First of all, thank you for your understanding and patience during this stressful time. I know many of you are probably trying to scramble to find child care, supplies, and other things to maintain some normalcy for your children. I want you to know that helping to maintain your child’s education is a priority of mine.
In addition, I have a “boredom busters” post that has suggested activities (optional) to maintain the children’s education in a fun way. I will continue to update this list as I think of ideas.
Please stay tuned for updates...I am investigating a few websites and other resources that we can use to promote student learning, and I will let you know if and when we are able to start using those.
Finally, please let me know if there is anything additional I can do to support your child during this time. Several of the children seemed a little shaken up when the announcement was made on Friday about school being closed due to the virus, I am hoping they are feeling more peaceful now.
Take care and God bless!
Sr. Bridget
How is it almost March already?? We will see if March truly does come "in like a lion and out like a lamb!"
This week in Language Arts, we will be working on the story Three Bear Cubs. Our focus skill for this story continues to be compare and contrast. Children have already received the Robust Vocab and spelling words that go with this story. We will have our spelling test on this week's words on Thursday, March 5. Our reading test will be the following week.
In math, we will finish up our unit on fractions with a fraction test on Tuesday. Students will be coming home with information on what to study, however, as long as he or she has been following along in class and completing homework satisfactorily, they should be fine. After we finish fractions, we will move into shapes and geometry.
We will be switching from science to social studies this week because, believe it or not, we are halfway through the 3rd marking period! We will talk about how our country is made up of immigrants from many different countries and how this contributes to the richness of our country. This is Unit 3, Lesson 1 in our textbook.
In religion, we will be continuing Chapter 19 which we began this past week. This chapter deals with the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and Jesus' promise to heal and care for those who are sick. This chapter can be challenging if your child has had a significant loss lately, so please let me know if there are any concerns arising at home. We will have our test on this chapter on Thursday, March 5.
A few reminders....
The children did an awesome job with the Patriotic show and I am so proud of their hard work practicing and all the effort they put into it. I hope they, too, learned something from seeing the veterans and how moved they were by the presentation.
This week in Language Arts, we will be covering the story Lon Po Po. This is a fairy tale from China that is similar to the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Our focus skill for this story is compare and contrast. Students have already received the robust vocab and spelling words that go with this story. Our grammar concept for this week will be adjectives. We will have our spelling test on Thursday, February 27 and our reading test on Friday, February 28.
In math, we will continue to work with fractions. This week we will expand our practice of fractions on a number line as well as start to learn about mixed numbers. The fraction projects the children turned in this past Tuesday were great and I enjoyed looking at them!
We will- finally- be finishing up Chapter 18 in religion, on the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. It seems like we have been working on this chapter for a while because of our busy schedule! We will review Chapter 18 on Monday and have our Chapter 18 test on Tuesday, February 25. We will then move on to Chapter 19, which discusses how Jesus healed people during His ministry and how the Church carries on this healing through the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.
In science, we will have a quiz on Chapter 3, Lessons 2 and 3 on Tuesday, February 25. The children wrote some awesome "riddles" about the different ecosystems in class on Friday and I look forward to reading through them. We will then move on to Chapter 3, Lesson 4 on different water ecosystems.
A few reminders...
We have an exciting week coming up in 3A! The Patriotic show is this Wednesday, February 19. The children have been practicing hard...please remind them to do their best and remember to be respectful toward the veterans and all in the audience.
In Language Arts this week, we will continue to review for part 2 of the Unit 3 test on Friday. Children should review grammar concepts, comprehension skills, and vocabulary words covered in Lessons 11-15 (Loved Best through One Small Place in a Tree.) We will review these in the classroom as well. Part 2 of the Unit test will be on Friday, February 21.
We will continue to work on fractions in math. The children are doing a great job so far and I love the fractions projects that have been turned in early! They are due this Tuesday, February 18. We will work a little more on applying our understanding of fractions in the coming week, as well as looking at fractional parts of sets.
