Fundations: (phonics) This week students will focus on spelling words with r-controlled vowels /ar/ and /or/, and /er/, /ir/, and /ur/. Students will practice with gel boards, dry erase boards, magnetic letter boards and writing these words in a sentence: burst, burn, termite, hamster,  first and dirty. Trick words: learn, earth, picture

Reading and Writing: (Wit and Wisdom) Students will focus on what life was like for a pioneer. Students will look at visual art and share What do they “ notice” and “wonder” about this painting? We will review what makes a text non-fiction. Grammar this week is focused on proper nouns and capitalization.

Math: We will continue to practice 2 digit addition as we finish up and begin to prepare for the Chapter 4 test. Students will use a variety of ways to clarify the steps to effectively solve these problems. We continue to do sample problems at our whiteboard and “decide” if it is necessary to regroup tens to ones in order to subtract.

Religion: First Reconciliation is fast approaching! We are hoping to take a walking field trip over to church to see where we will make our first reconciliation and talk with Fr. about the steps to make our first confession. We continue to talk about forgiveness and making good choices. We have been learning the process of examining our conscience and practicing the Act of Contrition prayer.

Social Studies: Students continue to learn in the unit on  Economics ideas about where goods are from, what natural resources are used in making goods. This week we will learn more about not only how good are made, but how they are delivered to different places for our purchase. Vocabulary words: goods, trade, transportation, consumer, producer, and income will be our focus.

Reminders: 

• I-Ready Diagnostics are this week and next! We will begin with Reading on Wednesday, and Math next week. *Please help your child to be prepared as best as possible by getting enough rest, eating a healthy breakfast and bringing a hearty, protein packed snack.
• Unit 8 Phonics assessments-Tuesday
• Chapter 4 Math assessment next week!

• First Communion Banner Kits - Please see the email from Mrs. Lombardo with information about how to order a Communion Banner Kit. You can also visit this link to purchase one: https://www.givecentral.org/location/181/event/39492 Please let me know if you have any questions.

• *Optional* Book Fair snow globe decorations are due Monday, 1/22/24. Mrs. Hoglund and some fabulous volunteers will be hanging these up to decorate for the upcoming Book Fair. (We will preview the Book Fair next week!)
• Catholic Schools Week is next week and begins with Open House and Mass this weekend January 28th. 
• 1st Reconciliation is February 4, 2024 after the 5pm Mass.