I hope you all had a wonderful Easter vacation and celebrated the risen Christ.
We only have 7 weeks left of the school year. And we will be busy. Next Saturday, April 17, at 9:00 a.m., is the First Communion Mass for the second graders. We are in charge of the reception that day. I will be sending a note home on Monday as to what is needed. All first graders are to send in one 2-liter bottle of 7-Up and a dozen cookies by Friday morning. If you are needed to help on Friday or Saturday you will be notified.
Dismissal is at 12:30 on Friday.
In Language Arts we are now in Level 5 of our reading program. We continue to work on vowel sounds, digraphs, blends, contractions, compound words, the s, ed, and ing endings, double the consonant and add the ed or ing ending, sequencing, cause and effect, main idea, reading vocabulary and comprehension. In Math we are working on counting out money and we will be moving into telling time in a week. In Science we are learning about matter. In Social Studies we are learning about U.S. symbols. In P.E. we are finishing up a dance unit and will be moving into a bean bag unit. In Spelling we will start with long o this week. In Religion we will begin learning about the Holy Spirit as a helper.
Please work with your child counting out money. They should be able to take a group of coins and count it out for you. This is the way I teach it at school. I need to see how they got their answer. During this week I will be introducing the quarter. Thank you for all of your help with the reading packets that are going home. When your child is reading at home please have them think about reading loud enough for all to hear and to use expression while reading.
VOCABULARY WORDS
sound
sniff
rough
fur
apples
carrots
smooth
smell
chew
flew
store
If you have read this blog have your child write a sentence using the word Easter in it. Have a great week. I will see you on Monday. GOD LOVES YOU!
