Week of March 24

Religion:  This week we will be learning about the seven sacraments.

Superkids:  We will begin learning about r-controlled vowels. 

Math:  This week we will be working on estimating and measuring in feet, adding 9, dollar amounts, and fractions.

Science:  We will be learning about plants this week, including what plants need and parts of plants.

Social Studies:  We are continuing to work on our community inquiry unit.  Students are learning about maps and North, South, East, and West.

Writing: We will be learning about writing a friendly letter.

Week of March 17

Religion:     This week we will begin discussing the sacraments.

Superkids:  Students will be learning about words with aw and all.  We will also be working on identifying the main idea and details.

Math:  This week we will be working on subtracting 10 from a number, identifying a dozen and half dozen, measuring in feet, and adding 9 to a number.  We are also working more on telling time to the half hour as well as identifying and counting coins.

Science:  We will be talking about Earth's natural resources and how we can take care of those resources.  We will also learn more about our 5 senses.

Social Studies:  This week in our community unit we will be working more with maps.  Students will learn about directions North, South, East, and West.

What We Have Been Up To

Here are just some random pictures of things we have been doing in our class this year.

Week of March 10

Last week we spent time reading some Dr. Seuss books and then doing some art and writing activities to go along with the books.

Religion:  This week we will begin discussing Lent.

Superkids:  Students will be working with more contractions.  We will also work on identifying the main idea and supporting details.

Math:  This week students will learn how to measure to the nearest inch, identify and count nickels, and order events by time.

Science:  We will be talking about Earth's natural resources and how we need to take care of them.

Social Studies:  This week with our community unit we will discuss the differences and similarities between the country and city.

Week of February 24

Religion:  We will be continuing to talk about the Holy Spirit this week.  We will discuss how the Holy Spirit helped the Church to grow and how the Holy Spirit helps us.

Superkids:  We are learning about y as a vowel and will learn about the rules for adding an ending to words ending in y.  Students will also be reviewing the other rules for adding endings to words.  We will also be working on recalling details from stories.

Math:  This week we will be focusing on adding 10 to any number and counting by 10's from any number.  We will also work more on problem solving strategies and comparing and ordering numbers to 100.

Science:  We are discussing the water cycle and weather this week. 

Social Studies:  We are working on our Community Inquiry Unit.

Writing:  We will be writing facts about one of the topics we know a lot about.  Students will draw a picture/diagram to go with their writing and we will also revise and edit our writing.

Week of February 17

Religion:  We are learning about the Holy Spirit and how he came on Pentecost to Jesus' followers. 

Superkids:  We have finished Adventures of the Superkids and will be starting More Adventures of the Superkids.  In our first unit we will be learning about y as a vowel.  We will also start working on identifying the setting of a story as well as recalling details from the story.

Math:  We will be learning how we can exchange pennies for dimes, adding two digit numbers with regrouping using dimes and pennies, telling time to the half hour, and dividing shapes into halves and fourths.

Science:  This week we will continue talking about the sun, moon, stars, and planets.  We will work more on our planet writing.  We will also begin talking about weather.  In our lab this week we will look at the different parts of the water cycle.

Social Studies:  We will begin our next inquiry unit on communities.  During the unit we will be talking about our community as well as other communities.  We will also talk about different community workers.

Writing:  We will be working on brainstorming a list of topics that we know about and then choosing one to write facts about.

Week of February 3

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

Superkids:  This week we will begin the last unit in Adventures of the Superkids.  We will learn about contractions and compound words.  Students will also review the rules that we have learned so far for adding endings to words.

Math:  We will be continuing to work on adding two-digit numbers and problem solving strategies. 

Science:  We are continuing to learn about penguins.  This week we will talk about what penguins eat, penguin predators, how penguins take care of their young.  We will also do a fun activity to see what it would be like to carry an egg on our feet like the Emperor Penguins do.

We will also be finishing up Catholic Schools Week this Monday and Tuesday since we were off last Monday and Tuesday.  

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

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