Spelling - Due to the short week, we will not have a spelling list.

Reading - The students have been working hard in daily 5!  Our focus the last two weeks in word work has been making words and making sentences.  (subject/predicate)  During daily 5 the students are either working in guided reading groups or one of the daily 5 centers.

Math - The students have been working on telling time to the :00 and :30.  We have also been working on odd/even numbers up to 100.

Science - In our solids and liquids unit we tested which solids roll and which solids stack.  Before we did our tests, we predicted.  Our class was very surprised to find out that all of the solids that rolled could also be stacked!

Phonics - In phonics we are continuing to work on blends.  We also learned about three more r-controlled vowels (or bossy r).  The three new sounds and keywords are -er/her, -ir/bird, and -ur/burn.

Religion - In Religion we continued learning about four types of prayer - thanking, asking, praise, and sorry.  In our Promise Paper we continued to hear stories about Jesus and John the Baptist.  We learned that the Holy Spirit is with Jesus, but it is also with us!  

We also continue to work on virtues and values.  Our current virtue that we have been learning about is gratitude.

Writing - We have started working on the writing process.  We are using the writer's workshop model.  Our steps are -

1.  Brainstorm - We make a web of ideas

2.  Rough Draft - Write the story.  There may be errors in the first writing.

3.  Edit - Meet with the teacher to go over spelling, punctuation, ideas, etc.

4.  Rewrite - Rewrite the story with corrections.

5.  Publish - The story will be typed and bound.  The student will illustrate the story.

A fun picture from inside recess

Upcoming events -

*The book fair is coming!  The students will preview books on Friday.  The book fair will be open Sunday, as well as next week.

*Catholic Schools Week - January 27th - 31st

*February 3rd - 100th day of school!  :)  Your students may bring in their 100 day projects from now until the 100th day of school.

February 7th - No School - Teacher Inservice

Have a great week!  :)