Week of April 8

     I hope everyone had a great spring break!

     In religion this week we will begin talking about our Church leaders including the Pope and bishops.  We will discuss their roles in the Church and how they care for the Church.

     In Superkids we will continue working on r-controlled vowels (ar, or, er, ir, ur).  We will also be reading a lot from our readers this week and looking at drawing conclusions from what we have read, identifying the main idea and supporting details, understanding characters, and recalling details from a story. 

     In math we will be having a math test on Thursday, April 11.  This week we will also work on comparing numbers using comparison symbols (>, =, <), dividing objects by sharing them, estimating and measuring capacity, and problem solving strategies.

     During Science we will work on identifying living and nonliving things using a SMARTboard activity.  We will also begin looking at plants as living things.  Students will be learning about the different parts of plants and their functions and what plants need to survive.

     In Social Studies we will be reviewing our definition of what a community is that we wrote before break, as well as look at maps and identifying N, S, E, and W.

     I have also gotten some new interactive games for the SMARTboard as well as other games students can play in groups or individually during center time or when they have finished their work early.