In science, we will cover Chapter 3 Lesson 3 on ecosystems with many trees- different kinds of forest ecosystems. We will have a quiz on Chapter 3 Lessons 2 and 3 on Friday, February 21.
We have been working on many seasonal and "extra" topics in religion alongside our regular religion book, and we will continue that through this week. We will also be covering and reviewing material from our religion chapter on Penance and Reconciliation.
A few reminders...
Another busy week in 3A! We are almost finished with our Winter 2020 MAP testing. The children did a great job staying focused and working carefully on their tests!
This week in Language Arts, we will be covering the review story for unit 3. Please take some time with your child to go over past Robust Vocabulary from Loved Best, A Pen Pal for Max, A Tree is Growing, and One Small Place in a Tree. These words will be on our upcoming unit test. The grammar concepts from these lessons will also be on the test. We will, of course, be taking time to review all these concepts in class as well as our other focus skills for these stories.
Please stay tuned for the dates for the Unit test...MAP make-ups and Patriotic play practices are making it slightly hard to predict the future!
In math, we will continue moving right along with fractions. We will start discussing fractions on a number line and how to use and work with them. We also may have some time to foray into the world of mixed numbers! Students received a fractions project last week, and I am looking forward to seeing their completed projects.
We will be discussing different ecosystems and habitats in science, Chapter 3 lessons 2 and 3.
In religion, we will be starting Chapter 18, about the sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. We will learn that we make the choice to love God, who is our forgiving Father. We will learn about the sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation and how our Church celebrates this sacrament.
A few reminders...
- The Patriotic show is rapidly approaching! Please be sure you have read the letter that came home this past week and contact me with any questions or concerns.
- Re-registrations packets are due back at school by February 12. Please return these at your earliest convenience!
- This Friday, February 14 is a 12:00 Dismissal. It is also Valentine's Day. If your child wants to bring cards in for his or her classmates, please be sure that there is "one for everyone." We have 19 children in the class. Thank you!
Have a great weekend and God bless!
What an exciting Catholic Schools Week we had at SFCS! I'm sure your children have been telling you about the many fun activities we had.
Thank you so much for all your generous contributions to our Baby Shower and our Change for Change service project. It is so fitting that as a Catholic school, we take some time during this special week to reach out to others who are in need.
This week in Language Arts, we will be covering the story One Small Place in a Tree. Students have already received spelling and vocabulary words that go with this story. We will continue to look at "author's purpose" as our comprehension concept. In grammar, we will finish up with pronouns and then move into pronoun-antecedent agreement. We will have our spelling test on Thursday, February 6 and our reading test on Friday, February 7.
In math, we will be working on more fractions! We will continue to talk about equivalent fractions, and then explore ordering and comparing fractions with like and unlike denominators. Also, look for a fraction project coming home early this week.
We have switched back to science! We will be covering Chapter 3, lessons 1 and 2 this week. We will read about ecosystems and specifically some different types of ecosystems. We will learn about how animals and plants meet their needs in their different habitats.
In religion this week, we will be covering Chapter 17, on the parts of the Mass. We will learn about the parts of the Mass and how we are sent forth every week from Mass to serve God and others. The test on this chapter will be on Friday, February 7.
A few reminders...
Catholic Schools Week is here! We have a lot of fun activities planned. I will include some of them here, please be sure to see the Family Envelope for the full schedule.
This week in Language Arts, we will be finishing up with the story A Tree is Growing. We will have our test on this story on Wednesday of this week, and then we will begin the story One Small Place in a Tree, another nonfiction text. We will continue to talk about identifying author's purpose as well as subject and object pronouns. Again, the test on A Tree is Growing will be on Wednesday, January 29; our spelling test on the words that go along with that story will be on Wednesday as well.
In math, we are moving on to fractions! I love teaching fractions so I hope the children are excited as well. We will work on naming and identifying basic fractions as parts of a whole, parts of a set, and on a number line. Also, please keep practicing the multiplication and division facts at home....these are important skills to master!
In religion, we will be finishing up Chapter 16, on the Mass. We will be stretching out this chapter with some other activities, including some special Catholic Schools Week activities, and we will have our test on this chapter on Thursday, January 30.
