Happy February!
We had such an awesome time last week with all of the Catholic Schools festivities! We are excited to carry that energy into the month of February as we continue strong in our projects and lessons.
Looking Ahead...
- Wednesday, February 5th - 3rd to 5th grade Mass @ Brophy - 4A is reading and 4B is singing
- Wednesday, February 12th - All School Mass in the Church @ 9:30
- Thursday, February 13th - Happy Birthday Arizona Party / students will be able to pass out valentines to their classmates from 1:45 to 2:45. We encourage the students to only give to their homeroom and no need to write out names individually.
- Friday, February 14th and Monday, February 17th - No School
There will be a spelling test on Thursday, February 6th.
Reading - We are moving right along in our Journey's textbook and now on lesson 14. This week's story is an informational text and focuses on text and graphic features. This is a familiar skill for us. We will have a reading test on Friday, February 7th.
Grammar - We are going to begin to look at irregular verbs.
February Book Project
Last week, students were given directions and shown examples in class of what the upcoming book project is expected to look like. The project is due Friday, February 28th. Students are suppose to be reading a book on an influential African American. Once they finish the book, they will take a cereal box and use the direction page to create a cereal after their famous person.
For example, if I read a book on Barrack Obama, then my cereal could be called Barrack O's (after Cheerios). Students are designing the front of the box with a picture, putting a simple game on the back, information about the person's life on one side, and then on the other side information about where the person is from, and what did they do in their life that impacted the world.
I have plenty of construction paper or blank white paper in the classroom for students to use. Additionally, if a student needs a cereal box, I can help with that as well. Please ask if you have any questions.
Social Studies
We will be working on 2 things in the month of February. First, we will continue to talk about our beautiful state of Arizona and celebrate its birthday by creating a birthday card. We will use the information we gathered from the webquest to create a digital card during tech time.
Additionally, we will be talking about Black History Month. We will watch short video clips and read about influential African Americans in history. Students will design posters in their Social Studies notebooks on the people we learn about.
Math
We are moving on to double digit by double digit multiplication. The students will use the area model and partial product this week and by next week we should be using the standard algorithm.
On Wednesday, we will have the timed x9 for a grade. PLEASE PRACTICE!!!
Geometry
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines are the topic this week. The students will construct them and identify them.
Religion
We are preparing to lead Mass on Wednesday at Brophy.
Because the Gospel is about the Sermon on the Mount, we will be studying the Beatitudes.
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