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I’m Mrs. Sharon Shute and this is my 16th year here at St. Joseph School! I am thrilled to be your child’s teacher this year and so excited to be leading them on their journey of wonder and wisdom. A bit of background about myself- I have been an early childhood educator for 35 years beginning as a preschool teacher in Chicago. My love of children grew and so6 did my education! I began teaching Montessori preschool and then went to school and earned an Early Childhood Degree from Kendall College (then in Evanston)with a minor in Psychology. I have been very fortunate to teach in two Catholic schools in Chicago before coming to St. Joe's. I have brought the spirit of my Chicago experiences to this vibrant, thriving, and flourishing school and I am eternally grateful for the opportunity of working at such a wonderful school. I have been nominated for The Golden Apple Award from my work here at St. Joe's and at St. Stanislaus in Chicago.
 
Though this is my 16th year at St. Joe's, I taught first grade for 14 of those years and now love teaching third grade. Lots of new things this year: Chromebooks, Media class with Mrs. Hoglund and Spanish class with Mrs. Leonhardt, and team building activities every Friday. So excited to journey into Third Grade with such caring and kind parents and students. Thank you for letting your child be a part of our school family. 
 
Please feel free to email me through the website or at [email protected]. Also, feel free to contact me regarding any questions or concerns that arise throughout the school year. 
 
This school year, our class will consist of: Reading, Spelling, Math, Language Arts, Religion, Social Studies, and Science. I will be teaching Social Studies to both 3rd grade classes. Miss Kaitson will be teaching Science to both classes. We switch classes twice a week. 
 
I feel so blessed to have been successful at piloting flex seating (with desks also) last year in my third grade class. Looking forward to this year with half flex seating and half traditional. Thanks to a wonderful parent for donating some of our flex seating and making this new venture possible. 
 
I feel so honored and blessed to be a part of your child's journey this year! 
Most Sincerely,
Mrs. Sharon Shute
 
We are going peanut free in the classroom. Please read for snack: Thanks!

Our aim is to provide a safe learning environment for all people in our school Community. To support this, SJCS is designating your child’s classroom as “nut-free”. This policy aims to increase our community awareness in order to minimize the risk for children with documented allergies to nut products. Our school has developed and will maintain a whole-school action and implementation plan when dealing with students who have critically life-threatening allergies.  


WHY? Anaphylaxis is a severe form of allergic reaction which is potentially life-threatening. It can be fatal within minutes; either through swelling that shuts off airways or through a dramatic drop in blood pressure. There are many causative agents for anaphylaxis with nuts often being the precipitative factor.  Anaphylaxis is preventable.  Avoidance of specific triggers is by far the best option. Management is via immediate injection of epinephrine and emergency transport to the hospital. 


Allergy to peanuts appears to be on the rise in children. According to a FARE-funded study, the number of children in the U.S. with peanut allergy more than tripled between 1997 and 2008. Studies in the United Kingdom and Canada also showed a high prevalence of peanut allergy in school children.  

Based on recent studies, an estimated 25-40 percent of people who have peanut allergy are also allergic to tree nuts. In addition, peanuts and tree nuts often come into contact with one another during manufacturing and serving processes. For these reasons, allergists usually tell their patients with peanut allergy to avoid tree nuts as well.  


Trace amounts of peanut can cause an allergic reaction. Casual contact with peanuts, such as touching peanuts or peanut butter residue, is less likely to trigger a severe reaction. Casual contact becomes a concern if the area that comes into contact with peanuts then comes into contact with the eyes, nose or mouth (for example, a child with peanut allergy gets peanut butter on her fingers, and then rubs her eyes).  


What does this mean for me?  

  • Your child’s classroom will remain a “peanut/nut-free zone.”  Please do not send in any food items to be consumed in the classroom that contains peanuts, nuts, peanut butter, nut butters, or peanut products. 
    • This includes almonds, filberts, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nut, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, and walnuts.
    • Read labels carefully to make sure the products are nut free.  
    • This includes labels that read “May contain traces of peanuts/nuts” or “processed in a facility that processes products that contain peanuts/nuts.”  Food labels and ingredients change over time, so always read the label each time before purchasing snacks. 
    • NO HOMEMADE TREATS MAY BE BROUGHT INTO THE CLASSROOM. All treats/snacks brought to the classroom must have an ingredient label.

