St. Joan of Arc School

This week is a short week. We will play outside and our area can be a messy one.  We will do our best to stay away from mud.  Continue to send boots, even if there is no snow.  Girls with otherwise bare legs, should bring pants or snowpants.

Religion

                        We are learning about some special saints and how we can become one too!

Language Arts

Bluebirds  Note:  We will work on these words for 2 weeks.

Spelling Words

bare                 care                  dear                 year                  corn                 more                shore                short                 porch   tore

Dictation Sentence: The year seems very short when you work hard.

Vocabulary  Words:

allowed                        leaned              president                      promise

rule                               whispered

Read:     Best Friends Club, Two of Everything, A Special Day for James, Tina Finds a Way

Redbirds

FOR TWO WEEKS ENDING MARCH 12

Spelling Words

bat                   best                  clock                desk                 fit                     hut

just                   mom                 still                   homework                                crawls

Dictation Sentence: I do my homework at my desk.

Vocabulary  Words:

carrots              crawls              homework                    hurry                lucky                shy

Read:     Ann’s First Day, Heather’s Book, Alone, Letters from a New Home, Lucky to be lost

Math

Saints

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This week we are reviewing addition facts and adding multiple numbers.  I will be sending the daily workbook home for homework to be returned the next day.  We will progress through this Volume quickly as it is mostly review..

Practice Math Facts through 12 for the Third Quarter.

Angels

We have begun working on Telling Time to the Hour.  This week we will learn about time at the half hour and eventually at 5 minute intervals.  We will also learn about elapsed time.

The homework for this week is pages 87-90.

Keep practicing Math Facts to 12.

Science for 1A

We will be studying animal needs, food, water, air, shelter.  We will differentiate between meat eating and plant eating animals.

Monday: No school

Thursday: No hot lunch

Friday: No school

Spelling: We will have a spelling test this week on Unit 23.  The words will be reviewed on Tuesday and the test will be on Thursday. 

9:30 Math: Students will continue to study fractions.  This week they will focus on subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators.  They will have their chapter test on this material next week. 

10:30 Math:  Students will be multiplying decimals this week in math class.  In addition to starting this chapter, they will also be reviewing math skills and problem solving strategies by completing math station rotation.

Science: Last week students completed a web quest on wind.  This week we will review this information and students will have a quiz on wind on Thursday.  They need to study the web quest completed in class for this quiz. 

English: Students are almost done with their how-to reports and will finish them this week in school. 

This week in the Gospel Jesus takes Peter, John and James to the mountain top.  There, Jesus’ appearance changes and He begins to speak to Moses and Elijah. Then, God the Father speaks to tell Jesus’ companions, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”  Do we listen to what Jesus has to say?

In Religion, we are continuing our daily Lenten Prayer Service. We are also talking about the Stations of the Cross.

In math, we are continuing our unit on money and time. We will emphasize more about time this week. We have begun to learn the song “The Hands on the Clock”. At home, you may wish to continue emphasizing money. Have the children identify the coins in their piggy banks. Have them sort the coins. Have the children pick the coins up to feel them.  They can feel the edges of the coins. The children should tell you the name of the coin and how much it is worth. The chants we have used are:

Penny, penny
Easy spent,
Copper brown
And worth one cent.

Nickel, nickel
Thick and fat.
You’re worth five.
I know that!

Dime, dime
Little and thin,
Shiny silver
You’re worth ten.

Quarter, quarter
Big and bold,
You’re worth twenty-five
I’m told!

Our high frequency words this week are this, would, and my.

In computers, we have been emphasizing practicing our skills in both math and language arts. This always follows a few minutes of keyboard practice. At home, you can allow your child to practice typing in any word program you may have. They love to see what they have typed. They also love to read it to you!

Remember we have school only Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week.

We have many half pairs of mittens and gloves down in Kindergarten. These don’t have the owner’s name. Are you missing any?

