Dear Parents, January 27, 2014
What a busy week!! It is Catholic Schools Week this week and we have something special planned every day.
We are finishing theme 5 in our reading series this week and will continue with the CVCe pattern. Our reading strategy is “monitor and clarify” and our comprehension skill is cause and effect. Cause and effect relationships can be difficult for the children and it will benefit them greatly if you point out the cause and effect relationships in the stories you read. (Remember: the cause is why something happened and the effect is what happened). Our phonics focus is the long /i/ sound spelled with the CVCe pattern and our spelling words are from unit 21. We will be reviewing the soft sound of c (nice) and the soft sound of g (cage) as well as, the final endings of nd, ng, and nk and contractions. Our grammar focus is on the proper usage of I and me.
Math this week, finds us starting a new chapter on place value. We will begin by discussing the tens and ones place!
In religion, we are learning how God calls us to be His apostles.
In science we will be continuing our topic of environments. This week is all about streams!
In social studies we will continue on with our community life with a focus on getting from place to place!
Reminders:
- Please remind your child to bring their library book to school tomorrow so that they may check out a new one.
- Tuesday is Teacher Appreciation Day!
- Wednesday is Student Appreciation Day – Students may wear Free Dress!!!
- Thursday is Parish Appreciation Day!
- Friday is a full day with Families in the afternoon!
- This week is All About… Kiersten! Congratulations!
Have a wonderful week.
Ms. Manning
