What we are working on this week

Religion - This week the children will be working on Chapter 3, Jesus Lives in His Church. We will talk about how we become a part of the Catholic family when we are baptized. We will discuss how we receive God's grace in a special way at Baptism. Children are welcome to bring in pictures of their Baptism or mementos from their baptism to show their classmates on Friday. We will have a Religion test on Friday on materials covered in Chapter 3.

Math - We will continue to learn about number concepts this week. We will have a Math quiz on Friday to check for understanding of the concepts taught thus far. It will include odd and even numbers, doubles addition facts up 1-12 (12+12), and representing numbers in expanded form.

Spelling - we are beginning to use our choice boards this week for homework! Please reach out to me if you have any questions. Thursday night is study and we will have a test on Friday. Our words this week have long a and long i spelled with a VCV pattern.

Reading - We will be reading informational texts this week about Dogs, and will focus on identifying the author's purpose in writing a selection. We will not have a reading test this Friday. Our reading test will be next Tuesday on this Chapter.

Science- We will begin to learn about the Engineering Design process!

Social Studies - We are talking about maps in class. We are completing activities after reading "Me on the Map". All children should know their home address. Please practice this at home. We are working on correctly identifying our city and state. We are practicing identifying our state on a map of the United States.