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Thursday, 3/7/24
Homework:
1. Read 20 minutes (or more) --> See if you can point out words with ea, ee, ey or other vowel teams we have learned (ai, ay).
2. Math --> 7.8 Homework pages
3. Phonics -->
Practice words with ea, ee, ey.
Practice trick words: whose, son, won
Practice *new* trick words: breakfast, head, ready
Additional Reminders:
- Next Food Pantry collection = Thursday, 3/14 --> Please send in canned corn. Thank you for your generosity!
- Spring Break = 3/25/24 - 4/1/24 (Classes resume 4/2/24) → Please alert me and Mrs. Lentino if your child is missing any days around spring break.
- Please check out the church website or Social Media to find out about the following events in the Koenig Center:
- St. Patrick's Day Celebration = Saturday, 3/16
- Please purchase tickets ahead of time if you plan to attend.
- St. Joseph Day Dinner = Tuesday, 3/19
- Please RSVP on the church website if you plan to attend.
- St. Patrick's Day Celebration = Saturday, 3/16
Wednesday, 3/6/24, Notes
Homework:
1. Read 20 minutes (or more) --> See if you can point out words with ea, ee, ey or other vowel teams we have learned (ai, ay).
2. Math --> 7.7 Homework pages
3. Phonics -->
Practice words with ea, ee, ey.
Practice trick words: whose, son, won
Additional Reminders:
- Spring Break = 3/25/24 - 4/1/24 (Classes resume 4/2/24) → Please alert me and Mrs. Lentino if your child is missing any days around spring break.
- Please check out the church website or Social Media to find out about the following events in the Koenig Center:
- St. Patrick's Day Celebration = Saturday, 3/16
- Please purchase tickets ahead of time if you plan to attend.
- St. Joseph Day Dinner = Tuesday, 3/19
- Please RSVP on the church website if you plan to attend.
- St. Patrick's Day Celebration = Saturday, 3/16
- Fr. Trout informed the parish on Monday evening that he has been reassigned to St. Anne's Parish in Barrington, effective July 1, 2024. We are so grateful for his 13 years of service to our parish and school, and we will miss him. There is no news yet on the new pastor for our parish.
Tuesday, 3/5/24, Notes
Homework:
1. Read 20 minutes (or more) --> See if you can point out words with ea, ee, ey or other vowel teams we have learned (ai, ay).
2. Math --> "3-Digit Subtraction" page
*Note - This looks different than the normal homework pages. It is a white sheet with 9 problems on it (and extra room to write).
3. Phonics -->
Practice words with ea, ee, ey.
Practice trick words: whose, son, won
Additional Reminders:
- Spring Break = 3/25/24 - 4/1/24 (Classes resume 4/2/24) → Please alert me and Mrs. Lentino if your child is missing any days around spring break.
- Please check out the church website or Social Media to find out about the following events:
- St. Patrick's Day Celebration = Saturday, 3/16
- Please purchase tickets ahead of time if you plan to attend.
- St. Joseph Day Dinner = Tuesday, 3/19
- Please RSVP on the church website if you plan to attend.
- St. Patrick's Day Celebration = Saturday, 3/16
- Fr. Trout informed the parish on Monday evening that he has been reassigned to St. Anne's Parish in Barrington, effective July 1, 2024. We are so grateful for his 13 years of service to our parish and school, and we will miss him. There is no news yet on the new pastor for our parish.
Monday, 3/4/24, Notes
Homework:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Math 7.6 Homework pages
*We will spend two days on this lesson, as it has been a particularly tricky one for classes in years past.
3. Phonics -->
Practice words with ea, ee, ey
Practice trick words: won, son, whosec
Additional Notes:
- All School Mass = Tuesday at 8:30am in the church
- Field Trip = Wednesday, March 13th
- Spring Break = 3/25/24 - 4/1/24 (Classes resume 4/2/24) → Please alert me and Mrs. Lentino if your child is missing any days around spring break.
- Please check out the church website or Social Media to find out about the following events:
- St. Patrick's Day Celebration = Saturday, 3/16
- Please purchase tickets ahead of time if you plan to attend.
- St. Joseph Day Dinner = Tuesday, 3/19
- Please RSVP on the church website if you plan to attend.
- St. Patrick's Day Celebration = Saturday, 3/16
Week at a Glance 3/4/24-3/8/24
Week at a Glance
Week of 3/4/24-3/8/24
Math: We will continue working through our chapter on 3-digit subtraction. Students will work on regrouping hundreds for tens and tens for ones, and they will work to apply problem solving skills to word problems. They will also rewrite horizontal subtraction problems vertically, paying special attention to lining up the place values. Students should continue practicing basic subtraction facts at home to aid in these skills.
