Dear Parents, January 30, 2012
Thank you to all the parents for supporting our school and visiting with us on Friday. I hope you enjoyed your visit to our classroom and I know the students were very excited to show you our “word work time” and our favorite math game.
We are starting theme 6 in our reading series this week – Animal Adventures. Our reading strategy is summarizing and our comprehension skill is story structure. Knowing the setting, characters, problem, events in trying to solve the problem, and the ending will help us summarize the story. Our phonics focus is the long /o/ sound spelled with the CVCe pattern or CV (as is go) and the long /u/ sound spelled with the CVCe pattern. We will also work on the final clusters of ft, lk, and nt. Our spelling words are from unit 22 and all have the long /o/ sound. Our grammar focus is on naming words for people and animals.
Math this week, finds us working on problem solving by finding the pattern and estimating to find the correct answer. In religion, we are focusing on how Jesus Shows God’s love. In social studies we continue with our study of America. In science we continue with animals in their environments and which structures they use to help them survive.
Reminders for the Week:
- It is Catholic Schools Week!
- Please remind your child to bring their library book to school on Tuesday.
- Water bottle sales continue on Tuesday and Thursday. Thank you for your support!
- Wednesday is a free dress day and a Principals treat (lunch) for the students as it is Student Appreciation Day!
- This Friday is a noon dismissal with a school wide event organized by our 8th graders to wrap up our Catholic Schools Week!
- This week is all about… Jomari! Congratulations!
Have a wonderful week. If you have any questions or concerns please let me know.
Miss. Manning
