Week of October 28, 2024

Please Note

 -I hope you loved the Saints Presentation on Friday.  The kids did such a great job and I am so proud of them. Check out the pictures and video below!

Saints 2024

Saint Video

- Kids can wear their gym uniform to school on Thursday. Please send their costume to school in a bag and make sure all makeup is done at home. We will start changing into costumes around 12:30. You are welcome to come in and help if you want. The parade starts at 1:00 pm.

- No school on Friday for All Saints Day! First Grade is invited to join in costume as their saint on November 1st at the 12:10 mass and Home and School will have pizza for everyone in the parish center afterwards. Grandparents, parents, and other friends are welcome too. The sign-up link below is just to give us an idea of how many kids to expect. You can sign up here: All Saints' Day - Holy Pizza Party They are also looking for volunteers.  Holy Pizza Party Parent Volunteers

- We will have our reading assessment on Wednesday. 

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: wb page 36

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words for test and read

Math: wb page 37

Wednesday

No Homework

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 4 this week- ‘Jesus Works Among the People’.

Reading

Unit: Many Kinds of Characters 

Target Skill: Sequence of events, story elements, making inferences

Phonics Skill: L blends 

Grammar: review articles, demonstratives, review noun and verb agreement

Sight Words: put, what, want, this, saw

Spelling Words: class, clip, clock, flick, flat, flag, block, black

Math

We will continue our unit on subtraction.

Week of October 21, 2024

Please Note

- We have our monthly mass on Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. All are welcome to join us!  Please remember no dress downs on mass days.

- We will not have a reading assessment this week, but please study the words because we will have the test next week.

-This week we will have our Saints Celebration!  Here are some reminders:

•  The presentation will be at 9:00 a.m. on Friday and will last about 45 minutes.  We ask that all family members sit on the side pews (left and right of the altar).

• The children will tell you whether they are closer to the ‘Joseph of Mary’ side of the church.

• The kids are to come to school dressed in their costumes over their gym uniforms. Sneakers are fine.

• Please make sure any robes are not too long as we will be walking to and from the church. Also, bobby pins do not keep veils on so if you can attach them to a headband or use clips that would be great.

• FYI…once our presentation ends, Msgr will say a few words, then the children will process around the church following an SKS musician playing "When the Saints Go Marching In"

• After processing, the children will reassemble on the altar, and Mrs. Mulvanerty will dismiss the school congregation.  1st Grade will remain and you will be invited for group photos. Please do not take them for individual photos until we dismiss them from the altar.  At that point, you are welcome to have a few minutes for individual photos and then we will call them to line to return to the classroom.  If you would like to take their costumes you are welcome to.  If not, please send them to school with a bag for their costume.

- The seventh grade is working on their annual service project. They will work with Case for Smiles and sew soft, colorful pillowcases for kids coping with cancer, and assemble gift boxes for their siblings. See below for information from seventh grade.

• Raffle Baskets -   It is that time of year for our AMAZING raffle baskets.  Information and order forms go home this Monday, October 21. Learn more by watching this week’s Wildcat. Ticket orders are due Friday, October 25. We draw the winners Monday, October 28. 

• Wednesday, October 23 - Dress Down Day, $1 donation please

• Popsicle Sale - Wednesday, 10/23 and Thursday, 10/24 we will sell popsicles at morning recess, $1 each.

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: wb page 33

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: wb page 38

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: wb page 34

Thursday

Reading: read for 15 minutes (can use RAZ kids app if wanted)

Practice words

Math: wb page35

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will catch up Chapter 3 this week and practice for our Saints Celebration!

Reading

Unit: Many Kinds of Characters 

Target Skill: Sequence of events, story elements, making inferences

Phonics Skill: L blends 

Grammar: contractions 

HFW Words: put, what, want, this, saw

Spelling Words: class, clip, clock, flick, flat, flag, block, black

 

Math

We will continue our unit on subtraction. This week we will focus on using a number line to count or hop back.

