LOOKING BACK AT LAST WEEK
RELIGION – We learned why Ash Wednesday is a special day for the Church. We learned that the ashes used on Ash Wednesday are made from the palm branches blessed the preceding year for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. We discussed that the most important time of the year for the Church is Easter, and that Lent is the time that we prepare for Easter.
We concentrated on the First Week of Lent. We discussed and answered the question: “How does celebrating Lent help us to get ready for Easter?”
VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Mercy: caring for those who suffer
SAINT OF THE MONTH: Saint John Vianney
MATH – We finished Chapter 10, Weight and took the assessment test on Tuesday. As usual, the children did a great job! They are such hard workers!
LANGUAGE ARTS – In Unit 8, Lesson 3 we isolated sounds in words and generated words that contain aw spelled eugh and ough and oi spelled oi and oy. Our Read Aloud story this week was How Animals Move. Reading skills that we worked on included genre review and clarifying. We learned that a contraction is a short version of two words. We read decodable books 100-102 and they went home last week. I hope they continue to read them to you at home!
SCIENCE – We began our unit on Matter and learned to identify solids, liquids and gases.
OTHER NEWS and NOTES
SPELLING WORDS: For this week’s spelling words, please click on the “Helpful Links” section to get to SpellingCity.com. I hope your child is enjoying this site while learning their spelling words at the same time!
MARCH BIRTHDAY: Malie
STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Malie
JOKE OF THE WEEK:
First Graders (and Mrs. Cincilla) just love funny jokes and riddles! Give this one a try:
Question: Why would you never iron a four-leaf clover?
Answer: Because you shouldn’t press your luck!