April 8-12
WEEKLY NEWS:
Reading Test is moved to next Tuesday.
BENCHMARK TESTING: Benchmark Testing is on Tuesday, April 23 and Wednesday, April 24. Click here for the schedule.
EASTER BREAK-I hope that you and your family had a wonderful break! I can't believe that we are in the final stretch of the year.
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.
TIMELINE PROJECT- This week, we will be learning about timelines. Your child is asked to bring in 5 pictures ( real pictures or printed on a paper is fine) of significant events in his/ her life. Please write the year on the back of each picture. On Friday, we will create a timelines! :)
REMINDERS FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS:
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
Thursday, April 11
School Mass
Tuesday, April 16
Spirit Day
Thursday, April 18
School Mass
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
Chapel Mass (Boys must wear pants.)
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. sound
2. mound
3. cloud
4. shout
5. pound
6. clown
7. brown
8. crown
9. howl
10. growl
11. chair
12. where
13. been
14. myself
15. pushed
GRAMMAR
Unit 5, Week 1
Pronouns
MATH
3 Digit Addition (with and without regrouping)
SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE
Timelines
Monday, April 8
Mad Minute (25 Subtraction Facts in one minute)
Tuesday, April 9
Wednesday, April 10
Thursday, April 11
Friday, April 12
Spelling Test (Unit 5, Week 1 Words)
Grammar Test (Pronouns)
MOVED TO NEXT TUESDAY-Reading Test (Brave Bessie- Comprehension & Vocab)
MONDAY
Religion- Study Guide
Reading- Study Vocab
Grammar- X
Spelling- Study New Words
Math- Complete pgs. 361-362 in packet
Science- X
Social-Studies- Bring in 5 pictures (due Friday)
TUESDAY
Religion- Study Guide
Reading- Study Vocab
Grammar- page in packet
Spelling- Test Friday
Math- Complete pgs. 375-376 in packet
Science- X
Social-Studies- Bring in 5 pictures (due Friday)
THURSDAY
Religion- Study Guide
Reading- Test Friday
Grammar- Test Friday
Spelling- Test Friday
Math- Complete pgs. 381-382 in packet
Science- X
Social-Studies- Bring in 5 pictures (due Friday)