The Last Week of April!

Greetings! I hope everyone had a fantastic week. I don't know about you, but this week flew by. I can hardly believe that it is the weekend. 

We spent time in Religion class this week looking at the Church's greatest celebration: the Mass. We looked at each part of the Mass and learned different responses we say. This is just the beginning of learning the Mass parts. Next year, they will dive deeper into each part as the students prepare for First Holy Communion. 

We became detectives in Language Arts class this week. Our story, Dot and Jabber, was about two mice detectives. We went along with them as they solved the great acorn mystery. Needless to say, the students enjoyed their roles as detectives this week. To help us read the story, we learned how to blend and read words with the vowel sound in book and words with inflected endings. We also spent time with the strategy of comparing and contrasting. Grammar class was mostly a review of how to write sentences correctly. And in Writing, we learned how to write a narrative paragraph. 

Math class was full of new learning this week. We began the week by learning how to draw and measure line segments to the nearest centimeter. We then learned characteristics about two new geometric solids: the cylinder and the cube. Finally, we learned new subtraction facts, the difference of one facts. 

We did take a break mid week to watch the Spring concert. We left with smiles on our faces after hearing such beautiful music and singing. Congratulations to all who participated in the concert. It was a job well done!

The rainy weather took us to the gym this week for gym class. Students had fun playing a game called "Monsters". They had to run to the nearest hoop on a whistle and make their loudest monster voice. Noise could be heard all the way up the steps! 

In Social Studies class we wrapped up our study of economics. And in Science class we learned that magnets are attracted to or repel from objects. Students were given a magnet and had to find objects in the classroom that it is attracted to and repels from. 

We ended the week with Art class. This week we made butterflies. Students glued pieces of tissue paper to make the wings. They look beautiful. I'll post pictures next week once they are hanging in the classroom. 

Here is a picture of the birdies we made last week. 

Have a wonderful week!