  • A peanut free table will be designated in the lunch room for all students with peanut/nut allergies.  
  • Peanut butter and peanut/nut products may be packed in your child’s lunch, but CANNOT be eaten in the classroom, or at the peanut/nut free lunch table.  

Thank you for your continued support with keeping our students safe.

Mrs. Wegener        

 

 




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

7:30 – 7:34

Homeroom

Homeroom

Homeroom

Homeroom

Homeroom

7:35 – 8:15

Spanish

Math 

Math

PE

Prayers, Devotions, Intentions, Songs

8:17 – 8:57

Music

Math

8:30 Mass

Math Groups/ ELA

Math 

Spelling, Reading Tests

8:59 – 9:39

Math

9:20- 9:50- PE

Art

Math Groups/ ELA

ELA

9:41 – 10:21

Math Groups

Math/ Begin ELA

ELA

ELA/ Lit Circles

Lit Circles

10:23 – 11:03

ELA

ELA

SS Switch Classes

SS Switch Classes

STEAM

11:05 – 11:45

Lunch Recess

Lunch Recess

Lunch -

Lunch Recess

Lunch Recess

11:47 – 12:27

ELA Lit Circles/ Workshop

11:37- Lit Circles/ Workshop

ELA Lit Circles/Workshop

Library/ Media

Religion

12:29 – 1:09

Library/ Media

12:19- ELA Lit. Circles/ Workshop

Lit Circles/ Workshop

ELA Lit Circles/ Workshop

Social Studies My Class

1:11 – 1:50

Religion-Gratitude Journal

Finish Lit Circles

Gratitude Journal/ SS My Class

Religion

Gratitude Journal

Religion

Gratitude Journal

Fun Friday Team Building Activities

Gratitude Journal

1:50 – 2:00

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Homework for Monday, October 23, 2023

Monday, 10/23/23
Homework:
--Spelling homework
Tomorrow:
--Gym
--Grandparent's Day Mass- students are allowed to sit with Grandparents at the Mass and stay for the reception.
--We read our myth story in ELA-Goldenflower
 
Have a lovely evening,
Mrs. Shute

Week at a Glance: October 23-27, 2023

Week at a Glance: October 23-27, 2023

Highlights of the Week:

Math: Continuing Subtraction Chapter 3

Reading: Week 5 highlights The World Around Us

Spelling: Words with vowel digraphs

Writing: Prepping for writing a personal narrative

Religion: Grandparent’s Day Mass and Following Jesus

Social Studies: Continuing work on project in Media

Science: Force

Other Highlights:

  • Grandparent’s Day on Tuesday- Hope to see lots of grandparents at the 8:30 Mass. Mrs. Lombardo has provided us with a list of students who will be participating. 
  • Friday we meet with our buddies and create a spooktacular story

Math: Completion of Chapter 3- Subtraction

  • Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
  • Model with mathematics.
  • Attend to precision.
  • Look for and make use of structure.

Math Vocabulary Words: digit, hundreds, tens, thousands, regroup, 

Monday- Lesson 7- Subtract across zeros- Students will subtract across zeros

Tuesday- Lesson 8- Fluency practice and Review of chapter-

Wednesday- Practice test for Chapter 

Thursday- Assessment for Chapter 3 Subtraction- Subtraction

Friday- Math practice reteach lessons reviewing subtraction concepts

  • Daily mental math
  • Daily Simple Solutions Math Lesson
  • Daily IXL math, Prodigy, and IReady lessons-

Spelling Words: 

Thousand, shower, power, enjoy, bounce, avoid, appoint, annoy, proud, fountain

Bonus words: pronounce, surroundings, turmoil

High Frequency Words: unit, figure

Develop Vocabulary: pouch, globe, murmuring, mountainside, footpath

Unit Academic Vocabulary Words: competition, solve, occasion, organization

Also: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs

  • Daily practice with October Spelling Menu- activities to promote correct spelling of words.

Reading: Unit 1 Week 5- Question of the week: Why should we appreciate our environment?

Goals: I can learn more about traditional tales and analyze descriptive language in a myth.

I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing.

I can use elements of a narrative to write a personal narrative.

Objectives:

-Develop oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

-Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.

-Interact with sources in a meaningful way such as note taking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.

-Recognize characteristics of digital texts.

