Reminder: Health Test on Cells is on Friday. Study your notes a  little every day!






















Please continue to check your Google Classroom "To Do" lists regulary and click on "Due" and "Missing" to find all of your outstanding assignments. 




Reminders:
1) Make sure you bring back any materials that you haven't brought back since our three days of remote sessions, EXCEPT for your math hardcover textbook would should stay at home. 
2) Check Google Classroom regularly to make sure you aren't forgetting to turn in work by going into your "To Do" list then click on the "Due" and "Missing" tabs. Any work listed there has not been turned in. Even if you think you turned it in,  if it is on your To Do list, you must not have hit the right button to turn it in.    






REMINDER:   All 5a/B students should have taken their MATH hardcover textbook home several months ago to make room in their desks for their Science textbook at school.  If you think you don't have your hardcover textbook at home, please check again. All future homework assignments will be from the textbook and classwork will be in the workbook. This way,  you will not have to carry the math books back and forth.  

Thank you!! 
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12/21
Dear Students and Parents, Thank you so much for the Christmas gifts you brought/sent in today.  I wanted to acknowledge them before I have a chance to send proper thank you cards.   I will see you tomorrow! 

Best, Mrs. Iasso



























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11/23:


11/22:

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11/19- No homework. 
Upcoming:   There are no quizzes or tests scheduled in Math, Science, or Religion next week. We will be very busy launching into new topics.
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11/18



11/17 -- Reminder: If you were invited to extra help fro tomorrow, please be sure to show a parent the invitation so they can decide if they want you to come.  




11/16:


11/15


11/11: Test & Quiz Schedule for next week: 
Math:  Chapter 3 Test will be on Friday 
Science: Measurement and the Metric System Quiz will be on Thursday 
Religion (5A): None
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11/10:
Math: Workbook page 40 (1-5). Study for Friday's quiz on Chapter 3, Lesson 1-5. Use your slides, the examples in the workbook, and your notebook to study.  

Science: None

Reminders: School closed Thursday in observance of our veterans. 
School is in session on Friday. If you have a "Pumpkin Patch Nut Card" you may use it on Friday.
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11/9: 

Math:
1) Workbook page 38 (1-8)--You must show your work on a lined notebook page turned sideways as we did in class.  
2) Quiz this Friday: Chapter 3, Lessons 1 - 5

Science: None. The next quiz will be middle of next week due to the shortened week this week. 

Reminder: School is closed Thursday, but open on Friday.  
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11/8:
Math: Finish at least one i-Ready lesson for today.   There will be a quiz on Friday that will include problems from Chapter 3, Lessons 1 - 5.

Science: Study the quizlet for a few minutes each night. There will not be a quiz or test in Science this week due to our having Thursday off.  Most likely it will be mid next week.

Religion:
1)The Rosary test is tomorrow. Students should be able to identify which prayer is associated with which part of the rosary beads. They should also be able to match each of the four mysteries (joyful, sorrowful, luminous, and glorious) to a general description for each one.
2) The Rosary Booklet is due tomorrow and will count as part of the test grade. 
3) Students will be invited to begin reciting the Hail, Holy Queen for me tomorrow and have until the end of the trimester to do so. This will allow students extra time to learn the prayer if needed.   
 

11/4
Math:  Complete the word problem on slide # 20 that is glued into your notebook. 
In your textbook complete: page 45 (7-10), page 47 (21-24), and page 49 (16-18). All of these problems are a good examples of what will be on tomorrow's quiz. 

Science: Observing Matter Worksheet

Reminders about upcoming quizzes and tests:
5A/B Math: Quiz on Friday, Chapter 3, Lessons 1 -3
5A/B Science: Quiz on Tuesday, Topic 1, Lesson 1 
5B Religion: Rosary Test on Wednesday

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11/3
5A Math: Workbook page 36 (1-8). By the end of today you should have completed and passed  one i-Ready lesson for the week (most did that already in class today, but please check your i-Ready account if you are not sure).

