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.