CATHOLIC SCHOOL’S WEEK
Black History Month
Dental Health Month
Jan.30-Feb.3
&
Feb. 6-10
Open House Begins Catholic Schools Week
We will kick off Catholic Schools Week with a
special Mass… Sunday,
Jan. 29 at 10:30. We invite everyone to stop by at
school afterwards to have a visit. If you know of
families who are thinking about where to send their
children to school, please take some time to BRING
THEM to see our great school.
Activities during the whole week will be as follows:
Sunday:
“Mass to Begin Catholic School’s Week” (10:30) and
Open House (11:00-1:00)
Week Long: Mystery Saint of the Day! Prayer for Catholic Schools in morning. Penny
War will be raising funds for Belleville Area Humane
Society. Please send in spare change to help the
homeless dogs and cats at the Humane Society.
Winning class will receive a Pizza Party.
Monday:
Dare to Dream it…in Pajamas (school appropriate) No
slippers, please. Movie in classrooms in afternoon
(teacher discretion)
Tuesday:
“Mass for Grandparents and Students” at 1:15.
Grandparents come to school for snack and visit
classrooms. Students may leave with grandparents
after they visit classes.
Wednesday: Sports Theme Attire and Roller Skating Party (2pm.-4pm…sponsored by
Parents’ Club). Early Dismissal @ (1:45) and
Parents’ Club meeting at 7pm.
Thursday:
Teacher Appreciation Luncheon served by Student
Council and Spirit Wear if parents attended Parents’
Club the night before
Friday:
Hats Off to Catholic Education (after Mass students
may wear hats in school).
DENTAL HEALTH MONTH
We will be discussing good dental health and
hygiene this month. Send any books you may have on
dental hygiene.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
February celebrates Black History! The kids will be
introduced to a famous and very brave lady…Harriet
Tubman. They will learn about the Underground
Railroad and the freedom she believed in. Several
other famous men and women will also be
introduced…Jesse Owen, Ruby Bridges and Rosa Parks.
Please share any books you may have on any Black
Americans with us.
BAPTISM
Since we are discussing the sacrament of Baptism,
please send in pictures or mementos that your child
could share on their Baptism. Sister Tess
visited our classroom last Tuesday and shared the
important symbols that are used in this sacrament.
Please ask your child what they learned in class
with Sr. Tess.
REPORT CARDS
Please return signed report cards by Friday, Feb. 3.
CURRICULUM FOR THE Next 2 Weeks!
READING
*review of long a (spellings “ai, ay”)
*review long vowel spellings…u_e, i_e, o_e, a_e
*cause/effect
*making inferences
*inflectional endings s & es
*inflectional endings er & est
*long e with the “ee” spelling
*review of long a (spelling “ai”)
*making predictions
*inflectional ending _ing
End of Book 4 Test on Monday &
Tuesday…Week of Feb.6-10!
2 vowel rule
Please utilize this rule when reading with your child.
When 2 vowels go out walking, the 1st
vowel does the talking. The 2nd vowel is
silent and the 1st vowel is usually
long…..rain, meat, boat
POEM & STORY:
As you have noticed on GradeBook Wizard, kids are
graded on their oral reading for the week. This is
on the Poem and Story that have been selected for
the week. Keep stressing to your child the
importance of their practice at home.
This week’s selections…”Fire
Pup & Ring! Ring! Ring! Put Out the Fire”
Week of Feb. 6-10…“Hide
& Seek and Seven Sillies”
VOCABULARY WORDS
clean
always
work
done
how
four
many
so
over
all
SPELLING WORDS…Test on Fri. Feb.3
truck
smoke
bell
pole
ring
brave
clean
always
work
done
CHALLENGE WORD:
Cathedral (giving the kids another chance)
MYSTERY WORD:
I am the small animal that will pop out of his home
this week on Feb. 2. This animal is brown and it
will help us to predict if we will have more winter
weather. What animal am I?
SPELLING WORDS…Test on Fri. Feb. 10
sheep
three
we
tree
she
bee
all
four
many
over
Challenge Word: president
Mystery Word:
You give these special cards to special people on
Feb. 14. What is the mystery word??????
GRAMMAR
*contractions and apostrophe used in contractions
*adjectives
*capitalizing proper nouns
Math
*Test
*greater and less than & equal to with symbols
*#’s 1 more & less than a given # and 10 more & less of a given #
*number line to determine before, between & after
*#’s least to greatest & greatest to least
Religion
*Jesus is the light of the world
*receiving the light of Jesus
*Jesus asks us to share His Peace
*Celebrate God’s forgiveness
*God is ready to forgive us
Cathedral Grade School is the best!
Continue to promote our great school!