Week of November 27

RELIGION
*Guided Meditation: How Many Times?

*First Reconciliation Review

*Assessment

*Practice the Act of Contrition

*Answer any questions the students may have

MATH
*Weekly time tests continue

*Problem solving tasks using different models: Start to Change: Part Part Total

*Explorations Day

*Review how to read a thermometer and identify temperature

DAILY 5
*Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work & Listen to Reading

*Mini Lesson: Adjectives

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Identify state and country capital names and locations on a map

*Using Pebblego, begin to research the roles of a mayor, governor and president

*Compare and contrast mayor, governor and president using a tri-venn diagram

*Unit review and assessment

WRITING
*Tradebooks: I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato & Let's Get a Pup!

*Make a likes/dislikes list

*Write a story from the list

*Write a pet story either real or made-up

*Add adjectives to make writing more interesting

Week of November 13

Thank you St. Francis families for your generosity at the Bid for the Kids Auction 2017! We are very grateful for your generosity and love for this school.  It is a true blessing. 
With heartfelt gratitude, Mrs. Waters, Miss Neugent, Mrs. Kock

RELIGION
*Students will complete an Examination of Conscience

*Listen to the story of The Prodigal Son

*Understand why the father in the story was so forgiving

*Connect to the mercy and love of our forgiving father, God

MATH
*Weekly time tests continue

*Review how to solve frame and arrow tasks

*Practice coin exchanges and how to make values using various combinations of coins

*Unit 3 Review

*Unit 3 Assessment

DAILY 5
*Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work & Listen to Reading

*Mini Lesson: Common Nouns vs Proper Nouns

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Veteran's Day remembrance and observation

*Identify state and country capital names and locations on a map

*Using Pebblego, begin to research the roles of a mayor, governor and president

WRITING
*Publish scary stories

*Illustrate a cover

*Free journal writing time

*Author's Chair sharing