CLASS NOTES
Mrs. Briones Mr. Cuttica
We are entering Holy Week, the week leading up to the Glorious Resurrection. Thursday we will have our annual grade one through four Holy Thursday Retreat followed by the Stations of the Cross. The classes are broken into heterogeneous groups of varied grade levels. They will stay with that group and rotate to five different retreat activities. This has been a wonderful experience in the past for all involved. Ending with the Stations of the Cross sets the mood for the Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday services. These very special days serve as the basis of our Catholic faith. God bless you all as we travel this Holy Week together,
Week of April 10-14
*Green folders are sent home Tuesday this week with corrected tests and papers… please remember to sign the sheet, keep the papers, and return the green folder on WEDNESDAY!
RELIGION: We will be covering Holy Week and Easter, as well as Mass, Saint of the day, Rosary, and Divine Mercy Chaplet.
READING: This week we will be reading, “Kid’s Invention Book.” an expository non-fiction selection. This might inspire some of our creative students to become inventors!
SPELLING: Unit 31 and additional words from the reading selection. Test on Wednesday!
ENGLISH: We will review all punctuation rules, parts of speech, and learn about the Library Catalog. We will also be working on our writing skills.
MATH: We will learn to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators, and mixed numbers. There will be daily review of long division and multiplication as well! Please continue to work on IXL, focusing on division and multiplication facts, and probability. ALL students are expected to do IXL! They will be graded on their participation in IXL (60 + minutes a week is needed for a 100% grade entered into the grade book.)
SOCIAL STUDIES: We will continue our “trip” to Russia this week.
· We are working on the Texas Program as well!
IMPORTANT DATES
· 4/10 National Farm Animal day1 & National Siblings Day!
· 4/11 National Barbershop Quartet Day! & National 8 Track Tape Day! (Remember those?)
· 4/11 Passover begins for our Jewish brothers and sisters.
· 4/12 SIGNED Green folders due! & Spelling/Math/reading tests
· 4/12 National Grilled Cheese day!
· 4/13 Holy Thursday Retreat! Noon dismissal
· 4/13 National Scrabble Day!
· 4/14 Good Friday. OFF
· 4/17 Easter Monday OFF
NEWS n NOTES
· No Mass this week!! Please try to join us for the Stations of the Cross on Thursday at 11:00am
· PLEASE check the classroom website daily for updates and info! There are some helpful links for math and reading on there as well.
· PLEASE practice multiplication, division, and probability on IXL, continue fact drills as well! A weekly grade for IXL will be given based on usage.
THOUGHT: I realize how hectic our lives are, but I implore you to try and take your children to all the Holy week services in your parish. Holy Thursday Mass is beautiful, with the washing of the feet. Good Friday Service commemorate the crucifixion with veneration of the cross. Easter Vigil mass is long, but an experience all should have, it makes you so proud to be Catholic! Attending these as a family has such impact on our children. Thank you and God bless!
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Prayer for Holy Week
Jesus my Lord, let me strengthen my courage by taking on the courage of all those people who have been "centurions" for me. Many have faced disasters and hard times with great constancy. The upper hand ofevilnever turned them against you. They kept going. Let me be like them, Lord. Nomatterwhat the cross, let me never stop declaring you to be "truly the Son of God, the source of my hope, thereasonwhy Iwillnever quit on life. Amen