Week at a Glance

February 5-9, 2024

Math: We will move into 3-digit addition with Chapter 6 in our My Math series. We will practice adding by using expanded form to help add with mental math. We will also review how to regroup ones for tens and tens for hundreds.

• Ways to help at home: Keep working on building addition fact fluency, either with flashcards, card games, or written practice problems.

Phonics (Fundations): We will wrap up unit 9 on words with er, ir, ur spelling patterns. We will review reading and spelling the following trick words: earth, learn, picture, mother, brother, father. We will build these words on our magnet boards, practice writing them on our dry erase boards, read these words in context in our story “The Red Planet”, and take our assessment on Wednesday.

• Ways to help at home: Review the packet that went home last week with er, ir, ur words; point out the spelling patterns in words as your child reads with you; give your child a practice spelling test but really work on him/her stretching out the sounds rather than trying to memorize the words.

Reading and Writing (Wit & Wisdom): We will use our knowledge that we have been building about the life of the pioneers during westward expansion and the Oregon Trail in order to write informational paragraphs about the challenges the pioneers faced. We will use our book Journey of a Pioneer, along with various charts we have made and vocabulary words we have learned to write a topic sentence and additional supporting details. We are especially working on adding specific details to our sentences to communicate our ideas more clearly to our readers.

• Ways to help at home: Consider checking out books about pioneers from your local library (you can find some suggestions here); ask your child questions about what s/he is reading (who/what/where/when, etc.); practice writing an informational paragraph about another topic they know, paying special attention to writing a topic sentence with the main idea; play a game like 20 Questions where your child has to consider specific details while you guess what they are thinking about.

Science: None - we are trying to finish up our Social Studies unit on Economics.

Social Studies: We will learn about what services are in the community and who provides them. Students will be able to classify goods and services, describe the jobs of various service workers (e.g., police officers and doctors), and learn how specialization occurs in work today.

Religion: We have spent a lot of additional time on Religion topics in the past 2-3 weeks, so we will focus some extra attention on our Social Studies unit to make sure we move through that and get back to our next Science unit soon. 🙂

Tests and Quizzes:

• Unit 9 Phonics Assessment = Wednesday, 2/7

Additional Reminders:

• Your child did not bring home a Friday folder today. I will send them home next week. Thank you for understanding.
• First Reconciliation = Sunday, 2/4/24
  • Please find me before the 5pm Mass in the narthex of the church for your child’s certificate and paper heart that s/he will need for Fr. Trout’s homily.
  • Please remain quiet during the individual reconciliations following the 5pm Mass.
  • Please keep practicing the Act of Contrition prayer with your child. (We will say this all together during Mass.)
• ***Chemo Cares Bags Service Project*** → Please help us support our community with the Chemo Cares Bags, which will be sent to Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital Breast Cancer Center → Please see the note linked here to view the specific items that are needed. 
• All School Mass = Tuesday, 2/6, at 8:30 am - All are welcome to attend!
• Please send your child with a lunch and water bottle every day.
• Thursday, 2/8 = 10:50 am dismissal
  • If your child is going to be absent on Thursday, this is not a problem. Please just email me and Mrs. Lentino so that we know who to expect at school that day. :)
• Thursday, 2/8 = Parent Teacher Virtual Conferences 12:00-4:30pm - I look forward to speaking with those of you who have signed up for a time.
• Friday, 2/9 = No School
• If your child wears boots to school, s/he needs to bring an additional pair of school shoes to wear during the day.