Week of 3/19

Maeve's grandmother came in and read to us about Saint Patrick!

Dear Parents,

Happy Terra Nova week! We will be taking different parts of the test each day. Please follow the schedule that was sent home last week. I told the kids that they should be in bed by 8:30pm at the absolute latest! Please do not use dress down passes this week (unless it's a birthday), make sure they eat a healthy breakfast and pack a healthy snack for recess. These little things really do make a difference. Here are a few reminders:

- Please make sure the kids have a few sharpened #2 pencils each day for the test.

- Report cards will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return the envelope. The report card can stay home.

- There will be no homework this week! Getting to bed early should be easier this way! :)

- We will start working with money this week and ask that you please send in some coins with your child in a ziplock bag with their name. If you could include 4 quarters, 10 dimes, 10 nickels and 10 pennies by Wednesday that would be great! Thanks for your help with this!

- On Wednesday, kids are allowed to accessorize their school uniform with crazy socks to celebrate Rock Your Socks Day for World Down Syndrome Day. Donations are welcome but not required.

- There will be a test on time on Friday.  An optional review will be sent home Thursday night for homework. We will also review in school on Thursday.

- We had SO much fun using the Google Expeditions AR (Augmented Reality) App last Wednesday! We explored the planets and moon, ocean life, bees and dinosaurs! I think Ryan and Danny's faces say it all in this picture :).

- The creativity and thought that goes into constructing the leprechaun traps never ceases to amaze me! I love looking at them and listening to the kids explain how they work and seeing the excitement in their eyes. Thank you for you're help with this. Unfortunately, we didn't catch a leprechaun, but there is always next year! Check out the pictures at the bottom of the page!

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 16 "We Celebrate the Sacraments" this week.

Reading

Story: "The Big Trip"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, e, e_e, ee) and -ng, -nk words

Grammar: compound sentences
Magic Words: about, could, sure, by, don't, there, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through

Spelling Words: read, feet, tree, keep, mean, these, thing, sink, tank, string, very, about
*Test will be next Tuesday*

Math

We will review time to the hour, half hour, time patterns and elapsed time and have a test on Friday.  We will also start working with money. We will identify coins and how much they are worth.

Week of 3/12

Thanks to Mrs. Taglianetti, Lucas and Sophia for reading to us last week!

Dear Parents,

We will continue reviewing for the Terra Nova tests that will be taken next week.  A schedule and some tips for taking standardized tests will be sent home this week. Attached to the schedule will be a blank letter. I ask that you please write your child an encouraging note that they will read Monday morning before we start the tests. This will hopefully calm any nerves that they may have. Please send the letter in by Friday at the latest. Thanks for your help with this :).

Here are the reminders for this week:

- There is a Home & School meeting on Tuesday night at 7:00 pm on Technology Awareness. I hope to see you there!

- There will be a Math quiz on graphing on Tuesday.

- On Wednesday we will doing a Science lesson with Google Expeditions using Virtual Reality goggles. Be sure to ask your child about it Wednesday night!

- There will be a Religion test on Friday on Chapter 15. A study guide will be sent home.

- Leprechaun traps are due on Friday! Please have your child practice talking about how their trap works because they will be presenting it to the class!

That is all for now!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday
Reading: page 18
practice Magic Words
Math: page 49
Graphing quiz tomorrow

Tuesday

Reading: page 17

practice Magic Words

Math: First in Math 15 minutes
Religion: study for test

Wednesday

Reading: page 20

practice Magic Words

Math: page 114
Religion: study for test

Thursday
Reading: page 22
practice Magic Words
Math: complete worksheet
Religion: study for test tomorrow

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish" and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "The Big Trip"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, e, e_e, ee) and -ng, -nk words

Grammar: compound sentences
Magic Words: about, could, sure, by, don't, there, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through

Spelling Words: read, feet, tree, keep, mean, these, thing, sink, tank, string, very, about

Math

We will continue with our time unit and practice telling time to the hour and half hour. We will work with time patterns and learn about elapsed time. There will be a graphing quiz on Thursday.

Week of 3/5

Dear Parents,

We are thinking Spring after the crazy storm last week. Sorry for any inconvenience that the storm brought with dismissal on Friday. We are just thankful that everyone got home safely. We will see what Wednesday's storm brings..

Here are the reminders for this week:

- We will continue to review for the Terra Nova test that we will take the week of 3/19.

- Thursday is a dress down day. Please send in $1.00.

- The SKS Shops will be Thursday night from 5:00-10:00 pm and Friday from 8:30 am-4:00 pm in the Parish Center. There are some great vendors so we hope you can make it!

- Our monthly Mass will be on Friday at 9:00 am. All are welcome :).

- Reading and spelling tests will be on Friday this week.

- The 2nd trimester closes on Friday.

Homework

Monday
Reading:page 10
practice Magic Words
Math: page 113

Tuesday

Reading: page 11

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: page 13

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday
Reading: study for reading and spelling test
practice Magic Words
Math: page 49

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will begin Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish". 

Reading

Story: ""Let's Go to the Moon"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Long U and review Long O

Grammar: questions

Magic Words: around, should, before, bring, carry, light, show, think, people, beautiful, wear, tools

Spelling Words: hole, stove, bone, so, go, flew, grew, blue, super, soon, think, before
**Test on Friday!**

Math

We will continue working with time and do some more review with graphing. We focus on telling time to the hour and half hour. There will be a test on graphing next week.