Week of March 23rd

Hello parents,
We have entered 4th quarter and it is full of fun things.  Here are all of the things that will be taking place between now and the end of the year.  Please mark these things on your calendar ASAP.

1. New Terrific Tuesday sessions - crosstitch with Mrs. Brannan and Mrs. Ann Schmidt (grades 3-4)
2. The Operetta - April 23rd at 7pm (your kiddos need to be present)
3. Grandparents Day - April 23rd
4. Amazing Race Field Trip in Forest Park - TBA
5. Zoo Field Trip - TBA
6. Chapel on Maundy Thursday
7. Good Friday - early dismissal at 12
8. No School on Easter Monday
9. Achievement Tests - April 13-16
10. Field Day

Reading

I had originally thought that we would do another round of the Tic-tac-toe board projects to finish up this Book Club.  However, I have rethought schedules and we will be doing things in class this week to summarize and present the books that they read.  You can plan on a small chunk of this for homework on Thursday if your child has not finished it up in class already.  

Religion

We are talking about the Sacrament of Baptism this week.  It would be a great time to share memories and discuss your own child's baptism with them.  They love to make it personal wherever possible.  Next week we will be focusing on the events of Holy Week.  

Social Studies

Tomorrow we will be starting a new unit on our country's government.  This is a necessary part of our curriculum, but it is notoriously tough for the kids.  The vocabulary is more difficult and it involves a lot of brand new concepts to the kids.  They will be tested on this at the end of our unit.  It would be very beneficial to review/discuss what we talked about in class each day.  This could even be a short question and answer session to review vocab for the branches of government, or finding topics in the media to reinforce with.  Learning about our government is an essential part of being a good citizen and I love teaching it to the kids.  Thanks in advance for your help and extra patience.  

Math

We are still working on our multiplication tables as well as getting into harder concepts during 4th quarter.  Keep up the good work.