Religion: Next week we will be celebrating Catholic Schools Week. Here is the schedule for the week:
Monday, January 29: 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 30: Celebrating Your Students- Spirit Wear with your choice of bottoms.
Wednesday, January 31: 11:20 Dismissal Celebrating The Nation-Dress Up for Jesus!
Thursday, February 1: Celebrating Vocations- Wear school appropriate clothing that represents what you want to be when you grow up.
Friday, February 2: Celebrating Faculty, Staff and Volunteers- Jeans/Athletic Wear
Writing: This week we focused on Proper Nouns with our Mentor Sentence. The students are continuing to do a great job changing the sentences and creating similar sentences.
Next week we will be editing and revising our fiction drafts. We will try to use strong verbs and adverbs in our writing.
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 16 Sounds of oo (moon & took) / 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 begin work on their presentation posters for their Inventions. Please join us for the Invention Convention on Friday, February 2 from 12:15-1:00.
Comprehension: We are continuing 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 actual happen in our stories.