Religion: The students have completed their Stations of the Cross booklet! Next week we will be talking about the special days during Holy Week. On Friday afternoon the 6th graders will be leading us in the Stations of the Cross in the church at 2:30. 
Writing: Next week we will finish up our unit on persuasive writing. We will then turn our attention to writing topic sentences. The students will learn how to identify the main idea of each paragraph as well how to write a topic sentence.
Math: Unit 9 starts next week. It will focus on multiplication and division. The students are encouraged to get the basic facts memorized. They will be learning different strategies for multi-digit multiplication problems. 
Spelling: Week 26 R-Controlled Vowels (oar,oor, our) / Suffixes (er, an, ist)
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: Plant test on Monday, April 15. We will begin our science unit on the rain forest. We will be learning about: Where Living Things are Found, Forest Ecosystems, and Categorizing Animals.
Comprehension: This week we finished our Reader's Theater and presented the plays to second grade. Next week will begin to look at using the dictionary to help us determine the meaning of unknown words.