Spelling - We have finished all the spelling lists for the year!  :)

Phonics - We have been learning about the suffix s, when to use the suffix -es, and that when a word ends with y you change the y to i, and add es.

Religion - We have finished all of our Promise Papers for the year.  Now we are working on finishing up our Promise Books.  This week we talked about the Angel of God Prayer and where you can pray.  We also spent some time in Adoration.  We continue to practice our virtues and values of orderliness and modesty.

Math - In math we worked on place value (ones, tens, and hundreds), reviewed counting coins (pennies, dimes, and nickels), reviewed telling time to the :00 and the :30, and we worked on fractions.

Science - Our final project of animal adaptations was designing a shoe for a traveler in one of these environments - The Arctic, The African Savanna, The Amazon Rainforest, and The Sahara Desert.  The students had to design the shoe using 3 adaptations - camouflage, locomotion, and protection.

The Arctic

The African Savanna

The Amazon Rainforest

The Sahara Desert

Social Studies - We are working on learning all 50 states.  We have been learning each state in ABC order (we are up to 20), the capital, and a few facts.  Each time we learn a state, we add it to our state puzzle.  We have also learned a few fun state songs.  Our favorite is The Fifty Nifty!

These two decided to write every state!

Our last visit from Sassy and Morgan this year

Have a great week!

Spelling - y-->i, add -es

baby

babies

berry

berries

cry

cries

pony

ponies

sky

skies

Phonics - We worked on words that have a suffix -es

Writing  - We learned how to write diamante poems.  

Religion - We have been learning about Adele Brise and the Shrine of Our Lady of Champion.  Monday we were lucky enough to be able to visit the Shrine!

Math - In math we worked on money - bills instead of coins!  We learned about $1, $5, $10, and $20.  We added bills together.  We worked on what bills you would use to purchase items.  We learned about giving back change.  We also worked on adding 3 one digit numbers.  We learned to look for things - such as doubles or making a 10.  We also worked on identifying geometric solids - spheres and cones. We have been reviewing telling time and counting coins.

Science - We are finishing up our animal adaptations unit.  We are on the final project - Making a shoe that a traveler would use in each of the four environments.  Each shoe had to incorporate 3 of the 4 adaptations - camouflage, protection, and locomotion.  We will present them this week.

Reading - We are working on running records and sight word checks.  The students continue to work hard in centers.  We have added suffix -es centers.  We have also been learning about tongue twisters and making them in centers.

We celebrated Hadley's birthday -

Read-Alouds - We have finished up our Stanley series.  We read Flat Stanley, Stanley and the Magic Lamp, Stanley in Space, Invisible Stanley, and Stanley, Flat Again.  We had so much fun sending out Flat Stanleys to our friends and families!  We loved reading about Stanley's adventures and seeing pictures of Stanley!  Thank you for helping us complete that fun project!  Our last read-aloud of the year is Charlotte's Web.

Friday Fun Time

Have a great week!