There is an Open House on Tuesday evening, March 2, for anyone wanting to come and see our Preschool and Kindergarten. Please call the office to let them know you are interested, so we can plan for your coming. The number is 630-969-1732. If you know of someone who may be interested in attending Saint Joan of Arc this coming school year, this would be a good time to have them come and see the school. We can answer many of the questions they may have about the school. We would love to see you there. Sister Carolyn will begin our evening. Each of the teachers will present something on sections of our curriculum. You will have an opportunity to view more of our curriculum and activities down in the classrooms.

Enjoy the week!

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”  Hebrews 13:8

Words of hope to know He never changes.

Voc.  Unit 11  Due March 10th.  Test on March 12th.

Social Studies 6

Middle Ages study continues.  Shield activity-Due March 7.

Social Studies 7

Getting ready for the Final on March 11th Federal and State Constitution .

Social Studies 8

Studying the leaders rising in power in Europe and Asia during the 1930s.  Overview of World War II.

“Lord, when my life seems “same old, same old, show me where to find some new possibilities.”     Blessings from above always be yours.  Mrs. Haeger

Spanish: book due Friday, March 12

Religion: This week is a unit review week. We focus on the Catholic Social Teaching concept of Solidarity of the Human Family. No test this week!

English/Writing; We continue on in Unit 5; this week using quotation marks. In writing we continue with our poetry unit and a painting activity to accompany it.

Science: This week we begin our planet webquest. Groups will be formed and assigned a planet. We will be crews on a mission to our assigned destination. The children will create a crew patch and then be off on their exploration. They will use our mobile laptops to research their planet through a webquest. Next week on Monday, March 8 the children will make their three dimensional planets, finish up their research, and paint their planets. After that they will use their information to create a classroom presentation which will be done the final week of the quarter. Great fun! We will remind the children to bring a big old shirt to school the week of March 8 to wear over their uniform. The making and painting of the planets can be a little messy! (but tons of fun)

Math: We continue on in Chapter 12. This week using a schedule to problem solve and using both a fahrenheit and celsius thermometer to tell the temperature. We will take the Chapter 12 test on Thursday of this week.

Reading: No spelling tests this week as we have only three days of school. We will continue on with stories as follows; the Illustrators -Animal Fact, Animal Fable, the Authors The Koala Catchers, and the Publishers Amelia’s Road. The Publishers have their interview questions and their decade. They can interview parents at home and anyone else such as grandparents, aunts, uncles….over the phone. Interview notes should be in school on Monday, March 8. We will do the rest of our decade research in school.

Music: Remind your child to bring their recorder to school on Tuesday!

February Book It Logs can be returned to school any day this week. The March log will come home in the Wednesday envelope.

Fun for this week; Mr.White brings his always exciting Science presentation to third grade on Thursday morning. We can’t wait!

Reminder: No hot lunch this week.

Another long weekend coming up with no school for students on Friday.

Enjoy the mini-break and have a great week!

We are beginning the third trimester this week, hard to believe isn’t it?  Keep working hard and make good memories!!

8th Grade POTW

My number is 3 fewer than the sum of A and B. A is the smallest positive multiple of 13 for which the sum of its digits is prime. B is twice the value of the Roman numeral DXLIX. What is my number?

8th Grade Math news: (March Madness is almost here!!)

8-1: We will be taking a Diocesan Assessment on Tuesday and then will begin Ch. 14 on Wednesday. 

8-2: Welcome back!  We will review on Tuesday and Wednesday and take the Ch. 7 test Thursday.

7th Grade POTW:

The front wheels of a certain tractor have a diameter of 2 feet; and the back wheels have a diameter of 3 feet. If the tractor travels 1 mile, how many more complete rotations will a front wheel make than a back wheel?

7th Grade Math news:

7-1: We will take the Ch. 7 test Thursday.

7-3: Welcome back! We will take a Diocesan Assessment on Tuesday, and then begin Ch. 7 on Wednesday.

6th Grade POTW

Jane’s aquarium contains goldfish, turtles, and snails. There are 16 legs, 10 shells, and 36 eyes in the aquarium. How many creatures of each type are there? (Hint: Snails have two eyes, one shell, and one leg.)

