Week of September 23, 2024

Sample of a well-done saint report.

It does not HAVE to be two sides.

Please Note

- I hope you had a great weekend! I can't believe we are in the last full week of September already. We will continue working on our routines, but the kids are settling in and doing great! We have a pretty calm week but there are a lot of reminders.

- Just a reminder to review all spelling and high-frequency words each night to prepare for the weekly Friday tests. There will also be a comprehension and grammar portion that we will prepare for in school.  There are grammar pages for review in the reading copybook along with their words.

- Please check your child's homework for neat handwriting and completeness. We've been working on writing neatly and in lowercase letters in school, using the proper lines, and it would be helpful if you could continue to reinforce this at home.  Please have them use pencil only, unless the directions call for coloring.  There are pages in the front of their reading copybooks that show the correct letter formation.  If anyone would like a packet for extra handwriting practice, just let me know.  Thank you for your help with this.

- A paper explaining the Saints Celebration will be sent home this week. Please read it carefully and mark down the dates. The report will be due on Wednesday, October 9th and the celebration will be on Friday, October 25th. If you have any questions please let me know.

- We have our first field trip planned to Riverbend on Thursday, October 17th.  You will be invoiced for the cost of the trip through your FACTS account. The invoice will have the permission waiver in the form, and payment of the fee will complete both steps. We are fortunate that most of the expenses will be covered by The Connelly Foundation.  Many thanks to the Connelly family once again!   We need 4 chaperones for our class.  The trip will run from approximately 9:45 to 1:00. Sorry, no younger siblings are permitted.   If you have your clearances and are interested, please email me back and I will pick from a hat next week.

- We will also be having the Elmwood Zoo visit SKS with their mobile zoo on October 3rd to present a lesson on animal habitats.  There will also be a small fee for this included in your FACTS account.

- Looking ahead, there will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, October 7th as the teachers will be attending an In-Service, and winter uniforms will begin on October 8th.

- The children are loving Mystery Reader.  Here is the link if you have not signed up yet.  If you can not find a time that works for you, please let me know and we can find a time.

-Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: workbook page 20

Practice words and read for 15 minutes.

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: workbook page 21

Practice words and read for 15 minutes.

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: worksheet to review for addition quiz 

Practice words and read for 15 minutes.

Thursday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: workbook page 23

Practice words for test

Read

A Peek at Our Week

Religion: Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"

In this chapter, we will learn all about the three persons that make up the Blessed Trinity and we will also learn about what prayer is.

Reading

Story: Plants and Animals Grow and Change

Target Skill: Asking questions, Main Topic and Details, Sequencing

Phonics Skill: Short i

Grammar: Nouns (review) and verbs

Sight Words: play, little, with, you

Spelling Words: lip, hip, rip, win, bin, pin, hit, bit

Math

This week we will continue with addition. We will review the parts of an addition sentence (addend + addend = sum, part + part = whole) and practice making sums up to 12.  We will have a quiz on addition facts with sums to 12, number order, number words, and making ten using ten frames.