5A Science: "What's the Matter" worksheet and study the quizlet (the link is in an assignment in Google Classroom, Science). 

If you did not pass the Brainpop Quiz, please watch the video again and try again. 
If you did not complete the Autumn Phases of Matter activity in Google Classroom, please finish it and turn it in IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM. 

5B Science: NONE
5B Math:  By the end of today, you should have completed and passed two i-Ready lessons.  Also, please work on Reflex Math.com for one session (these are usually about 15 minutes) 

Reminders about upcoming quizzes and tests:
5A/B Math: Quiz on Friday, Chapter 3, Lessons 1 -3
5A/B Science: Quiz on Tuesday, Topic 1, Lesson 1 
5B Religion: Rosary Test on Wednesday
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11/2

5A/B Math: Workbook page 34 (1-8). If you did not get a chance to glue your notes into your notebook today, please take care of it for homework, but do not solve the word problems on the pages you glue in. 

5B: Please bring in photo permission forms if you have not done so already
5B: We will work on the World Hungry 100-word essay tomorrow. Please make sure you do some research on this topic (Covid's impact on world hunger) and come to scool with some ideas about what you will write about. 
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11/1
5A/B Math: Workbook page 32 (1-8) AND if you don't know your multiplication facts from 0 - 12 well, then spend a few minutes each night studying  the facts you don't know. You can use flashcards, Sadlierconnect.com, or Reflex Math.com. 

5B Science:
* 5 minutes of studying vocabulary using the Quizlet in Google Classroom.
* Complete the worksheet I passed out in class today.
*If you did not finish your notes or the Brainpop quiz in class today, please complete it for homework. Everything you need is in the Google Slides. 

Reminder: Another  presentation of the relics will begin in the church at 7pm tonight. 
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10/28
Math: You should have two iReady lessons passed for this week. If you do not, you must make that a goal for tonight. 

10/27:
Math: If you have not been able to complete and PASS one i-Ready math lesson so far this week, make that your goal tonight.  

Announcement: If you were absent on individual picture day, the make up pictures will be taken on November 2nd.  
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10/26: 
Math:  Study for the Chapter 2 Test. There are many materials in Google Classroom that students can use to study. 

There is no other homework tonight. 
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10/25: 
Math:  Read the Chapter 2 Test Review slide numbers 15 through 26 AND complete problems 10-20 (they are on slide 15, 22, and 26.) 

Science: Finish Lesson 6 slides if you did not finish in class today. STUDY for TOMORROW'S  lesson 1-6 TEST. 

REMINDERS: 
For your science studying, you should use the Lesson 1-6 Test Review Slides that are in Google Classroom. Also use the flashcards that you made for the Quiz AND create some new flashcards for STEM. 

For your math studying, reading and working on the Test Review Slide problems is very important. Also, I have created a Quizlet for you to study the math vocabulary. It is in Google Classroom.


10/21:
Math: Complete and pass at least two i-ready lessons for today. Whatever you completed in school today counts toward this goal. 

Science: 5A/B: Make sure you have finished and turned in the slides assignment for lessons 4 and 5. 

STEM PROJECT:  Your assingment for this long weekend is to visit a dollar store and purchase an item for $1 that you can use to easily hang your lunchbag on the side of your desk. If you want more information, keep reading:

We have working on a low-cost hassle free way to hang our lunch bags on the pole that runs horizontally under your desks so that the lunch bag rests outside the desk and doesn't hit your knees.  We have discussed many solutions in class and the pros and cons of each solution.
* You cannot hang anything permanently (no glue or stick ons)
* Most magnets that are strong enough to hold a lunch bag would cost more than one dollar and as engineers we have limited resources ($1). 
*We want to be able to clip our lunch bags on our desks quickly and not have to get down on our knees to do it. 
* Some ideas that students came up with in class included: tieing a ribbon or velcro around the pole and clipping the lunch bag to it with a carbiner or some other  clip that can stay on the lunchbag handle so you can just clip it on to the ribbon.  Hopefully you can find this for just $1 because we are practicing using limited resources. 
* I do have lots of ribbon, but perhaps not enough for everybody. We measured and each desk would need 17 inches of ribbon. So if you would like to bring in some ribbon for yourself that would be terrific. 