Phonics (Fundations): The students have started working on double vowel syllables with long e sounds, specifically using spelling patterns ea, ee, ey. They will continue to read and spell words with these patterns. They will also decode and encode the following trick words: whose, son, won, head, breakfast, ready.
Reading and Writing (Wit & Wisdom): We will dive deeper into a study of the legend of Johnny Appleseed next week. Students will recount story elements (characters, setting, problem, resolution/solution), and discuss the central lesson learned from the legend, along with key supporting details. Additionally, students will identify irregular past tense verbs and use them correctly in sentences.
Science: As we continue our study of plant adaptations, we will face the question “Can a plant survive without light?” Students will watch videos from Mystery Science, participate in discussions, and even grow plants from lima beans in our classroom.
Social Studies: None - see Science
Religion: *Please note we will be in Session 4 in our God’s Gift Eucharist books, and you are encouraged to follow along at home with the corresponding “Together” magazine pages. Next week’s topic focuses on listening. More specifically we will discuss how we listen to God’s word at Mass and how we listen to God in prayer as His word grows in our hearts.
Tests and Quizzes:
- No tests next week
Additional Reminders:
- No School Friday, 3/1 --> Teacher Professional Development Day
- Please take your children to Mass this weekend to celebrate the third Sunday of Lent. This is a wonderful opportunity to prepare our hearts for Easter, and it is also the best way to prepare your children for First Communion.
- Saturday = 5pm
- Sunday = 7am, 9am (with Children’s Liturgy of the Word), 11am, 5pm
- All School Mass = Tuesday at 8:30am in the church
- Field Trip = Wednesday, March 13th
- Spring Break = 3/25/24 - 4/1/24 (Classes resume 4/2/24) → Please alert me and Mrs. Lentino if your child is missing any days around spring break.
Wednesday, 2/28/24, Notes
Homework:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. New Chapter --> 7.4 Homework pages (regroup tens for ones)
3. Phonics --> Start practicing long e words (ea, ee, ey) --> See the packet that went home today for examples of words and ideas for ways to practice these spelling patterns.
Reminder:
- No school = Friday, 3/1 → Teacher professional development day
Tuesday, 2/27/24, Notes
Homework:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. New Chapter --> 7.3 Homework pages
3. No Phonics homework --> The new packet will go home on Wednesday: words with long e spelling patterns (ee, ea, ey).
Reminder:
- No school = Friday, 3/1 → Teacher professional development day
Monday, 2/26/24, Notes
Homework:
1. Read 20 minutes --> see if you can find ai and ay (long a) spelling patterns
2. New Chapter --> 7.2 Homework pages --> Subtracting Hundreds
- This chapter focuses on 3-digit subtraction. Think of today's lesson as a warmup for the more challenging ones to come. We are reviewing basic subtraction facts, along with reinforcing place value.
3. Phonics --> Unit 10 Assessment = Tuesday, 2/27 --> Please review the following:
- words with ai, ay
- ai is usually found at the beginning or middle of a syllable
- ay is usually found at the end of a syllable
- When spelling words like played, we write the base word first and then add the suffix to the end.
- trick words: America, thought, school, country, great, away
Additional Reminders:
- All School Mass = Tuesday at 8:30am in the church
- This past Tuesday the students did much better following directions, participating in the prayers, and sitting/kneeling quietly during the appropriate times. Thank you for your help with this at home!
- No school = Friday, 3/1 → Teacher professional development day
Week at a Glance 2/26/24-3/1/24
Week at a Glance
Week of 2/26/24-3/1/24
Math: We will start Chapter 7 of our Math textbooks, which centers on 3-digit subtraction. Students will work to mentally subtract hundreds, subtract 10 or 100, regroup tens for ones, and regroup hundreds for tens. Please continue working with basic subtraction facts at home to help your children’s fluency.
Phonics (Fundations): We will start the week reviewing words with ai and ay syllable patterns. Students will take an assessment on Tuesday. Then we will move to decoding and encoding long e syllable types with vowel teams ea, ee, and ey. Trick words for the week are: whose, won, son.
Reading and Writing (Wit & Wisdom): Students will be able to compose informational paragraphs about lessons we can learn from The Legend of the Bluebonnet. Their paragraphs will include introduction statements, topic sentences, two pieces of evidence, and conclusions. Students will also experiment with using adverbs that end in -ly. Later in the week we will move on to another folktale as we read and discuss The Story of Johnny Appleseed.
