April 15-19
WEEKLY NEWS:
FIRST COMMUNION: This weekend was simply perfect! It was such an honor to witness so many of my students receive Jesus for the first time. I can't wait to hear their stories on Monday!
BENCHMARK TESTING: Benchmark Testing is on Tuesday, April 23 and Wednesday, April 24. Click here for the schedule.
DIFFENDOOFER DAY: We are excited about Diffendoofer Day which will be held on Friday, April 26. Our class color is blue!
THE CHOCOLATE TOUCH: We will be taking a break from Wonders to start a novel. On Monday, April 29, we will begin our novel study on "The Chocolate Touch" by Patrick Skene Catling. Please have your child bring the book to school by Thursday, April 25. You can purchase it on Amazon or borrow from a friend who may have read it last year.
REMINDERS FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS:
SOLAR ECLIPSE-Thank you to Claire Bingham for donating glasses to our class! Click here for pics.
EASTER CELEBRATION/PARTY- Click here to see pics.
HOLY WEEK- Click here to see pics.
WASHING OF THE FEET- Click here to see pics.
FIELD TRIP- Parents are welcome to join us on our field trip to C.M. Farms on Thursday, May 2. More details to come.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Tuesday, April 16
Spirit Day
Wednesday, April 17
Pizza Artista Night
Thursday, April 18
School Mass
Saturday, April 20
CCS Live Auction
Tuesday, April 23
Benchmark Testing
Wednesday, April 24
Benchmark Testing
Thursday, April 25
School Mass
Friday, April 26
Diffendoofer Day (Our Class color is blue.)
Tuesday, April 30
Spirit Day
Thursday, May 2
Field Trip to C.M. Farms (More info to come.)
Friday, May 3
Talent Show
Tuesday, May 7
Spirit Day
Thursday, May 9
Last School Mass (Gym)
Friday, May 10
CCABC Crawfish Boil
Tuesday, May 14
Spirit Day
Monday, May 20
Awards
May 20-24
Cafeteria Closed (Students must bring a lunch from home.)
RELIGION
Chapter 17
READING
Unit 5, Weeks 1-2
*Biography: tells a true story of a person’s life; is written by another person; is told in chronological order; may include text features such as heading, photographs, bold words, or a timeline
*Summarize: using your own words to tell the most important details
*Bold Words: shows words that are important to understand the topic
*Timelines: shows dates of events in the order that they happened
*Author’s Purpose: the author’s reason for writing; biographies are written to inform readers about important and interesting things about a person’s life; some authors use time order words to show how events are connected
*Character Perspective: a character’s feelings throughout the story
*Synonyms: Words that have almost the same meaning
SPELLING
Unit 5, Weeks 2
1. soil
2. broil
3. moist
4. point
5. toil
6. oil
7. toy
8. joy
9. coin
10. noise
11. crown
12. mound
13. I’ll
14. laugh
15. maybe
GRAMMAR
Unit 5, Week 2
Subjective & Objective Pronouns
MATH
3 Digit Addition (with and without regrouping)
SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE
Economics Unit
What is money?
Monday, April 15
Mad Minute (25 Subtraction Facts in one minute)
Tuesday, April 16
Math Test (Adding 3 digit numbers)
Reading Test (Brave Bessie- Comprehension & Vocab)
Wednesday, April 17
Religion Test (Chapter 17)
Vocabulary Test (Unit 5, Weeks 1-2)
Thursday, April 18
COLD READ TEST (Unit 5, Weeks 1-2)
Friday, April 19
Spelling Test (Unit 5, Week 2 Words)
Grammar Test (Subjective & Objective Pronouns)
MONDAY
Religion- Test Wednesday
Reading- Reread "Brave Bessie" & Test tomorrow
Grammar- Test Friday
Spelling- Test Friday
Math- wkst; Test tomorrow
Science- X
Social-Studies- X
TUESDAY
Religion- Test tomorrow
Reading- Vocab Test tomorrow
Grammar- Test Friday
Spelling- Test Friday
Math- X
Science- X
Social-Studies- X
WEDNESDAY
Religion- Say an extra
Reading- Cold Read Test tomorrow
Grammar- Test Friday
Spelling- Test Friday
Math- complete pgs. 423-424
Science- X
Social-Studies- X
THURSDAY
Religion- Study Guide
Reading- X
Grammar- Test Friday
Spelling- Test Friday
Math- complete pgs. 428-429
Science- X
Social-Studies- X