Week of 5/13

Dear Parents,

I hope that all of you (especially the moms) had a wonderful weekend! I know the kids were very excited to give your their gifts :). I also wanted to thank you all for a fantastic teacher appreciation week. We were all blown away by the thoughtfulness, creativity and generosity that went in to making the week a special one. We are truly blessed to work in such an amazing school.

This is the beginning of the end. We will start our last story of the year this week and also start our final math unit on geometry. When we return from the Memorial Day holiday we will start preparing for exams.

Here are the reminders for the week:

- Our class Mass is Tuesday at 9:00 am. Hope to see you all there!

- Kids are to wear their spring uniforms on Tuesday and pack a pair of sneakers for gym class later. Thank you for your help with this.

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 17 on Friday. A study guide will be sent home.

- Important dates for May/June:
      - Wednesday, May 22nd - May Procession at 7:00 pm
      - No school Friday, 5/24, Monday, 5/27 and Thursday, 5/30
      - Tuesday, June 4th - Doughnuts with Dudes at 8:30 am

Last week we reviewed synonyms and practiced finding synonyms using "Synonyms Rolls"! The kids did a great job with this!

Homework

Monday
Reading: page 63
practice Magic Words
Math: page 89

Tuesday

Reading: page 64

practice Magic Words

Math: page 90
Religion: study for test

Wednesday 

Reading: page 65

practice Magic Words
Math: complete worksheet
Religion: study for test

Thursday
Reading: page 62
practice Magic Words
Math: complete worksheet
Religion: study for test tomorrow

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 17 this week and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "Little Rabbit's Tale"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: Short e (ea) and compound words

Grammar: prepositions

Magic Words: door, old, want, more, try, wash, mother, use, everyone, such, while, treats

Spelling Words: bedtime, backpack, sunset, playpen, bathtub, raincoat, sailboat, inside, flagpole, himself, everyone, more

Math
We will begin our final unit on geometry this week. We will review all the 2D shapes and talk about symmetry.