What we are Learning This Week

LA: Mrs. Phelps

We have ended our Geology unit and are ready to move on. Before we start our next Amplify unit, I wanted to take time to celebrate Black History Month. Our focus this week will be on Rosa Parks. We will also touch on other significant African American's who played an important role in history, such as Ruby Bridges and Martin Luther King Jr. We will read a variety of texts with a focus on summarizing, identifying main idea and key details, and comparing and contrasting 2 stories on a similar topic. 

*Multiple students missed a lot of school lately due to illness. I will be building in 20 minutes at the end of each class this week to allow them time to work on their end of unit assessment and descriptive paragraph so I can submit grades by Thursday. 

Skills we will be developing weekly include:

Reading:

• RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text

• RL.4.9 Compare and contrast common themes and topics in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures  

Morphology:

• Latin root port meaning "to carry, gate, or entry"

Grammar:

• homophones- there vs. their vs. they're

Homework:  Vocabulary Quiz Friday

• segregation

• boycott

• protest

• bellow

• neutral

• dignity

Link to Vocab Slides 

Social Studies: Mrs. Crush

• Students will be finishing up their Kentucky County Project. Each student has been assigned a cluster of counties in Kentucky to research as they learn about different regions of our state. This project will be completed in both Social Studies and Technology. The last piece is where the students will be interviewing Mr. Mullaney on what of their assigned counties. 

• We are also continue working in our state postcard exchange! We have already received several postcards from around the country and will be mailing ours out soon as well.

Religion: Mrs. Crush

For Religion, we will begin Ch. 8 "God Reveals His Name" in our Word of Life workbook. In this chapter, students will:

• know that God revealed His name to Moses by speaking to him in the burning bush.

• know that God's name reveals God's identity to His people.

• understand that God revealed the Ten Commandments to the Israelites.

• begin to understand that God reveals some moral laws that we can know through our own reason and experience to lead us to true happiness and freedom. 

Words to Know: vain, Yahweh

Important Announcements:

• Ch.8 "God Reveals His Name" Vocabulary Definitions due Wednesday, February 25. 

• Student Led Prayer VIII: Lent 2026 due Friday, February 27.

• Ch.8 "God Reveals His Name" Test on Thursday, March 5.

• 3rd Trimester Service Hours and Reflections: Each student is asked to complete two service hours per trimester. Their 3rd Trimester Service Hours and Reflections are due Wednesday, May 13. This will be completed on Google Classroom. Optional: complete log on paper.

Science: Mrs. Jackel

https://sites.google.com/ascension-parish.com/k-5science/4 

Spanish: Ms. Mary Crush

“La Casa Vocabulario” flashcards need to be completed by next class, Monday February 23rd. Please make sure to study these words as well!!