Week at a Glance

February 12-16, 2024

Math: Our adventures in 3-digit addition continue next week when we identify when we need to regroup ones for tens and tens for hundreds. We will take extra care in lining up the place values of the numbers to make sure we avoid careless errors. We will also practice rewriting horizontal problems vertically prior to solving. Please keep practicing basic addition and subtraction facts with your children at home. This fact fluency will be a huge asset for three digit addition and subtraction.

Phonics (Fundations): We will practice reading and writing words that have long a sounds. We will practice spelling words with the double vowel (d) syllables ai and ay. Students will also read and write the following trick words: great, country, away. Additionally, students will discuss the meaning of long a homophones (e.g., mail vs male, plain vs plane). Please see the packet that went home in your child’s Friday folder (on Wednesday) for ideas of words and ways to practice these skills.

Reading and Writing (Wit & Wisdom): This past week students wrote informational paragraphs about the challenges pioneers faced and how they responded to those challenges. This upcoming week, students will spend some time revising and editing their own paragraphs, and they will also work with their peers to peer edit and revise their paragraphs. We will also read a new shared text - The Legend of the Bluebonnet - and we will focus on the life of the Comanche people. Please help your child take time to read each night. If possible, spend some time asking your child about what s/he is reading, especially about the characters, setting, and main plot points.

Science: None - We will finish up our Social Studies chapter this week and switch back to Science next week.

Social Studies: As we finish up our chapter on Economics, we will learn about how to be a smart consumer. Students will define the terms: need, want, resource, save, and scarcity. They will also analyze the costs and benefits of purchasing goods.

Religion: We are going to start our new First Communion preparation books. The first session is all about belonging, so we will discuss the many communities to which we belong, and we will focus more specifically how we belong to the church and to Jesus through the gift of the sacraments. We will also spend time each week reviewing parts the mass and the responses we say and sing. Please help your child take time to pray at home. A really good opportunity would be before meals and before bed. 🙂

Tests and Quizzes:

• No tests or quizzes

Additional Reminders:

• Please try to take your children to Mass over the weekend. This is the best preparation for First Communion. Thank you for being the primary catechists for your children.
  • Saturday - 5pm
  • Sunday - 7am, 9am (children’s liturgy of the word), 11am, 5pm
• No school Friday - enjoy the time off!
• Be sure to check out this fun opportunity at the Morton Arboretum if your child enjoys Legos and/or trains: https://mortonarb.org/explore/activities/events/lego-trains/
• No All School Mass Tuesday
• Valentine’s Party = Tuesday, 2/13 → Please follow these guidelines:

1. 1. No candy/snacks or goody bags should be sent in with the cards/notes
   2. Students should only bring cards if they have enough for everyone
   3. Students should not write the names of all of the kids in the class on the cards. They should just write "from ____"

• • Thank you in advance to the parent volunteers!

• All School Mass = Wednesday, 2/14, at 8:30am in the church - All are welcome to join us on Ash Wednesday for the start of the liturgical season of Lent.