Week of April 28

I hope everyone had an excellent break!  This week we will be getting back into our class routine.

Religion:  We will be discussing forgiveness this week.  Students will also learn more about the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

Superkids:  Students will continue to work with our pattern words for this unit.  We will also be reading two more stories in our readers.  We will also work on comparing and contrasting stories, sequencing events, and main idea.

Math:  This week in math students will be graphing data on a bar graph, measuring and drawing line segments to the nearest centimeter, identifying cubes and cylinders and problem solving.  Students will also create geometric solids using toothpicks and marshmallows.

Science:  We are working on our Creature Features inquiry unit.  Students will be reading books about animals.  We will be discussing their various features and how they help that animal to survive.  We will also be looking at the differences between mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, and amphibians.

Social Studies:  We are finishing up our community inquiry unit by continuing to look at goods and services.  Students will also be writing about a new business that they would like to see in the community.  We will also begin constructing our own community.

Plants

Our plants have been doing very well over break.  Some have even started to sprout up.  Here are some of them.

Week of April 14

Religion:  This week we will be talking about Holy Week and Easter.  We will listen to the stories from our Bible.  Students will also create resurrection eggs.

Superkids:  Students will continue working with words that have oi and oy.  We will also be working on identifying the main idea and details. 

Math:  This week students will work on identifying and counting money, fractions, and addition/subtraction facts.  We will be creating fraction art and practicing math facts using some easter math centers.

Science:  We will be starting our next inquiry unit, Creature Features.  Students will begin reading books about different animals and we will be talking about their various features.

Social Studies:  We will be talking about needs vs. wants this week.

Week of April 7

Religion:  This week we will be talking about how Jesus called himself the Light of the World and ways that we can be peacemakers.

Superkids:  We will be starting to talk about words with oi and oy.  Students will also be reading the next Super-Duper magazine about HOT things from campfires to blue stars.  We will also be working on identifying beginning, middle, and end of stories, cause and effect, and main idea.

Math:  This week students will work on identifying cones/spheres, money, adding 3 numbers, and rounding to the nearest 10.  Students will also work on reinforcing other skills in small groups.

Science:  We are finishing up talking about the parts of a plant with the students creating a flip book to list all the parts and their functions.  We will then be starting our last inquiry unit which will be Creature Features. 

Social Studies:  In our community unit, we will be working on community workers and how they help their community.  Students will be writing about different community workers and then will choose one that they might want to do when they grow up.

**We will also this week be doing some Easter writing/art activities.