Dear Parents, March 10, 2013
Our reading strategy this week is “questioning”. Good readers question before they start reading, as well as, during reading. The comprehension skill that will help is “fantasy/realism”. Using our everyday experiences to determine if events in a story can really happen or if they are make-believe will help us understand the story. Our phonics focus this week is the sound of /oo/ as in moon. This /oo/ sound can be spelled in various ways: oo – moon, ew – stew, ou – soup, ue – blue. We are also working on the long sound of /i/ spelled with ie or igh (as in tie or tight). Please point out these various sounds and spellings in your nightly reading. We will be taking the week to review past spelling words. There will be a test on Thursday with the words provided on Monday. Our grammar focus this week is using the pronouns he, she, it, and they for naming words.
Math finds us focusing on relating addition and subtraction. Please point out the fact families when completing homework.
In religion, we will be taking a lesson from our Family Life Series. Within this lesson we will be focusing on how we are children of God.
Science finds us wrapping up our unit on environments and taking our test. In social studies we be learning how a community changes and will be reviewing what we have studied thus far within social studies.
Announcements:
- During Lent, the students of Sacred Heart are participating in Stations of the Cross on Wednesday afternoons at 2:00. The eighth grade leads us in this wonderful prayer service. Please join us if you can.
- Please remind your student to bring their library book on Tuesday.
- Friday is a noon dismissal as there is a faculty meeting.
- Friday is the last day of our Second Trimester!
- This week is All About… Olivia! Congratulations.
Have a wonderful week. If you have any questions or concerns please let me know.
Miss. Manning
