Dear Parents,

 

I am very grateful to the parents who were able to bless our class with their time and talent for Career/Vocation Day as part of Catholic Schools Week! We discovered how the careers of these parents are vastly different from one another! We had a fun time exploring all the ropes and equipment needed to cut trees and do other landscaping work from Mr. Horn, Johnnie's dad.

Mrs. Cicchesi, Anthony's mom, in her hospital uniform, showed us the many supplies and ways NICU babies are taken care of...even how to swaddle a baby (Juliette's doll!) with a blanket. Mrs. West, Ava's mom, shared her experience as a lawyer in the courthouse as well as pictures of Ava's grandfather as a CT Supreme Court judge while including props such as a gavel and black robe to help us understand why these items are used in courtrooms...and how a judge's black robe is similar to student uniforms worn at CAS! Our final career was presented by Mrs. Murphy, Jack's mom, who works in Advertising and used a Smartboard presentation as well as hands-on activity with a small football to show students the steps in creating a commercial for the Superbowl! (Be sure to pay close attention to the Comcast commercial which Mrs. Murphy and her team created!)

 

All of these parents were terrific presenters and were able to creatively engage the students and explain their careers so well to the students! I believe that our class will have some very promising careers in landscaping, nursing, law, and advertising as a result of these parents who generously gave their time and expertise to enlighten both teacher and students! We hope that you had as much fun being in our classroom as we did having you there to share your career with us for Catholic Schools Week Career Day!

 

In other news....After an extremely busy Catholic Schools Week last week that included the Career Day talks I wrote about above, we enjoyed many fun activites such as the CAS "Anything But a Backpack" parade, bring your stuffed animal to school, pajama day, student appreciation day with movie and no homework, Kaia's birthday visit from her parents, dress down day, spirit wear day, no tests or quizzes, and a 5th grade buddy afternoon...plus many more exciting moments throughout the week!

 

Thank you very much for all the beautiful cards, handwritten notes of gratitude, flowers, chocolate, and other gifts that blessed my week in a special way. I am grateful for all the love and appreciation shown with your generous outward support for what I do each day...although I have to admit that the easiest and most joyful part of each work day for me is being with your children! Their kindness, curiosity, hard work ethic, sense of humor, and genuine love of learning truly make my days incredibly amazing beyond words!!!

 

The excitement will continue with our 100th Day of School Celebration that will begin on Monday 2/5 and last throughout the week as I incorporate many activities into the usual curriculum for each day. The students will enjoy drawing and writing about being 100 years old someday along with fun math activities to celebrate our 100 days together in first grade!

 

Please remember to send in your child's 100th Day Poster Project on Monday, 2/5!  A letter was emailed and sent home in folders a few weeks ago. Thank you for those posters already sent in on Friday (and not earlier as I had requested!) This is a graded project for third quarter report cards. Each student will present their poster and tell how they created it. In other words, what method did your child use to count to 100? (by 1's, 2's, 5's or 10's)

 

As always, please refer to my Homework Cover sheet and especially the CAS Sunday email blast for all the reminders of the upcoming week!

 

A Religion Chapter 18 review sheet on yellow paper will come home on Monday 2/5 for the Friday Religion test.

 

Please empty the "Keep at Home"--the right side of your child's folder-- each and every day. Thank you!

 

Mrs. Carpanzano