5 Weeks til Summer

The end of April is here and there is only 5 weeks left of the school year. Please continue to keep reading our blog and the weekly e-blast to keep up with what is going around SFX. This time of year can bring lots of events.

Looking Ahead...

• Thursday, April 27th - STAR Reading and STAR Math Tests 
• Tuesday, May 2nd - Move-Up Day for Parents with students entering grades 3-5: Join us in the Library after Pledge and Prayer to how you can best help your child as they get ready to enter 5th grade. 
• Wednesday, May 3rd - May Crowning in the Church @ 10:30
• Thursday, May 11th - Spring Music Concert (school performance) in the morning
• Tuesday, May 16th - Arizona S.S. Project Due 
• Wednesday, May 24th - All School Mass @ 10:00 in the Church (Last Mass of the Year)

English Language Arts

There will be a grammar test on Tuesday, April 25th on the skill of comparative and superlative adjectives. Students have a "study guide" to use in the form of a fortune teller game to review and practice. 

• Spelling Test - Thursday, April 27th 
• Reading and Vocabulary Test - Friday, April 28th 

We will begin working with the grammar skill of negatives later on in the week, but no formal test will be given. 

Social Studies

Last week, all students were given directions and explanations on their final project of the year. Students will have one day this week and one day next week to work in class, ask any questions, and brainstorm ideas with myself or their peers. 

We will finish up Chapter 5 this week, so be on the look out for a packet that students will need to complete. Students will be given some class time to work on the packet. 

Math 

The students will construct tape diagrams to represent fractions.  They will also make equivalent fractions using tape diagrams.

Science/Geometry

The students will identify and construct angles based on the size of the angle.

They will identify and construct perpendicular lines and parallel lines.

Religion 

This week we will study the Order of Mass:  

Introductory Rites

Liturgy of the Word

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Communion Rite

Concluding Rites

HE is Risen!

Easter blessings to each of you and your families! We hope you had a lovely Easter break! We are just 6 weeks away from summer vacation! Please make sure to continue reading the weekly blog and eblast to know about what is happening here at school and in our rooms. 

Looking Ahead...

• Wednesday, April 19th - 3rd-5th Mass in Brophy Chapel @ 10:30 AM 

English Language Arts

Even though we only have a 4-day school week, the students will still have a spelling test this week. . The test will be Friday, April 21st. 

Students will have an in-class writing assignment on Friday that connects to our story for the week. 

Social Studies

Students will continue reading through Chapter 5: Spanish Missionaries and Explorers. We will be looking at our AZ Studies Weekly Newspaper for additional information. 

As the year comes to a close, the students will be given information on their final project of the year. Students will be taking all their knowledge of Arizona and will choose one of the following projects to complete. 

1. Driving Tour of Arizona where a map will be needed to show direction as well as landmarks

2. Brochure for Tourist 

3. Arizona Board Game

4. A 5 to 7 minutes video all about Arizona
5. Write a 6 page children's book with illustrations about places in Arizona 

All directions will be reviewed in class and students will be given some class time where they can work together, ask me questions, and overall plan out their project. 

Math 

We are beginning the Fractions Module. The students will focus on equivalent fractions. 

Science

During our regular Science period, we will be working on Geometry this month. The focus this week is points, lines, line segments, and angles. 

Religion 

We are studying the Liturgical Calendar and making comparisons to our standard calendar. The Easter season includes the Ascension and Pentecost. 

Happy 'almost' Spring Break!

Good Morning Families, 

We are days away from Spring Break....yippee! We wish you all a joyous and peaceful Easter holiday. 

Please make sure your child is present for Stations of the Cross practice tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 1:00 to 3:00. 

On Friday for Stations, please plan to be seated well before 9:30. There will not be any admittance into the Church once the Stations have started as the first Station is begins at the back of the Church. Please plan to sit on the Mary or Joseph sides of the Church. Parents are asked to not sit with their child. There is no videography or photography permitted as that would take away from the sacredness of the prayer. 

English Language Arts

We will continue working with lesson 20, and the students will have  reading comprehension assessment on Thursday, April 6th.

We have also begun talking about the vocabulary strategy known as shades of meaning. There will NOT  be a vocabulary test on this skill. We will work on it in class.

Social Studies

We will continue reading through Chapter 5: Spanish Explorers and Missionaries.

Math 

We are finishing the third module and will be working on double-digit by single-digit multiplication, larger division problems, and using a tape diagram to solve word problems.

Science

We finished Chapter 12, and we are making the Circuit Quiz Board. This will be a 100 point project the students will be completing in class. They will use the information learned in Chapter 12 to create the project.

Religion 

The students are preparing for The Living Stations of the Cross.