Week at a Glance - 1/17/22-1/21/22
Week at a Glance
Week of January 17-21, 2022
Math: We will finish up Chapter 8 from our textbook, which is all about money. Students will continue practicing identifying coins, counting mixed coin amounts, skip counting by 25s, 10s, 5s, and 1s, and using problem solving strategies with money amounts. We will also spend multiple days reviewing for our test. Students have a review sheet in their Friday folders with concepts to review at home for extra practice as needed.
Science: We will discuss the topic of what is strong enough to make a canyon. Through the help of our Mystery Science videos and additional activities, we will explore the concept of erosion.
Language Arts: Our writing workshop time will focus on writing a book review. We will work together this first week on a book we have all read together in class to discuss important details of the book and why we liked the book or not. We will combine facts and opinions for our book reviews.
Reading: Our spelling words this upcoming week have glued sounds. (Our Superkids book calls them “Trickers” because they look like the vowels should be short, but they are actually long.) These words have the patterns -ild, -ind, -ost, -old. Most of the other letters can be sounded out, as long as they remember that the vowel makes its long sound. We have also started back into our book club reading groups, and we will read our decodable readers daily.
Social Studies: None - See Science
Religion: We will continue to learn about and practice for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We will discuss why Jesus is always ready to forgive us, explain how the sacrament of Reconciliation is a way to celebrate and receive God’s forgiveness of our sins, and define the terms absolution and seal of confession. *Students should continue to practice the Act of Contrition prayer that was sent home so that they feel comfortable reciting it at their First Reconciliation. We will continue to practice it daily at school too.*
Tests and Quizzes:
- Spelling Test = Thursday (list went home yesterday)
- Math Chapter 8 Test = Friday (review sheet went home today)
Additional Reminders:
- Thank you for your generosity to the Food Pantry.
- Please try to take your child to Mass over the weekend. Here at St. Joe’s there are many options for Mass. (There are also many churches in the area with several options to attend.)
- Saturday 5pm
- Sunday drive-in at 7:15am and 10:45am
- Sunday in-person at 9:00am, 10:45am, and 5:00pm
- There is no school on Monday, 1/17/22 (due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday).
- If students wear boots, they should bring a change of shoes to wear in the classroom.
- Students should wear their Gym uniforms on Tuesday, as they have Gym class.
- We will attend the 8:30 all school Mass virtually this Tuesday.
- The annual Book Fair is coming the week of January 24th-28th - Please check out Mrs. Hoglund’s webpage for more information about this exciting event! (We will have our class’s sneak peek on Wednesday, 1/26.)
- First Reconciliation = Saturday, February 5th, in the church
- Mrs. Phoenix will be sending out an informational video next week, so please be on the lookout for that.
- Your child will bring home a red folder with information about the sacraments on Tuesday, so please look through that as well.