Week of April 7, 2025

 Please Note

- We will celebrate mass on Tuesday at 9:00 am. All are welcome! Please do not dress tomorrow :)

- We will have our Unit 8, Week 1 reading and spelling test on Friday

-Here are some important upcoming dates for First Grade to put on the calendar:

• Wednesday, April 16 -Tuesday, April 22 - No School:  Easter Break

• Wednesday, April 23 - Spring Uniform:  Please see the handbook for details

• Friday, May 2nd - First Grade Mass at 9:00, Grandparents/Special Friends Day, NOON Dismissal

• Tuesday, May 13 - May Procession 6:30

• Friday, May 23 - Monday, May 26 - No School:  Memorial Day weekend

• Monday, June 2nd - First Grade Donuts with Dads/Special Friends

Homework

Monday

Reading: wkst

Math: workbook page 112

Practice words and read

Tuesday

Reading: page 25

Math: workbook page 113

Practice words and read

Wednesday

Reading: wkst

Math:  wkst

Practice words and read

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Practice words for test and read

Math: workbook page 114

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 12, "The Church Serves," and attend a live Stations of the Cross presentation by the fifth graders.

Reading

Story: "Observing the Sky"

Target Skill: Describing characters, settings and major events using key details

Phonics Skill: R controlled vowel: -ar

Grammar: pronouns

Sight Words: four, great, city, boy

Spelling Words: car, star, far, chart, smart, part, yard, hard

Math

We will start our Time unit this week. We will focus on learning the two hands of the clock and how to tell time to the hour and half-hour.

Week of March 31, 2025

Please Note

-On Friday, April 4th, our 8th-grade class of 2025 will open up their own businesses to the school community, offering goods and services for students of all ages! Our 8th grade class will offer all sorts of business ventures ranging from monograms to karaoke. All proceeds from our Business Day will be donated to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Every class will be visiting 8th grade Business Day throughout the day this Friday. All goods and services are $5 and under.  They will have fun and support a great cause! 

-We will have our Unit 7 Week 3 reading test, and our money test, on Friday.

-Here are some important upcoming dates for First Grade to put on the calendar:

Tuesday, April 1 - $1.00 Dress Down Day

Wednesday, April 16 -Tuesday, April 22 - No School:  Easter Break

Wednesday, April 23 - Spring Uniform:  Please see the handbook for details

Friday, May 2nd - First Grade Mass at 9:00, Grandparents/Special Friends Day, NOON Dismissal

Tuesday, May 13 - May Procession 6:30

Friday, May 23 - Monday, May 26 - No School:  Memorial Day weekend

Monday, June 2nd - First Grade Donuts with Dads/Special Friends

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read.

Math:  p 110 and 111

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read.

Math: p 109

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: wkst

Thursday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words for test

Math: wkst to review for test

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 12, The Church Serves, and continue to learn about the season of Lent and the Stations of the Cross.

Reading

Story: "Past, Present and Future"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details, Using text graphics and captions

Phonics Skill: Long i (igh, ind, -y)

Grammar: noun and verb agreement, possessive nouns

High Frequency Words: again, round, they, country

Spelling Words: right, night, light, find, kind, mind, shy, fly

Math

We will continue working with money by counting mixed coins up to $1.00.  We will have a money test this Friday.

Week of March 31, 2025

Check out our moons!

Please Note

-We will begin our unit on money this week.  We will practice with coins in school, but ask that you do the same with real coins at home.  They will need to count quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.  We will work up to counting piles of mixed coins to $1.00.  We sort the coins and begin counting the coins that are worth the most and work down to the least.

-We will not test reading this week because Friday is a day off for the kids, but please still practice their words. 

-Here are some important upcoming dates for First Grade to put on the calendar:

• Friday, March 28 - No School: Faculty In-Service
• Tuesday, April 1 - Dress Down Day
• Wednesday, April 16 -Tuesday, April 22 - No School:  Easter Break
• Wednesday, April 23 - Spring Uniform:  Please see the handbook for details
• Friday, May 2nd - First Grade Mass at 9:00, Grandparents/Special Friends Day, NOON Dismissal
• Tuesday, May 13 - May Procession 6:30
• Friday, May 23 - Monday, May 26 - No School:  Memorial Day weekend
• Monday, June 2nd - First Grade Donuts with Dads/Special Friends

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read.

Math:  p 104

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read.

Math: p 105 and 106

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words for test

Read

Math: p 107 and 108

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 12, The Church Serves, and continue to learn about the season of Lent and the Stations of the Cross.

Reading

Story: "Past, Present and Future"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details, Using text graphics and captions

Phonics Skill: Long e (ee, ea)

Grammar: noun and verb agreement

High Fequency Words: all, people, where, draw

Spelling Words: street, greet, fleet, feed, seed, cheat, meat, seat

Math

We will begin our unit on money this week. We will learn to identify coins and their worth and practice counting coins up to $1.00. When practicing at home, remember to start counting with the coins that are worth the most and count on from there.

