Catholic Schools Week is here!  It is certainly going to be a fun-filled week.  
Here's a quick overview of the week's activities.

• Sunday- Mass at 12:00 Noon followed by Open House- 1-3.  All are welcome to visit classrooms!
• Monday- We will be doing a school-wide service project.
• Tuesday- Family visits!  3rd grade has family visits in the classroom from 11:00-11:30 and pizza lunch from 11:30-12:00.  Please, adults only, no siblings.  I look forward to seeing many of our grown-ups at this highly anticipated event!
• Wednesday- Vocation day!  We will have a special visitor in the classroom.
• Thursday- Student day!  Free dress-down, dancing and a special snack (Philly pretzels), Faculty vs. 8th grade volleyball game.  *If your child cannot have Philly pretzels because of an allergy, please send an alternate treat, and please also let me know so I am aware that they have their own snack.
• Friday- 9:00 Mass, please attend if you are able, and 12:00 Noon dismissal.
• Catholic Schools Week service projects-
  1.  Baby Shower- we will be collecting baby outfits, socks, bibs, onsies, blankets, diapers, wipes, bottles, etc to support local families in need through Life Choices. 
  2. Coin Toss- procedes from our coin toss will go to a school wide service project for Heritage of Clara Barton assisted living facility. Each day students can bring in different coins to "toss" into a collection bucket
  Monday-Pennies, Tuesday- Nickels, Wednesday- Dimes, Thursday Quarters, Friday- dollars. 
• As always, see the Family Envelope for more details about all these events.  

In between these exciting events, we will be doing some schoolwork too!

Religion - We will continue our Theology of the Body curriculum, which the children have really been enjoying.  Ask your child about the cool coffee filter activity we did!  This week we will talk about how we are created with a soul and a body, and both of these things are very good!  We will talk a little more about Original Sin and the Garden of Eden.  

LA - Volume 1 readers came home on Friday- these can stay home.  We will begin Module 6 on Monday.  Our first story, "This Is Your Life Cycle" is always a hit, as we read about Dahlia the Dragonfly going through her life cycle.  In grammar, we will begin to talk about verbs.

Math - We are starting my favorite unit in math, fractions!  We will learn about naming fractions of a shape and fractions of a group this week.  We will also look at locating unit fractions and fractions of a whole on a number line.

Science - This week, we will begin our chapter on weather!

*Looking ahead, the 3rd and 4th grade Patriotic Play will be on Tuesday, February 28 at 7:00 PM.  Stay tuned for more details!

Have a great weekend!  God bless!