Thank you so much to all who planned and contributed to the Halloween party. The kids had a great time.
Reading - Flowers
We experienced reading an informational text that included a table of contents, glossary, and index. The book told about flowers and how they are important to plants. We learned 6 new Amazing words: seeds, fruit, buds, stems, bloom, and petals. We added "have" and "is" to our list of high frequency words. We have started blending words together by listening for the sounds made by individual letters and then blending those sound. We have focused on words ending with "at" and "am." Additionally, we focused on the short a sound when it appears in the beginning of a word and in the middle of a word. We learned that pictures sometimes have words to label the different parts. We used the comprehension strategy of compare and contrast.
Math - Counting and ordering numbers through 10
We have continued to practice counting sets up to 10 and naming the number that is 1 more or 1 fewer than the set. We also used manipulatives to show sets that are 2 more or 2 fewer than a given number. Finally we practiced putting the numerals that name these quantities into the correct order from least to greatest.
Religion - God hears my prayers
We spend our religion time this week focusing on prayer, especially praying with the saints. We discussed Halloween as being the night before All Saints' Day and All Saints' Day being the feast for all the people who are in heaven, but who don't have their own feast days. We prayed the Litany of the Saints and prayed for people in our lives.
Science - Spiders
We learned many facts about spiders. We learned a rhyme and created a book called Five Hairy Spiders, completed a color by letter picture, created a model of a spider with the help of our 5th grade buddies, and drew a picture of a fact we learned about spiders.
Upcoming Events - Please see Mrs. Schindler's Colt Express for the most up-to-date information.
Tuesday, November 5 - Meet me at the Pole - at 7:40 a.m. The entire school will gather at the flag pole to pray for our nation.
Wednesday, November 6 - Picture Retake Day - if you wish for your child to have retakes, please send the original photo packet to school on this day. All children should dress in Mass Uniform.
Friday, November 8 - Spirit Day - Corpus Christi Spirit wear shirt or Holy Spirit shirt, with uniform bottoms.
Saturday, November 9 - Dinner Auction Fiesta
Monday, November 11 - Veteran's Day Assembly at 1:45 in the gym. Please come join us to honor those who have and are serving our country in the armed forces.
