March of the Penguins!

Greetings! I hope everyone had a good week after that snow storm last weekend. I was amazed to see how much of the snow melted this week. It comes and goes. 

In Religion class this week, we talked about our parish. We learned that we join our parish to worship God. We also talked about how a pastor leads and cares for a parish. 

Language Arts class was full of fun this week. We began the week by reading Frog and Toad Together. The students just loved this story. They were debating whether or not this was the best story we read this year. 

Towards the end of the week, we started a new story and learned new phonics skills. We learned how to blend and read r-controlled er, ir, and ur words and practiced reading contractions. We also learned some new sight words. In addition, we talked about what it means to draw conclusions. In Grammar, we are learning the verbs of be (am, is, are, was and were). 

In Math class this week, we began the week practicing adding two two-digit numbers without regrouping. We used dimes and pennies to help us solve these problems. At the end of the week, we began to learn new facts: the doubles plus 1 facts. We learned that to solve these problems we double the smaller number and add 1. We will continue to practice these facts next week. 

For Gym class this week we played kickball. In Social Studies, we talked about the continent, country, and state where we live and made a flipbook to help us remember these locations. In Science class, we began our study of teeth. We learned that it is important to eat healthy foods to help our teeth stay strong. 

Finally, it was time for Art class. The students were so excited to make their penguins. They did such a good job. Take a look: 

Enjoy your weekend!