5th grade won 1st place!  We have earned a dress down day!  We will need to decide on a day to use this so that everyone in the class can enjoy it!  More info will come soon on this.  (We are planning on the 2nd week of November or later.)

First quarter ends tomorrow, and report cards go home on Wednesday, November 6th.  Have a great day.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Wednesday, October 30

Today we did an art project with candy. It is to teach us more about cropping, and we can't wait until you get to see them! We are also working on complex and compound sentences. We also took the blue group's spelling test today. A lot of the students were using the website Spelling City to study for this test. So I do encourage them to use this website it is www.spellingcity.com! Thank you and have a wonderful day. May God bless you in everything you do! <3

More Info:We also have a dress down in the morning and the kids are allowed to change into Halloween costumes in the afternoon! Please don't go oveboard with the costumes.  Can't wait to see what the kids are for Halloween!(:

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Thursday, October 24
Today was a fun and busy day!  We had a pep rally to celebrate our 8th graders who were invited to the Seton Volleyball tournament.  The boys beat the teachers in a great game of volleyball.  Then the girls also dominated the court against the teachers.  In the third match, the 8th grade girls took on the 8th grade boys.  It was an exciting game with some awesome volleys on both sides of the net, but in the end the girls won!

Good luck to both teams next week at they represent St. Joe's/ St. Leonard's in the big tournament!  Have a fabulous day!

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

October 23, 2013
Today in school we are starting ABC fairy tale creative writing. We can pick our favorite fairy tale and write about it. Every sentence needs to start with the next letter of the alphabet so first we start with A and so on.

We are working on our instruments in science.  In art we finished our amazing sunrise and sunset pictures for Halloween.  Hopefully they will be displayed in time for conferences.

Have a great day!

Monday, October 21, 2013


October 21, 2013
Today we played soccer in gym.  We learned how a supersonic BOOM works in science.  

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Wednesday, October 16, 2013
We are working on Halloween sunset and sunrise pictures in art.
We played soccer in gym.  It was alot of fun!
5th grade are working on beatitude poster for religon.
6th grade is working on their parent mass decorations.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Tuesday, October 15
Today was a great day!  We are starting our musical instruments in science class.  So far, we got into groups and had some time to plan our project. 
We also had indoor recess, but it was fun.  The 5th graders played a big game of Bananagrams!  The 6th graders worked on an art project with Mrs. Eicher.

Monday, October 14, 2013

Monday, October 14
October is the Month of the Rosary so we prayed the Rosary with Mrs. Schmidt this morning.  She has a giant rosary that she used to show us how to pray this special prayer.

We are almost done with Wonder and it is such a great book.  We have to write a reflection page for Wednesday.

We celebrated Brandon's birthday and had gym class today.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

October 9, 2013
Today was a very busy day.  We had the fire department come to talk to us about fire safety.  Did you know that most fires start in the kitchen?  Students were asked to go home and look for fire hazards in their kitchens.  Please talk to your child about some dangerous situations in the kitchen.
As we read Wonder today, we talked about acceptance as we saw August start to be more accepted by the kids at his school.  The students had a good discussion about why kids do/ say the things they do. 
We will have a retest in Science on Monday, so don't forget to study!  Have a great weekend!

Monday, October 7, 2013

We read some more of our book Wonder. That is a really good book. We all can't wait to see the next point of view. In Social Studies we learned about the ice man, a 5300 year old mummy who was frozen in the ice and preserved for all of that time! In science class we did these really fun essays. We all had a great time in gym.  Please return conference slips by Tuesday!
Nitroball leagues begin today- Hurray!

Friday, October 4, 2013

October 4, 2013
The class survived their first science test of the year.  It was a difficult test, and we hope that everyone did well!
Despite the rainy weather, we were able to get out to recess each day! 
We have a test on the beatitudes on Monday. 

Our 5th grade boys' volleyball team is undefeated!  Good luck to them tonight at their match, and at their tournament next week.  Good luck to our 5/6 girls' volleyball team too.
.Have a blessed weekend.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

October 3. 2013
Today in Health we did skipping, jogging, plank, side plank and more activities.  In Science we played our Jeopardy Review Game, to help us study for our test tomorrow on waves.  In Social Studies we did the second half of our open book test.  Also in Spanish 6th grade learned about the classroom objects as a review from last year, and 5th grade learned about the alphabet by passing a stuffed animal frog around the room while reciting the Spanish alphabet.  And that was our day! How was yours?  Have a great week and God Bless. :)

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Today in reading we read more Wonder, getting back to August's point of view, which made everyone very excited.  In gym we played island ball which is really close to dodgeball but instead the jail is on mats.  Also in art we painted sunsets and sunrises.  In the computer lab we worked on out personal narratives.  In religion 5th grade read about Peir Georgio and 6th grade read about Isaac, Jacob, Esau, and Noah with the arc.  Have a Great Day and God Bless. :)

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Today in music we learned rythyms.
We had a test in Social Studies!
We read a book called Wonder.
From 5th and 6th

Monday, September 30, 2013

September 30, 2013
In gym class today we did 30 situps and 20 pushups! We also played dodgeball.
In reading class we read a story called Memory Box.
In science class we read biographies about our classmates.
     From 5th and 6th!

