Mrs. Strunk – PKB
Posted on April 12, 2012, by Kathy Strunk, under Pre-kindergarten.
PrintApril/May
April is a very busy month for PKB.
We started the month with the Passion Play which went very well. Many thanks to all the parents who were able to come and see our performance! We had our Easter Egg Hunt and a Luncheon on Tuesday, April 10, 2012.
We will begin a new unit on Farms. We will also have a Farmer Day with a picnic lunch. More information will be sent home soon!
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Miss Lane & Mrs. Guerrero – Kindergarten
Posted on April 12, 2012, by Melissa Guerrero, under Kindergarten.
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Kindergarten did a wonderful job on their Stations of the Cross performance! We had a great time during our Easter Egg hunt on Tuesday, April 10th!
Religion – We will continue to learn about the Easter story! We will read from the Bible and make Easter crafts! Mrs. Guerrero’s class will be presenting the Mass on May 4 and Ms. Lane’s class will be presenting the Mass on May 11. All parents are invited to attend Mass!
Language Arts – We have completed the alphabet! We will be sending home our alphabet book. We will continue to work on blending, segmenting, rhyming, and reading our decodable books. At the beginning of May, we will be preparing the kids for first grade by having spelling tests. Your child will spell CVC words – consonant vowel consonant words.
Math – We will continue to add and subtract story problems. We will work on measurements and dividing groups in halves. We will continue to write, identify, and count numerals. We will have graphing and problem solving lessons every fifth lesson. WE will wrap up our jazzy Math journals, and they will be sent home in mid May.
Science – Magnet Mania will come to our school on May 4! We will continue our lessons on forces that move objects. We will also learn about chicks and the life cycle of a chick!
Social Studies – We will wrap up our unit on continents and begin a new unit on oceans! We will also learn about the USA and TEXAS! Our Howdy Ho Down will be on May 18th!
Have a great month!
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Mrs. McClure – Fourth Grade
Posted on April 12, 2012, by Alexis McClure, under Fourth Grade.
PrintEnglish: We will continue to work in the
Shurley Method to refine what we have learned from the beginning of the year to the present class. Check out the parts of speech that we have just learned: subject nouns, subject pronouns, verbs, helping verbs, prepositions, objects of the prepositions, adjectives, adverbs, Article Adjectives, Interjections, Possessive nouns and pronouns, and conjunctions. We have just completed the above and have recently learned about the Compound subject and compound verbs. We are just rolling along. After we have these down, we will move on to the last two pieces of the year, direct and indirect objects as well as the adjectives that describe them. WOOHOOO!!!!
Reading: We have recently finished THE WATSON’S GO TO BIRMINGHAM! I hope your child has truly enjoyed this novel. Our novel test is this Friday, April 13, 2012. We will review during this week. All questions are available on the class website. Our next novel is MATILDA. We will begin this novel on Monday, April 16. Please have your student’s novel with them as we will begin that day in reading class. Our next class book report reading due date has recently been posted on the class website. We will begin our 4th quarter book report on Monday, May 7, 2012. This gives the students at least 4-5 weeks to read the novel they chose. The students must report on the novel I approved in class.
Religion: We have recently discussed the importance to Holy Week and the gifts that Jesus gave to us. We will continue to discuss the sacrament of Holy Communion and the major parts of the Mass. We will continue to discuss this further in detail. As we enter into May, we will discuss our Mother Mary as this is a month that we reflect and give praise to the mother of Jesus.
Science: The week of April 9th, we will wrap up the chapter over the Earth’s layers, Volcanoes, and Hurricanes. Following this chapter we will next move into Rocks and Minerals and Simple Machines.
Social Studies: We have currently wrapped up Texas becoming the 28th state in the United States. We are currently reading about the Civil War, Slavery, Share Cropping, and the movement of Native Americans into reservations. We will wrap the chapter up and continue to discuss the continued movement to the western frontier. We will next move into railroads, oil, and government. WOOHOOO!!!! We love the history!
Math: Currently, we are working with fractions. We have just completed an improper fractions piece and putting fractions into their simplest form. Please make sure that the students are studying their facts nightly as we will pick up the mad minute quizzes on Fridays. We will also continue with cumulative weekly checkups as this will help cement long term memory building blocks. The next pieces we will cover by the end of the year include: Measurement, Time and Geometry.
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Mrs. Belcher, MTS – Fifth – Eighth Grade Religion
Posted on March 8, 2012, by Beth Belcher, under Middle School Notes.
PrintI hope that everyone enjoys their Spring Break! The following is the direction that Religion classes will be taking to further our study as we approach the 4th quarter.
