May 8- First Communion Celebration Mass - refreshments to follow
May 11- Funeral Home field trip & full day HT(no PM bus)
May 13- May Birthday Lunch
May 18- Field Day
May 20- Kindergarten Graduation
May 21- 6th Grade Graduation Mass- (Thursday)
May 21- Blue Park & Ice Cream Truck
May 22- Last Day of School / Mass
Rox Reading Week 4 - If your child has completed all 4 weeks of the Rox Reading Program, a certificate of completion and a ticket information sheet is coming home this week. It is recommended to place your order ASAP to ensure your game date selection.
Class Mass- Friday, May 8th at 9:00am. We will be celebrating in a special way by wearing our First Communion outfits. Following mass, you are invited to join us for refreshments in the church basement. The students will be changing their clothes when we return to school, so please send appropriate clothes and shoes along with them for the rest of the day. If your child has a reading part, please practice this daily so that it can be read clearly and fluently for mass on Friday.
Park & Ice Cream Truck- We will be walking to the blue park on Thursday, May 21. If your child would like an ice cream treat, please send $3 to school by Friday, May 15.
Essential Question: How do we use money?
Spelling/Phonics: open & closed syllables
Genre: expository text
Grammar: adjectives
High Frequency Words: door, front, order, probably, remember, someone, tomorrow, what's, worry, yesterday
Daily homework is to read 15-20 minutes
May reading calendar goal: 260 minutes.
AR (Accelerated Reader) - 4th quarter goal is individualized. The last day to take AR tests for 4th quarter is May 15.
MATH
Unit 9: Equal Shares and Whole Number Operations
Lesson 9-8: Equivalent Money Amounts
Lesson 9-9: Estimating Costs
Lesson 9-10: Connecting Doubles Facts, Even Numbers, and Equal Groups
Lesson 9-11: Multiples of 10 and 5
Reflex- Your child will be expected to know their addition and subtraction facts fluently by the end of 2nd grade. We have been using a great game-based program, called Reflex to practice these facts. I will be putting your child’s login steps and information in their take-home binder. Students are expected to play until they get their “green light.” This typically takes 15-20 minutes. Their goal is to get their green light each day. The students are given some time at school to do this. If your child does not get their green light at school, your child will be circling “Math Fact Practice” on their assignment sheet and this will be part of their homework to get their green light at home. Reflex works on iPads, tablets, and computers. It does work on a phone, but can be more difficult with a smaller screen. If your child does not have access to a device at home please let me know.
RELIGION
Unit 5: The Church Celebrates God's Care
Chapter 23- We Are One in the Church
We who are united in the Body of Christ, the Church, bring others to Jesus.
CLASS MASSES
May 8- 2nd Grade First Communion Celebration Mass- refreshments to follow in the church basement
SCIENCE
Plant Adventures Unit
Essential Question- why do seeds have so many different shapes?
In this lesson, students explore how the structures of seeds enable them to disperse, with a focus on seeds that utilize animal structures to aid in their dispersal. In the activity, Seed Travelers, students develop a model of a furry animal (“fluffadoo”) and then use it to test how far seed models with different structures can travel.
SOCIAL STUDIES with Ms. Stangl
Unit 5 - A World of Many People
Lesson 3 - Celebrating Culture
Recognize that each culture has unique traditions and customs.
Compare the traditions and customs of different cultures.