There are no more calendar weeks for the Heiffer Project, there were just 4 of them. Confessions on Thursday, so we will be reviewing the form on Wednesday. My surgery was successful on 3/24. Thank you you for the prayers. My vision should stabilize in 3 weeks, when I will get a new lense for the left side of my glasses. My vision is blurry right now, and I’m a bit more weak than I thought I would be. Students will be doing research on their family history – a form will be coming home asking for specific names, years of immigration and country of origin – realizing some may not have this information. March Home reading Logs are due on  Wednesday.  Cookie sale on Wednesday. Report cards come home on Thursday.
Monday – math l. # 102 – making change for $1.00 – gym

religion – The Great Commandment

reading – “My Mom Can’t See Me” – a nonfiction story from a daughter’s point of view

writing – learn to interview

social studies – building new lives

Tuesday – math – l.# 103 – reading and writing 5 digit numbers and multiplying by 100 and 1,000- library & music

social studies – The Oregon trail – migration

religion – love for ourselves

writing – deciding on questions for an interview with a grandparent about the family’s history- getting immigration information

Wednesday – math l.# 104 – writing a four-digit number in expanded form – Spanish & art

reading – main idea and supporting details – identifying point of view

religion – love for others – study chapter #18 and faith words for test tomorrow- examination of conscience for Confession tomorrow

social studies – classifying

writing – read an “interview in action” and prepare to interview a grandparent

Thursday – math l.# 105 – dividing by 3 & 4 and writing multiplication and division fact families – gym

religion – test on chapter 18 – Confession

writing – begin work on family history project – 3 pages of research which we will work on in school, but some will need some home help – Ellis Island website

social studies – coming to America – immigration

Friday – Mass – spelling test – math- identifying perpendicular line segments – technology and music (practice recorders with 4th graders for spring program)

religion – Palm Sunday and living stations by 7 th graders

Posted: March 30th, 2009 under Spelling, Uncategorized.
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Remember the bake and used toy sale on Tuesday, March 17. Please put each bakery item in its own bag. Students may bring $1.00 to be out of uniform on Tuesday – money goes toward the Long Lake trip for 6th graders. Wasn’t it cool that one of the Sunday readings was about the 10 Commandments, which we are studying? Originally Confessions were scheduled for March 19, they have been changed to April 2. We will be going to Stations of the Cross in Church on Friday. Check with your child if they still have either crayons or colored pencils – we use them for math most weeks, and need red, blue, and green on Monday.

Monday – math l.# 99 – measuring and drawing line segments to the nearest quarter inch- gym – send $1.00 tomorrow if they want to be out of uniform and food and toys

religion – showing our love for God

reading – a realistic fiction story – “Ramona’s Great Day”

science – the seasons

writing – re-write their edited “How – To” paper – each day, starting tomorrow, 6 students will do their presentations

Tuesday – math l. # 100 – multiply by 4 – music & library

science – how earth and moon interact – study chapterD3, vocabulary, packet, and p. D86-D87

religion – Love of Trinity

Wednesday – math l. # 101 – find the missing addend for a sum of 100 – Spanish & art

reading – prefixes and suffixes

science – test

religion – Holy Days of Obligation – study chapter 19 and faith words

Thursday – math l. #102 – making change for $1.00 – gym & music

religion – test

reading – multiple meaning words

science – work on their planet books

Friday – spelling test – Mass – computer – math – identify parallel lines and properties of quadrilaterals

religion – begin chapter 18 -a scripture story

Stations of the Cross in Church

Posted: March 16th, 2009 under Spelling.
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Bake sale – please wrap or bag each of the items separately – we’ll sell them for a quarter each. It would be great if you could send 2 dozen of the items. Two out of uniform days this week. Tuesday , March 10, they can wear what they want for $1.00. The proceeds go to the 6th grade class’ trip to Long Lake. Thursday, March 12, is Green and White Day. Rachel’s mom found a great spelling site for those students who need a little extra practice using their pre-test words in fun games – www.spellingcity.com.

Monday – math – l.# 95 – multiplying by 3 – gym

religion – Easter Triduum and third week of Lent

science – simple machines- lever, incline, pulley- study F3, vocabulary and packet

reading – realistic fiction – “The Pudding Like a Night on the Sea”

Tuesday – math l.# 96 – subtracting money amounts across zeros – out of uniform day if pay $1.00 – music – library – Highlights Journal -parents feel free to write back questions, students enjoy answering them

religion -Ordinary Time

science – review and test

Wednesday – math L. # 97 telling and showing time to the quarter hour – Spanish & art

reading – predict outcomes

religion – Liturgical colors – study chapter 17 and faith words for test tomorrow

writing – How – To – Writing – students will be giving directions /demonstration presentations next week. They can make something or tell how to do something.

science – begin chapter D3 – Earth’s Place in the Solar System

Thursday – math l.# 98 – showing fractional amounts greater than 1 – mixed numbers- music & gym – Green and White Day

writing – think about topic for their presentation – begin writing directions

religion – test on chapter 17

science – ordering planets according to how close to the sun, size

reading – similes comparisons

Friday – Mass – spelling test – computer

religion – begin chapter 19 (Skipping ch. 18 till later due to going to Confession next week) The Commandments Teach Us To Love- stations in the hallway

math – estimating the mass of an object – pounds, ounces, grams, kilograms, tons

Posted: March 9th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
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Monday – math l. #91 – subtracting two and three digit numbers -Part 1 – gym-Picture Day- February Home Reading Logs are due – they’ll be getting March today.

spelling – review week, so no pre-test comes home this week

religion – Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of the Eucharist

reading – a non- fiction story -”Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express” tells how a 15 year old, in 1881, saved lives

writing – pronouns-M-W

science – forces and motion

Tuesday – l. # 92- continue with yesterday’s topic – part 2 – music & library-Highlights Journal

religion – Blessed Sacrament-CiCi’s pizza tonight

reading – notice sequence in a story

Wednesday – math l. # 93 – comparing, ordering, adding, and subtracting fractions with denominators of 2,3,4,& 8 – Spanish & art

reading – discovering the problem and solution of a story

science – measuring work activity

religion – Sunday Mass – Day of the Lord – study chapter 16 and faith words for test tomorrow

Thursday – math l. # 94 – Identifying fractions that equal 1/2 using pictures and denominators of 2,3,4,5,6,8, & 10 gym & music

religion – test on chapter 16

Friday – spelling review test – Mass – technology

religion – second week of Lent- begin chapter 17

science – simple machines – levers, inclined planes

Posted: March 2nd, 2009 under Spelling.
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