Reminders: Science, Scientific Method, and STEM test is Tuesday 10/26. 

Math Chapter 2 Test is Wednesday 10/27. We have been reviewing for both tests n school and will continue that work next week, but you MUST do some studying at home.   Here is a link to a very helpful video on rounding decimals:

Rounding Decimals with Mr. J

10/20: 
5A/B Math: Workbook page 30 (#1-8)

5A ONLY Science:  Finish lesson 5 slides and turn in. 
 5A/B Go to a dollar store anytime between now and Monday with a parent, of course, and spend no more than $1.00 plus tax on our STEM project:) 
5B will receive more instructions about this tomorrow, but I wanted you to remember to put this on your schedule sometime in the next 5 days.  Thank you! 
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10/19:

5A Math: Comparing Decimals Worksheet (it has dinosaur eggs)
5B Math: Rounding decimals worksheet

5B Religion:  Please have your chapter 12 test signed by a parent and return it to me tomorrow. Also, please remember to bring your rosary beads every day for the rest of October. 

Reminders:
Wear orange tomorrow to dress down and support Unity Day! 
School is closed on Friday. 
We will NOT have our math test this Thursday as originally planned as we need to spend a little extra time working with rounding decimals and word problems.
Our Science test (intro to Science & STEM will still be next Tuesday 10/26.
We will have our Math test for Chapter 2 on  Wednesday 10/27.  
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10/18:

5B Math: If you did not complete/pass two iready lessons last Friday, please finish that tonight. 

5A/B Math: Please read Slide numbers 1 through 14 in the "Chapter 2 Test Review Slides" carefully while on PRESENT mode. You will see the instructions in the slides. Complete problems 1 through 9 as you get to those problems. This will be a good review for the test. We will work on the other slides and the remaining problems tomorrow.

5A/B Science: Go to Lesson 4 "What is STEM?" and answer the question in slide 7. You should write 2 - 4 sentences to answer the question as we discussed in class.  

5B Religion: Please fiish typing the Hail Holy Queen, attach it to the Google Classroom assingment and turn it in tonight.  

Also, 5b, please bring in rosary beads so we can start praying the rosary tomorrow:) 
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10/15: 
REMINDER:  All students should have a dry erase marker in their pencil case

 everyday.  

Request: 5B is in need of paper towels. If you can possibly donate a roll, that would be terrific. Thank you!! 

5B has the option to finish your two I-Ready lessons for this week either over the weekend or on Monday evening. 
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10/14 Homework:

5B Math: Workbook page 22 (#1-3 & 10-12) and this week's morning work is due by 8am tomorrow. 

5A Math: PASS two i-ready lessons for the week. Most did that today in class and have no homework and some are half way through their 2nd lesson and will need to finish tonight. 

5a/b Science:  Study the flash cards you made in class, read the "Read-Only Slides", and if you did not finish the Drag and Drop slides in class, finish them tonight. 

Your quiz is tomorrow. Reminder: Do not lose your flash cards. You will use them to study for the test next week!! 



10/13 Homework: 

Math 5a only (5b did not have class today due to Mass so does not have homework tonight):   Workbook page 22 (#1-3 and #10-12)

Science 5A/B:  Study the Lesson 1-3 Read Only Slides in Google Classroom for Friday's quiz. In addition to reading to review ALL slides, this should include writing and studying at least 10 flash cards as taught in class today for slide #1, 2, and 11. 

Reminder: If you have not added your labels to your homework spot slides yet, today is the last day you can do this work. You will present your work to the class tomorrow in about 30 - 60 seconds.

