Week of February 4th

Good Afternoon,

I hope you all had a nice weekend. Here is some important information for the week/month ahead.

1) Reading folders went home today with our new February READO & reading logs. Students who sent back their January work received a class prize coupon along with a coupon for one free ice cream at Cliff’s. If you did not send in your work today, you may send it in anytime this week. We will not be starting our weekly reading/spelling homework until the third week of February, after the Wedding of Q & U.

2) Official report cards will be going home this week, there was an issue with the formatting and it should be resolved and sent home shortly. You received a copy of our report cards during our conferences.

3) On Wednesday we will be having an Open House in the morning from 9:00-11:00 am. Students are asked to wear their CSW Shirts with their gym uniform bottoms. We will be watching Toy Story 3 in the afternoon and 8^th grade will be running the Snack Shop. Please send in any snack shop money with your child on Wednesday morning.

4) We will be celebrating out 100^th Day of School on Friday! Please send in our special mystery projects to school on Friday morning.

5) Our Wedding of Q & U will be next Friday February 15^th at 1:15 pm in the gym. We will also be celebrating our class Valentine’s Day party during our “reception” where students may bring in valentine’s for their classmates.

6) There is no school on Monday February 18^th for President’s Day.

Here are our themes/concepts for this week:

1) Reading/Language Arts/ Phonics:

-Letters- Short Vowels in CVC words

-Sight Words- we, so, love

-Color Word- pink

-Reading Comprehension- fiction vs. non-fiction, characters

2) Mathematics:

- Geometry- 2D & 3D Shapes

-Identifying, sorting, creating, and classifying shapes in real world

3) Religion-

-Jesus’ Miracles

- Jesus’ Life

-Daily Prayers

4) Social Studies:

- Intro to our “America” Unit

5) Science:

-Living vs. Nonliving

-Seasons, Patterns, Weather  

Thank you for your time and attention. I hope you have a blessed week.

Love & Prayers,

Mrs. Tironi