Monday, February 25, 2019

Happy 'early' Birthday Dr. Seuss!



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Happy Monday! As February comes to a close and March begins, we will take time on Friday, March 1st to participate in Read Across america Day with our Preschool Buddies. If your child has any Dr. Seuss books at home, please send one or two in that day. We will read with our buddies and enjoy a small snack. Oh the Places You Can Go when enjoying a good book with yummy snacks and in good company,  too!

Looking ahead....
  • Saturday, March 2nd - Funfest from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm 
  • Wednesday, March 6th - Ash Wednesday Mass - Lent begins 
  • Friday, March 8th - No School 
  • Monday, March 11th - No School 
English Language Arts



The students will have a spelling test on Thursday, February 28th. They will only have one task this week to complete for homework. It will still be due Thursday.

Reading - This week's skill is Sequence of Events. We will work on composing a summary of the story in paragraph form as a way to sequence the events in a story. We will also look at this week's vocabulary words. Students will have vocabulary homework that will be due Wednesday. We will have time to start it in class.

Writing - Last week, we worked on writing two different poems: a Friend one and a President one. Both turned out amazing!

Grammar - We will continue to look at Adjectives. We ran out of time to look at Adverbs, so we will start that this week.

ALL Cereal Box projects are due Thursday, February 28th! Please remember to read ALL the directions with your kiddo because they will have need to be able to present a brief commercial on their person in front of the class. We will present on Thursday and Friday. If more time is needed, we will have presentations go into next week as well. 

Social Studies 

The students visited the computer lab last week to begin work on their Google Slides presentation. It is a collaborative project, where 4 students are working in the same Google presentation. The magic of Google! We will take a break this week from working on it to hear our commercials from the book projects.

Math 

We are starting our next module, which is all about Fractions.

Our x8s test will be Thursday, February 28th.

Science

We will finish up our Circuit Quiz Board.

Geometry 

We will be using protractors to measure and construct angles.

Religion 

It is our official kickoff for Stations of the Cross. The students will receive their roles. If your child is a reader, please practice with them. If your child is in the choir or playing the iPad, please encourage them to practice at home. If your child is an actor, discuss with them the importance of taking their role seriously and reverently.

Stations of the Cross are Friday, April 12th at 9:30 AM in the Church. Please be on the look out for a permission slip. 

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