Franciscan Value for
 May:              
  Dear Families:
     I hope you had a wonderful Easter!  A big thank you to everyone who contributed treats for our Easter celebration.  We had a great day!  Also, again, thanks to everyone who contributed to our Easter basket collection.  You made a lot of children happy this Easter!
     This week, we will continue to learn about Holy Eucharist in Religion.  Second grade will also attend the Resurrection Mass on Thursday to help us learn the parts of the Mass.
     In Language Arts, we will finish story 3-2 this week.  The cold read test will be on Thursday.  We will do the first story of the cold read test on Wednesday together to review the skills and test-taking strategies.  I hope that using the first story as an instructional component will help the students prepare to take the second story assessment independently.  We will review story sequence and compound words before the test.  Please review the high frequency and vocabulary words on the spelling list.  The reading log will be a retelling log this week.  In English, we will review Verbs.  The test on Verbs will be on Friday.  We have begun to learn our upper case cursive letters in Handwriting.  The children are doing a good job!
     We will begin to learn about Money in Math this week.  We are starting with pennies, nickels, and dimes.  Some of the children were not familiar with pennies, nickels, and dimes and may require some help with homework until they become comfortable with them.
     Science lessons continue to revolve around Weather.  Before break, we learned about weather patterns, measuring precipi-
tation, and how seasons affect us.  This week, we will learn about preparing for severe weather.
     In Social Studies, we continue to learn about maps.  Before break, we learned about map keys.  This week we will work on the cardinal directions.
     Hope the weather warms up.  Have a great week!
            
                                  

                                                                    



                                                           

                                             
 


 4/15 - Second Grade will attend Resurrection Mass
4/16 - Afternoon Movie and Snack (reward for Day of Giving)