-Apply critical thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology.

Writing:

  • Daily entries in October journal
  • Daily entries in October prompts
  • Personal narratives- We will begin filling out a graphic organizer to prepare for next week’s writing assignment.
  • Daily writing in DOL packet (daily oral language)

Phonetic Awareness:

  • Vowel diphthongs: ou, ow, oi Review of; ee, ea, ai, ay, ow, oa

Religion- Session 7- Unit 2- Following Jesus

Theme- Jesus the Son call us to love God the Father and one another

Outcomes:

  • Explain what Jesus wants us to do in order to follow him.
  • Discuss how God calls us to follow the Ten Commandments.
  • Explain how being generous helps us follow Jesus.
  • Define conversation

Daily prayers, songs, devotions, opportunities to grow closer to Jesus and God.

Also, focus on our Secret Agents of Kindness prayer list-


Social Studies:

For the past few weeks, our focus was on researching famous Hispanic Americans in celebration of`Hispanic Heritage Month- Monday our students will continue creating Google Slides for their Hispanic Heritage famous person  Students had a very productive Media session last week so hopefully they will complete the six slides on Monday and be ready to present in class. Mrs. Leonhardt will be in our class for the presentations- thrilled about this!


Also, we’ll return to our book this week with continued study of maps and geography. Students will be creating their own map of the world and identifying continents, oceans, and equator.


Science: I will know that pushes and pulls affect motion.

Words to know: force, friction, magnetism

In this unit, students explore the forces all around them. They investigate the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces, the pushes and pulls of bridge structures, and the effects of gravity and friction on the motion of objects. Students also explore the power of magnetic forces and design solutions to everyday problems using their knowledge of these forces.

Lesson 2- How does force affect motion link here

Link here for vocabulary for Lesson 2: force, motion, mass, friction, magnetism

Copy of activity link here

  • In this lesson, students investigate the patterns of motion exhibited by a trapeze. In the activity, Trapeze Tester, students build a model trapeze. They make observations and take measurements of the motion of that model and use that data to predict the motion of a real trapeze.

Mystery Science activities will be utilized along with the Science book.

Link here for standards for this Chapter

Just a few notes....

Hello Everyone!
Great day today! Lots of good things accomplished in Room 13!
-Wonderful art in the box with Mrs. Kujundzic ad Mrs. Kennedy- see note in your child's folder.
-Almost completed our haunted house project- 
-Created cards for people on our prayer list- the delivery was an exciting experience for some of the kids.
-- No homework
Next week we go back to regular schedule w/ academics.
 
Have a lovely evening!
With Gratitude,
Mrs. Shute

Homework for Tuesday, 10/17/23

Homework for Tuesday, 10/17/23
-- More math IXL homework- 
 
Tomorrow:
-- Art class
--Our first Art in the Box!
--Secret Agents of Kindness work
-- Round 2 of June's Halloween Bingo (with Karlee assisting)
-- Hopefully, completion of the Haunted House project... so much fun. The class is really enjoying creating these houses to sell. We'll soon see if they have any buyers.
--No homework tomorrow
 
Have a lovely evening,
With Gratitude,
Mrs. Shute

Homework for Monday, 10/16/23

Homework for Monday, 10/16/23
-- Place Value homework 
No spelling h/w
Tomorrow:
--Gym
--All School Mass at 8:30
--Group project work on haunted houses- so much fun!
 
Have a lovely day!
With Gratitude,
Mrs. Shute

Week at a Glance: October 16-18, 2023

Week at a Glance: October 16-18, 2023

Highlights of the Week:

    • No spelling or reading tests this week-
    • Tuesday- All School Mass with buddies
  • Wear pink on Wednesday for $1.00 dress down in support of Breast Cancer Awareness
  • Wednesday- Pick a pumpkin in the St. Joe’s pumpkin patch.

