Math: We will finish up Unit 2 this week and spend time reviewing the concepts from the chapter such as place value, decomposing numbers, and writing numbers in standard form, expanded form, word form. Students will take the test for Unit 2 on Wednesday. Towards the end of the week we will begin Unit 3. This Unit focuses on finding patterns of numbers within 100, skip counting, and number sense.

Science: No science this week. We will switch to Science in another couple of weeks.

Language Arts: We will continue working on writing friendly letters to a friend or family member. Students are learning parts of a letter, how to brainstorm ideas for a letter, and how to edit and revise his/her ideas.

Reading: Our next spelling patterns to focus on are words with digraphs like sh, ch (two letters that make one sound) and also letters -tch. The test will be on Tuesday. We will read from our Superkids Reader daily to practice fluent reading. The students are so excited about our new Super magazine which allows us to read high interest, short nonfiction. This magazine’s theme is “What’s New?”

Social Studies: This week we will learn about how to read timelines and practice putting events in order. We will also compare events in the past to events in the present as we discuss history.

Religion: We will describe God as our father. We will take a closer look at the Our Father prayer and what it means. We will also learn the difference between prayers of petition and prayers of praise. This week we will attend Mass in person.

Assessments:

• Spelling Test →  Tuesday (see list)

• Math Unit 2 Test →  Wednesday (see study guide)

Reminders:

• Please try to take your child to Mass over the weekend. 

• Tuesday, September 14th → We will attend mass in person.

• Please send back your child’s Home folder on Monday.

• Library Day is tomorrow (Friday) - Students should bring and return their school library books on this day so they can check out new books
• Friday, September 10th = Red, White, and Blue Dress Down Day to remember those we lost and honor the heroes of 9/11/01 - Please send in a donation - the proceeds will benefit The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers foundation which provides funds to pay mortgages and have houses built for families of first responders and soldiers who were either killed or severely injured. This now will include families from the 13 soldiers recently killed in Kabul Afghanistan. More information can be found on their website https://t2t.org. We will have a moment of silent prayer during our regular morning prayer time on Friday for those who lost their lives on 9/11/01. We will also read a picture book tomorrow about 9/11. However, we will focus on how our country came together and had resilience after the attacks. *We will not be going into detail about the attacks themselves.*
• A Unit 2 Math Test Note was sent home in your child's Home Folder today. This has information about our upcoming test that we will have and concepts that can be practiced at home to prepare for it. 

• *Note: According to our Math book, "decompose" means to break down a number by its place value.
• The homework problems will ask students to decompose numbers in 2 (or more ways). Please see the example problem on the sheet. Students should count the base-ten blocks when those are provided.
  • Additional example:    
    • 352 = 300 + 50 + 2     OR       300 + 40 + 12
• Students can use base ten blocks to draw their answers for number 6 and 7 on the back

• On Friday, St. Joes has a Red, White and Blue Dress Down Day to honor the heroes and those we lost on September 11, 2001

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Week at a Glance

Week of September 5-10, 2021

**No school on Monday → Labor Day

Math: This week we will work on writing 3-digit numbers in standard form, expanded form, and word form. (for example, 572  = five hundred seventy-two= 500+ 70 + 2). Later in the week, we practice decomposing numbers in different ways with hundreds, tens, and ones.We will also compare three digit numbers using less than < greater than > and equal to =. 

Science: No Science this week 

Language Arts: During Writing time, we identify the parts of a friendly letter. We will think about, plan, and write out these letters. Please be on the lookout for a note home asking for an address in the coming weeks (for where to mail the letter).

Reading: Students will work on decoding and encoding words with digraphs ch and sh, along with words containing -tch. (Note: The spelling list will go home Tuesday in the students’ folders, but the test won’t be until next week.) The students’ spelling list focuses on pronouns. We will read from our decodable SuperKids reader, and introduce our Super Magazine, which contains short, nonfiction, high-interest articles for the students to read in small groups and independently.

Social Studies: We will continue to compare different types of families and communities. We will also learn about how immigrants entered our country through Ellis Island and how we celebrate different traditions based on our different cultures.

Religion: We will discuss how Jesus is God’s greatest gift to us. We will read about when Jesus was born. We will address the following vocabulary words in the context of the Catholic Mass: Blessed Sacrament, tabernacle, consecration, and genuflect.

Assessments: None for this week

Reminders:

• No school → Monday (Labor Day)  - I hope you have a great Labor Day weekend!

• Please help your child empty their Take Home Folder (it has just a couple of pages we worked on this week) 

• Please try to take your child to Mass over the weekend.

Here is the homework for tonight:

• Please send an extra mask with your child to school each day.
• Please make sure your child brings a water bottle, healthy nut-free snack, and a lunch to school each day.
• Spelling Test is on Friday2
• Scholastic Book Orders are due Thursday https://clubs.scholastic.com/home
  • WWFX7 is our class code