Go Team USA!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone got outside and enjoyed the sunshine today! I just wish it would last. 

In Religion class today, we wrapped up our chapter on Jesus beginning his public ministry. He talked about how he went from town to town telling the people about God's love. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We began by answering questions using our oral vocabulary words. Then, we used our letter tiles to spell and read vowel team o words. Next, we learned how to blend and read open syllable words, words like locate and robot. After that, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. Following that, we learned our two vocabulary words (search and seek) and wrote sentences using the words. We ended our morning working on our comprehension skills. We reread Go Wild and wrote about its main idea and key details. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we practiced using go, went, do, and did in sentences. 

In Math class, we practiced solving addition problems by first making a ten and then counting on. As I told the children, some strategies will excite them and some will not. They are to pick the one that they like best. 

We ended our day with some Olympic fun. Today, we learned about some of the different events athletes compete in during the Olympics. We are very excited for our very own Olympics tomorrow. 

Have a great night! 

The Cold That Won't Leave!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a super weekend! 

This cold will leave eventually. Until then, we can just snuggle and bundle. 

After our delayed start, we got to work right away. We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we will be reading about how animals survive in nature. We began by learning our five new oral vocabulary words (survive, provide, communicate, superior, and wilderness). Then, we worked on retelling as we read about how different animals survive in the winter. Following that, we learned how to blend and read words with the long o vowel teams (o, oa, oe, and ow), words like go, boat, toe, and snow. 

After lunch, we learned our new sight words (find, food, more, over, start, warm). Then, we read Go Wild, a nonfiction story about how different animals survive in the wild. Following that, we learned when to use the verbs go, went, do, and did in sentences. 

In Math class today, we began learning how to add with sums greater than 20. Today, we practiced counting on to find the sums. 

We ended our day learning about the Winter Olympics. Today, we learned that athletes from all over the world are in Italy to compete in snow and ice events. Tomorrow we will learn more about the events. 

Here are pictures from last week's writing and art project. 

Have a great night! 

Stained Glass Hearts!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great day to end this first full week of February! 

At Mass this morning, Fr. Brian reminded us of our call to go out and tell others about Jesus. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, wrote sentences using our sight words, and took our weekly test. 

In Math class, we began our chapter on adding and subtracting to 100. We began by working with a partner to discover what 12 + 38 is. I loved how the pairs used linking cubes to solve this problem. We will be learning other strategies to help us. 

In Science class, we talked about how shadows move because the sun is moving. We had fun using our flashlights to show how shadows move. 

We ended our day with not 1 but with 2 art projects. We made our Valentine bags. They are ready to be filled with our Valentines next Friday. We also used watercolor paints to paint a stained glass heart. The students worked so diligently on those hearts. 

Have a great weekend! Stay warm! 

Being Apostles!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone is having a great day! 

In Religion class today, we talked about how we can be Apostles. We talked about how we can learn about Jesus and then tell others about what we have learned! 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, read long e vowel team words, and read and defined words with prefixes. To build our fluency skills and comprehension skills, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. We also read a short nonfiction piece about bees. In addition to that, we practiced using has and have in sentences. Finally, we wrote about when we see love and added it to a craft. I forgot to snap a picture of them today. I'll post a picture tomorrow. 

In Math class today, we took our test on the numbers to 120 and money. Tomorrow we will begin our chapter on adding and subtracting with and without regrouping. 

In Social Studies today, we learned about natural resources. 

Thank you to all who came out tonight to the EITC meeting. I can't wait to share in the excitement next Thursday! 

Have a great night! 

Call and Response!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is having a nice week. 

In Religion class today, we talked about how Jesus called the 12 Apostles. We talked about how Jesus chose these men and how these men listened closely to what Jesus taught them. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, practiced reading long vowel team e words and words with prefixes, and practiced our sight words. To help build our fluency and comprehension, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read Animal Teams, a nonfiction story about how animals work together. After reading this story, we wrote about the details in it. Finally, we practiced writing sentences correctly. 

In Math class today, we reviewed counting money and patterns. We are ready for our chapter test tomorrow. 

We ended our day with Music class. Today, we did some call and response songs. We really enjoyed them especially when we added movement to them. 

Have a great night! 

Hot Chocolate and Cookies!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a great day! 

Our Catholic School's Week celebration officially wrapped up today. We held our annual vocations program where we honored Fr. Brian, Deacon Condor, Deacon Connor, Sr. Margie, and Sr. Raphael Marie. The highlight came after the program. The children were treated to hot chocolate and Oreo cookies.

In Religion class, we talked about Jesus welcomed the children. We talked about how Jesus gave a special blessing to the children. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We began by answering questions using our oral vocabulary words. Next, we used our letter tiles to spell and read long e vowel team words. After that, we learned how to read words with the prefixes re, un, and pre; we also learned what those prefixes mean. We ended our morning by practicing using our sight words in sentences. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we learned our two vocabulary words (danger and partner) and wrote sentences using those words. Next, we reread A Team of Fish. Afterwards, we wrote about the main idea and key details from the story. Finally, we practiced using has and have in sentences. 

In Math class, we continued our review on the numbers to 120 and money. 

Here is a picture of our Art project from Friday. 

Have a great night! 

Happy 100th Day of School!

 Greetings! Happy 100th Day of School! We had a fantastic time celebrating this milestone today. 

In Religion class, we talked about why we call Jesus rabbi, because he teaches us about God. We know that Jesus is the best teacher. 

We had lots of fun celebrating the 100th Day of School. We worked in groups to create designs using 100 of some object. We made creations using 100 plastic cups, 100 pattern blocks, 100 gears, and 100 wooden planks. Next, we worked with partners to reassemble 100 number charts that had been cut into small pieces. After that, we flipped a penny 100 times and observed whether we got more heads or more tails. Finally, we made self portraits of ourselves at 100 years old and wrote about something we would be doing. 

This afternoon we got together with our 8th grade friends to color and assemble a poster. We had lots of fun with them. 

Have a great night!