Week of January 30, 2023

Please Note

- Happy Catholic Schools Week! We have a fun week planned with lots of activities! You can find all the information you need below. Valentine's Day information is also posted below, too!

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

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

- Dismissal is at 12:00 pm on Friday!

- Some special Catholic Schools Week notes:

                  * Send in canned goods for the Souper Bowl of Caring all week!

                  * Send in winter coats all week- more information will be emailed home about this

•   Monday (1/31) - dress down (no charge) in orange
•   Tuesday (2/1) - Crazy 8's Day - accessorize your school uniform with 8 items (shoes, jewelry, socks, hats, sunglasses etc)! K-4 Spelling Bee
•  Wednesday (2/2) - Beach Day- dress down in beach gear (no bathing suits)! 
•  Thursday (2/3) - Hero Day- dress down as your hero!
•  Friday (2/4) - Blue and White Spirit Day! Dismissal at 12:00 pm. 

-Valentine's Day info:

     - Please have all valentines sent to school no later than Monday, February 13th.  

     - No candy is permitted

Homework

- There will be no written homework this week! Please just review for the reading and spelling test and read for 10-15 minutes each night

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 10 "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit." 

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: Long O and soft c, g, dge

Grammar: Verbs and time

Magic Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those, saw, round

Spelling Words: rose, hope, cone, home, low, slow, coat, road

Math

We will continue practicing skip counting by 10s, 5s and 2s! We will focus on counting backwards this week and also start learning about odd and even numbers.