We are taking advantage of this shortened week by utilizing enrichment activities in ELA with:

  • Phonics packets to review sounds, consonant blends, vowel digraphs, and parts of speech.
  • Continued work with writing in October creative writing journal and October prompts
  • Continued Lit Circles with comprehension packets
  • Haunted House Project (below)

Math: Continuing with Subtraction: Chapter 3

  • Lesson 5- Subtract 3 digit numbers; Students will subtract three-digit numbers with regrouping. Also- reteach worksheet on same skills-
  • Lesson 6- Subtract 4 digit numbers; Students will subtract 4 digit numbers with regrouping + enrichment worksheet.
  • Math activities designed to enrich subtraction knowledge
  • Haunted House project (below)
  • IXL and Prodigy math lessons

Haunted House project:A special project based learning based project to combine reading, math, and writing skills. Students will work in a small group to design a haunted house. They will have a budget to buy equipment to build the house, design the floorplan, and buy spooky things to decorate the house. Then, they will sell the house and create a newspaper ad to sell the house. My goal is to have each group be able to present their haunted house to the class.






For Religion: We focus this week on the parables of Jesus, including:

  • What is a parable? here
  • The parable of the Good Samaritan here
  • The parable of the mustard seed here
  • The parable of the lost sheep here
  • The parable of of the seed and the farmer here and the parable of the wedding banquet here

Daily prayers, devotions, intentions with a focus this week on the Secret Agents of Kindness. Our SAK will create cards for some of the people on our prayer list. Our current list has 45 people/ pets occupying our hearts and minds, so we’ll get to put our prayers into action by making cards/ letters for some of those people. 

All School Mass on Tuesday at 8:30- buddy Mass


Social Studies:

Last week, our focus was on researching famous Hispanic Americans in celebration of`Hispanic Heritage Month- tomorrow our students will take their research to Media class and Mrs. Hoglund will teach the students how to make a Google Slides presentation. Students did a fabulous job on this project! If time permits, we’ll look at the presentations in class.


Also, we’ll return to our book this week with continued study of maps and geography. Students will be creating their own map of the world and identifying continents, oceans, and equator.

Homework for Thursday, 10/12/23

Homework for Thursday, 10/12/23
-- Spelling Stories- Use at least 6 spelling words in your story, please (or more) to practice for tomorrow's spelling test.
Dress down day tomorrow! Thanks to all the donations for the food pantry! So grateful to all of you!
 
Tomorrow:
-- Spelling, Reading, and Religion tests-
Fun Friday!- We will be creating Halloween paintings with watercolors and June has a Halloween Bingo she will play with the class. Hopefully we'll have time for silent ball, too.
STEAM also tomorrow.
 
Have a lovely day,
With Gratitude,
Mrs. Shute

Homework for Wednesday, 10/11/23

Homework for Wednesday, 10/11/23
-- Spelling sentences worksheet to help practice for Friday's spelling test.
If possible, a donation to the food pantry would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!
 
Tomorrow:
--Gym first period
--Library after recess
--Complete Hispanic Heritage report- Most kids finished today. I learned so much today about Messi, Ronaldo, Frida Kahlo, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ellen Ochoa!
I was very proud of the wonderfully informative research going on today. Great team work, too!
Back to Lit Circles and workshop tomorrow.
 
Have a lovely evening,
With Gratitude,
Mrs. Sharon Shute

Homework for Tuesday, 10/10/23

Homework for Tuesday, 10/10/23
-- Spelling Text Messages homework
 
Tomorrow:
-- Art day!
-- Hispanic Heritage Day! Students will research a famous Hispanic American and complete a research sheet about the person. Later- they will create a Google slides presentation in Media with Mrs. Hoglund. Exciting day tomorrow- we will not have Lit Circles due to research time. Please make sure everyone has a Chromebook (charged) so they are ready to research.
 
Thanks so much,
Mrs. Shute
 

Homework for Monday, 10/9/23

Homework for Monday, 10/9/23
--Spelling h/w- Write new spelling words on worksheet-
-- For parents- a letter detailing our new math chapter- subtraction
Just a friendly reminder: October book report- Decorate a pumpkin as a character from a book- due 10/31.
 