Science: As we continue our unit on plant adaptations, the question we will investigate is “Why do seeds have so many different shapes?” Students will explore how the structures of seeds enable them to disperse, with a focus on seeds that utilize animal structures to aid in their dispersal.
Social Studies: None - see Science
Religion: Next week’s chapter focuses on the topic of reflecting. Students will identify the importance of reflecting, explain how God’s presence makes church a holy place, explain how we ask for God’s mercy, and discuss the story of Moses and the burning bush. We will be in Chapter 3, and we hope that you will follow along with the “Together” magazine at home for discussion topics and activities that accompany what we are learning in class.
Tests and Quizzes:
- Phonics Unit 10 Assessment = Tuesday, 2/27
Additional Reminders:
- Thank you for your generosity to the Food Pantry and to the McTeacher fundraiser.
- Please take your children to Mass this weekend to celebrate the second Sunday of Lent. This is a wonderful opportunity to prepare our hearts for Easter, and it is also the best way to prepare your children for First Communion.
- Saturday = 5pm
- Sunday = 7am, 9am (with Children’s Liturgy of the Word), 11am, 5pm
- All School Mass = Tuesday at 8:30am in the church
- This past Tuesday the students did much better following directions, participating in the prayers, and sitting/kneeling quietly during the appropriate times. Thank you for your help with this at home!
- No school = Friday, 3/1 → Teacher professional development day
- Field Trip = Wednesday, 3/13 → Thank you all for sending in your forms and money. We are looking forward to an enjoyable show!
- We finished up the book James and the Giant Peach on Thursday. It was made into a Tim Burton movie (rated PG). You can find a copy at your local library or on Disney + if you and your child want to watch this prior to attending the show.
Please reinforce the following at home:
- We have been struggling quite a bit recently as a class to work at an acceptable volume level (in class with me and with several of the Specials teachers). More specifically we have been reviewing the following:
- Keeping hands (and feet) to self - This helps ensure that no one gets hurt accidentally.
- Level 0 (no talking) or Level 1 (whisper) during independent work time - This allows for everyone to focus and do his/her best work.
- Level 0 during directions - This makes sure no one misses or misunderstands what is expected of everyone.
- Quieting down the first time a teacher signals (in our room, that signal is a doorbell) - This means that an activity is ending and it’s time to listen to the directions or that it has become too loud and students need a quick redirection for their behavior.
- Students are given ample opportunities to talk during the day (lunch, recess, frequent brain breaks, and classroom activities that either involve pair or small group sharing), so we have reviewed that the need to work quietly at these other times is very reasonable.
- We are a class family and a team, so we all need to work together for the good of the class, which means following directions the first time and creating a positive, peaceful learning environment for everyone. 🙂
- Thank you, as always, for your help and support with this at home.
Thursday, 2/22/24, Notes
1. Read 20 minutes (or more)
2. No written Math homework --> We continued to review for our test today.
*Assessment = Friday*
3. Practice reading and spelling words with ai, ay ("double vowel syllables")
*Assessment = next week*
4. Religion - Keep checking in with your child about his/her Lenten promises. Let's keep reflecting on the following: How are we growing closer to God this Lenten season in ways of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving/charity?
Additional Thoughts:
- Thank you for your generosity to the Food Pantry!
- Thank you also to those who participated in the McTeacher's fundraiser!
Good News to share: When we were in Media class on Wednesday, Mrs. Hoglund complimented the class on how well they were writing complete sentences and organizing their ideas. They are really working hard on their reading and writing, and it's fantastic to see the skills and knowledge translate to other subjects and with other teachers! :)
Wednesday, 2/21/24, Notes
1. Read 20 minutes
No reading assessment next week - it is a spelling assessment. (I made a mistake!)
2. No written Math homework --> We went over the chapter review today and will review more tomorrow.
*Assessment = Friday*
3. Practice reading and spelling words with ai, ay ("double vowel syllables")
*Assessment = next week*
4. Religion - Check in with your child about his/her Lenten promises. Also, we are in Session 2 of our First Communion prep books, for those of you who are following along at home in the Together Magazines.
Additional Reminder:
- Food Pantry Collection = Thursday → 2nd grade should bring in chunky soups. (Jewel Osco currently has a coupon in their app for Progresso soups, if you are interested!)
Tuesday, 2/20/24, Notes
Welcome back to another week! I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable holiday weekend. Tonight's homework is as follows:
1. Read 20 minutes
*Assessment = next week
2. Math 6.8 Homework pages --> problem solving with addition
*Assessment = Friday*
3. Practice reading and spelling words with ai, ay ("double vowel syllables")
*Try to point out any of these spelling patterns in books your child is reading or in signs you pass while driving (or while out to eat). It's fun to see what we're learning in print!
