Week of February 25, 2019

Please Note

- This week we will start a new unit in reading and math and continue to review for the Terra Nova test.

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 11 on Friday.  A study guide will be sent home.

- Information about the Leprechaun Trap project will be sent home today! We read a story about how to trap a tricky leprechaun and talked about some ideas of how to create a trap. Please let me know if you have any questions.

- Test folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return on Wednesday. Thanks!

- On Wednesday, the 8th grade is hosting their Business Day. We will be visiting in the afternoon. The price range of the businesses is $1.00-$5.00. If you would like to send in money for your child please do so in a labeled envelope. No food or drink will be sold.


Have a great week!


Homework

Monday
Religion - 140 and 141
Math: page 49

Tuesday
Reading: page 2
Practice new sight words
Math: page 50
Religion: study guide for test

Wednesday
Reading: copy spelling words one time
Practice new spelling and sight words
Math: page 51
Religion: study guide for test

Thursday
Reading: page 4
Practice words
Math: page 52
Religion: study guide for test tomorrow


Our Week

Religion
We will finish Chapter 11 and have a test on Friday.

Reading
Story: ""Let's Go to the Moon"
Target Skill: Main Idea and Details
Phonics Skill: Long U and Long O
Grammar: questions
Magic Words: around, should, before, bring, carry, light, show, think, people, beautiful, wear, tools
Spelling Words: hole, bone, joke, home, rope, chose, wrote, stove


Math
This week we will focus on graphs. We will learn how to read graphs and also how to collect data and graph the information.

Week of February 18, 2019

Please Note

- I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. Between holidays, sickness and snow it has been a crazy few weeks! We will see what happens with the weather tomorrow. In the event that we are off, I ask that you complete the homework for Wednesday night with your child. You could even have them do First in Math or Reading Eggs during the day for some extra practice. :-)

- Due to the short week and weather forecast for tomorrow, the reading and spelling tests will be moved to Monday (2/25). There will be a math test on 10 more/less, 1 more/less and adding and subtracting by 10 and 1.

- Test folders will be sent home Thursday. Please sign and return on Friday.

- 8th Grade Business Day is going to be rescheduled for next Wednesday, 2/27. We will be visiting in the afternoon. More information will be on the blog next week.

- We will start reviewing for the Terra Nova test this week. This test is taken in late March.

 Have a great week!

Homework

Tuesday
Reread and discuss Animal Groups (160-186)
Reading: page 219
Practice words
Math: worksheet side 1

Wednesday
Reading: page 221
Practice words
Math: worksheet side 2

Thursday
Reread and discuss Animal Groups (160-186)
Practice words
Math: complete review sheet for test tomorrow

Our Week

Religion
We will begin Chapter 11 "The Holy Spirit Helps the Church Grow."

Reading
Story: "Animal Groups"
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
Phonics Skill:  Long I and digraphs kn, wr, gn, mb
Grammar: the verbs be, is are, were, was
Sight Words: bird, both, eyes, fly, long, or, those, walk, they, sing, does, all
Spelling Words: time, bike, like, kite, mice, white, drive, stripe

Math
We will finish working with 10 more/10 less and 1 more/1 less using a hundreds chart, and adding and subtracting by 10 and 1. We will have a test on Friday.

Week of February 11, 2019

Our arugula seeds were the first to sprout!

Please Note
- This week the entire school is implementing "Kindness Week." We are doing this to promote kindness throughout the school and also as a way to honor the memory of some faculty members who have lost loved ones recently. Each student will receive the name of another student in the school and throughout the week will do small acts of kindness for that person. It could be writing a simple note or drawing a picture for them! Everyone will find out who they have on Friday! We hope to make kindness contagious! Be sure to ask your child about it! Please remember that no money should be spent and no food should be brought in. Thanks so much!

- First Grade has planted seeds for our Tower Garden.  We look forward to seeing them grow into healthy plants.  We will be tying 'Kindness Week" into our garden theme by discussing what makes love grow and what happens when we plant seeds of kindness, understanding, etc.

- On Wednesday, we will have our school mass at 9:00 am. All are invited to join us.

- We will celebrate Valentine's Day on Thursday. Please send valentines in a labeled bag by Thursday morning. Please no candy treats this year.

- On Friday, we will have the Chapter 10 Religion test. A study guide will be sent home.


- No school on Monday, 2/18. Enjoy the long weekend!

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 211

practice new sight words

Math: page 70

Tuesday

Copy Spelling words one time.

practice new spelling and sight words

Math: page 71

Religion: study for test 

Wednesday

Reading: page 210 and 213

practice words

Math: page 72

Religion: study for test

Thursday

Reading: page 212

Practice words

Math: complete worksheet

Religion: study for test tomorrow

Our Week

Religion

We have a test on Chapter 10 on Friday

Reading
Story: "Animal Groups"
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
Phonics Skill:  Long I digraphs kn, wr, gn, mb
Grammar: the verbs be, is are, were, was
Sight Words: bird, both, eyes, fly, long, or, those, walk, they, sing, does, all
Spelling Words: time, bike, like, kite, mice, white, drive, stripe

Math
We will work with number order, odd and even, and continue our unit on place value and work with the number patterns 1 more/less and 10 more/less.

Week of February 4, 2019

Please Note

- There will be a reading and spelling test on Friday.

- We will be decorating bags in school this week for Valentine's Day. If you would like to send valentines in early please make sure you send them in a labeled bag. Please remember that no candy is allowed with valentines.

Homework

Monday
Reading: page 204
Practice Words
Math: worksheet

Tuesday
Reading: page 206
Practice Words
Math: page 67

Wednesday
Read and discuss The Big Race. (120-146)
Reading:Read  page 205
Practice Words
Math: page 68

Thursday
Reading: review The Big Race and practice words for tests tomorrow
Math: page 69

Our Week

Religion
We will continue with Chapter 10 - "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit."

Reading
Story: "The Big Race"
Target Skill: Cause and effect
Phonics Skill:  Long A, soft c, g, dge
Grammar: Verbs and time
Sight Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those, saw, round
Spelling Words: came, late, make, gave, page, brave, shape, faced

Math
We will continue our unit on place value and work with writing numbers in expanded form. We will also review comparing numbers with <, > and =.