Spelling - Bonus Letters

shell

cuff

miss

hill

puff

mass

bell

mess

toss

chill

Reading - We are finally finished with all of our beginning of the year assessments.  This week we will start reading groups.  :)

Phonics - We are learning about bonus letters.  A bonus letters are f, l, s.  A bonus letter happens if there is one syllable.  That one syllable has one short vowel.  If the word ends with f, l, or s, you double the consonant.  To mark a bonus letter you draw a star above the bonus letter. 

Math - We are working on subtraction strategies.  We have used the number line to count back, used circle drawings, and used adding on to subtract.

Writing - We continue to practice our handwriting.  We are working on writing neatly, forming letters correctly, writing the letters in the correct spaces, and using good spacing between words.  We finished up our September journals and started our October journals.

Science - In our light and sound unit, we worked on mixing colors with light.  We found out it isn't always the same as mixing paint.  It was a little challenging to get the flashlights exactly where we needed them...but we did it!

Religion - We learned about our October virtues and values.  We will again have the BOLT awards this year.  :)  Our first virtue is Sincerity.  We have virtue cards that talk about what each virtue looks like and sounds like that we go through.  The virtue cards also have saints that model that virtue and prayer for the virtue.  We learned about St. Therese de Lieux.  We say the sincerity prayer daily.

We also started our first Friendzy unit of the year.  The theme for the first unit is "Better Together".

On Friday we had our first school wide rosary.  We sat with our fifth grade buddies.

While we were waiting to go to church on Friday, the students took out their bee binders and were practicing sight words.

We had a visit from the New Franken Fire Department

We adopted a cow!  This years cow is Ethel from Schleis Farm in Kewaunee. She is adorable!

We finished the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  We then watched the movie.  We found out there are a lot of differences between the book and the movie.

Pet Blessing

Have a great week!