Dear Parents,   

Week of 2/13th        Reminders:

On Tuesday, we have our special Mass with Bishop Tobin.The children will wear full school uniform (not gym clothes) on this day. Bring sneakers. All are welcome to attend this 9:30 Mass.

Please bring in a medium-sized gift bag and Valentine cards (for 12 classmates) for our classroom swap which will be this Tuesday on Valentine's Day.

There is a free Dress Down day on Friday.

Look at the Favorite Links I have added to the bottom of my SchoolNotes page. Your child can practice Reading and Math skills on the computer as some of you have requested.

Our 'Specials' Schedule- Tuesday/ Thursday-Gym

                                     Tuesday- Technology

                                     Wednesday- Music

                                     Friday- Art

We are starting Unit 4. The children will take home Unit 4 Sight Words. Practice the sight words to know them by sight.

 Lessons for this week:

Reading:

Phonics Skills: long vowel o with a silent e

             -oke    joke          -ose   nose         -ote    note

Grammar:  verbs-    was    were

                      -er    -est         faster       fastest

Sentence writing- express a complete thought, begin with an upper case letter, end with punctuation 

Story Topic for the week- 'Birds'

Poetry-lines that repeat

Writing: Persuasive writing  

Test Strategy: Go back to the story to find the information to answer questions.

There are three sets of Spelling Words (Red,Blue,Purple group).

Your child will have his/her set of words written in the agenda to study throughout the week:

Blue Group: nose,hose,splinter,sting,any,every,note,vote,joke,woke

Red Group: close,soon,splinter,stinging,anyone,every,globe,opened,spoke,

deeper

Purple Group: nose,hose,rose,bone,cone,hope,note,vote,joke,poke

Bonus Word: kneeling

There will be a Spelling and Reading test on Friday.

Religion: 

Vocabulary:          

We will  work on 'Sacraments' projects this week.

There will not be a  test on Friday.     

Handwriting: We will practice writing:  letters -Ss 

Math:

We will continue: Place Value to 100

Compare numbers < > =

Order numbers

Hundred-chart patterns

10 Less/  10 More

Read a table

Practice: groups of tens and single ones, counting by 10's

Social Studies: We will continue unit on 'Families'.

   We will work on a project: Transportation

Science: We will continue our 'Air' investigation by reviewing our 'Air and Water Fountain'. Next, we will explore 'Balloon Rockets', focusing on compressed air and air pressure.

Health: We will continue unit on 'Morals/Feelings/Making Good Choices'. The children will relate to their own life situations through role playing.     We will focus on 'Bullying'.

Technology: The children will continue using the lap top computers. The technology teacher and I will assist them with their lessons. They are very excited to do this! 

The children are learning the basics of typing on the keyboard.           

If you should have any questions or concerns, please contact me by e-mail: losweeney@mail.ri.net, call me at school and leave a voice mail message or write me a note.

I hope you have a great week!

Mrs. Sweeney