Week of April 3rd

I still can't believe that we are in the final quarter of the year.
It's been a wild ride! Here's to another week!

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT
This week we will review all the virtues we've learned this year, and discuss how they have applied to our lives on a daily basis. We'll also praise and worship Jesus - King over all things - as we read and learn more about Palm Sunday.

READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES
Sequencing is one of many skills that contributes to students' ability to comprehend what they read. Sequencing refers to the identification of the components of a story — the beginning, middle, and end — and also to the ability to retell the events of a story in the order in which they occurred. The ability to sequence events in a text is a key comprehension strategy, especially for narrative texts. Sequencing is also an important component of problem-solving across subjects.

PHONICS and SPELLING
We'll be working on spelling words with silent letters this week
(such as silent w in wr or silent g in gn).
Students will sort  and spell words with these silent letters...

LIST ONE

knife	knot	gnaw	wrist	wren
thumb	lamb	debt	knee	sign

LIST TWO

knife	knot	gnaw	wrist	wren
thumb	lamb	debt	knight	signpost

BONUS - Cardinals

GRAMMAR and WRITING
I'm so proud of everything your children have learned this year while writing! We sure have a class FULL of authors! This week we will celebrate some of our recent published pieces and have more of a "free choice" writing week working on various elements. Later, we will begin a poetry unit!!

NEWS and NOTES 

• LAST CALL for March Reading Logs (due today!)
• NO SCHOOL  April 14th - Good Friday
• NO SCHOOL April 17th - Easter Monday 
• April 27th - Elementary Grandparents Day and Elementary Operetta
• May 1st - 5th - Standardized Test week! 
• May 10th - our class chapel service AND "Author Celebration!"

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!