Religion 5b:  Study for tomorrow's prayer test (see Google Classroom for review slides and use either your typewritten prayers or the religion book to study the prayers. 
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10/12 Homework: 
Math- Workbook page 20 (# 1-5)
Science - Start studying for our Lesson 1-3 Quiz  (What is science? What do scientists do? What is the Scientific Method? which is on Friday 10/15 . Study the slides for Lesson 1-3 that are in Google Classroom and study your notes in your notebook. (Sometime next week we will have a test on these three lessons plus the lessons on STEM that we will complete this week. )

Religion 5B Only:  Study for Thursday's Prayer Test. See the Prayer Test Review Slides in Google Classroom. It tells you exactly what you need to study and what you will need to do for the test. You should also use the prayers that you typed to study and/or the Religion textbook. 

10/7:

Math Classwork: We continued to review and practice writing decimals and place value by writing fractions as decimals, decimals as fractions, and decimals in words (number name). We also went over all of the problems on last week's math test. 

Math Homework 5A/B: Complete both sides of the decimal worksheet (extra copies on Google Classroom) 
5B If you did not finish your homeroom morning work this week, please remember to finish it tonight. 

Science Classwork:
5A: We started going over our Science Notetaking Organizer. We will have a test on the scientific method late next week. 
5B: We  started going over our ice lab grades, we will finish this tomorrow. 

Science Homework: NONE. 

5B Religion Classwork: We read our prayer petitions to St. Francis and shared pictures of our pets. It was wonderful!!  How caring our class is!! 

5b Religion Homework: A few students did not bring their prayers today, please be sure to bring them tomorrow. 
5B: Also start bringing in rosary beads as we will use them throughout October. 
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10/6:  
Math: NONE. All Students should have passed at least two i-Ready lessons for the week. If you have not passed two lessons, please work on this for homework. 
(Absent Students: We reviewed lesson 2-1 (decimals to thousandths and practiced with it extensively.  You can complete page 17 in the workbook, the practice on the slides for lesson 2-1, and textbook page 24 (10-13, 15-18, 20, 22, 24).

Religion 5b: Finish writing your prayer of prasie and petition in which you ask St. Francis and/or God to look over your pet. Bring your prayer in on an index card tomorrow.
(Absent students, see the Assignment in the Prayer Unit slides) 

Science: None, unless you did not finish making corrections to the salt & ice lab. I will be collecting them tomorrow.
(Absent students: We went over the labs and improved our work today as a class and individually so that hypotheses were written in the correct format and the Explain Your Results questions were fully answered. )  

Remindesr:
1)Check Google Classrom "To Do" for "Assignments" (not due yet) and "Missing Assignments" (past due)  every day to make sure you did not forget to do an assignment. 

2) Please remember to restock your pencil cases every week. Glue sticks and red pens are two items I am often lending out to students and I am running out of these supplies. 
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10/5: 
Math: Watch the Kahn Academy video again. (the link is in the Chapter 2 slides, slide #14). 
Complete workbook page 18 (#1-5 and #10).
5B ONLY: In addition to the above items, read over your class handouts and glue them in your notebook. 

Health: If you did not turn in your completed slide, please do so tonight. It is due by the end of today. 

Reminders:

* Students are forgetting to turn in assingnments in Google Classroom, so please remember to go through Google Classroom "To Do", "Missing" to find any late assignments that should be completed and turned in/submitted/marked as done. 

* If you did not complete two i-Ready lessons yesterday, you should have completed that for homework yesterday. 



10/4: If you were not able to complete two iReady lessons with passing scores today in school, please complete them at home on your own. 

That's it! :) 
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9/30: 
Math: Study for tomorrow's test and practice solving these 14 problems on these pages in your TEXTBOOK: Page 18-19 Problem 20-28, 37-40, and 45. I will post the answers to these problems in Google Classroom this evening so you can check your work: ) 

Science: If you did not finish typing the Google Classroom Assignment "Salt and Ice Lab Explain Your Results" please finish it tonight and turn it in. 

