Important Dates/Events:
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Friday, January 15th – No
School Faculty Retreat
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Monday, January 18th- MLK –
No School
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Friday, January 22nd —Casual
Day
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Friday, January 22nd—Progress
Reports
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Monday, February 1st-Friday
February 2nd—Catholic Schools Week
Scientist
of the Week: Julian
Math: This week, we completed our unit on subtraction with an
assessment on Wednesday. We began unit seven,
Counting and Number Patterns to 120.
This unit will focus on using a hundreds chart, skip counting with
familiar numbers and using “friendly” numbers to help us solve problems.
Phonics: Next week we will enter our third week of unit seven,
covering additional glued sounds (nk and ng).
We will begin adding the suffix s ending to words with these
sounds. Our assessment will be in just
over a week. Up next in our eighth unit will
be blends and digraph blends, like in the words slip and shrink.
Science: We
will work next week with liquids in bottles for a final solids and liquids experiment. Students will explore the way in which
liquids with various properties move with certain actions. Students will compare and contrast the
movements of the different liquids.
Guided Reading: I
am working through each child’s benchmark reading assessment. This means that students will be placed in a
new group with material and activities at their independent reading level. At home, students should read each night to
ensure success!
Religion: We have begun work in our ninth unit, which focuses on Holy
Week.
Enjoy your weekend!
Alison
