Week of October 2nd, 2017

Please Note

- Happy October! We had a great field trip to Highland Orchards last week. Be sure to take a look at the video with some pictures of the fun!  https://spark.adobe.com/video/VzW0nXh0AcC5i

- Make sure to see the last blog picture and ask your child why we underline the letters on our page.  

(Hint...They should be able to tell you about beginning and ending consonant blends!)

Maybe they could sing ‘Ipples and Bininis’ for you, too!

- There will be a math test on ordinal numbers, ordering numbers and comparing numbers on Thursday.

- There will be a reading and spelling test on Friday.

- The Cradle to Crayons pod will be here all week. If you would like to donate any gently used clothing, shoes, books, baby items or school supplies please send them to school in a bag or drop them off yourself! Thanks!

- Friday will be a Dress Down Day for our "adopted" school in Houston and also for Breast Cancer Awareness. We encourage the kids to wear pink if they have it! Thank you for your donations.

- The Book Fair and Grandparents/Special Friends Day will be on Wednesday, October 25th from 9:30am-10:30am. Grandparents of first graders and kindergartners are welcome to come in, shop and make a small craft with their grandchild. If grandparents can't make it, a "special friend" like an aunt, uncle, mom or dad, etc. will do! A flyer will be sent home this week. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

- Friday, October 27th will be the First Grade "Celebration of Saints".  Information regarding this will be sent home this week.

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 95

Practice Sight and Spelling words

Math: page 11

Tuesday

Reading: page 99

Practice Sight and Spelling words

Math: page 12

Wednesday

Reading: page 101

Read and discuss How Animals Communicate

Practice Sight and Spelling words

Math: complete test review worksheet

Thursday

Reading: read story and review for test tomorrow

study spelling and sight words for test tomorrow

Our Week

Religion

Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"

We will continue with Chapter 2 this week. In this chapter we will learn all about the Blessed Trinity and prayer.

Reading

Story: "How Animals Communicate"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Short I sound and R blends

Grammar: Nouns

Sight Words: animal, how, make, of, some, why, help, for, have, you

Spelling Words: in, will, did, sit, six, big, trip, grin

* Reading and Spelling test on Friday*

Math

This week we will finish up with first unit learning ordinal numbers. We will also practice how to compare numbers using the <, >, = signs. A test will be given on Thursday. Students will be asked to order numbers, write numbers that come before, after and between, and also compare numbers using the correct signs.

*Test Thursday*