November 14, 2024

LANGUAGE ARTS:  This week we read and discussed A Crow, a Lion, and a Mouse! Oh My! and Hollywood Chicken.  A Crow, a Lion, and a Mouse! Oh My! is a drama, while Hollywood Chicken is a fantasy.  We worked on skills such as decoding words with long /a/ as in rain, stay, make, and acorn, identifying and forming verbs in the present, past, and future tense, identifying adjectives in sentences, identifying a simile (compares two different things using the word "like" or "as," such as "she's as busy as a bee,") an idiom (a phrase that means something different from its everyday meaning, such as "it's raining cats and dogs,") and a hyperbole (a statement that is so crazy it can't be true, such as "her smile was a mile wide,") using story vocabulary in context, and learning ten new high-frequency words.

MATH:  We made numbers that are easier to subtract and then used mental math to find the difference, solved one and two-step problems using addition or subtraction, and chose various strategies we've learned so far to subtract two-digit numbers.

RELIGION:  We discussed how the Holy Spirit helps us to do better and recognized that God loves us and rejoices when we are truly sorry for our sins.

FIELD TRIP:  The K-2 field trip to the Opera House in Corning will be next Wednesday, November 20.  We will leave the school at 11:00 and will return around 2:30.  Please note the following:

• Students need to bring a sack lunch and a drink.
• Please return the green permission slip along with $12.00 for the field trip if you have not already done so.
• Even though it is a Mass day, K-2 students may wear their class t-shirts and jeans to school that day due to our field trip.

FAMILY FAITH NIGHT:  There will be a "Family Faith Night" on Wednesday, November 20 at St. Malachy School from 5:30-7:30.  We will have dinner, dodgeball, prayer, games, and crafts! The theme is Advent.  Everyone is welcome! What a great way to prepare for the season of Advent with this fun faith-filled evening!