Week of March 17, 2025

Please Note

-We had so much fun talking about our leprechaun traps today! Thank you for the thought and time you put into this fun first-grade project.  Their creativity and engineering skills blew me away. I have no idea how we didn’t catch a leprechaun!  Maybe next year…

-Today begins the 3rd Trimester.  I also have no idea how this is.  The year is flying by.  Test folders will come home this week, and report cards will be sent home next week.

-We will have our graphing assessment and our Unit 7 Week 1 test on Friday.

Homework

Monday

The leprechaun says no homework tonight.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: wb page 51

Wednesday

Reading: complete workseet

Practice words and read

Math: wb page 52

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Practice words and read

Math: graphing review worksheet

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 11 and continue to learn about the season of Lent and the Stations of the Cross.

Reading

Story: "Past, Present and Future"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details,

Phonics Skill: Long o (oa, ow, old)

Grammar: possessive nouns

Sight Words: found, your, know, always

H.F.W.: bow, low, glow, goat, moat, float, cold, hold

Math

We finish our graphing unit and have an assessment on Friday.

Week of March 10, 2025

 Please Note

-We will have a math test on Wednesday, and our Reading/Spelling test on Friday

- FYI…First Grade does not participate in Terra Nova testing

-I hope the Leprechaun traps are going well. Google has some great examples of traps. Students are asked to bring the traps in on Monday, 3/17. Please do not send them in beforehand because the classroom has limited space. If you have any questions please let me know. 

Homework

Monday

Reading - worksheet

Math - Worksheet

Practice new words and read

Tuesday

Reading - worksheet

Math - Test review worksheet

Practice words and read.

Wednesday

Reading - worksheet

Math - page 49

Practice words and read

Thursday

Reading - worksheet

Math - page 50

Practice words and read

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will continue Chapter 11

We will also begin Stations of the Cross this week.

Reading

Story: "Stories Teach Many Lessons"

Target Skill: Describe characters, settings, and major events using key details

Phonics Skill: Long a (ai and ay)

Grammar: compound sentences and conjunctions

Sight Words: brown, work, live, year

Spelling Words: stay, gray, spray, pail, wail, mail, grain, rain

Math

We will practice adding and subtracting double-digit numbers without regrouping.  We will review addition and subtraction strategies to 20 for our math test.

Week of March 3, 2025

Please Note

-Parents are invited to attend The Future is NOW! An Artificial Intelligence presentation this Monday, March 3, at 7pm in the Parish Center

- We will celebrate Ash Wednesday with mass at 9:00am. All are welcome to join!  No Dress Downs please.

-Leprechaun trap information was sent home last week. Google has some great examples of traps. Students are asked to bring the traps in on Monday, 3/17. If you have any questions please let me know.

-We will have our Unit 6, Week 2 reading and spelling test on Friday.

-Thanks for your continued cooperation in prioritizing homework, especially as spring fever begins to creep in.

Homework

Monday

Reading- Worksheet 

Practice words and read

Math- p 84

Tuesday

Reading- Worksheet

Practice words and read

Math- p 85

Wednesday

Reading- worksheet

Practice words and read

Math- worksheet

Thursday

Reading- Worksheet

Practice words and read

Math- p 86

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will learn about Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent this week.

Reading

Story: "Stories Teach Many Lessons"

Target Skill: Describe characters, settings and major events using key details

Phonics Skill: Long e and u (e_e, u_e)

Grammar: compound sentences and conjunctions

H.F.W.: house, small, long, off

Spelling Words: these, theme, mute, flute, cube, cute, tube, rude

Math

We will continue working with addition and subtraction facts to 20 including fact families, 3 addends, missing addends, and word problems.

Week of February 24, 2025

Please Note

-We will be taking Yearbook pictures for clubs and activities on Tuesday.  No Dress Downs, please.

-We will celebrate school mass on Wednesday at 9:00.  All are welcome!  No dress-downs please.

- There will be a Reading and Spelling test on Friday.

-Leprechaun trap information will be sent home this week. Google has some great examples of traps. Students are asked to bring the traps in on Monday, 3/17. Please do not send them in beforehand because the classroom has limited space. If you have any questions please let me know. Happy building!

Homework

Monday

Reading- Worksheet 

Practice words and read

Math- p 80

Tuesday

Reading- Worksheet

Practice words and read

Math- p 81

Wednesday

Reading- worksheet

Practice words and read

Math- p 82

Thursday

Reading- Worksheet

Practice words and read

Math- p83

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 11 "The Holy Spirit Helps the Church Grow."

Reading

Story: "Stories Teach Many Lessons"

Target Skill: Describe characters, settings and major events using key details

Phonics Skill: Long I (i_e)

Grammar: compound sentences and conjunctions

High Frequency Words: after, large, call, her

Spelling Words: vine, line, mine, life, strife, slice, rice, nice

Math

We will continue practicing addition and subtraction up to 20. We will review how to use a number line and continue practicing to memorize our math facts.  We will practice fact families up to 20.