LANGUAGE ARTS: This week we read and discussed What's the Matter and Many Kinds of Matter. Both are informational texts. We worked on skills such as decoding words with long o, u, and e, using story vocabulary in context, identifying nouns, decoding words with the suffixes -er and -est, identifying synonyms (words that mean about the same, such as "big" and "large,") and learning ten new high-frequency words.
RELIGION: This week we focused on ways we can praise and thanks to God. We explored celebrations in which we give thanks and recognized prayers of praise and thanks.
MATH: Students used different ways to tell if a group of objects shows an even or odd number, found the total number of objects in a set of rows and columns, made arrays with equal rows or equal columns to solve addition problems, and modeled problems using equations, drawings, and arrays.
SCIENCE: Students learned what a mechanical engineer does. They also used books, paper, and pencils to build a "bridge" design. They analyzed and compared multiple design solutions. Students realized that engineers plan and build many possible solutions, test each one to see how well it works, and find way to improve it.
FIRST RECONCILIATION: For those students who are Catholic and making their First Reconciliation in November, please complete chapter one in the reconciliation book and have your child bring the book to school on Monday, September 23. We will be discussing chapter one in class next week. I will send the book home next Tuesday so you can begin to work on chapter two. Just a reminder that all work is to be done at home. I am just reinforcing the key concepts from each lesson at school.
SPIRIT DAY: Tomorrow, September 20 is a Spirit Day. Students can pay $1.00 to wear sweatpants or a hat to school if they wish. The money raised will go toward helping those in need in our local community.
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