March 31st - April 4th

I hope you had a wonderful Laetare Sunday. I hope that your Spring Break was restful. We are going to get back into the full swing of things tomorrow. 

Literacy- 

We are going to finish our unit on "Anansi Goes Fishing." For the next two days we will be reviewing the past unit and on Tuesday, we will take our test. On Wednesday we will begin the next unit which is called "Rosa and Blanca."
We will be answering the big question "When does a creative idea lead to a surprise?"  We will work to understand that creative ideas can lead to surprises when we share with others, help others and use clever thinking. We will be learning 8 more amazing words! They are abundant, assist, generous, dismay, efficient, beam, forever, situation. Our high-frequency words this week include: alone, buy, daughters, half, many, their, youngest. Children will also be able to work with verbs and different forms of them. We are also going to begin working with poetry and writing it.

Religion-

    As we approach our first communion date, we are going to start talking about Jesus as our shepherd as well as the Eucharist and mass. I know that your kids are excited about receiving their first communion. Our second grade will be making their First Communion retreat on May 6th. We will get out more details in the next few months. We are also going to need a few parent volunteers to drive. 

Math-
  
We have been working with three-digit addition and are now moving into subtraction. We are going to be working more in depth with subtraction this week as we finish up our unit on Friday. 

Social Studies/Science-

We finished making our covered wagons and will now be talking about the Erie Canal, the Oregon Trail and the Pony Express. We will finish up our unit on the pioneers next week. 


Spelling-

We will be working on spelling the vowel patterns i, ie, igh, and y

We have been using differentiated spelling lists in class. There are two different groups. 
Your students knows if they are a square or triangle. These words can be found in your child's planner.

Square words:             Triangle words:
find                              find
child                            child
bright                          bright
spider                          spider
myself                          myself
blind                            blind
frighten                       sky
identify                       wild
style                           fly
arrival                         right
delight                        flight
rely                             cry

The spelling test will be on Monday of next week.

Reminders-


Our school calendar of events can be found at cccscoltexpress.blogspot.com

If you have questions about anything, please feel free to email me.

• St. Isidore of Seville, pray for us.

March 10th- 14th

Good evening! I apologize for the absence from blogging, but we are back in the swing of things! 


Your kiddos did an amazing job during testing! They were fabulous and I can't wait to see the results! 


Tomorrow, we will have our spelling test from last week. I left school early on Friday, due to sickness, and we were not able to get to the spelling test. 
Our spelling test for this week's words will be on Friday. 


Literacy- 

This week we will be answering the big question "In what creative ways do we communicate?" Our main selection will be called "Dear Juno."  We will work to understand that we communicate in creative ways through speaking, writing, signs and symbols as well as actions and behaviors. We will be learning 8 more amazing words! They are correspond, postage, transport, cove, footprint, deaf, imitate, sign language. Our high-frequency words this week include: answer, company, faraway, parents, picture, school, wash. Children will also be able to identify and use verbs with plural and singular nouns. We are also going to be focusing on writing a friendly letter.

Religion-

    This week we continue to talk about prayer and the need for adoration, praise, thanksgiving, intercession and petition. We will also begin talking about Jesus and the miracles that he performed. We will begin by talking about the Wedding at Cana and the multiplication of loaves. 

Math-
  
Last week we went back to finish topic ten, we will take our test on Monday and begin topic 11. In topic 11, your child will learn how to add and subtract three-digit numbers.  

Social Studies/Science-

The insect projects were amazing! I was extremely impressed and I could tell that your children knew their stuff! 
On Friday, we began talking about pioneers and westward expansion. This week we will be creating covered wagons, talking about the hardships that the pioneers faced. We will also be creating a map with significant places such as the Erie Canal and the Appalachian Mountains. 


Spelling-

We will be working on spelling the vowel patterns ow, oa, and o

We have been using differentiated spelling lists in class. There are two different groups. 
Your students knows if they are a square or triangle.

Square words:                                          Triangle words:
goat                                                            goat
hold                                                            hold
show                                                           show
almost                                                         most
bowl                                                           bowl
throat                                                        float
toast                                                          toast
ocean                                                         ago
open                                                           open
told                                                            told
locate                                                        toad
slow                                                          slow

The spelling test will be on Friday of this week.
Reminders-


Our school calendar of events can be found at cccscoltexpress.blogspot.com

If you have questions about anything, please feel free to email me.

• St. Anastatsia Patricia, pray for us.