OUR WORK
1st & 2nd Grades
Hello from first and second grade!
We have had such a great time at school in the past few weeks, with more fun to come. On Feb. 10th, we celebrated the 100th day of school. We all dressed as though we were 100 years old. It is always fun to see what the children come up with. They wrote what they thought it would be like when they were 100 years old. It sounds like there will be a few very happy grandparents.
Now that we are into the 100+ days of school, we are busy getting ready for the next grade level in our future; we’re practicing math facts, reading bigger books, and writing more information in our stories.
In math, we are finishing up the subtraction units in both first and second grade. The first graders have learned many new ways to subtract from numbers 20 and less. In second grade, they have been subtracting 3-digit numbers with regrouping. We will be moving into graphing shortly. In social studies, we are learning about the human characteristics of the world. We just finished learning about the physical characteristics and are working on a model with different landforms. In Science, we are learning about the physical properties of matter, and soon, the changes in matter. In Religion, we have been learning about the different miracles Jesus performed. We are also learning more about Lent and why we do what we do during Lent.
We still have a few weeks to go before spring break, but the warm weather a few weeks ago reminded us of how much we need a break from the cold. The small break of no school on Friday excited the children.
Blessings from first and second grade!
3rd & 4th Grades
Happy Grandparents’ Day! Our students had a great time celebrating their grandparents and other special adults on Friday after Mass. They performed a few songs and enjoyed spending a little time with them before heading back to school. The students appreciate the unconditional love and support they receive from their grandparents! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!
The third and fourth graders have been busy in math. The third graders have been figuring out how to collect data and represent it in graphs that make sense. They’ve also been learning about elapsed time and will move into some basic geometry concepts soon. The fourth graders are still working their way through fractions. Changing improper fractions into mixed numbers, finding equivalent fractions and reducing them to lowest terms can make some adults cringe, but not our fourth graders. They’re doing a great job! We’ll be tackling decimals next.
In art class, we’re trying to imitate some of the famous artists. We’ve painted Monet’s waterlilies, Van Gogh’s sunflowers, Kandinski’s concentric shapes, and Mondrian’s primary colored grids. We’re hoping to get to Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel and maybe a little of Picasso’s abstract art. Come check them out at the art fair that will be set up in the church basement May 1-3.
We’ve also been learning about adjectives and are writing descriptive paragraphs about St. Peter’s Church. Beautiful, colorful, quiet and peaceful are some of the adjectives the students have chosen. We are so blessed to have a church right next door to our school!
6th Grade
Welcome to April, school families! It’s hard to believe we are just a little more than halfway through the month already! A reminder that all are welcome to join us for our Grandparents Day Celebration this Friday, April 24th, following the 8:30 AM mass in the church basement.
Recently our 6th grade students wrapped learning about the season of Lent in religion and had an opportunity to serve in different parts of the school. They have also begun learning about voting and how important their voice is to society during reading. We begun with learning about Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In science, students have focused on the water cycle, specifically looking at the melting of glaciers and water pollution. For Social Studies, we recently wrapped up learning about the changes that came to the United States throughout the Roaring 20s and will now begin focusing on the effects of the Great Depression. During Math, the students have also been learning how percents, fractions, and decimals relate to each other while also learning how to use proportions.
Lord, I entrust this month of April into Your loving hands. Protect our families from harm, shield us from sickness, and guide our steps in the path of truth and goodness. Amen.
7th & 8th Grades
Thank you to all of you who stopped by and checked out
our Festival of Nations projects over the weekend of March
28-29. Our students put so much work into researching
their topics, and they learned a ton in the process. We
really hope you picked up something new and fun too!
The 7th and 8th graders are still going strong as we head
into the final quarter of the school year. They're wrapping
up their study of Confirmation and will be moving on to the
Eucharist next. This week, they also finished reading the
novel Banner in the Sky, and they're really excited to watch
the movie so they can compare the two.
In math, our Prealgebra students have been busy
identifying and measuring all kinds of angles. Algebra
students just wrapped up their unit on exponents and have
jumped into working with polynomials.
In language arts, the students have been diving deep into
figurative language and how poets use it. They’ve been
using their creativity to write their own poems—everything
from acrostic poems and limericks to cinquains, alliteration
poems, and exaggeration poems. We have some pretty
creative students.
Thank you for your continued support. We're so proud of
all of our students and everything they're accomplishing.