5th Grade: Fifth grade is doing a wonderful job in Religion class! They are a great class, and I am enjoying them very much! We are finishing up our Peace and Others Booklet and are getting ready to move from the story of Adam and Eve to the story of the Chosen People and how God developed a covenant with them. We will continue this journey through the month of May.
6th Grade: We are getting ready to partake in a Jewish Seder Meal during Holy Week. On Tuesday, April 3, both sixth grades will come together to reenact the Passover Meal and to see the similarities of that and our Catholic Eucharistic celebration. Parents will be asked to donate items for the Seder Meal. A RenWeb will be going out shortly. We will continue to understand the plight of the Hebrew people in the desert and how we become a greater Christian community when we live by the Ten Commandments and understand the Sacraments.
7th Grade: Seventh grade did a marvelous job on their Parable Projects and will be doing a Miracle Project before we leave for Spring Break, and will have two other major projects before the 3rd quarter is over. They will be making the ‘famous’ salt clay maps, and also doing a Sacraments of Initiation Booklet. These projects are coupled with their text and help to further greater understanding of the children’s spiritual experiences.
8th Grade: When we come back from Spring Break we will begin rehearsing for the Passion Play. This is an annual event for the 8th grade class and something the students look forward to each year! It is always a great success. Please be sure to join us on either Friday, March 30 at 8am Mass, or on Palm Sunday, April 1, at the 10am Mass to witness the depiction of this great Passion by our talented 8th graders. Student Treasure Books are due on March 22. The students have been working weeks on this; they are always well done! We will then turn our attention to Church History, and your students will be filling in a timeline which will help them to stay organized. Third quarter should end on a positive and academic note!
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From Beth Belcher, Director of School Religious Education
Posted on March 11, 2010, by Beth Belcher, under Religious Education.
PrintHappy Lent! I hope that everyone has had an opportunity to dive deeply into this season. As you know, the sacrifices we make give courage and spiritual strength to those who will be coming into the Church this Easter season. What a beautiful way to say, “Welcome!”
Congratulations are in order for both the 8th graders, who celebrated the sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday, February 14, and the 2nd graders who celebrated the sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time on Saturday, March 6. These students have prepared long and hard to receive the fullness that is Jesus Christ. We are so proud of them!
Mark you calendars to join us at the school’s Friday Mass on March 26 at 8:00, as the 8th graders depict the Passion of Jesus on that day. They will also do the same at Palm Sunday 10am Mass on March 28. This traditional depiction is always a moving tribute to the goodness of God as He sent his Son to proclaim the Kingdom and save us from our sins. We hope that you will join us!
Easter is on Sunday, April 4, and as a reminder, all Easter egg hunts will take place on Tuesday, April 6. We respect and honor the Lenten Season as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of the Lord. Thank you in advance for your understanding and support of our Religious Education program.
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From Beth Belcher, Director of Religious Education
Posted on November 11, 2009, by Beth Belcher, under Religious Education.
PrintHello, St Elizabeth families! Happy November!
This is the month of All Saints, and All Souls. We ask everyone to continue to pray for those in our lives who are sick, are adversely affected by our economy, have some kind of special need, or those who have died. We especially remember Phillip Davis, dad of Trey Davis-Hale, and ask you to continue to keep him and his family in your prayers as they face this difficult time.
This month also ushers in our Saint’s Game, to be held on Friday, November 20 at 2pm in the gym. All of the classes will take part in the saint’s procession to be held on that same morning, at the 8:00 am Mass. We hope that as many of you, who are able, will join us to celebrate those who have officially been recognized as saints in the Catholic Church! It is always a wonderful procession and game! Be sure to mark your calendars for these great events.
A few other dates to remember would be the followingTuesday, November 17, the feast of St Elizabeth of Hungary – students will receive a free piece of ‘feast day’ cake at lunch
- Friday, November 20, Saint’s Mass procession (8am) and Saint’s Game (2pm)
- Tuesday, November 24, Thanksgiving Prayer Service, 9 am, 2nd grade leads the school
- Monday, November 30, The Giving Tree begins for the school community – please bring new unwrapped toys to Mass on Fridays and your child will bring these gifts up and place them under the tree in the sanctuary.
We encourage families to write their special intentions on the slips of paper outside of the front office and place them in the basket to be brought up to the altar during each Mass. We consider your intentions to be private and will be prayed for silently; however, people for whom you’d like prayers should be directed to me or your child’s Religion teacher. The ‘basket’ intentions will eventually be used as kindling for the Easter fire during the Triduum.
As we move closer to the end of the month, to Thanksgiving and to Advent, I wish you and your families a blessed and peace-filled holiday season.
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