Tomorrow:
-All school Mass at 8:30
-Gym 
-Reading- Read a new story about nomadic people in the desert
- Math- Lesson 2 in Subtraction
 
Have a lovely Fall day!
With Gratitude, 
Mrs. Shute
 
 

Week at a Glance: October 9-13, 2023

Week at a Glance: October 9-13, 2023

Highlights of the Week: 

Reading: Non-fiction story about people living in the desert

Spelling: Focus on vowel digraphs

Writing: Using conjunctions in sentences

Math: Begin Chapter 3 Subtraction 

Religion: Jesus’ Good News

Social Studies: Continue Geography and Hispanic Heritage project


Other Highlights:

  • All school Mass Tuesday at 8:30
  • Lockdown practice- Wednesday afternoon

Reading: Unit 1 Week 4:

Spelling Words: peaches, owner, charcoal, asleep, dream, braided, maintain, agree, shadow, display- bonus words: freedom, entertain, tomorrow

High Frequency Words: voice, south

Develop Vocabulary Words: shield, lack, exposure, nomadic, landscape

Unit Vocabulary Words: competition, solve, occasion, organization, custom

Question of the Week: What creative solutions do people come up with to survive in their environment?

Learning goals for the week:

  • I can learn more about themes concerning environments by analyzing text features in an informational text.
  • I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing.
  • I can use elements of narrative text to write a personal narrative (pn)

Objectives:

  • Use text evidence to support an appropriate response.
  • Interact with sources in  meaningful ways such as: note taking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.
  • Identify can compare how people in different communities adapt to or modify the physical environment in which they live such as deserts, mountains, wetlands, and plains.
  • Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information. 
  • Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in text, and society.

Writing:

  • Daily writing entries in October journal
  • Daily entries in Spelling Menu Packet
  • Daily entries in Daily Oral Language Packet
  • Daily writing Simple Solutions Grammar packet
  • Writing about a famous Hispanic American 


Math: Begin Chapter 3- Subtraction:

Math vocabulary: difference, subtract, estimate, inverse operations, regroup

Monday- Show what you know about subtraction page-

Monday also, Lesson 1- Subtract mentally: Use strategies to subtract mentally

Tuesday- Lesson 2- Estimate Differences- Estimate differences using rounding to the nearest ten or hundred.

Wednesday: Lesson 3- Problem Solving Investigation: Estimate or exact answer: Determine whether an estimate or an exact answer is needed to solve a problem.

Thursday- Lesson 4- Hands on: Subtract with regrouping: Model subtraction with regrouping.

Thursday- Check what you know: Half way through the chapter recheck on past lessons

*Each day, students will work on math enrichment activities in Simple Solutions and daily worksheets to reteach lessons.


Religion: Begin Unit 2 Session 6- Jesus’ Good News- Jesus the Son teaches us about the Kingdom of God the Father through parables.

Jesus tells parables through which he reveals the Kingdom of God to us. In the parables of the mustard seed and the yeast, Jesus the Son compares the kingdom to tiny things that become large manifestations of God the Father’s love. He teaches us to serve the kingdom by showing our love of God, our neighbors, and ourselves through acts of kindness.

Here is the link for 

Here is the link for Session interactive questions/ Daily prayers, songs, and devotions


Social Studies:

We are taking a day this week to focus on Hispanic Heritage Month. Students will conduct research on a famous Hispanic American person and later make a Google slide about that person. We will share our research with Mrs. Leonhardt for Spanish class. 

Also: Continuing our Geography chapter: 

Essential question- Where in the world is our community?

Objectives:

  • Locate key geographical features on a map of Earth: the equator, the prime meridian, the four hemispheres, the five oceans, and the seven continents.- Review this
  • Identify countries on the map of North America.
  • Identify states and communities on a map of the southeastern United States.
  • Review Continents

Language Arts in SS-

  • Correctly write the name of one’s own community and state.
  • Write a journal entry relating to the experiences of an explorer.

Develop key vocabulary: border, capital, continent, country, equator, geography, government, ocean, prime meridian, state.

Goal this week: Make a map of the world with labels on paper-

Next week: Lesson 2- Finding Places in the United States- If time permits, we’ll begin this lesson this week.

Thursday Homework: 10/5/23

Homework for 10/5/23
-- Spelling Stories- Use as many spelling (+ bonus, if possible) to make a story. I always look forward to these- they are so creative!
-- Math- Addition and rounding worksheet
--SeeSaw assignments- I will not assign any tomorrow so kids can catch up.
 
Tomorrow:
-- Spelling, Religion, and Reading Tests-
--Noodle jar party- Everyone bring a blanket(flashlights are optional) to have fun making forts and telling spooky stories. Fun time!
 
