Religion: Next week we will be celebrating Catholic Schools Week. Here is the schedule for the week:
Monday, January 28: Celebrating Your Community-Wear a shirt representing a community/program you have been involved in (team, Girl Scouts, Battle of the Books, Choro, etc) and uniform pants.
Tuesday, January 29: Celebrating Your Students- Spirit Wear with your choice of bottoms. The students will be going to a movie to celebrate!
Wednesday, January 30: 11:20 Dismissal Celebrating The Nation-Dress Up for Jesus!
Thursday, January 31: Celebrating Vocations- Wear school appropriate clothing that represents something about St. Francis of Assisi
Friday, February 1: Celebrating Faculty, Staff and Volunteers- Pajamas!
**Friday will also be our Volunteer Luncheon. So many of you help our school to be the best it can be. Please come and let us celebrate you!
Writing: Next week we will focus on Onomatopoeia with our Mentor Sentence. The students will focus on revising their first drafts of fiction. They will also try to come up with meaningful endings to their stories.
Math: Our next unit will focus on geometry. The vocabulary we will focus on for next week will be quadrangles and polygons. The students will be expected to know the characteristics of each type we review. They will need to give the most specific name they can for the polygons.
Spelling: Week 17 Sounds of ew & ue (new & blue) / Verb Endings - s, es, ed, ing
The spelling section of the website contains all of the weekly lists and the choice words in case your child misplaces their words. You can also find a copy of LSCW if you need it.
Science/SS: Students will continue working on their presentation posters for their Inventions. Please join us for the Invention Convention on Friday, February 1 from 12:15-1:00.
Comprehension: We are starting to work on the comprehension strategy of wondering and questioning. We are writing down our thoughts as we read, and we are reading to see if our predictions actually happen in our stories.