READING/LANGUAGE ARTS:  

Story:   "Friends Forever" ,  nonfiction

  The spelling test and reading skills test will be on Friday .

HOMEWORK:  Each week the School-Home Connection is reading homework.  Please always do the WORDS, WORDS, WORDS  section and have your child write sentences on the back of the paper with the vocabulary words.  It is very important to help your child edit their sentences for capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and spacing when they write them. 

New vocabulary:   each     great     other     place     school     talk     

                   together    

                       

Spelling words:    middle     fiddle     wiggle     giggle     puddle     cuddle    

                    fur     bird     were     four     Easter     because

     The word spelling will continue to be a word every week from now on.

                     

 Phonics skill:    syllable  le

Comprehension skills:    identifying fact/fiction,  rereading for meaning

Grammar:   Capitalization of days of the week 

 

  MATH: 

We are beginning Chapter 8, Money and Time.  In this chapter the children will:

     -recognize the value of a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar

     -count on with pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters to find the value of

       a group of coins

     -tell and write time to the hour and half hour

     -solve problems by reading a schedule or through logical reasoning

      Please continue to work on addition and subtracion facts with sums and differences to 12.  Daily flashcard practice is very important.  That should be part of your child's homework each day.  Many of the children are still struggling with these facts.  I am now giving timed fact tests. 

 

RELIGION:

 Chapter 22 - Jesus Gives Us the Eucharist   

The children will learn:

   -Jesus shared a special meal with his followers.

   -We celebrate what Jesus said and did at the Last Supper.

  -We celebrate the sacrament of the Eucharist.

   -We join with our parish for the celebration of Mass

   Key Words:   Eucharist     Mass   

HOMEWORK:  Thursday, March 11th - Review pages 256-257

                  

SCIENCE:

Our third unit:  Matter 

In this chapter the children will learn that everything we see is matter.  Matter has properties that can be seen and measured.  Properties include size, weight, shape, color, and temperature.  Properties determine what uses matter may or may not have.  

 Vocabulary words:  properties     measure     matter     mass

                     solid     liquid     gas     melt

SOCIAL STUDIES:

Our topic this week is Maps.  We will learn about the parts and purposes of maps.  We will also learn how physical environments in other places are similar to and different from our own environment.