April 8, 2018
 
Dear Parents,
I hope you and your child had a happy Easter and enjoyed the break from school.  During these next weeks of school, your child will be preparing for his/her First Holy Communion.  The lessons in Religion class will focus on the Sacrament of the Eucharist and the parts of the Mass.  I have included the words to the Apostles’ Creed for you to review with your child.  Please concentrate on the highlighted sentences each week so your child understands these important beliefs of the Catholic faith.  Enjoy the week.
Sincerely,
Sr. Diane
Homework for Week of April 9, 2018
Monday:  Reading – 1. Review vocabulary; 2.  Sheet “A New Book”; Questions #1, 2, and 3
Spelling – Review words; Write sentences (7 words or more) for knew, new
Word-a-Day - fiction
Math – Workbook p. 613, 614 (#5 is optional)
Religion – Test Friday:   Study p. 172, 173
 
Tuesday:  Reading –Sheet “Red, White, and Blue”; Questions #1,2,3
Spelling – Review words; Write sentences (7 words or more) for hour, our
Word-a-Day - irritable
Math – Workbook p. 619, 620 – Show your work on all problems; Explain your work for #5
Religion – Test Friday:   Study p. 174, 175
 
Wednesday:  Reading – Sheet “The History of Gum” – Read this article carefully.  You will answer questions in class tomorrow.
Spelling – Review words:  Write sentences (7 words or more) for blue, blew
Word-a-Day – mob
Math – Workbook p. 625, 626
Religion – Test Friday:   Study p. 176, 177
 
Thursday:  Reading – Read a book for enjoyment.  Reminder:  There are chapter books in the classroom that you may borrow.
Spelling – Test tomorrow
Word-a-Day – launch
Math – Workbook p. 629, 630
Religion – Test tomorrow:   Study p. 178, 179
 
Please check your supplies for pencils, crayons, and glue stick.  Thank you.
Reading Vocabulary for Sir Gus
Monday:  Words with long vowel /ie/ sound:  bright, might, high, frightened, knight, light, right; pry, why, nearby, trying, sky, drying, crying
Tuesday:  Words with long vowel /ee/ sound with ‘ie’ spelling:  field, piece, shield, thief, ladies, achieve, relief, grief, yield, movie, niece, cookies, babies, kitties
Wednesday:  Schwa vowel sound (sounds like ‘uh’) for words with al:  several, animal, general, normal, local, medical, legal, hospital, central, mammal, total, personal, metal, federal, legal
Thursday:  Schwa vowel sound (sounds like ‘uh’) for words with il:  pencil, April, fossil, tonsils
 
Math Computation Strategies for Addition
Regroup when your sum is 10 or more:  12 ones = 1 ten 2 ones; 12 tens = 1 hundred 2 tens
Use compensation to make addends easier to add:  23 + 59 =82             245 + 398 = 643
                                                                                               -1    +1                        -2       +2
                                                                                               22 + 60 = 82           243 + 400 = 643
 
Break apart addends (for partial sums):  234 + 549 = 783
200 + 500 = 700; 30 + 40 = 70; 4 + 9 = 13 (10 + 3):  700 + 70 + 10 + 3 = 783
 
Open number line:  323 + 257 = 580:  Start at 323.  Jump 2 groups of hundreds to get 523.
Jump 5 groups of tens to get 573.  Jump 7 ones to get 580.          
 
The Apostles’ Creed (Our beliefs as Catholic Christians)
Please try to review the bold face part of the prayer during the week.
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.  Amen.