Week of October 14, 2024

First Grade prays for their special intentions
during 40 Hours of Devotion.

Please Note

-Thank you for your help with the saint reports.  They were completed wonderfully, and we are looking forward to learning about their saint.  We will be getting ready for our Saints Celebration this week and next.

- First Graders are invited to present themselves as their saint at the All Saints Day Mass on November 1st followed by the Holy Pizza Party.  See link for more information. 1st Grade Saints - All Saints' Day  

- You will find all of your child's app logins on the inside cover of their Homework Copybook by Tuesday. We have used all the apps in school, with the exception of XTraMath, so they should be familiar if you want to use them at home. I highly suggest using Xtramath a few nights each week to reinforce math facts.

- There will be a math test on addition this Tuesday. A review sheet will be sent home for homework tonight.

- We will have a reading and spelling test on Friday.

- Picture day is Tuesday.  Please send in the order form by Tuesday.

- Our field trip to Riverbend is this Thursday.  The children should wear their winter gym uniform with sneakers.  Last year, some of their sneakers did get wet, so we are suggesting an older pair.  Rain boots are not really conducive to the hiking part of the trip.They will also need a snack and lunch.  We suggest using their regular lunch box and water bottle, but please be sure they have their names on them. We are looking forward to a fun day!

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: complete test review

Practice words and read.

Tuesday

Reading: wkst

Math: wkst

Practice words and read.

Wednesday

Reading: wksht

Math: wb page 31

Practice words and read.

Thursday

Read and practice  words for test tomorrow

Math: wb page 32

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 3 "Jesus Grew Up in a Family". 

Reading

Unit: Many Kinds of Characters 

Target Skill: Sequence of events, story elements, making inferences

Phonics Skill: short u

Grammar: contractions 

High Frequency Words: come, here, to, of

Spelling Words: rug, bug, hug, cup, up, fun, run, sun

Math

We will finish our addition unit and have our test on Tuesday. We will begin our unit on subtraction. We will learn about the minus sign, counting backward, and most importantly, that the bigger number always goes first in subtraction.

Week of October 8, 2024

 

First Grade loved seeing the animals from the Elmwood Zoo
 and learning about their habitats.

Please Note

- Saint reports will be due on Wednesday, October 9th.

- School pictures will be next Tuesday, October 15th. They should wear their winter uniforms. Please send in your forms or complete them online. 

- Test folders will be sent home on Thursday.  Please review, sign and RETURN all tests.  If you have any questions, do not write on the test, instead, please send an email.Thank you!

- We will have our Unit 2, Week 1 reading assessment on Friday.

Thank you to all who volunteered to chaperone our field trip. Mrs. Monastra, Horn, Faralli, and Ries will be our chaperones. I will be in touch soon.

- By now you should have received an invoice through FACTS for our trip to Riverbend, and a permission slip link via Option C.  Please contact Anne Condello if you have any issues.

-Saturday, October 12th is SKS Homecoming at Bo Connor Park.  Look for more information from the office.

- Monday, October 14 will be a dress-down day. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read books in pet bag

Math: workbook page 29

Religion: saint report due tomorrow

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read books in pet bag

Math: workbook page 27

Thursday

Reading: Practice words for tests tomorrow, and read books in pet bag

Math: worksheet

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 3, "Jesus Grew Up in a Family." We will learn about Jesus's birth and the Holy Family. We will also start practicing for our Saint Presentation!

Reading

Unit: Many Kinds of Characters 

Target Skill: Sequence of events, story elements, making inferences

Phonics Skill: short e

Grammar: Complete sentences, subject-verb agreement

Sight Words: look, are, said, to, my

Spelling Words: ten, men, pen, fed, bed, let, met, wet

Math

We will finish up our addition unit this week. We will focus on adding 3 addends and finding doubles and sums of ten to help up. We will also work with simple word problems. Next Tuesday, there will be a test on adding on a number line, adding 3 addends, and word problems.