May 14, 2012

RELIGION:

The children will learn about the following:  God's Great Gifts, Family Fun, and Doing What Jesus Wants Us To Do this week.

MATH:

The children are working in Chapter 11 (Measurement) this week.  They will learn the following skills:

- To identify which of three objects is longest and which is shortest.
- To order objects by length.
- To identify which of two objects is shorter or taller.

LANGUAGE ARTS:

The children will be learning the following skills this week:

- Review of the letters Jj, Qq, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, and Zz.'
- To identify the letters of the alphabet.
- Use cause and effect to understand a story.
- Identify shapes and classify objects.
- Identify, blend, and read short a, e, i, o, and u words.
- Identify and read the high-frequency words:  with, was, see, of.

HANDWRITING:

I am very pleased with how well the children are progressing in their handwriting.  They are working very hard in writing their first and last name on their morning work and also with the writing of words that are required within their daily workbooks.  The children are becoming more confident at writing  the morning message from the board and sound-spelling  words with some assistance from me.







ART:

The children will be making a picture of 'My Dandelion Wish for Summer' this week.  It will be proudly displayed in the hallway for everyone to see at Holy Infant.

SCIENCE:

The students have enjoyed learning about the different stages of the lifecycle of a butterfly by observing five caterpillars (soon to be Painted Lady butterflies) within our classroom.  They were very excited to see the caterpillars change into a chrysalis within the butterfly culture at the beginning of last week.  I just moved them into our classroom butterfly observation net last Friday so that they can begin to emerge from the chrysalis into a butterfly.  We are hoping to set them free towards the end of this week to begin their new life in the world created by God the Father.


Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Church