Upcoming Events
- MONDAY:
- TUESDAY: Spiritwear (SFA or DCHS top with Dress code bottoms), Adoration
- WEDNESDAY: Catholic Youth Camp and Heart Challenge Assemblies
- THURSDAY:
- FRIDAY: NO CLASSES, Teacher Professional Development
- End of Trimester on Tuesday, Nov. 20
- No School on Wednesday, Nov. 21
- Thanksgiving Break Nov. 22 - 25
Reminders
- Hats, gloves, winter coats...oh my! The weather is cold, please be prepared.
November 12-15
Dear Families,
This will be our last newsletter before Thanksgiving. We want to thank you for letting us be a part of your child’s education. We feel so blessed to be a part of the SFA family and look forward to sharing all the fun activities that December has in store!
Christ’s peace ~ Micki, Lisa, and Kristin
Religion -Liturgical Seasons Unit is well underway. We’ve been learning about the different seasons in the church year as well as the colors and symbols that coordinate with each season. We anticipate completing and assessing over this unit just before Thanksgiving Break. We will then begin a unit titled the 25 Days of Christ. We will be using this theme to learn about 25 major events in Christ’s life. We are learning about these events through scripture, art, videos, and individual reflection. Please feel free to visit this website for more information. http://25daysofchrist.com/pages/the-25-days-new-testament-edition
We will continue with these lessons through Christmas.
Reading/Language Arts – All three classes are continuing to learn about and apply all of the comprehension strategies. Following Thanksgiving Break, Mrs. Schaffer’s class will begin the whole class book, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. This will be able to count as one of the 40 books students need to read by the end of the school year. Mrs. Anderson’s class will be starting Guided Reading groups. We will apply the comprehension strategies we’ve been learning about to this book. We will also still offer independent reading time so that the students can continue working on their 40 books!
Math – We continue to work in Unit 3 - Geometry. Lots of new vocabulary is being introduced. Your child can review his/her spiral and notecards each night to reinforce the concepts covered in class. Continued practice of basic math facts will improve accuracy and speed.
Social Studies - We have completed our units over Geography and American Indians and their Cultural Regions. Both of these assessments were taken online in class. Today your child is bringing home a form to sign so I know that you have seen their scores. All students know how to get into their TCI online textbook. Please let me know if you have questions.
Science - We started our unit over Matter this week, discussing physical properties and the differences between weight and mass. Lots of fun learning in this unit that we will continue with next week.
Language Arts – We’ve spent the last week listening to example of well written personal narratives and using them to generate our own ideas for personal narratives. Next week, we will choose one of the ideas generated and begin to take it through the writing process. We also wrapped up our unit on nouns with a test today. Our next grammar focus will be verbs.
Spelling – Next week’s Spelling words will consist of words with the suffixes -ness and -ly. We will also review antonyms. There will not be a spelling list the week of Thanksgiving. The week following Thanksgiving our list will consist of words with the ei sounds and the ie sound.
