Week of January 27

Religion:  We will be talking about Jesus loved us so much that he died and rose to new life for us.

Superkids:  We are continuing to work on short and long vowel sounds focusing on CVVC (consonant, vowel, vowel, consonant) words.  We will also be learning about adjectives.  Students will be reading another story in our readers in small groups and we will work on retelling what the story was about and putting events in order.

Math:  We are working on doubles plus 1 facts.  We will also be measuring the height of different things and creating an art project to go with it.  We will continue to work on identifying and counting money, creating patterns, and problem solving strategies.

Science:  We are learning about penguins.  This week we will be comparing our heights with the heights of different penguins, reading different penguin books, and completing more pages for our penguin books.

This week is also Catholic Schools Week.  We will be doing different activities on each day.  Here is what will be going on each day.

Monday:  Community/Spirit Day - Students may wear orange and blue.  We will decorate our classroom door to show our OLV spirit.  We will also make cards for sick parishioners.

Tuesday:  Student Appreciation Day - Students may dress in their favorite sports team attire.  We will watch a movie and have a special treat.

Wednesday:  Bowling Day - K-8 will be going bowling today.  Students should wear their gym uniforms.

Thursday:  Buddy Day/Teacher Appreciation Day - We will do a buddy activity with our older buddies.

Friday:  Parent Appreciation Day - Join us for mass and then come spend some time in our classroom.  Then enjoy breakfast in the school hall.  Students should wear red and white today.

 

Week of Jan. 20

Religion:  reading and discussing the story of the Good Shepherd

Superkids:  short/long vowels, CVVC (consonant, vowel, vowel, consonant) words, beginning, middle, end of stories, sequencing story events

Math:  adding 2 digit numbers, double plus 1 facts, test on Thursday

Science/Social Studies:  Force, Penguins - parts of a penguin, where do they live, how do they stay warm

Innovation Lab:  Blubber Glove

Week of January 13

Religion:  We will learn that Jesus taught his followers to pray and we will look at the Our Father
                  and what we are saying to God when we pray the Our Father

Superkids:  We are continuing to work on long and short vowels, we are reviewing the rules we
                     learned earlier for adding -ing or -ed to words and learning the rules for adding -ing or
                     -ed to 'super e' words.  We are also working on identifying the beginning, middle, and
                     end of stories and using context clues.

Writing:  We are working on writing, editing, and revising our opinion writing.  We will also begin
                 working on describing objects in our writing.  Students will also do a fun snowglobe
                 writing/drawing activity.

Math:  We are working on subtracting 2 from a number, counting by 5's and using tally marks,
             problem solving, drawing line segments.

Science/Social Studies:  We will be looking at force this week and the way things can move.  This
                                         will also be the focus of our Innovation Lab this week where students will
                                         race cars.  They will also incorporate their math measuring skills in the
                                         lab to measure the distance traveled by the cars.  We are also starting
                                         our penguin unit. 

     Also we took a break from finishing our dinosaur book that will be published during Christmas, but now that we are back those students that need to finish their writing and pictures will finish them and we will create the cover and then send it in to be published.

Week of Jan. 6

Happy New Year! 

We will be starting unit 8 in Adventures of the Superkids this week.  In this unit students will learn the rules for adding an ending to 'super e' words.  We will also be working on identifying the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

During math this week we will be working dividing shapes in half, money, counting by 5's, and using tally marks.  We will also work on subtracting 2 facts.

In science this week we will finish up talking about matter and begin talking about forces and the way things move.  We will also begin a short inquiry unit on penguins.