News

Religion: This week we are talking about the Holy

Spirit and the Holy Trinity. We are learning the
prayer the Glory Be.
Reading: We are working with long vowel sounds
spelled with 2 vowel letters. We practiced adding
endings of ing and ed. We are working on
identifying long and short vowel sounds in words.
Language Arts: We practiced writing an opinion.
We described the best holiday gift and gave 3
reasons why it is the best one. We are learning
about the parts of a friendly letter.
Math: We are using related facts to complete fact
families for 3 given numbers. We used the
strategies of counting on and counting back to
check our work.

Mrs. Harris
January 13, 2017

Reminders
*No school on Monday, January 16.
*Progress Reports will be sent home on
Wednesday, January 18. Please sign
and return it by Friday, January 20.
*January book reports are due by
Tuesday, January 24. They will be on
display during Catholic Schools Week.
*Please remember to bring an extra pair
of shoes on gym days.

Science: We watched Discovery Education video

clips about the sun and the planets in our solar
system. We are using books and articles to search
for facts about the sun and each one of the
planets.
Social Studies: We reviewed using map keys and
the compass rose to read maps. We reviewed
living in neighborhoods and the 3 types of
communities: farm, town and city.

Our Solar System

Next week we will work on creating models of
the solar system. The class will work in small
groups to create a poster showing the sun,
eight planets and an asteroid belt. Each group
will prepare a report to go with their model.

Stars of the Week

Our stars this week are the Art
Zone Volunteers. With their help,
we created portraits of peoples
faces. We used paint sticks and
paper cutouts to finish each face.
The children had great fun and
look forward to Art Zone each
month.
Art Zone volunteers,
you are super stars!