Week of October 9th, 2017

- Test folders will be sent home on Monday. Please sign and return all tests on Tuesday.

- We will have our Chapter 2 test on Friday. A study guide will be sent home.

- On Friday at 9:00 am there will be a Prayer Service to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima. All are welcome!

- Information about the first grade Saints Celebration was sent home last week. The kids should be working on their short report this week as it is due Monday, October 16th. They may choose any saint they want! Please make sure the report and the picture is done neatly. Don't forget to have your child practice reading their report because they will be sharing it with the class for a grade.

- Winter uniforms start next Monday!

- School pictures (in winter uniform) will be taken NEXT Thursday.

- Grandparents/Special Friends Day will be on Wednesday, October 25th. Grandparents or special friends are invited to join us in the cafeteria at 9:30am to enjoy some light refreshments and to make a small craft.

Homework

Monday

Religion:  Practice making the Sign of the Cross correctly

Reading: page 105

Practice Sight Words

Math: page 15 and 16

Get tests signed

Tuesday

Religion: Practice making the Sign of the Cross correctly

Spelling:  Copy words one time

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: page 17

Wednesday

Religion: page 42 and study guide for test

Reading: page 106

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: page 19

Thursday

Religion: Study guide for test tomorrow

Reading: page 107

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: page 20

Our Week

Religion

We will finish up Chapter 2 "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity" and have our second test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "A Musical Day"

Target Skill: Sequence of events

Phonics Skill: Short o sound and -l blends

Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns

Sight Words: her, now, our, she, today, would, look, what, he, too

Spelling Words: on, pop, got, not, fox, hop, block, clock

Math

This week we will begin our unit on addition. We will learn that adding is putting two parts together to make a whole. We will also learn the terms "addend" and "sum".  We will practice writing addition sentences (2 + 3 = 5) and drawing pictures to illustrate addition sentences.