We will be finishing up talking about Westward Expansion in Social Studies this week, as well as talking about some important highlights of history for our Patriotic play. Please help your child to practice his or her part at home, if possible.
A few highlights...many, in fact...
Have a great weekend and God bless!
Week of January 20, 2020
This week in Language Arts, we will be starting the story A Tree is Growing. This is a nonfiction text about trees and how they grow and change during their life cycle. The focus skill for this story will be identifying the author's purpose in a piece of writing. Students have already received Robust Vocabulary and spelling words that go with this story. Because of the short week this week, we will be having our spelling and reading tests next week.
In math, we will be finishing up our work on division. We will go over "divided by 10" through "divided by 12." Please keep up the great work practicing these facts at home! If the children are proficient in their multiplication facts, that will make division all the much easier.
We will be learning about Westward Expansion in Social Studies, which can be found in Unit 2, Lesson 3 of our Social Studies textbook. We will also be taking some time to continue to discuss Dr. Martin Luther King- both in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and in preparation for our Patriotic play.
We will be working on Chapter 16 in religion, which discusses the Sacrament of the Eucharist and the Mass. We will learn that the Mass is a sacrifice and a meal and that we must participate actively in the Mass when we attend. Our test on this chapter will be next week, again due to the short week.
A few reminders...
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas break! We are jumping right back into action here in 3A...
This week in Language Arts, we will be covering the story Loved Best. This is a great story to read and discuss with your child, especially if "sibling rivalry" happens in your home at times! Students have already received spelling and vocabulary words that go with this story. We will be talking about the plot of a story and using this as a tool for comprehension. In grammar, we will be learning about possessive nouns. Our spelling test this week will be on Thursday, January 9 and our reading test will be Friday, January 10.
In math, we are full steam ahead with division! We will be covering division facts through "divided by 6." We will also be exploring what it means to divide into equal groups and making some real world application of division. Please take some time to review these facts with your child at home.
We have switched back to Social Studies and we are learning about communities from the past and how communities change. We have already covered Unit 2, Lesson 1 on different Native American communities as well as the community of English settlers at Jamestown. We will read Unit 2, Lesson 2 next, exploring how those English settlers became colonists and then declared indepedence from Great Britain.
We will be covering Chapter 12 in religion. We will learn that God calls each of us and that we all have a special vocation from God. We will learn about some of the different vocations in our Church and some ways that we can serve God no matter what our vocation might be. We will have our test on Chapter 12 on Friday, January 10.
A few notes...
Just a few notes for this busy week....
December is upon us! The children are certainly excited with Christmas so near on the horizon. I hope all of our SFCS families are taking some time to remember the meaning of the Advent season during this busy time of the year.
This week in Language Arts, we will be working on our review unit with the story "The Case of the Three Bears' Breakfast." We will also be taking some time to do some seasonal reading and writing activities. We will have our unit test on Reading Comprehension on Friday, December 13 and our unit test on grammar and writing the following Tuesday, December 17. We will be reviewing Robust Vocabulary and grammar concepts as well as reading comprehension skills for lessons 6 through 9, beginning with "The Babe and I" and continuing through "Stone Soup."
In math, we will finally finish up our times tables with the 12-times tables. We will then have a cumulative multiplication test on Friday, December 13. This will cover all multiplication facts from 0 through 12. Students will receive a study guide early this week, but the best thing to do is practice, practice, practice their basic facts!
We will continue on with Chapter 4, Lesson 3 in science. We will have a short quiz on this lesson on Wednesday, December 11. We will then move on to Chapter 4, Lesson 4, on how and why environments change.
In religion, we will be talking about Advent. We have a very exciting week liturgically this week...we will celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception with Mass on December 9. This feast day is transferred from December 8 because December 8 is a Sunday this year. We will then celebrate our consecration to Our Lady of Guadalupe on Thursday, December 12, with a prayer service in which we will join together with all the school students of our diocese!
A few notes...