This six weeks your Faithful Fish will be learning all about the Stations of the Cross, as well as, putting on their own production on February 27 at 8:15 am.  We will learn more about Holy Week, the Triduum, Easter and their meanings.  We will also continue our regular religion classes where we will learn more about being peacemakers, going to Mass, and how Jesus shows God’s love.  Be sure to go over your child’s Chapter Reviews with him/her so that you can all share these ideas together. 
Our aluminum can drive will begin as soon as the parking lot in front of the school is paved.  Thank you to the Carpenters who are lending us a trailer for collecting and transporting the cans.  The can drive will continue through the end of April.  Please collect as many as you can and bring them to us 

Wow!  Can you believe this year is almost over already?  Where did it go?  It is amazing to look back just a few short months and see how much your children have grown!  Thank you again for letting me share in this amazing journey of faith and learning with them!

In this last 6 weeks of First Grade the Faithful Fish will continue reading daily, just as I trust they are reading at home ½ an hour each day with you.  Every child needs to try to finish the 9 ^th level of the Lexia program to be on track for 2 ^nd grade skills.

With the Superkids, children will learn to read and spell words with the “oy” sound spelled  oi or  oy, with the “s” sound spelled  c, and with the “j” sound spelled  g, with the “ow” sound, like  cow and  found, and words with the “oh” sound spelled  ow, words with  oo, and learn tricky words with Tag-along  e.  They’ll learn to form adverbs by adding the ending  –ly, about adding the prefix re- to the beginning of words.  They will also learn to write four different kinds of poems and will research, write, and illustrate an informational book.

In Math, we will explore equal and unequal parts with fraction concepts up to ¼, measurement, time, and graphing.  Science will have us learning about plants; what they need to survive, adaptations, and habitats. 
Religion and Social Studies will begin to revolve around our service projects.  We will learn specifically about recycling aluminum cans and see just how they can be turned in to food or money to help those in need.   We will learn about where the family we will be helping comes from and a little bit about their culture and traditions.  Our end of the school year field trip will have all the 1 ^st and 3 ^rd graders finding out a little bit more about the geography and geology of our area by traveling to Mt. Capulin National Park in New Mexico on Friday May 18 ^th. 

Please, don’t forget to make time for Mass and our annual awards program on May 25, at 10:00 am.  Every child will be recognized for the special person they are and it is so much more fun to have Mom and Dad there to share this with them!