Hot Topics This Week:

Red Group Spelling: blue, blind, block, clam, clap, clip, flash, door, cut, done

Yellow Group Spelling: pace, pencil, recycle, city, cent, sauce, price, climb, since, castle, color, center, door, cut, done

Blue Group Spelling: century, niece, icicle, fierce, choice, science, celebrate, glance, citizen, accept, bicycle, confident, door, cut, done

Language Arts: 

• Mr. Popper’s Penguins ch. 10-13
• Capitalization
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins ch. 10-13 quiz – Thursday, February 15
• Cursive handwriting
• Spelling test – Friday, February 16
• Informational report writing

Math: 

• Round whole numbers
• Estimate sums
• Estimate differences
• 10’s multiplication quiz – Thursday, February 15
• Quarter 3 Week 6 quiz – Friday, February 16

Social Studies: 

• Chapter 3 review

Science: 

• Traits influenced by the environment
• Topic 5 review

Religion:

• All of God’s children deserve dignity and respect
• Ash Wednesday
• What is Lent?
• How we as Catholics observe Lent: Lenten Traditions

Social-Emotional Skills

• Importance of self-honesty
• Keeping your word
• Peer pressure
• Review of self-honesty lessons

 

Homework:

• Reading: Students need to read chapters 10-13 of Mr. Popper’s Penguins.  The completed reading log is due Friday, February 16.
• Spelling:. The 3 completed activities are due Friday, February 16.
• Math: It is Quarter 3 Week 6 math homework.  The completed work is due Friday, February 16.  Students also need to study for their 10’s multiplication quiz on Thursday, February 15.  

 

Mr. Popper’s Penguins Ch. 10-13 Study Guide

• Comprehension: Be able to…..
  • analyze what was wrong with Captain Cook.
  • describe new characters and identify their names:
    • Dr. Smith.
    • Greta.
  • identify Mrs. Popper’s predictions about the penguins when Captain Cook and Greta both try to get in the freezer.
  • identify the number of chicks Greta has.
  • describe what Mr. Popper does to the basement.
  • describe what the Poppers decide to do with the penguins.
• Vocabulary
  • Cease – to stop or come to an end
  • Sulk – to express resentment or bad humor
  • Tremendous – extraordinarily large in size
  • Portable – capable of being carried or transported
  • Sympathetic- showing understanding for something
  • Spar – to make boxing movements without hitting hard
  • Stupor – a state of unconsciousness
  • Sleek – smooth or shiny 

 

IXL Skills:

  Each week I will try to provide IXL skills that your child can work on at home. I will have individual skills under each letter starred.  These are the ones your child should be practicing.

• Language Arts A, J, AA, & AAA 
• Math: C, D, & E
• Science: Skill Codes – LKD, YGQ, 5M4, WUA, S6J, 7H8, 4N7, YHY, 9V9, SRH, R2A, & BGE
• Social Studies: Skill Codes –  8NF, UDH, WS9, V8D, RE5, 6PK, 7CJ, 69W, 8RR, QE8, & UHP 

 

Dates to Remember:.

• Tuesday, February 13 – Mr. Popper’s Penguins project choice due: turn in rubric
• Wednesday, February 14 – Ash Wednesday Mass
• Thursday, February 15 – Mr. Popper’s Penguins ch. 10-13 quiz & 10’s x quiz
• Friday, February 16 – Early dismissal @ 12 pm (no lunch or after-school care), Fish Dinner, all homework due (reading log, math homework, and choice board), spelling test, & math quiz on homework
• Monday, February 19 – No School (Presidents’ Day)
• Friday, February 23 – Chapter 3 social studies test
• Tuesday, February 27 – Topic 5 science test
• Friday, March 8 – End of 3rd grading period
• Wednesday, March 13 – Report cards emailed
• Monday, March 18 – Friday, March 22 – Spring Break

 

A Note from Miss Kilver: 

• For the 3rd quarter, I will again be offering AR awards.  Please encourage your child to move up in his/her point club!
• Please check your child’s folder nightly.
• Please make sure your child brings a healthy snack each day.  They should also have a water bottle at their desk.
• Please send your child to school with a coat each day.  We will be going outside for recess if the temperature is above 32.
• Your child may want to bring a fleece or cardigan each day.
• If you have any questions or concerns please email me at rkilver@olofatima.org.  If you have any questions regarding religion, please email Miss Robertson at srobertson@olofatima.org.