Please check your Google Classroom "To Do" list to find any assignments that are past due and turn them in. Please do not go ahead and do assignments that are not yet due that we are working on together in class. Thank you!! 

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9/29/21: 
Math: Workbook page 16 (#1-6) and start studying. The Chapter 1 Lesson 5-7 test is Friday. 

Religion 5B: On Thursday or Friday, bring a copy or orginal of a picture of a pet that can be glued onto a class poster so we can take part in the blessing of the animals next Monday. 

Science 5A Only:  Complete the Google Classroom Assignment  for the Ice and Salt Lab "Explain Your Results". 

Reminder to all students:
Please make sure to bring earbuds or headphones to school every day. Since space is limited on your desk, earbuds are the best option. 

Please make sure you have these items in your pencil case everyday:

• colored pencils (8-12 is sufficient) 
• 1 mini-stapler (optional) 
• 1 scissor
• 1 glue stick*
• 2 each  erasable blue, black and red pens
• 4 Ticonderoga # 2 pencils*

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9/28/21

Health: This only applies to students who did not have their photos in their Google Drive today:  
*Have a parent email your designated homework spot photo  to my address: jiasso5607@saintmaryschoolei.org
*I will check my email throughout the afternoon so that I can then email it to you
( you can only get emails from St. Mary School staff to your SMS account.) 
*Once you receive it in your SMS gmail account, you should open the email and download your picture into your Drive as instructed in class today.
*Then you will go to Google Classroom, open the slides and insert the image by choosing Google Drive.  
*Finally add your labels as demonstrated in class today and turn in the assignment.

Math: 5B Should study notes and complete workbook page 11 (#1-5) and workbook page 14 # (1-4)

5A: Should study notes and complete workbook page 14 (#1-4)

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9/27/21:
Science for 5B only: Complete the "Explain Your Results" portion of our ice cube lab. 
Science for 5A only:  Read the three handouts I gave you to glue in your science notebook today about the ice cube lab that we will do on our lab day (Wednesday). 

Math 5A only:  Workbook page 11 (#1-5) 

9/24/21-
You have no homework today unless  you did not turn in these two assignments that were due today:  the Practice Observing Science Lab in your Science Notebook AND the 5B math morning work for the week.

If you were absent today, please be prepared to make up the math test when you return to school. 

Have a nice weekend!! 


9/23/21-
5B Math Morning Work is due tomorrow. 
5A/B: Study for your math test. 
5A/B: Finish your science lab write up
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9/22/21 - 

Reminders: Tonight is Meet the Teacher Night--LIVE at 7:30. I am looking forward to meeting your parents. Please show your parents how to go into Google Classroom and find the class I had you join yesterday called, "GRADE 5 TEACHER MEET THE TEACHER".  A Google Meet Code/Link will be there for them to join us at 7:30pm.  


Math HW:  5A and 5b:  Your test is Friday, so everyone should study the review slides and the notes in their notebooks. Also, if you didn't finish slide 19 & 20 please finish as much as you can tonight. It should definitely be finished by Friday morning.  

REST UP!! Our I-Ready Math Diagnostic is tomorrow. 

9/21/21- 

Reminder: Please do not forget to bring a working pair of headphones or earbuds (no bluetooth/wireless) to school tomorrow as  YOU WILL USE THEM TOMORROW.

Health: If you forgot your picture or you couldn't send it, you have a second chance tonight: ) and you can email it to me at jiasso5607@saintmaryschoolei.org 
Those who have their pictures in their Google Drive already, can ignore this message. 

Math: Read the two  pages of notes I handed out today on the Powers of 10, then do workbook page 6, problems 1-10. 

