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.

Week of December 16

     The students did an excellent job last week reading and bringing up the gifts at Mass.  This week we will be talking about Christmas and continuing to read through our Christmas story. 

     In Superkids we are working on long and short vowel sounds.  The students have learned about 'Super e'.  We will be reading another story and poem in our readers this week and talking about beginning, middle, and end, as well as sequencing events. 

     For math this week the students will be working more than their addition and subtraction facts, graphing and interpreting data and ordinal numbers. 

     During science this week students will learn more about solids, liquids, and gases and changes that can occur.  We will also look at mixtures and how we can separating things during our Innovation Lab.

Week of Dec. 9 Newsletter

This week we will be talking more about Advent.  The students made their Advent wreaths last week and we will light the second candle on Monday.  We are also responsible for during Mass this week.

In superkids this week we will be working more with long/short vowels.  Students will be working on writing their character stories that they planned out last week.  We will also be doing some Christmas writing.

For math this week students will be learning about adding 2 to odd numbers, using patterns to solve a problem, and comparing/ordering objects. 

In science we will begin looking at mixtures and changes in states of matter.  Our innovation lab this week will be experimenting with gummy bears and different solutions.

Week of December 2

     I hope everyone had a great and relaxing Thanksgiving.

     We will be begin talking about Advent and making our Advent wreaths this week.  We will also learn more about the Mass and make a Mass book. 

     In Superkids we are working on short and long vowels.  We will be working on identifying the short and long vowel sounds in different words.  We will also be reading another story in our readers and discuss the characters in the story.  Students will also be planning and writing about their own character. 

     For math this week students will be working with estimating and measuring capacity, even and odd numbers, telling time to the hour, and adding 2 to a number. 

     In science this week we will be learning more about solids, liquids, and gases.  We will also do some exploring activities with solids, liquids, and gases in our Innovation Lab this week.