St. Joan of Arc School

Religion  -  We will begin to learn and practice the All Saints Day Song and speeches.  We will also be practicing in the church. Send in your prayer requests. We will continue to pray for all your needs.  We will work on Chapters 3, Care for Creation & 4,The Trinity.  Words to understand are, creation, caretaker, Holy Trinity, Jesus. Make sure that your child can make the Sign of the Cross correctly.
 

Language Arts –
 

Reading Group 1 – Next week we will have a Unit Test the week of Oct 6.
 

Phonics & Spelling – Blends ch, wh, nk, sk, mp, nd, nt, ng, ft, dr, cl, gl, tw, dr, tr, pl, bl, cr and long a words.

Vocabulary – Possessives, contractions, words with ed endings
 

Stories -  Sam’s Song, The Cow that Went Oink, Snakes, Great Snakes, Let’s Camp Out!, The Shopping List, Yasmin’s Ducks, The Knee-High Man
 

Comprehension – Story Elements, Character, Setting, Compare/Contrast
 

Writing – We will look at a picture and desribe what we see with sentences. We will practice writing using First, then, next, then, last to organize our story.
Study Skills - Diagrams
 Reading Group 2 – We will have a Unit Test the Week of October 6
 

 Phonics & Spelling – Short u, Short o, Short e, Blends sl, sn, fl, sm, fr
 

Vocabulary – ed ending means past tense
 

Stories – Splash, A Big Big Pig, What Bug is It?, A Box of Bugs, A Vet, Unit 3 – Stan’s Stunt, Greg’s Mask, Sam’s Song
 

Writing – We will write in sequence using, first, next, then, last order our writing.  We will describe what we see in a picture.
Study Skills - Maps
 

Math  - Groups 1 & 2
 

We are concluding the subtraction chapter and will have a test next week.  Your child should be familiar with a subtraction sentence, difference, minus sign, subtracting zero.
 

Please practice Math Facts to 5.
 Science
 

By next Monday, all classes will have had their first Science Test.
 We will then begin to learn about animals.  We will learn about different groups of animals.  We will learn that some animals eat plants, and some animals eat plants.  We will relate that the kind of teeth an animal has identifies what the animal eats.
 

We will then begin to learn about animals.  We will learn about different groups of animals.  We will learn that some animals eat plants, and some animals eat plants.  We will relate that the kind of teeth an animal has identifies what the animal eats.  General –
 Please encourage children to refrain from leaning back on their chair!!  It is dangerous to everyone.  This year there are quite a few students who unconsciously push back.  I could use your help to relay that this is unacceptable at school.
 

Please encourage children to refrain from leaning back on their chair!!  It is dangerous to everyone.  This year there are quite a few students who unconsciously push back.  I could use your help to relay that this is unacceptable at school. The children really are getting underway in their major subjects.  Routines seem to be understood at this point.  Thanks for all your help.
 

Hopefully, your child is practicing hisher Saint’s speech at home and you are working on the costume for that date.  If you need help, let us know.
 

Volunteers – I would be interested in having someone come to listen to readers from 11:00 to 11:30 on either Tuesday and Wednesday.  If your child is in group 1, Dogs, or 2, Giraffes and you are available at that time, please let me know.
 

Also, if any one is available from 1:00 – 2:00 on Wednesday afternoons to help in the technology lab teaching children how to take the Accelerated Reading Test and to be available to manage a small group with math and reading games on the computer, please let me know.