Just a reminder that we will have Stations of the Cross most Fridays during lent at 10am. Students should be in full uniform with a sweater.
ELA
Selection: Seeker of Knowledge
Grammar- Possessive Pronouns
Spelling- Consonant /j/, /ks/ and /kw/
Spelling Words: village, except, explain, quick, charge, bridge, knowledge, question, equal, queen, excited, expect, Texas, fudge, excellent, exercise, quart, liquid, quilt, expert
Challenge Words: expedition, aquarium, inquire, frequent, advantage
Spelling Homework
Monday- Write each misspelled word from Pre-test 5 times.
Tuesday- Workbook p. 289
Wednesday- Student Choice
Thursday- Study for test
Math- We are finishing Chapter 8 Fractions
Social Studies- The United States Government- We have explores all three branches
of government. We will have a quiz this week.
Religion- Ordinary Time
Science- We are learning about viruses.
Just a reminder that we will have Stations of the Cross most Fridays during lent at 10am. Students should be in full uniform with a sweater.
ELA
Selection: Navajo Code Talkers
Grammar- Pronouns and Antecedents
Spelling- Consonant Digraph /sh/
Spelling Words: nation, special, lotion, mansion, precious, creation, vacation, tension, especially, motion, tradition, gracious, extension, addition, caution, official, solution, suspension, politician, portion
Challenge Words: comprehension, physician, artificial, contraction, competition
Spelling Homework
Monday- Write each misspelled word from Pre-test 5 times.
Tuesday- Workbook p. 278
Wednesday- Student Choice
Thursday- Study for test
Math- Chapter 8 Fractions!
Social Studies- The United States Government
Religion- Ordinary Time
Science- We have begun reading about types of rocks
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing break.
We are entering the season of Lent.
Wednesday, February 26 is Ash Wednesday. Children should be in full dress uniform with sweater for Mass at 11am.
Throughout Lent we will be participating in Stations of the Cross on Fridays, starting this Friday, February 28.
Scholastic Book Club orders are due Tuesday, February 25.
ELA
Selection: Encantado: Pink Dolphins of the Amazon
Grammar- Kinds of Pronouns
Spelling- Final Syllable Patterns
Spelling Words: chicken, eleven, brother, jungle, together, several, natural, needle, calendar, summer, threaten, caterpillar, paddle, animal, pitcher, shelter, oval, mumble, deliver, frighten
Challenge Words: strengthen, binocular, individual, cubicle, character
Spelling Homework
Monday- Write each misspelled word from Pre-test 5 times.
Tuesday- Workbook p. 268
Wednesday- Student Choice
Thursday- Study for test
Math- We are beginning Chapter 8 Fractions!
Social Studies- The United States Government
Religion- The Liturgical Year
Science- We have begun reading about types of rocks
Looking forward...
February Break- February 17-21 Enjoy!
ELA
Selection: The Case of the Gasping Garbage
Grammar- Singular and Plural Pronouns
Spelling- Contractions
Spelling Words: don’t, won’t, wouldn’t, there’s, we’re, you’re, doesn’t, I’ve, here’s, wasn’t, shouldn’t, couldn’t, where’s, hadn’t, aren’t, they’re, it’s, we’ve, when’s, haven’t
Challenge Words: it’ll, who’ll, might’ve, mustn’t, we’d
Spelling Homework
Monday- Write each misspelled word from Pre-test 5 times.
Tuesday- Workbook p. 256
Wednesday- Student Choice
Thursday- Study for test
Math- We are finishing the chapter on Division and will have the chapter test before the break.
Social Studies- The United States Government
Religion- The Liturgical Year
Science- We have begun reading about types of rocks
First Friday Mass- February 7 at 11:00am - Students should be in full dress uniform with sweater.
ELA:
Selection: Paul Bunyan
Grammar- Irregular Verbs
Spelling- Possessives
Spelling Words: : its, ours, mine, yours, family’s, families’, man’s, men’s, girl’s, girls’, hers, theirs, brother’s, brothers’, teacher’s, teachers’, aunt’s, aunts’, boy’s, boys’
Challenge Words: country’s, countries’, witness’s, witnesses’, laboratory’s, laboratories’
Spelling Homework
Monday- Write each misspelled word from Pre-test 5 times.
Tuesday- Workbook p. 231
Wednesday- Student Choice
Thursday- Study for test
Math- We are continuing the chapter on Division and are learning the process of long division.
