Week of March 29, 2021

 Please Note

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- We will have a test on time on Tuesday.  A review will be sent home for homework tonight.  Anyone leaving early for vacation can take the test when we return.

- Spring break starts Wednesday, 3/21 and students return to school on Wednesday, 4/7!

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter and a relaxing break!

Homework

Monday

Practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete test review

Our Week

Religion

We will learn about Holy Week and Easter this week!

Reading

Story: "Where Does Food Come From?"

Target Skill: Author's Purpose

Phonics Skill: ay and ai words and ou/ow sound & oy/oi sound

Grammar: Contractions 'll and 'd (review of proper nouns)

Magic Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, corn, favorite

Spelling Words: play, may, stay, way, day, pain, rain, grain, mail, sail

Math

We will finish up our unit on time and have a test on Tuesday. 

Week of March 22, 2021

Happy Birthday, Grey!

 

Happy Birthday, Harvey!

Please Note

-The kids did a great job taking their Terra Nova tests! I am proud of how hard they focused each morning over the long week. 

-Their creativity and engineering skills blew me away when they built their traps. We had so much fun putting them together and sharing them with the class. Lucky the Leprechaun even stopped by while we were at lunch! Check out the pictures of the traps below. 

- We will have our Monthly Mass on Tuesday at 9:00am. 

- Report cards will be sent home tomorrow. You may keep the report card at home. Please sign and return only the envelope.

- Wednesday is a dress down day! Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

-Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 32

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 112 and 113

Tuesday

Phonics: page 157

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 114

Wednesday

Reading: page 40

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 115

Thursday

Reading: page 156

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 116 and 117

Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish".

Reading

Story: "Where Does Food Come From?"

Target Skill: Author's Purpose

Phonics Skill: ay and ai words and ou/ow sound & oy/oi sound

Grammar: Contractions 'll and 'd (review of proper nouns)

Magic Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, corn, favorite

Spelling Words: play, may, stay, way, day, pain, rain, grain, mail, sail

Math

We will continue to work with time and review hour and half hour. We will also work with time patterns and elapsed time and work with the calendar.

Week of March 15, 2021

- Happy Terra Nova week! We will be taking different parts of the test each day. We will follow the schedule sent home last week.  If they did not bring them today, please make sure the kids have a few sharpened #2 pencils and a good eraser each day for the test.

- Today is the beginning the third and final trimester.

- Test folders will be sent home Monday. Please sign and return on Tuesday.

- We will still work with "The Big Trip", the long e spelling words and the sight words that were introduced last week, however we will not be testing due to the Terra Nova tests.

- There will be no homework this week.  Getting to bed early should be easier this way. :)

-  We will be building our leprechaun traps this week and hopefully we will catch one on Wednesday! Thanks so much for sending in the supplies.

Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 12 "The Church Serves" and take the test together in school.

Reading

Story: "The Big Trip"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, e, e_e, ee) and -ng, -nk words

Grammar: compound sentences

Sight Words: about, could, sure, don't, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through

Spelling Words: keep, seed, green, street, cheek, clean, read, mean, sea, heat

Math

We will start our Time unit this week. We will focus on learning the two hands of the clock and learning how to tell time to the hour and half hour.

Week of March 8, 2021

Please Note

- There will be math test on money on Thursday. We will review all week and a review will be sent home for homework on Wednesday.

- Leprechaun Trap boxes and materials are due next Monday, 3/15! Please place all materials in your child's box. We will be building them in school!

- Friday will be an asynchronous day for students. I will send you the work to complete on Thursday night.

- We will continue reviewing for the Terra Nova tests that will be taken next week.  A schedule and some tips for taking standardized tests will be sent home today. If you could make sure you child has a few #2 pencils ready for next wee that would be great too! 

- Our yearbook staff is in desperate need of collage pictures and we need your help! Please send pictures of your child from this year - can be school-related or outside of school, group and individual. We are asking for parents to email pictures by March 15th to sksyearbook@sksschool.org and to please label the email with what grade your child is in. It will help us organize the collage pages. We really appreciate your help!! 

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 17

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 110 and 111

Tuesday

Phonics: page 229 and 230

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: page 18

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete test review

Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 12 "The Church Serves".

Reading

Story: "The Big Trip"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, e, e_e, ee) and -ng, -nk words

Grammar: compound sentences

Sight Words: about, could, sure, don't, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through

Spelling Words: keep, seed, green, street, cheek, clean, read, mean, sea, heat

Math

We will continue working with money by counting mixed coins up to $1.00. We will have a test on Thursday.

Week of March 1, 2021

Happy Birthday, Shayna!

Can you believe it is March? This Thursday will be our 100th day of school! We will do a few fun activities on Thursday/Friday to celebrate. This year, it truly is an accomplishment! The next two weeks we will be working hard reviewing long vowels, learning about money and preparing for the Terra Nova tests which will be taken the week of 3/15.  

Here are the reminders for this week:

- If you did not send in coins with your child, please do so. (4 quarters, 10 dimes, 20 nickels and 25 pennies).

- Test folders will be sent home Tuesday. Please sign and return on Wednesday.

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

- There will be a Reading and Spelling test on Friday.

- Don't forget to have your child look up some leprechaun traps and start gathering the materials that they will need to build their own the week of 3/15!

Monday

Reading: page 1

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 104 and worksheet

Religion: study for test

Tuesday

Phonics: page 194 and 211

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 105 and 106

Religion: study for test

Wednesday

Reading: page 13

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 107 and 108

Religion: study for test tomorrow

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 109

Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 11 and have a test on Thursday. We will continue to learn about the Stations of the Cross.

Reading

Story: ""Let's Go to the Moon"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Long U and review Long O

Grammar: questions

Sight Words: around, should, before, bring, carry, light, show, think, beautiful, tools 

Spelling Words: hole, stove, bone, rope, poke, blue, true, clue, suit, fruit

Math

We will begin our unit on money this week! We will learn to identify the coins and how much they are worth and practice counting. If you practice at home remember to start counting with the coins and that are worth the most.