4. Religion - Check in with your child about his/her Lenten promises.
*Possible Conversation Starters:
- How are you doing so far with the prayer, fasting, and almsgiving?
- How are you growing closer to God?
- Who or what can we pray for today?
Additional Reminders:
- McTeachers Night Fundraiser = Wednesday, 2/21
- See the flyer in the weekly Knight Notes for more information.
- Food Pantry Collection = Thursday → 2nd grade should bring in chunky soups. (Jewel Osco currently has a coupon in their app for Progresso soups, if you are interested!)
Week at a Glance, 2/19/24-2/23/24
Week at a Glance
Week of February 19-23, 2024
Math: We will finish up Chapter 6 on 3-digit addition with a lesson on problem solving strategies. Then we will spend time reviewing the content from the chapter, and the students will take their assessment on Friday. Please see the review sheet that went home in your child’s Friday folder for sample problems and what your child can expect on his/her assessment.
Phonics (Fundations): We will continue working with words that have double vowel (vowel team) syllables with ai and ay spelling patterns. The lessons will shift to more of a focus on multisyllabic words with these spelling patterns (e.g., rainstorm, playpen, etc.). Trick words for the week that we will practice reading and writing are: America, thought, school. Please try to practice these words with your child at home.
Reading and Writing (Wit & Wisdom): Students will work to build on their knowledge of a legend, and they will practice recounting the main character, setting, problem, and resolution of The Legend of the Bluebonnet. Additionally, students will work to hone their writing skills by organizing a paragraph in a logical order and also learning about how and why to write an introduction for an informational paragraph. (Their writing is improving so much this year! It is such a joy to see this growth!)
Science: We are starting our new Science unit next week, and it is all about plants. The first lesson is all about seed dispersal. Students will investigate how a koa tree can grow on two islands that are halfway around the world from each other.
Social Studies: None - see Science
Religion: We will move into Session 2 of our First Communion prep books as we address the topic of gathering together. We will describe how we gather together with our families, school family, and church family. Additionally, we will discuss special moments and events we celebrate with the many families of which we are a part. If you are following along at home in your Together Magazine, please see the pages marked for Session 2.
Tests and Quizzes:
- Math Chapter 6 Assessment = Friday, 2/23
- See the review sheet in your child’s Friday folder.
- Phonics Unit 10 Assessment = week of 2/26 → words with ai, ay
Additional Reminders:
- Please take your children to Mass this weekend to celebrate the first Sunday of Lent. This is a wonderful opportunity to prepare our hearts for Easter, and it is also the best way to prepare your children for First Communion.
- Saturday = 5pm
- Sunday = 7am, 9am (with Children’s Liturgy of the Word), 11am, 5pm
- No school = Monday → Happy Presidents’ Day!
- All School Mass = Tuesday at 8:30am in the church
- As a class, we are working on participating in the prayer responses, and we are also working on staying focused on the priest and readers (not our friends near us or other people throughout the church). Any reinforcement of expected church behaviors from you is greatly appreciated!
- McTeachers Night Fundraiser = Wednesday, 2/21
- See the flyer in the weekly Knight Notes for more information.
- Food Pantry Collection = Thursday → 2nd grade should bring in chunky soups. (Jewel Osco currently has a coupon in their app for Progresso soups, if you are interested!)
Thursday, 2/15/24, Notes
Thursday Homework:
1. Read 20 minutes
*We worked on how to figure out the meaning of unknown words today in class. Your child is bringing home a paper that has the different strategies we reviewed. Please keep the copy at home for reference to reinforce what we are working on. :)
2. Math 6.7 Homework pages --> more regrouping with addition
*Please keep practicing addition and subtraction fact fluency for a few minutes each night at home. This really helps with the multi-digit addition and subtraction.
3. Practice words with ai, ay
*Try to point out any of these spelling patterns in books your child is reading or in signs you pass while driving (or while out to eat). It's fun to see what we're learning in print!
4. Religion - Check in with your child about his/her Lenten promises.
*Possible Conversation Starters:
- How are you doing so far with the prayer, fasting, and almsgiving?
- How are you growing closer to God?
- Who or what can we pray for today?
Additional Reminders:
- No school Monday, 2/19 --> Presidents' Day
- Our Scholastic Magazine today was about George Washington. Be sure to ask your child what s/he learned.
- Please return the *NEW* field trip permission form and $23 to school at your earliest convenience. These are due by Friday, 2/16. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Please see the email(s) I sent out for more details.