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Friday, September 27

Our 6th graders hosted the all-school mass, and they did a fabulous job.  Another Dress-up for the Angel Fund was a great success.

We started sharing our biographies in science.  Be sure to continue working on xtramath.com to get proficient with your basic facts.

The fifth graders had a fun day in math and played O'No 99! Which has become a class favorite!

Band is in full swing, and we have several students from our team playing instruments this year,  Way to go!

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Today September 26, 2013
Today we are finishing our science report! Most of us finished our rough draft copies for our personal narratives. In health class we learned about the top 10 healthiest foods and how they protect your body from diseases and broken bones.  The fifth grade students are starting a project on the Beatitudes in religion class.
Have a great day!


Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Today September 25, 2013

Today in gym we played nitro ball with Mr. Hanson. We also learned about subject and predicates. In reading we are still learning about how August and Jack feel about each other. In computers we started our personal narratives. In music we sang Gone Gone Gone & Home.

God bless you all have a great afternoon.

BY: Elizabeth ,& Mason
Thanks for reading!!!

Monday, September 23, 2013

Today September 23, 2013

Today we learned about seismic waves in science class.  We watched a video about earthquakes. We also have interviewed a partner, and now we need to write all about them! 

Sixth graders have to bring home their math homework about this bookshelf math equation.We learned about in math this complicated math equation!

 In social studies we are learning about our ancestors.  We are learning about subjects and predicate. Both  fifth and sixth graders are learning about Augusts feelings in the book of Wonder. 

Thank you for reading our daily blog.
GOD Bless you all, and have a good night.

By: Elizabeth Sutherland

Thursday, September 19, 2013

September 19, 2013
  Today we learned about the different waves that come from earthquakes. We watched a video in Science and took notes.  We read the book Wonder in class. We also worked on our Personal Narratives and came up with people that made a difference in their lives. I encourage the students to go on Story Bird. It is a website where the students can post stories and share them with the class. It is a very educational website! We are also working on subjects and predicates. Have a good afternoon and weekend! Can't wait to start the new school week. May God bless you in everything you do! (: +!!!

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

September 18, 2013

We played nitro ball in gym class today! The kids also learned how to write personal narratives. We did the Sacrament game in the cafeteria! We had a blast in the computer lab! We went on Type to Learn and Extra Math.com! I also encourage the kids to go on story bird.com! It's an excellent website. Have a good afternoon! May God bless you in everything you do!

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

September 17, 2013
Today we learned about the human brain and how the skull changed over time, in Social Studies.\
In Speaking and Listening we had Dictation which is very helpful to the listening skills. Which works! In music we learned the different high and low notes. We also have a new music teacher named Mrs.Kuhl! We finished our Summer Vacation Book! HAVE A GOOD DAY! May God bless you in everything you do.<3 :)

Monday, September 16, 2013


 September 16, 2013

This is what we did today! In science we learned about rarefactions and how a wave works.
In Social Studies we learned about ancient history, and archaeologists and what they do in their jobs. In Religion we learned the sacrament game which is basically the meaning of the word sacrament.We are also putting binds on our summer vacation books! We are playing nitro ball tournaments in gym! Have a great day! May God bless you in everything you do.

Friday, September 13, 2013

September 13, 2013

On Monday we started our summer books. We just finished our six word memoirs. We have all them in the upper grade hall way. We have a slide show of them that Mrs. Eicher made for us, and they look amazing!!

Fifth and sixth graders started our cheer, the cheer was made by Ava Maren . Our team name is Team Responsibility ya !

Today our grandpas and grandmas came to school.  We had Mass and doughnuts together, then visited the classrooms and played games together.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Monday, September 9, 2013

In gym class we played a game called NitroBall.  It was fun. 

In science we learned about waved by investigating with Slinkies.  We had to show transverse and longitudinal waves with the Slinky.

Friday, September 6, 2013

Friday, September 6, 2013
 Today we learned about waves in science class. We also went to the day chapel for adoration for 20 minutes and we prayed the whole time. In social studies we learned about landforms, oceans, and continents. For scattering the 5th and 6th graders showed some of our six word memoirs. A lot of people liked them.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

We are almost finished with our first book, an Illustrated Children's Bible. We hope to have the book ready for Grandparents' Day next Friday.

In science class, we are learning about waves. We watched "Bill Nye the Science Guy".

We wrote six word memoirs and we decorated them it was a lot of fun

Blessed Trinity means the mystery of Three Divine persons.
That's what we learned today.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

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