Week of March 14 - 18

Announcements for this Week:

Spring Pictures
On Monday, March 14, Bartolo Photography will be on campus for Spring Picture Day. These portraits are optional, and students will not be required to wear their uniforms for the pictures. On Friday, Sister Judy announced that students may wear their portrait attire all day on Monday.

Report Cards
The Second Trimester Report Cards will be sent home on Tuesday, March 15 in the Family Envelopes. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me by phone or email.

St. Patrick's Day Mass
On Thursday, March 17 at 11:15 AM, we will celebrate a school Mass in honor of St. Patrick and St. Joseph. Please be sure that students wear their dress uniforms to school on Thursday. They will not have P.E. this Thursday.

Religious Education Congress
There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, March 18 and Monday, March 21 as the St. Jerome faculty and staff attend the Religious Education Conference in Anaheim for professional development.

There will be no Star of the Week this week!
Next week's Star Student will be: Kevin Antoine

Curriculum Update:
Reading: Unit 4: All Aboard! What can we learn by traveling?
                 Topic: Space, Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Details
Phonics: Short U Sound spelled "ou", Multisyllabic Words
Math: Order of Operations, Story Problems, Making a Table
Religion: Chapter 17, Jesus Invites Us (altar, genuflect)
Social Studies: Unit 3 Review and Assessment
Science: Plant Life Cycles, Human Life Cycles

Looking Ahead:

Portals to Science
Our next Portals to Science session is scheduled for Wednesday, March 23 at 2:00 PM.

Gateway to Art
The Gateway to Art project for this month has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 29 at 1:30 PM.

Awards Assembly
The March Awards Assembly will be held on Thursday, March 31 at 8:00 AM on the Backyard.

Homework for this Week:

Monday
Practice Book p. 85 - 86
Math p. 64
Spelling ABC Order
Science p. 49A

Tuesday
Practice Book p. 93
Math p. 65
Spelling 3 Xs
Social Studies Review
Study for Social Studies Test
     -Unit 3: p. 112 - 147
     -Unit Review: p. 152 - 154
     -Study Vocabulary and Main Ideas
     -Use Reading Guides and Homework to Review

Wednesday - Social Studies Test
Practice Book p. 98
Math p. 66
Spelling Sentences
Travel Paragraph

Thursday - St. Patrick's Day Mass at 11:15 AM
Spelling and Phonics Test
Vocabulary and Comprehension Quiz

Friday
No School

Spelling Words

camera
suddenly
carry
follow
lesson
pretty

began
Earth
ever
remember
try

cousin
double

Dictation Sentence

My cousin began using her camera to take pretty pictures all over the Earth.