Good day to all of you. We celebrated Mary at May Crowning this morning. The Mass was beautiful! Third graders did an awesome job preparing and presenting the Liturgy. The 8th graders and others who crowned Mary all did a great job. This is one of my favorite times of the year!
School is quickly coming to an end and this time is truly a challenge for teachers and students. The weather is beautiful and we all tend to become really restless and we teachers always have many loose ends to tie up before sending students off to summer vacation. Your support at this time is insurmountable.
In Religion we are finishing up the year with the study of the Seven Sacraments. Students are making a Sacrament booklet. They will have a test on these Wednesday, June 4th. The prayer test for the Queen of Heaven is coming up on Thursday, May 27th. This prayer is on the class blog and students were also given a sheet with the prayer on it.
In Social Studies we are almost finished with the chapter on the New Nation which includes the time period from the Revolutionary war through the writing of the Constitution. We will conclude this chapter on Monday, May 17th and test on Monday, May 24th. Social Studies will conclude with a DVD series on the Civil War.
In Reading, one class is almost finished with the novel Number the Stars. The other class will take about a week longer finishing Under the Blood Sun. We will culminate in a short study of plays. I want to have a Reader’s Theatre where the students will be the actors in the story.
Next Tuesday the 5th graders will be going to Ape Cave. A letter was sent home with the field trip form that gives important details regarding what the students should wear and bring along. They are allowed to bring electronics for the car ride, but will have a worksheet that relates to each place we visit. The students will turn these in the Wednesday after the trip. I will also give a copy to the chaperones so they can also see what is expected of the group.
Have a great weekend!
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