Happy Monday! We have officially kicked off our third trimester!

Seeing so many families on campus last Friday was wonderful! Thanks for coming and allowing us to show off the great things we’ve been working on! It was a nice way to wrap up our second trimester.

Important Dates

Wednesday, 3/12: Our 8th-grade friends lead us in Stations of the Cross at 2p.
Friday, March 14: 12p dismissal.

Weekly Homework (Due 3/18)

Math
–IXL: SS.1: Find the End Time
–Spring Pond
–Apple Blossoms & Spring Bugs

Reading
–Read 100 minutes (20 minutes per day, 4x a week)
–5 READO responses

Fluency
–Read passage (1x per day, 4x a week)
–1 comprehension question a day

Sneak Peek To Our Academic Week

math: As we wrap up our second trimester, we will be stepping back into all we’ve learned and re-testing our knowledge of the so many math concepts we have learned about. This week we will be taking several math assessments to help with this.

reading: We begin our new class read-aloud, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.

Throughout the week, we continue to meet in our small, differentiated guided reading groups where each group works on specific, fictional reading skills.

writing: We have completed so much research and in turn have done so much writing on our informational reports. This week we will begin the editing process. First, we willl focus on hooking our readers by constructing introductions for our pieces.

religion: Our Seminarian, Jessie, will begin popping into our class each Monday to teach us religion. His focus with us is Lent. This week we will step into the Lenten journey together and reflect on the things that we can do to be better individuals.

We will be attending 8:30 am mass this Friday. Each Wednesday afternoon leading up to Easter, we will be heading to the church for Stations of the Cross. Please join us for either, if your schedule allows!

word work: We continue with Words Their Way! This differentiated spelling program allows our students to learn phonics, vocabulary, and spelling. It’s a hands-on approach to use word study to help us become better spellers. New spelling words will be written in your child’s planner every Monday.

cursive: This week, we will learn the lowercase j.

science: We will explore the question (through reading, discussing, and labs): How does air resistance affect moving objects?

Have an amazing week!

Blessings,
Miss Poindexter