Week of Nov. 17 - 21
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Important Dates
Nov. 19- 1st Trimester Awards after Mass in Church
Nov. 19- 4th/5th Poetry Slam (approx. 9:30 am following 1st trimester awards-flyer below)
Nov. 17-21- 8th Grade Fundraiser, bring $1 per day to get out of uniform.
Dec. 7 – Cookies with Santa
Dec. 11 – Christmas Concert in Church *See information below!
Dear K-5 Families,
We are proud to welcome you to Ascension’s 2025 Christmas Concert! The theme of the concert is “Love in Any Language,” and it will feature the vocal, instrumental, and dancing talents of grades K through 5, plus the Ascension Concert and Modern bands. Please save the date for Thursday, December 11, from 6-7:30PM in the church sanctuary. There will be an intermission between sets.
*Grades K-2 will perform from approximately 6-6:30PM. Please drop your students off in the cafeteria no later than 5:45PM. Families may then be seated in the sanctuary.
*Grades 3-5 and the bands will perform from approximately 6:45-7:30PM. Please bring your student to the cafeteria no later than 6:30PM. Families may then be seated in the sanctuary.
*Please dress your student in Sunday best or Christmas sweaters and comfortable shoes.
Questions may be directed to Mr. Henson at mhenson@ascension-parish.com.
What we are Learning This Week
Math: Mrs. Bennett
LA: Mrs. Phelps
Students will take an end of unit assessment on Friday. This will involve reading a poem and answering questions and interpreting meaning of a poem, identify (alliteration, simile, metaphor, and repetition, or anaphora). We will review these terms this week.
Skills we will be developing this week include:
Reading:
identify poetic devices (alliteration, simile, repetition, etc.) and explain their effectiveness in the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
make inferences and determine the meaning of a poem
Morphology:
Latin base struct meaning "to build"
Latin base tract meaning "to pull or draw"
Speaking and Listening:
Practice reading poems aloud to the class with a focus on articulation, voice level, inflection, and fluency.
Homework: End of Unit Assessment on Friday
Social Studies: Mrs. Crush
We will continue our exploration of civics standards. Our students have been actively engaged in learning about:
Diverse Forms of Self-Government: They are comparing the political form of monarchy with the self-governing systems developed in colonial America.
Civic Participation: Students are understanding the importance of civic participation through local examples from past and current events.
Processes for Change: They are describing the processes people use to change rules and laws and how these developments improve communities to meet the needs of citizens.
Religion: Mrs. Crush
We will continue and complete Chapter 6: God the Father, Creator of Heaven and Earth. This chapter will help students:
come to know that God is our all-good Creator, whose providence guides all His creation.
grasp that they have reason and will because they were created with rational souls in the image and likeness of God.
understand that we are created with bodies, souls, and passions.
know that man and woman were created equal and for each other.
begin to understand the consequences that the Fall has on the human person.
Words to Know: Almighty, divine providence, passions
Important Announcements:
Ch. 6 Test: Friday, November 21.
*Study Materials: Ch.6 Review, Words to Know, Doodles, Highlighted Text, Activities in the chapter
2nd Trimester Service Hours and Reflections: Each student is asked to complete two service hours per trimester. Their 2nd Trimester Service Hours and Reflections are due Wednesday, February 11. This will be completed on Google Classroom. Optional: complete log on paper.
Science: Mrs. Jackel
Altar Serving Training:
Our 4th graders participated in Altar Server Training last week with Father Matthew! If your child would like to begin serving at weekend Masses, please reach out to Patrick Parris at pparris@ascension-parish.com. Patrick will help get them set up with Mass times and dates. *Please note only those who have received their First Holy Communion are able to altar serve.
As for school Mass, 4th graders will continue serving after Christmas. At that time, I will pair them with an experienced server so they can learn and practice alongside them. Students will be notified about a week in advance if they are scheduled to serve during a school Mass.
I’m looking forward to seeing our 4th graders begin serving at weekend Masses—it’s such a wonderful way for them to be involved in our parish community!
Blessings in a Backpack
Blessings in a Backpack
Several schools collect food for low-income students who might not otherwise have food over the weekends. The program is called Blessings in a Backpack. There is a link below that you and your student(s) can sign up for. The volunteers simply walk around to each item putting it in a bag. One location is Alex R. Kennedy Elementary which is close to Ascension.
Link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4EA9A92EA5F4C25-51271874-blessing#/
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