Sunday, October 28, 2012

Curriculum Guide for the week of Oct. 29 - Nov. 2


Date: Oct. 29, 2012

These are the subjects and content area the students will be studying this
week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with you.

Virtues of the Month: Self Control and Self Discipline.  *

Saxon Math: Lessons 36-40 and Assessment 7 on quarters, finding half of a set of objects, adding three or more single-digit numbers, telling and showing time to the five-minute intervals, identifying a.m. and p.m., the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day, making a table to solve a problem, and drawing and reading a pictograph.  *

History: World Rivers review.  Rivers Unit Test on Tuesday.  *
                                                         
Religion: Preparation for First Reconciliation.  Chapters 1-2 on we are called to serve one another, Baptism, God gives everyone life, original sin, and the sacraments. 

Science: Review of the skeletal System and the joints: ball and socket, hinge, and sliding joints.  We will build a model of a leg and attach muscles to it seeing how the muscles actually work.  *

Literature: We will read and continue discussing the story Bunniculua. Phonics Lesson 9 – on final stable syllables.  *
                                                        
English:  Writing a friendly letter and the parts of a letter.  Sayings: “Beat around the bush” and “Beggars can’t be choosers.” Go over November Book Report.  *
                                                 
Vocab./ Spelling: Unit 3 in vocab. on definitions, synonyms and antonyms on words, completing the sentence and word associations.  Lesson 9– spelling final stable syllable words.  Spelling Test on Friday.  *

Art & Music: We will be assembling our turkey centerpieces for the Sr. luncheon on Friday and finishing up our skeletons.  *

Check white family envelope for: Reminders, information for Oct. and Nov. and corrected work to be filed in their 3 ring binders.

Reminders: Halloween Carnival is from 12:15 – 2:30 on Wednesday.  The children may change into their costumes at 11:20 and will eat lunch in the classroom before hand.  Come join us!  All Saints Day Mass is on Thursday at 10:00.  We will walk over as a school and attend mass together. ½ day of school is Friday with dismissal at 12:00 

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