Week of April 30, 2018

We have sprouts from our seeds and our established plants are growing well!

Please Note

- A book order form regarding summer reading will be sent home today. The entire school
will be reading a version of the same book this summer. If you would like to order the book
through school, please send the form with cash or check by Tuesday, May 8th. Thanks!

- There will be a math quiz on Thursday and a reading and spelling test on Friday this week.

- Mark your calendar for these May dates:

                May 10th - First grade Mass @ 9:00 am

                 **rescheduled from 5/15. We now have school on 5/10**

                May 23rd - May Procession @ 7:00 pm

                June 5th - Doughnuts with Dads/Dudes @ 8:30 am

Homework

Monday

Reading: worksheet

practice words

Math: complete worksheet

Tuesday

Reading: worksheet

practice words

Math: 114 and 115

Wednesday

Reading: worksheet

practice words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: Reread Tomas Rivera

practice words

Math: worksheet

Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 17 "The Church Welcomes New Members"

Reading

Story: "Tomas Rivera"

Target Skill: Sequence of Events

Phonics Skill: R controlled vowels and Long O

Grammar: Synonyms and future tense

Sight Words: done, paper, were, great, soon, work, laugh, talk, quick, wink,

stories, grown

Spelling Words: row, low, blow, show, snow, grow, boat, coat, road, toad, toast, flown

**Tests on Friday**

Math

We will continue to work with Time and have a quiz on Thursday.  We will also start
practicing timed math to prepare for 2nd grade next year.

Week of April 23, 2018

- This week we will be busy celebrating Earth Day and starting up the First Grade

Indoor Garden.

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

- Religion test on Chapter 16 on Friday.  A study guide will be sent home Wednesday.

- Mark your calendar for these May dates:

                May 10th - First grade Mass @ 9:00 am

                 **rescheduled from 5/15. We now have school on 5/10**

                May 23rd - May Procession @ 7:00 pm

                June 5th - Doughnuts with Dads/Dudes @ 8:30 am

Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Play outside

Tuesday

Reading: pages 53 and 56

Practice words

Math: 112

Use clock in homework folder to practice telling time (hour and half hour)

Wednesday

Reading: pages 52 and 58

Practice words

Math: 113

Use clock in homework folder to practice telling time (hour and half hour)

Religion: study guide for test

Thursday

Reading: worksheet

Practice words

Math: worksheet

Use clock in homework folder to practice telling time (hour and half hour)

Religion: study guide for test

Get tests signed

Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 16 and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "Tomas Rivera"

Target Skill: Sequence of Events

Phonics Skill: R controlled vowels and Long O

Grammar: Synonyms and future tense

Sight Words: done, paper, were, great, soon, work, laugh, talk, quick, wink,

stories, grown

Spelling Words: row, low, blow, show, snow, grow, boat, coat, road, toad, toast, flown

Math

We will begin our time unit and practice telling time to the hour and half hour. We will

work with time patterns and learn about elapsed time. Please practice at home using the clocks in their homework folders.

Week of April 16, 2018

Please Note

- Thanks for supporting our garden fundraiser last week! We raised enough money to get
our indoor garden started! Stay tuned for more details!

- Wednesday is a dress down day for Speak Up. Please send in $1.00 on Wednesday so
we can turn the donations in to the office.  Our class will dress down on Friday due to Gym
and Go Run.

- We will have a math test (identifying and counting coins up to a dollar) on Thursday.

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

- Mark your Spring calendars for the following dates:

                May 10th - First grade Mass @ 9:00 am

                 **rescheduled from 5/15. We now have school on 5/10**

                May 23rd - May Procession @ 7:00 pm

                June 5th - Doughnuts with Dads/Dudes @ 8:30 am

Homework

Monday

Reading: worksheet

Math:  worksheet

Practice words

Practice counting coins

Tuesday

Reading: worksheet

Math:  worksheet

Practice words

Practice counting coins

Wednesday

Reading: worksheet

Math:  worksheet

Practice words

Practice counting coins

Thursday

Reading: worksheet

Reread Where Does Food Come From?

Practice words

Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 16 "We Celebrate the Sacraments".

Reading

Story: "Where Does Food Come From?"

Target Skill: Author's Purpose

Phonics Skill: Long A

Grammar: Proper Nouns(names of months and holidays) and contractions 'll and 'd

Sight Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, fields, corn,

flowers, favorite

Spelling Words: play, rain, grain, way, sail, day, mail, stay, may, pain, spray, paint

Math

We will continue working with money. We will identify coins and how much they are

worth.  We will count groups of mixed coins.  We will have a test on Thursday.

Please have your child gather coins in a bag or change purse to practice using real

coins at home.  They should be able to count mixed coins up to one dollar. Please

have them practice sorting coins in order from greatest amount to least (Q, D, N, P)

and then count how much money.  We will practice the same way with pretend coins

in school.

Week of April 9, 2018

Please Note

We are very excited to begin planning for our First Grade Indoor Garden.  We will
be selling popsicles for $1.00 this week to help raise the funds needed to begin.

Don't forget to check out the SKS Shoppes on Thursday night and Friday during

the day!

We will have mass this Friday at 9:00.  All are welcome! No Dress Downs, please.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FIRST GRADE SCHOOL MASS HAS BEEN MOVED TO

MAY 10TH SINCE SCHOOL WILL NOW BE IN SESSION THAT DAY.

Homework

Monday

Reading - 34

Math - 108  *Please gather coins to practice sorting and counting up to a dollar at home.

Practice words.

Tuesday

Reading - 40

Math - 109  *Practice sorting and counting real coins up to a dollar.

Practice words.

Religion - Study guide

Wednesday

Reading - Read Where Does Food Come From?  Complete page 38

Math - 110 *Practice sorting and counting real coins up to a dollar.

Practice words.

Religion - Study guide

Thursday

Reading - 43

Math - 111 *Practice sorting and counting real coins up to a dollar.

Practice words.

Religion - Study guide for test tomorrow.

Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish" and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "Where Does Food Come From?"

Target Skill: Author's Purpose

Phonics Skill: Long A

Grammar: Proper Nouns(names of months and holidays) and contractions 'll and 'd

Sight Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, fields, corn,

flowers, favorite

Spelling Words: play, rain, grain, way, sail, day, mail, stay, may, pain, spray, paint

Math

We will continue working with money. We will identify coins and how much they are

worth.  We will count groups of mixed coins.

Please have your child gather coins in a bag or change purse to practice using real

coins at home.  They should be able to count mixed coins up to one dollar. Please

have them practice sorting coins in order from greatest amount to least (Q, D, N, P)

 and then count how much money. We will practice the same way with pretend coins

in school.

Week of April 4th, 2018

Welcome Back!  I hope you had a great Easter break!

Please Note

• Test folders will come home on Thursday.  Please sign and return tests.
• Just a heads up that we are jumping up to 12 spelling words for this next reading story.
• Spring uniform begins next Monday, April 9th.  Keep in mind that they will need to wear their winter uniform for May Procession.

Homework

Wednesday
Reading - 32
Math - 104 and 105

Thursday
Reading - Copy spelling words one time.
Math - 106 and 107
Get tests signed.

Our Week

Religion
We will continue Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish"

Reading
Story: "Where Does Food Come From?"
Target Skill: Author's Purpose
Phonics Skill: Long A
Grammar: Proper Nouns(names of months and holidays) and contractions 'll and 'd
Sight Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, fields, corn, flowers, favorite
Spelling Words: play, rain, grain, way, sail, day, mail, stay, may, pain, spray, paint


Math
We will start working with money. We will identify coins and how much they are worth.  We will count groups of mixed coins.