I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoyed time to relax!
May these next four weeks of Advent be a time of blessing for you and your family as we prepare our hearts to welcome Jesus on Christmas!
Here are a few reminders for the week ahead.
* November 30th - December 4th all children will be switching to distance learning. Please be sure to check the Family E-velope for our virtual schedule for this week. The zoom link to join our class can be found on Google Classroom.
*All students will need to log out of the 2B Zoom meeting at 10:30 A.M. each day and sign into their specials Zoom meeting for that day.
*There is an early dismissal on Friday, December 4th.
*Monday, December 7th there will be no school. Bishop Checchio has given all schools in our diocese a Bishop's holiday!
This week:
Religion: This week we will learn that Advent is a season of preparing our hearts to welcome Jesus at Christmas. We will use Catholic Brain and our religion books to help us celebrate this season of the Church.
LA: We will begin Module 3 this week and our theme is "Meet in the Middle!" We will discuss the various ways people can work out disagreements and how to solve problems that may come up. We will learn about the features of realistic fiction as we read "The Big Lollipop." We will again review what we should do when we don't understand what we are reading. The children will practice re-reading, looking for visual clues, asking questions and making connections to better understand. In grammar we will continue to practice possessive nouns and then move onto pronouns. Our spelling words all have final consant blends.
Math: This week we will subtract 2 digit numbers with and without regrouping, use mental math strategies to subtract ones and tens, identify more than one way to write a number and practice solving word problems.
Social Studies: We will learn that most people belong to a variety of groups such as family and school. We will discuss that groups have rules to help make things fair and safe for everyone. We will also learn that a community is a place where people live, work, learn and play. People in a community vote on community laws that keep the people in the community safe.
Have a wonderful week! God bless you.
It was great to speak with all of you during Parent/Teacher Conferences. You have wonderful children and we are blessed to have them here at Saint Francis Cathedral School.
Today 2B enjoyed working on a stem challenge to design a boat that would transport the Pilgrims. On Monday we will test our boats to see if they will float and how many "Pilgrims" each boat can hold. The children had a great time working on this project and are excited to test them on Monday.
Reminders for next week:
* Monday we will have a math test on chapter 4. It will be on addition with and without regrouping.
*Tuesday we will have a reading test on Puddle Puzzle and a science quiz on lessons 4 and 5.
*Wednesday is a noon dismissal. There will be a Thanksgiving prayer service that we will watch on live stream, and have some fun activities to celebrate Thanksgiving. Please be sure that your child brings his/her snack.
*We will be virtual for the week after Thanksgiving. All children must wear a Saint Francis shirt of some kind and be sitting at a table or a desk during class. Please have your child's books organized near him/her so that they can easily get them as needed. If you have a small white board that can be used that would be helpful. If not, please have extra paper available. I will be putting up the zoom link on Google Classroom. Please be sure that your child has signed into ALL special classes before November 30th. Thanks so much for all you are doing.
Happy Thanksgiving! Be assured of my prayers for you and all your family. God bless!
I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day.
**Parent /Teacher Conferences will be this Wednesday and Thursday evening. You should have received an email from me on Friday evening with the time and date of your conference. If you have not done so already, please send me a conformation email that you have received it. You will find the Zoom link for the conference posted on Google Classroom.
**We will begin learning to write in cursive this week!
**Just a reminder that November 23rd, 24th and 25th, the children will begin bringing home their books to prepare for our week of virtual learning after Thanksgiving.
Religion: This week we will learn that the Ten Commandments help us to live as God's children. We will also learn that the Two Great Commandments, love God and love others, incorporate all Ten Commandments. We will have a religion test on Friday.
Math: We will learn to re-write 2 digit numbers from horizontal to vertical before solving, add 3 numbers with and without regrouping, and solve Thanksgiving word problems.
LA: This week we will read the Puddle Puzzle. We will learn about the importance of asking questions before, during and after reading to help with comprehension. In grammar we will continue to identify proper nouns that name days of the week, months and holidays. We will also work on editing sentences. Our spelling words have the consonant blends l, r and s. We will have a spelling test on Friday. New spelling words and power words were already given out.
Science: We will begin to learn about the process of weathering and erosion and do a science experiment using Skittles to help us better understand this concept. We will have a science quiz on natural resources, pages 146 - 151 on Wednesday.
Have a wonderful week! I am looking forward to seeing all of you for conferences. God bless!