Upcoming Events : April 9-12
- MONDAY: No Classes - Teacher Professional Development
- TUESDAY: Spirit Wear
- WEDNESDAY: Liturgy @ 8:45am
- THURSDAY:
- FRIDAY: Prayer Service @ 8:40, Reconciliation
As Jesus rode along, the people were spreading their cloaks on the road; and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to praise God aloud with joy for all the mighty deeds they has seen.
Luke 19:36-37
Religion –We continue to work through presenting our Google Slide Presentations on the 7 Sacraments. We will be starting a unit on the 10 Commandments next week. Throughout Lent we will be attending school wide prayer services. Our last service will be held on April 12 at 8:40, and Stations of the Cross on April 19 at 2:30.
Reading/Language Arts – Mrs. Schaffer’s Class has started a round of Special Needs Lit Circles. The main character in each of the books chosen is dealing with a special need. Following the reading of these books, groups will research and present information on their character’s special need and how it was portrayed within the book. Comprehension strategies are being emphasized as well. Mrs. Anderson’s class continues the whole class book Restart focusing on comprehension strategies and Mrs. Alsin’s class is finishing the whole class book Bridge to Terabithia.
Math – Your child will be bringing home the assessment for your review over fractions, decimals, and percents on Tuesday. Please discuss the results with your child, sign, and return.
Social Studies - Students are back to weekly geography quizzes on Fridays as we study map skills from a variety of different places. Look for these to come home each week to be signed.
Science - We finished our unit over the Respiratory system with a fantastic hands-on LAB working with props brought in by Shannon Umthum (Landon) and Teresa Aoki (Joaquin). Their knowledge is amazing and students got the chance to listen to the heart and bowel sounds on SAM (Student Auscultation Manikin) that is used for training real doctors. This simulation was very unique and we wish we would have had more time. A big thanks to both these moms for taking time to bring in SAM. Students will be bringing home their assessment over the Respiratory system on Tuesday, please go over it with them and sign to be returned. We wasted no time jumping into our next science unit-over Weather, with a presentation by Zach Sharpe from the Iowa Storm Chasing team. He had lots of great video of storms he has chased and talked to students about his experiences, which generated tons of amazing questions. We will continue discussing Weather this week.
Language Arts – We finished up Figurative Language this week with the assessment on Thursday. We started our next unit on Poetry. This will be the focus for the next couple of weeks.
