Mrs.

Harris
News February 3, 2017
Religion: We read about Jesus role in the seasons
of the church year. We talked about the seasons of
Ordinary Time, Advent, Christmas, Lent and
Reminders
*February book orders are due
Easter. Our classroom prayer table is covered with
Thursday, February 9. Please make
a table cloth the color of the church season. Since
checks payable to Scholastic Books.
it is now Ordinary Time, the table cloth is green.
*No school on Friday, February 10.
Reading: We read the first story in our new reading
text. We are reviewing long and short vowel
*Read to Succeed reading logs are
sounds. We have added y to the list of long vowel
due on Wednesday, February 22. You
sounds. We wrote in our journals about this weeks
can return them to school once you
many special activities.
have read for 6 hours.
Math: We continued to work with related addition
*Continue to collect Box Tops for
and subtraction facts. We reviewed even and odd
Education.
numbers. We are deciding if numbers sentences
are equal or not equal. Here are 2 examples:
6+4=8+2 (equal) or 7+2=5+3 (not equal).

Social Studies: We made lists of jobs we do at

home and compared them to the jobs we do at
home. We practiced reading charts.

Science: This week we are reading about the

weather. We read about the different types of
storms and the water cycle. We watched a Magic
Schoolbus video about the water cycle.
Catholic Schools Week
Each day this week we did
something special to celebrate.
We wrote thank you cards for
parents and rectory staff. We
attended the Talent Show on
Wednesday. We created
Thank You Valentine pandas, wrote notes
We collected 70 items for the Survival Kits! and created storybooks for the
Thank you for your donations. children at St. Judes Hospital.
Thank you, Mrs. Barnes, for helping the We joined our 5th grade
children paint hearts for our Classroom buddies for a special
Treasure Project. They are look amazing! Game Day activity. It
was a great week!