Spelling - We will not have a spelling list this week.

Phonics - In Fundations we continue to work on the glued sounds -ank, -ink, -onk, and -unk.  In Heggerty we have been learning about r-controlled vowels.  (We call it the Bossy R.)  The r controls the vowel sound.  

Reading

Math - We finished up Module 5.  We worked on story problems with parts unknown.

Religion - December 8th we celebrated the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary with mass and muffins with moms.  In our classroom we worked on The Hail Mary.  We also made one decade rosaries.

Making Elves -

Crafting for Angel's Touch - 

Fun Pics - 

***If you haven't returned your permission slips for our caroling field trip to Angel's Touch please do so ASAP.

Have a great week!

Weekly Spelling List - ank, ink, onk, unk

Hank

sink

honk

junk

tank

wink

bonk

bunk

thank

chunk

Phonics - We have now learned a third set of glued sounds - ank, ink, onk, and unk.  We now have all of the glued sounds that we will learn in first grade.

 

Reading - We continue to work on our reading skills during our daily 5 time.

Social Studies and Science - We are continuing to learn about maps in social studies.  In science we have read some Scholastic News and learned about weasels, penguins, and animal adaptations.

Math - We have been working on story problems where the start is unknown or the change is unknown.  We have been learning how to make both an addition equation and a subtraction equation.

Religion - We are continuing in our Friendzy unit - You First.  We are learning about Advent.  We learned about the Advent wreath and the candles.  The weeks are hope, peace, joy, and love.  Each day we watch a short 3 minute video on Advent from Brother Francis.  We also have a Jesse Tree in our classroom.  Each day we read a Bible story and add it to our tree.  The virtues that we are working on for the month of December are cheerfulness, generosity, and affability.

Declan and Isaac with the BOLT Awards for piety

Writing - We have started writing our stories.  We are dividing our stories into a beginning, a middle, and an end.  We are learning about transition words.  Our next step will be adding the juicy details.  :)

A few fun pics -

Christmas Concert

Piper's Birthday Board 

4th Grade Buddies

Therapy Dogs

Adopt-A-Cow

Sassy's 2 Month Update

Have a great week!