Friday, April 29, 2016

April 29, 2016

Mother's Day Mass is Wednesday, May 4 at 8:15 am.  Please come to the classroom to drop off your backpack and then head over to the church to get seats.

Friday, May 6th is May Crowning at 2:00 pm.  It will be a Dress-Up Day.  Please see below for the dress code criteria from the Student Handbook.  Students can bring other shoes for recess.


"Announced Dress Up Days
Boys may wear dress pants, dress shirts, dress shoes and sweaters or vests of any color. For certain events, a tie may be required. Girls may wear dresses and skirts, no shorter than three inches above the
knee. Dress pants may also be worn. Sleeveless and spaghetti strap garments must be covered at all times. Clothes should be loose fitting
and appropriate for a Catholic School. Blouses that are low cut or too short to be tucked in are not considered appropriate. Shoes must not have to heel more than 1-1/2 inches high for safety reasons. Jeans, cargo pants, either boys or girls to any of the events that are announced as dress up days may not wear wind pants, and athletic shoes."

Tuesday, May 10th is a 2:00 Dismissal.  


Theme: Plants

Poem: My Garden

Authors of the Month: Oliver Jeffers and Doreen Cronin

Sight Words: his, as

Word Family: -ake (bake, brake, cake, fake, flake, lake, make, rake, shake, take, wake)

Tricky Vowels: oo

Wonderful Word: shriek

Religion: We Celebrate Jesus' Gift of Himself

Math: Think Math ( Starting with the answer and creating the problem)
Addition and Subtraction Fluency to 5
Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To

Writing: Fiction Stories (characters, setting, events, problem, solution)

Phonics: Magic E Words



To Practice at Home:
- Sight Words
- Counting Money
- Even/Odd Numbers
- Consonants and Vowels
- Long/Short Vowels


Have a great week!

Friday, April 22, 2016

April 22, 2016

The Mother's Day Mass is on Wednesday, May 4th at 8:15 am.  Students can invite their mother or a mother-like figure to sit with them at Mass.  Please come to the classroom to drop off their backpack and then head immediately to the Church to find a seat.


Theme: Rainforest

Poem: Three Mighty Morpho Butterflies

Author of the Month: Laura Numeroff

Sight Words: show, every

Word Family: ay

VIP: Mia

Tricky Vowel: ea

Wonderful Word: polite

Writing: fiction writing

Religion: We Pray as Jesus Did

Reading: proper nouns, when to capitalize letters

Math: addition/subtraction fluency
think math (starting with the answer and coming up with the problem)
greater than/less than


Have a great week!

Thursday, April 14, 2016

April 14, 2016

Theme: Rainforest

Author of the Month: Laura Numeroff

Poem: Three Frolicking Red Eyed Tree Frogs

Listening Center: Five Senses

Sight Words: day, too

Wonderful Word: amusing

Word Family: -ing (bring, cling, ding, fling, king, ring, sing, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, thing, wing)

VIP: Gretta

Math: 2D and 3D shape review
          counting money
         addition and subtraction facts

Religion: We Belong to the Church

Word Work: beginning and ending sounds

Reading: antonyms

Writing: How to Write a Letter

Science: Earth Day

Social Studies: maps and globes



Have a great week!

Friday, April 1, 2016

April 1, 2016

There are a few more spots to sign up to bring in our cooking supplies.  Thank you to the many families who have donated throughout the year.
Click Here to Sign-Up

Students as Teachers presentations start the Wednesday after Spring Break.  The schedule is below.  Please let me know if you have any questions!


Wednesday 4/13/16
Dawson
Luke
Thursday 4/14/16
Sophia
Lucas
Friday 4/15/16
Daniel
Gabe
Monday 4/18/16
Blayke
Lila
Tuesday 4/19/16
Gretta
Emerson
Wednesday 4/20/16
Adeline
Katie-Rose
Thursday 4/21/16
Izzy
Ivey
Friday 4/22/14
Julia
Noah
Monday 4/25/16
Amelia
Lily
Tuesday 4/26/16
Cooper
Mia
Wednesday 4/27/16
Carlo
Charlie
Thursday 4/28/16
Caden



























Theme: Rainforest

Sight Words: take, our

VIP: Izzy

Letter: qu

Poem: Colors of the Rainforest

Author of the Month: Laura Numeroff

Listening Center: Quentin's Duck

Tricky Vowel: or

Word Family: -ack (back, black, crack, jack, lack, pack, quack, rack, sack, shack, smack, snack, stack, tack, track)

Wonderful Word: tremble

Writing Prompt: Tell me what you did over Spring Break.

Religion: We Belong to the Church

Math: fact families
2D/3D shape review
model shapes in the world by composing shapes
decomposing numbers
money

Reading: syllables
multiple meaning words
pronouns


To Work on over Spring Break:
- reading
- writing
- sight words
- practice Students as Teachers presentation
- letter/number formation (working top to bottom, left to right)
- even/odd numbers
-counting money
- fact families
3+4= 7
4+3= 7
7-3= 4
7-4=3


Have a wonderful Spring Break!