Happy 4 Day Weekend !

Hello Families,

This week, we have a four day school week and same with next week, which means a 4 day weekend! Enjoy! 

A friendly suggestion; please consider turning off the  low-grade alert on Gradelink. Please wait until you see the paper in the Friday Folder, have conversation with your child regarding the reason for missed points before sending us an email. It is super important to be seeing the work first hand before we can address it. 

Looking Ahead...

• Wednesday, August 29th - Jesuit-Stronger Breakfast at 8:00 at the Parish Hall 
• Wednesday, August 29th - Mass of the Holy Spirit at 9:30
• Friday, August 31st and Monday, September 3rd - NO SCHOOL 

English Language Arts



We do not have any spelling words or homework this week. We are beginning our study on the fifty states, and spelling of each state's name correctly will count as our spelling practice. 

We will be learning all about Quotation Marks this week. As the week progresses, students will learn about their grammar project that is centered on the use of Quotation Marks.

We will be talking about the reading skill of Cause and Effect. This week's story is full of rich details, so we will be covering it for two weeks. Students will have in class work as well as homework through Google Classroom that go along with this story. Students will be assessed on this story next week on Friday, September 7th. 

The students WILL have vocabulary homework this week. All directions will be reviewed in class on Tuesday and homework will be due Thursday.

Social Studies



We begin our journey around the 50 States by stopping in our first region, The Southwest. The students will need to know how to properly locate each of the four states on a map, spell each state's name correctly, and match the state's name to its corresponding capital city. The students will be assessed on this on Thursday, August 30th. 

We will be storing all of our 50 States work in our Region Book. The Region Book is to stay in the students accordion file at all times. We will be using it over the next five weeks.

Math

We are working on comparing greater numbers and rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000,...

Even during our short weeks, the Dreambox goal is 40 minutes and 5 lessons. The report will be from Sunday to Friday regardless of the no school day.

Science

We are continuing in the Human Body, and our focus will be on the Respiratory System. We will have a vocabulary test on Thursday instead of Friday.

Religion

This week is the Mass of the Holy Spirit, which is a tradition at the beginning of the school year for all Jesuit schools. We will go over the SLEs and symbols of the Holy Spirit.