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Newsletter for Week of April 7th, 2014 = Week in Review = Throughout this week we will concentrate on praying the Stations of the Cross once again on Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. and we will learn more about Holy Week. Since we are not in school throughout Holy Week, we will want to learn about Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the celebration of Easter. On Thursday we will walk through "Jerusalem" as we will learn more about what life was like for Jesus as he entered the city for his celebration of Holy Week. It is a totally impressive presentation. Following our vacation we will bring out our "Alleluia" banners and recall so many important stories of the Resurrection and specific events throughout the entire Easter Season. Mrs. Berns has been working on cooperative learning this week. The children were asked to work together and construct a cage using hula hoops and teamwork. If successful, it would be constructed. Pictures are worth a 1,000 words. Watch out for our **Flat Stanley Project** that will come home this week Tuesday. An explanation of this project and the travels of Flat Stanley will be sent with your child on Tuesday. Just in time for vacation opportunities. //** Wishing you and your family a very happy and blessed Easter! **// = = **Reading** The week before and after vacation we will be enjoying the story "Olivia" and her series of books. Our skills will be the "oo" digraphs as in cook and zoo, we will be introduced to subjects and predicates,work on prefixes, and differentiate between reality and fantasy. Soon your child will be introduced to the concept of a research paper and in a few weeks we will begin our final major project, our own time capsule. Vacation could not have come at a better time. Our Read and Treat was perfect. Have you ever taken favorite seasonal books out and enjoyed them when you were not so busy? We did this week. = Vocabulary for Olivia = adventurous...inquisitive...insignificant...route...anxious... always...father... mother...four...love firm...supposed...book...look...cook...good...wood...national...border...coast

**Religion**  We have begun our final Religion chapter in our textbook this week. We are learning about peace, justice, and love as ways in which we can make God's kingdom grow on earth. We are learning that sharing with those that have less than we have, being patient and helping, so one person does not have to do all the work, compromising, so we accept the we can not get our own way, and caring for someone who is hurt or lonely are just a few ways to help God's kingdom grow. The following week after vacation, we will begin our "Growing in Love" book in which we will review how special we are to God and that God created each of us in love. We also will be reviewing our entire Religion book over that we have worked on all year long.

= ** Math ** =

The children have been working on fractions as well as equal and unequal equations. This week we will be reviewing our skills and take our post test. We will then begin geometry following our vacation.

equal parts...unequal parts...one half...one fourth...one third...parts of ...group...fraction... whole...1/2...1/4
 * Vocabulary for Fractions **

** Riddles of the Week ** Ape-ril. Because they just finished a long, 31 day March.
 * What month is best for monkeys?**
 * Why is everyone so tired in April?**

**Important Dates** Apr. 9th......................Volunteer Appreciation Liturgy at LCT, 8:30 a.m. THANK YOU FOR ALLYOU DO! Apr. 9th......................Apr. Birthday Blessings Apr. 11th....................PBIS Pajama Day reward Apr. 11th....................[|Cousins Sub] orders due Apr. 11th....................[|Mad Scientist], final session begins Apr. 12th-21st............Spring Break Apr. 17th....................Holy Thursday Apr. 18th....................Good Friday Apr. 20th....................Easter Sunday Apr. 21st....................Easter Monday Apr. 22nd...................School resumes Apr. 23rd....................[|Young Rembrandts] spring session, April 23rd-May 28th Apr. 30th....................Early Release dismissal, 11:30 a.m. May 5th......................Begin Spring Map testing May 6th......................Field Trip-Shalom Wildlife Preserve, 9-1:30 May 7th......................No Mass May 9th......................**Mother's Day Breakfast** at LCT-Dominiak Hall May 10th....................Shamrock Student Lock-In Night 5-9 p.m. May 14th....................Class Liturgy May 14th....................May/June Birthday Blessings May 16th....................Pizza Hut Lunch May 20th....................Rainbow Olympics LCM (May 22nd-rain date) May 30th....................**Father's Day Breakfast** in LCT-Dominiak Hall June 2nd....................Out of uniform for the remainder of the year June 6th.....................Early Release-Last Day of School