Week of February 26, 2018

Please Note

- Thank you so much for your donations for Thomas, who is fighting Leukemia. We
collected $340! We will continue to pray for him and his family.

- Test folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return on Thursday. Thanks!

Have a great week!

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: page 4

Spelling:  copy words one time

Practice words

Math - page 73

Wednesday

Reading: page 10

Practice words

Math: page 74

Thursday

Reading: page 13

Practice words

Math: page 72

Our Week

Religion

We will focus on discussions, readings, journaling about being the best person we can be...to
ourselves, our classmates, and our families.  We will also continue learning about Lent and the
Stations of the Cross.

Reading

Story: ""Let's Go to the Moon"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Long U and Long O

Grammar: questions

Sight Words: around, should, before, bring, carry, light, show, think, people, beautiful, wear, tools

Spelling Words: hole, stove, bone, so, go, home, rope, chose

Math

We will continue with counting by 10’s 5’s and 2’s both forwards and backwards.  We will also
introduce odd/even and review >, <, and =.

Week of February 20th, 2018

Please Note

- On Wednesday, the 8th grade is hosting their Business Day. We will be visiting in the

afternoon. The price range of the businesses is $.50-$3.00. If you would like to send

in money for your child please do so in a labeled envelope. No food or drink will be sold.

- Yearbook pictures will be taken on Friday. Please do not dress down! Thanks :)

- We will have a Religion, Reading and Spelling test on Friday this week.

- Please consider sending in a donation for one of our fellow first grader's cousin, who is

fighting Leukemia. A note with further information will be sent home today.

- Information about a Leprechaun Trap project will be sent home today! We will read a

story about how to trap a tricky leprechaun and discuss some ideas of how to create a

trap. Please send traps to school on Friday, March 16th.

Have a great week!

Homework

Tuesday

Religion:  Study Guide

Reading: page 211

Practice Words

Math: 67

Business Day tomorrow

Wednesday

Religion:  Study Guide

Reading: page 219

Practice Words

Math: 71

Thursday

Religion:  Study Guide for test tomorrow

Reading: study for reading and spelling test tomorrow

Math: worksheet

Our Week

Religion

We will finish up with Chapter 11 - "The Holy Spirit Helps the Church Grow" and have

a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "Animal Groups"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill:  Long I digraphs kn, wr, gn, mb

Grammar: the verbs be, is are, were, was

Sight Words: bird, both, eyes, fly, long, or, those, walk, they, sing, does, all

Spelling Words: time, bike, like, kite, mice, white, drive, stripe

** Reading and Spelling test on Friday

Math

We will continue our unit on place value and work with the number patterns 1 more/less

and 10 more/less. We will also start to add and subtract with two digit numbers.

Week of February 12th

Please Note

- We will have our reading and spelling test for The Big Race on Tuesday.

- Test folders will be sent home on Wednesday. Please sign and return on Thursday.

- On Wednesday, we will receive ashes at our 9:00 monthly Mass.  All are welcome!

- Please send Valentine cards in a labeled bag by Wednesday morning. We have a bag

which we will decorate in school to collect our cards.  Please no ‘mailboxes’ or candy

treats this year.

- On Thursday, we will have a math test on place value and expanded form.

- No school on Friday or Monday! Enjoy the long weekend!

Homework

Monday

Reading: Read The Big Race and complete worksheets

Practice sight and spelling words for test tomorrow

Math: complete worksheet

Tuesday

Math: complete worksheet

Practice sight words

Be sure Valentine cards are ready

Wednesday

Math: complete worksheet for test tomorrow

Reading:  Copy spelling words one time

Practice words

Our Week

Religion

We will finish up with Chapter 11 - "The Holy Spirit Helps the Church Grow" and have a

test next week.  We will also learn about Ash Wednesday and Lent.

Reading

Story: "Animal Groups"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill:  Long I digraphs kn, wr, gn, mb

Grammar: the verb be

Sight Words: bird, both, eyes, fly, long, or, those, walk, they, sing, does, all

Spelling Words: time, bike, like, kite, white, drive, stripe, mice

Math

We will continue our unit on place value and expanded form.  There will be a test

on Thursday.

Week of February 5th

Please Note

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

- Health Screenings will be on Friday.

- For Valentine's Day we will decorate bags in school to put valentines in. Please do not

send in any boxes. Also, please remember that no candy is to be attached to valentines.

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 206

Practice Sight Words

Math: 66

Tuesday

Reading: Worksheet

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: Worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: Worksheet

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: Worksheet

Thursday

Read The Big Race

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 11 - The Holy Spirit Helps the Church to Grow

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

Phonics Skill: Long O and review Long A, soft c, g, dge

Grammar: Verbs and time

Sight Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those, saw, round

Spelling Words: came, late, make, gave, page, brave, shape, faced

Math

We will continue our unit on place value this week:  identifying tens and ones, expanded form

and finding the value of digits.