NEWS FROM 3A

WEEK OF APRIL 30, 2018

Monday students will take the final portion of the IO-
WA Test: Mathematics and Computation. Please be
sure that they arrive on time and have a good night’s sleep as well as a good
breakfast. They will still need 2 #2 pencils with erasers.
I will be getting back to you about our end of year party. Time, date and menu
We emphasize the spiritual,
TBA.
intellectual, and physical
development of each
individual.

MATH ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

This week we will add working with
fractions and geometry to the topics
that we will be working on besides our
usual multiplication and division. Students will be
able to have some fun with tangrams and finish up
their cases as place value detectives. We will also
begin practicing the rest of the times tables from the
7’s to the 12’s. The 7’s quiz has been postponed until
the week after testing is over. They have the use of
wrap arounds to help them memorize their times ta-
bles. Please work with them at home. Please continue
to practice their basic addition and subtraction facts
with them. They will need to have a good grasp of
them in the future. Tutoring for math is from 3:30-
4:30 on Mondays.
This week’s spelling words
are plurals that add –s and –es.
We will resume our regular
testing schedule: Dictation Test
on Thursday and Spelling Test
on Friday. In Language, we will work on subjects
and predicates and get into adjectives and adverbs.
We will begin a new unit in reading. It is about a
feast of language. We will be learning about figura-
tive language and idioms. One of our books will be
Amelia Bedelia so we can learn about figures of
speech. We will also be working on prefixes and
suffixes in Phonics. Tutoring for reading begins on
Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30.

HANDWRITING
Students will practice cursive Z z as well as copy paragraphs and poems for fur-
ther practice.
 SCIENCE-Students will identify the layers of the earth’s atmosphere
and their characteristics.

RELIGION-This week students will learn about celebrating Eucharist: the

Mass. This week’s Word of the Week is appoint-assign a job or role to
someone. This Week’s Good News comes from JOHN 15:9-17.

SOCIAL STUDIES-This week students will learn about community envi-

ronments and work on some map skills as well.

REMINDERS
Parents, please remember to use the crosswalk when walking your children across Arizona for safety’s
sake.
We are still collecting pop tops for Ronald McDonald House. We have filled six large collection boxes and
have nearly filled a seventh one! Help us out by sending in pop tops (soda tabs)! We could win a class party!
Thank you to all who have sent in tops! We are doing an awesome job!
We are also collecting box tops and Prices’ bottle caps. Help us out by sending these items in whenever you
buy products with the box top label or Prices’ products!
Please send in any prayer intentions that you may have so that we can pray for them during our morning an-
nouncements and during our Friday rosary. Don’t forget to send your children with their rosary on Fridays!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
May 2 May Crowning
May 3 Mass-Communion class presents Mass
May 3-4 Fine Arts Department presents The Circle of Life @ 7 pm—$5 children; $8 adults
May 4 Dress in traditional Mexican attire (NO soccer shirts) in honor of Cinco de Mayo
May 7-11 Teacher Appreciation Week
May 10 Dia de los Madres
Transition Mass
May 11 Mother/Son event @ Top Golf
May 17 8th graders last Mass
8th grade breakfast hosted by 7th grade
Last day for 8th grade; dismissal from basketball courts at 12:30
May 21 Awards ceremony for 5th-8th in gym @ 5:30
May 22 Spirit dress day
Early dismissal @ 1:00
8th grade Graduation Mass @ 5:00 in the Cathedral
May 24 Mass
5K Transition ceremony
Awards ceremony for Pre-k-4th grades
May 25 Last day of school
Spirit Dress
Early release

Have a blessed week!