6th Grade Math news:

6-3 (Red) will take a Diocesan Assessment on Tuesday and begin percents on Wednesday.

6-2 ( Blue) Welcome back! We will take a Diocesan Assessment on Tuesday and then begin your new chapter on Wednesday as well.

Vocabulary: No test this week. Unit 9 test on Tuesday, 3/9.

REMINDERS:

Sr. Gladys’ e-mail: stanke@sjalisle.org

Sr. Jackie’s e-mail: herrmann@sjalisle.org

Monday: No School

Thursday: No hot lunch

Friday:  No School

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RELIGION:   Continue Ch. 8 in textbook learning how to live the GREAT Commandment.  Continue student presentations on “Wanted Saints for Heaven.”  God raises saints in very age and,  as weak and frail as we all are, we are the clay the divine potter is choosing to use today.  The students are having a BLAST turning our saint presentations into a TV show complete with a MC, make-up artists, Boom boy, camera crew, stage technicians, commercials, etc.     Ms. Joy (SJA counselor) is our guest speaker on “bullying” - all different types both passive bullying and active bullying.

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SOCIAL STUDIES:  Continue Lewis and Clark unit identifying reasons for the expedition and states making up this purchase.  Because I was absent, the virtual tour of the tomb of Lincoln etc. using the wireless laptops  was postponed to this week.

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SCIENCE:  The endangered map has been postponed.  Continue research and taking of notes on note cards.  NEWS ALERT!  Lyuba, a 40,000-year-old baby woolly mammoth, makes her American debut at Chicago’s Field Museum from March 5 - September 6.  A Siberian reindeer herder in 2007 discovered the amazingly well-preserved Lyuba.  See the exhibit called “Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age.”

Good morning! Thanks again for the parents who are donating hand sanitizer and kleenex to the classroom. We really seem to go through it quickly. Our agenda for next week as follows: March 3rd will be the Science quiz for 2B. March 4th will be the Science quiz for 2A. Study guides have been given out already. March 4th 2B will be having a Religion quiz on Chapter 14.

In Math your children are subtracting 2 digit numbers. This task tends to be a difficult one, but it will eventually get easier as time goes on. I suggest to keep practicing with your children at home.

Thanks for your support! Have a great weekend!
Ms. Coduto

Its a super short week!  Only three days of classes.  On top of the fact that we only have three days it is the start of a new trimester and the last one of the year!  Can you believe we are already in the third trimester!  The year continues to fly by but we still have a lot of year left.  7th grade will have a unit 12 vocabulary test on Tuesday.  Don’t forget!  We don’t have school on Monday.  On Wednesday 7th grade has reconciliation.  Other than that nothing special is going on because of us having such a short week.  In other class news please read below:

7th Eng. We are going to start with identifying participles.

7th Lit.  Red Badge of Courage will continue to be studied.  Quiz on Thursday over chapters. 13-16.

8th Eng.  We will start with Clauses in grammar.

8th Lit.  We will review on Tuesday and your final test on the Pearl is Wednesday and Thursday you will present your poems.

6th Eng.  Phrases will be reviewed on Thursday and there will be a quiz on phrases and clauses on Thursday.

6th Lit.  Red Fern movie will be finished on Tuesday, Wednesday is a review day for the final test on Thursday.

Good Luck with the new trimester.  Study hard, play tough and have fun.

REMINDER: TONIGHT AT 6:30 P.M IN THE GYM THE MANDATORY MEETING FOR THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS OF STUDENTS MAKING THEIR CONFIRMATION THIS APRIL AT SJA WILL TAKE PLACE. IF FOR SOME REASON YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND YOU MUST NOTIFY MRS. BAROUSKI AT THE PARISH OFFICE.

FINAL CONFIRMATION TEST ON CH. 1-4 IN THE GLOSSARY TODAY. FINAL TEST OF THE 2ND TRIMESTER.

THERE IS NO SCHOOL NEXT MONDAY OR NEXT FRIDAY.

NEW TRIMESTER BEGINS NEXT TUESDAY.
REPORT CARDS WILL BE SENT HOME ON MARCH 10TH.