April 28th- May 2nd

How exciting that we had two popes canonized on Divine Mercy Sunday? How fitting! I hope that your Easter has been full of joy! Please see the reminder section as there are some very important reminders concerning the next two weeks! 
Literacy- 
The format of our literacy lessons will be changing a bit. The story we are reading this week is called "A Froggy Fable". We are going to be talking about how change can be a little scary, difficult but it can also be comforting. We will be working on the following skills this week and possibly next:
- spelling with final syllable -le
- drawing conclusions and using background knowledge to read a text
- reading with fluency with a focus on appropriate rate and accuracy
- using adjectives in our writing
- using selection vocabulary

Religion-

    We are in charge of mass on Wednesday. We practiced today and will practice again tomorrow. Your kiddos are doing so well! This week we will also continue to talk about the Easter season and the mass. 

Math-
  
We began our topic on money today and the kids had a blast playing the game that came home today. I can tell they are really excited to get into working with money and I don't blame them! Everything we have done has helped us get to this point and I know they are going to do really well. 

Social Studies/Science-

Today we began looking at simple machines. We will be taking a closer look at inclined planes, levers and pulleys, wheels and axles as the week progresses. 


Spelling-

Our spelling test this week will be working with the final syllable -le. Today we had a great time coming up with more than 50 -le words. Here are the spelling words for this week. The test will be on Friday. 

Square:                       Triangle:
ankle                               ankle
title                                 title
angle                               apple
cable                               cable
possible                          purple
agreeable                       able
bicycle                            bugle
bundle                           bundle
bubble                           bubble
giggle                             giggle 
sparkle                          sparkle
tickle                             tickle

Reminders-

Our First Communion retreat is next Tuesday. Please make sure that your child brings a sack lunch and snack for the day. We are going to be leaving promptly at 8:30 and returning at 2:30. If I haven't received a sign permission slip, I will be sending home another one. Please return them by Friday. 

Please see the email I sent regarding the May Crowning. If there are questions, let me know and I will get information back as soon as I can. 

There is important information regarding next school year in the Colt Express. It is near the bottom of the page. Please make sure that you read over it. 

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

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

Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II, pray for us!