NEWSLETTER – OCT. 18-22

RELIGION – We will study about Jesus’ forgiveness, healing, compassion, and mercy. We will also begin planning for our Christmas performance. Students should be working on their Saint Report due Oct. 26

READING – We will read A Day’s Work. We’ll work on characters and their actions and traits. We will also work on vocabulary and context clues. Students should study vocabulary for this story. The Selection Test is Friday.

SPELLING – The new words are: four, head, kind, above, and began. We will study compound words and words with c + le. Homework is due on Thursday. Test is on Friday.

ENGLISH – We will work on singular and plural nouns and writing a summary.

MATH – We will begin Chapter 3 with addition properties. We will also add 2 and 3 digit numbers with regrouping and we’ll estimate sums. Students really need to memorize the simple addition and subtraction facts to 20.

SCIENCE – We will study earthquakes, volcanoes, and floods. There will be a Chapter Test on Oct. 28. A study guide will be sent home this week.

SOCIAL STUDIES – We will study about communities, early settlements, and reading tables for information.


· Conference times will be sent home on Tuesday. If there are any problems please let me know ASAP.
· Field trip information will be sent home this week to those driving and chaperoning. Just let me know if you need to make any changes.

NEWSLETTER – OCT. 4-7

RELIGION – We will study about St. Francis and St. Therese and kinds of prayer. Unit 1 Test is Oct. 14

READING – We will work on the Unit 1 Test. We’ll study guide words and read several poems. There will not be a Selection Test this week.

ENGLISH – We will begin writing a personal narrative.

SPELLING – The new words are: feet, land, side, without, and boy. We will work on the /oy/ sound spelled oy and oi. Homework is due on Wednesday. Test is on Thursday.

MATH – We will tell time to 5 and 1 minute. We will also work on problem solving with time and elapsed time.

SOCIAL STUDIES – We will review Unit 1. The test is on Thursday. A study guide and vocabulary list was sent home.

SCIENCE – Landforms will be studied and made.

· The last day to take A.R. tests for this quarter is Oct. 19. Students need to earn 10 points. I will send home an update this week.
· Thanks for returning the yes/no slips.
· So far I have many parents volunteering to drive. I won’t need all drivers, but all are welcome to go with us. You may want to pair up and ride together. So far I have: Mrs. Mabjish, Mrs. Gurren, Mrs. Quinn, Mrs. DeJonckheere, Mrs. Rohling, Mr. Wellman, Mrs. Engel, Mr. Koch, Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Stephens, Mrs. Senger, Mrs. Hammond, and Mrs. Tragesser. If anyone else would like to go just let me know.