Our Math test for Chapters 1 through 3 is on Friday. Start studying you math vocabulary today or you may not know what the question are asking you to do. Our vocabulary words so far are:  place/value/digit/number/standard form/expanded form/Power of 10/exponent/base. Remember PLACE and VALUE are not the same.
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9/20/21 - 
Reminder: All students should have earbuds or headphones in their backpacks every day of the school year.  We will be using them several days a week in a few classes. 
It is very important that all students bring headphones this week. 

Reminder: The photograph of your homework spot is due tomorrow. Remember you only need to email it to yourself so we can use it in class tomorrow. 

5A Math: Workbook page 4 (#2-5 and 8)

5B Math: Workbook page 4 (#2-5)

5B Religion: Pray the Glory Be and the Our Father
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9/17/21-
No homework :) 

Reminder: Monday is individual picture day. Students should dress up. No jeans please. 

Reminder: Our lunch program starts next week.   Snacks will also be availabe foro purchase; however, in order to meet NYS social distancing protocols while snacks are being purchased and distributed, we can only have two grades purchasing snacks at a time each day.  The 5th graders can purchase snacks on Wednesdays and Fridays.

The cost of a snack is $1.00 and the cost of ice cream is $2.00
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9/16/21 -
5A/B Math: Workbook page 2 (1-3)

5A/B Science: Please keep your Science softcover textbook at home until further notice. We use the e-book version of this text and since we are short on space in our desks and lockers, it is better that you keep it at home.  In the event that we have a technology problem (I don't antiicpate it), then I will have you bring back the textbook. Thank you!! 
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9/15/21 -
REMINDER: Picture day is tomorrow. Please wear your uniform (summer or winter is fine). If it's hot like today--I recommend summer!! :) 

Math 5A/B:  Workbook page 2 problems 4-7

Science - Bring a CD case if you have one ( I have a few extras) It will go back home on Thursday or Friday.  We don't need the cd, just the case. 

Health : Due NEXT Tuesday 9/21: E-mail yourself (not me) a picture of your favorite homework spot.  Remember to choose one that is distraction free (no TV or cell phones), has a clear area for you to work so your papers don't get mixed in with the other things, and has a spot such as the back of your chair for your backpack nearby.  Leave it in your email until next Tuesday when we have health class again and I will show you what to do with it then. 

9/14/21 - 

Please look at your agenda with your parents tonight. Each student wrote down the forms that we at school have not received specifically from that student.  Those students, please ask your parents to check at home for them before I make requests for extra copies. They include the white Technology Agreement form and the white Handbook Acknowledgement form.  Thank you!! 

Reminder: Thursday is Picture Day!!  

You do not have any other homework from me tonight:) 
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9/10/21 - There is no homework on weekends in 5th grade. Thank you for a wonderful week. I feel so blessed to have you all in my homeroom! I hope you enjoyed getting to know your 5th grade teachers as much as we enjoyed getting to know you. Have a terrific weekend. Warmly, Mrs. Iasso

9/9/21-
Please finish bringing in any remaining supplies, textbooks, and workbooks tomorrow. Thank you!!

9/8/21

Thank you everyone for brining in most of your supplies and textbooks!
Please remember to bring any more supplies and/or textbooks & workbooks that you might not have brought in to school yet. 
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9/7/21
Welcome Back!

It was so nice to meet you all today! 

Please make sure you check your agenda and your St. Mary School Folder at home every day to make sure your parents are receiving notices that we send home. There were two notices that went home today. 

Please bring back your supply checklist tomorrow so we can finish checking things in. 

These items are due by Friday: 
*Summer Math Packet
*Summer Reading Packet
*Technology Use Form (signed)
*Student Handbook Form (signed)
*Textbooks and Workbooks (from BOCES)
*Anything on the supply checklist that you did not check off today. 

Here are a few additiional items we would like for students to bring in on or before next Monday:

1 composition Book for Spanish  
1 wire locker shelf

I hope you enjoyed your first day! Mrs. Iasso