Social Studies- The United States Government
Religion- The Liturgical Year
Welcome to Catholic Schools Week!
We have many things planned for this week! (Please refer to the schedule that was sent home.) Some of our weekly routines will be effected by these events.)
ELA:
Selection: Eye of the Storm
Grammar- Past, Present, and future Tense
Spelling- Compound Words
Spelling Words: watermelon, homemade, understand, sometimes, shoelace, highway, upstairs, thunderstorm, shortcut, doorbell, jellyfish, touchdown, campfire, skateboard, anyway, fireworks, haircut, loudspeaker, laptop, flashlight
Challenge Words: masterpiece, stomachache, cliffhanger, sweatshirt, afterthought
Spelling Homework
Monday- Write each misspelled word from Pre-test 5 times.
Tuesday- Workbook p. 220
Wednesday- Student Choice
Thursday- Study for test
Math- We are continuing the chapter on Division and are learning the process of long division.
Social Studies- The United States Government
Religion- The Liturgical Year
Science- Hurricanes
Catholic Schools Week is next week. A schedule with more information will be going home.
Because of the short week we are doing a Winter Themed unit instead of a reading selection. There is a spelling unit however.
Spelling Words: football push understood wooden pulled brook could crooked woolly bulletin would shook bookshelf goodbye lookout wonderful bushel cushion pudding sugar
Challenge Words: change weight basic neighborhood woodpecker
Spelling Homework
Monday-No school
Tuesday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Wednesday- Fix the Misspelled Word
Thursday- Study for test
Our Winter Unit will include...
Math- Snowflake Data- learning about mean, median, mode and range.
We will also continue our work with division.
Science/Reading- Snowfake Bentley - reading and comprehension based on the biography of Willie Bentley.
Our school Mass is this Friday, January 17 at 10am. Students nedd to be in full dress uniform with sweater.
ELA:
Selection: How Night Came from the Sea
Grammar- Subject Verb Agreement
Spelling- Vowel Sound in shout
Spelling Words: however, mountain, mound, scout, shout, couch, towel, ounce, coward, outdoors, flowerpot, scowl, browse, announce, hound, trout, drowsy, grouch, eyebrow, boundary
Challenge Words: cauliflower, foundation, surround, allowance, counselor
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 209
Wednesday- Student Choice
Thursday- Study for test
Math- Multiplication Fact Quiz on facts 0 through 12 will be given next week. Students should be studying at home each night. We play multiplication games, have watched Multiplication Rock and practiced finger tricks in school.. We are begininng Division this week focusing on division concepts before getting into long division.
Social Studies- We have begun learning about our US culture before moving into a study of our government and how it is organized.
Religion- We are learning about the gift of conscience and how making good decisions bring us closer to God.
Happy New Year!
Hoping everyone had a relaxing and fun holiday!
Spelling Bee- Thursday, January 9 at 1:30
Mass- Friday, January 17 at 10am
ELA:
Selection: Adelina's Whales
Grammar- Main and Helping Verbs
Spelling- Homophones
Spelling Words: : allowed, piece, two, peace, break, brake, threw, through, they’re, by, bye, too, beat, to, beet, thrown, throne, aloud, there, their
Challenge Words: principal, principle, symbol, cymbal, stationary, stationery
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 198
Wednesday- Student Choice
Thursday- Study for test
Math- Multiplication Fact Quiz on facts 0 through 9 on Tuesday. This quiz was announced prior to the break. We are finishing Chapter 4 Multiplication and will have the chapter test this week (most likely Wednesday.)
Social Studies- We have begun learning about our US culture before moving into a study of our government and how it is organized.
Religion- We are learning about the gift of conscience and how making good decisions bring us closer to God.
We have a very busy week ahead!
Secret Santa gifts are due today, Dec. 16th. If you were not able to get your child's gift into school, please have in by tomorrow morning. We will be exchanging gifts tomorrow (Tuesday.)
The whole school has been working hard to prepare for Friday's Christmas Concert. Please let us know in advance if your child will be leaving directly from the concert. We must know ahead of time in order to have their things packed up and ready to go from the church. Students will need to be signed out. Please see your child's teacher after the concert. If someone other than a parent is sigining them out, please let us know in writing.
No spelling or reading selection this week. We will be reading Christmas stories and filling out story webs for each.
This will also be a review week in math.
Best wishes to all of our St. Kevin families for a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!