 Sincerely,
Mrs. Sharon Shute

Homework for Tuesday, 10/3/23

Homework for Tuesday, 10/3/23
-- Spelling text message h/w- These are so entertaining and creative!
--Math- Math the correct property of addition with the number sentence- if you don't have glue, students can draw lines.
 
Tomorrow:
--Art day!
-- More autobiography presentations
--Science switch day
 
Have a lovely day!
With Gratitude,
Mrs. Shute

Homework for Monday, 10/2/23

Homework for Monday, 10/2/23
-- Spelling Words- Please write new spelling words on the worksheet-
 
Tomorrow:
--Gym; Buddy Mass
 
We completed 3 more autobiographies today! They are spectacular!
New October book report information going home tomorrow!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Shute

Week at a Glance: October 2-6, 2023

Highlights of the Week:

Monday- Tornado Drill

Tuesday- 8:30 Mass

Wednesday- Completion of Autobiography presentations 

Thursday- Carmel Co-Choir performs

Friday- Fire drill w/fire dept.


Spelling Words: moving, beginning, carried, easier, begged, noisier, angriest, dragging, emptied, using

  • Develop Vocabulary: dreams, amazing, bored, amazing, discovery, proud
  • Unit academic vocabulary: competition, solve, custom, occasion, organization
  • Daily practice with spelling words in October spelling menu

Reading: Unit 1 Week 3- Goals:

  • Students can learn about themes concerning environments by analyzing characters in realistic fiction.
  • Students can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing.
  • Students can use elements of narrative text to write a personal narrative.
  • Students will explore a rainforest environment
  • Students will make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.
  • Understand how humans adapt to various environments.
  • Recognize and analyze genre-specific characteristics, structures and purposed within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts.
  • Understand meanings of base words and apply word endings- /-ed/, /-ing/, /-er/, /-est/
  • Review word endings from last week- -s, -es, -ies
  • Use text evidence to support an appropriate response

Writing:  Daily writing in October journal and October quick prompts in notebooks.

Students will write a personal narrative using an organizer to help organize their thoughts.

Also, daily entries in gratitude journals

Morning Work: Daily writing in Daily Oral Language packet, Simple Solutions Grammar-


Math: Continuing and Completion of Chapter 2 Addition Strategies:

Monday- Fluency Practice with addition regrouping

Tuesday- Review for test in book

Wednesday- Further Review of Chapter 2 completed independently

Thursday- Chapter 2 Assessment

Vocabulary words to know:

Associative property of addition, estimate,parenthesis, regroup, bar diagram, Identity property, pattern, unknown, Commutative Property, mental math, reasonable

Also: Daily practice with Prodigy, SeeSaw math enrichment activities,and Simple Solutions Math


Religion: Session 5- Ordinary Time:

Ordinary Time is a time to grow and be grateful that we belong to our Church community-

We celebrate Ordinary Time on the Sundays between the Christmas season and Lent and from Pentecost to the First Sunday of Advent. There may be 33 or 34 Sundays in Ordinary Time. There are the Sundays in which the Church reflects on Jesus’ life. During this time, we celebrate Jesus’ presence in our lives, receiving him in the Eucharist. We live our commitment to Christ through the community of the Church as a sign of Christ’s presence in the world. During other seasons, we anticipate and celebrate the central aspects of the Paschal Mystery- the birth, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ. During Ordinary Time, we celebrate Jesus’ life and our life in the Church. The Mass is the center and the source of that life.

*** Tuesday- All School Mass at 8:30 with buddies

Session 5 Outcomes:

  • Discuss how we grow in God’s love in Ordinary Time.
  • Explain that in Ordinary Time, we are grateful to belong to our Church Community.
  • Discuss how we grow in community by being Chirst to the world.
  • Define community and missal

Daily songs, prayers, and devotion- 


Social Studies: Continuing with Geography:

Essential question- Where in the world is our community?

Objectives:

  • Locate key geographical features on a map of Earth: the equator, the prime meridian, the four hemispheres, the five oceans, and the seven continents.- Review this
  • Identify countries on the map of North America.
  • Identify states and communities on a map of the southeastern United States.
  • Review Continents

Language Arts in SS-

  • Correctly write the name of one’s own community and state.
  • Write a journal entry relating to the experiences of an explorer.

Develop key vocabulary: border, capital, continent, country, equator, geography, government, ocean, prime meridian, state.

Goal this week: Make a map of the world with labels on paper-