Hello Everyone!
Thank you all for coming to conferences this past week. I have really enjoyed working with your children this year. I wanted to remind you that I will out from Wednesday March 18th to Monday March 30th to attend my niece’s wedding in London. My sub will be Mrs. Clancy. Mrs. Clancy was the fifth grade teacher here for many years and is really looking forward to working with the kids while I am away. Thank you all for the well wishes regarding my trip.
Please let the office know if you will be attending Stations of the Cross on
March 20th and would like your child to bring their things with them to Church so they can go home with you from there. The office will then let Mrs. Clancy know.
Monthly Project Due Dates
March Book Report: Read a realistic fiction book and keep a reading log for the entire book. There will not be a project centered around the book this month
March Poems: Presentations will be March 30th.
March Prayers: Prayers will be respectfully recited on March 16th.
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Important Dates to Remember for the week:
Monday March 16th: March Prayer will be recited today
Tuesday March 17th: Please join us at 8:00am Mass if your schedule allows. Remember to have your child eat a good breakfast and use the washroom before coming to school. Students are encouraged to wear green accents with their regular gym uniforms. to celebrate St. Patrick’s day.
Wednesday March 11th:
Thursday March 12th: St. Joseph Day students are welcome to dress up their regular school uniform with RED accents in honor othe St. Joseph’s day.
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We will be working hard in the classroom this week as we:
Religion: The class will be learning about the TRIDUUM. The TRIDUUM is the three Holy Days before Easter.
Social Studies: The class will be working to learn the meanings of these terms equator and hemisphere. We will read about the artist Maria Martines and her contribution to the art world.
Math: We have completed the chapter on fractions. The students will be taking a short quiz on Tuesday to demonstrate their understanding of the concepts that they learned
Reading: The class will finish their work with the stoy of “Paul Bunyan and the Flapjack” The students will be using the close reading strategy to answer text specific questions.
Spelling: Our words this week contain the r-controlled vowel sound /ar/. The students will be working with all the different spelling of the /ar/ sound: air, ear, are and ere
Phonics: This week the students will start the Fifth unit in our Phonics Books. The class will work with the vowels combinations combinations: ai, ay, ea, ee, ie, oa, oe, and ue as they learn about VOWEL DIGRAPHS.
