Week of October 8, 2018

Please Note

The busy October continues! Here are your reminders:

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

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

- Our October Monthly Mass will be this Friday at 9:00 am. All are welcome :)

- Information about the first grade Saints Celebration will be sent home tomorrow. The kids should be working on their short report this week as it is due Tuesday, October 16th. They may choose any saint they want! Please make sure the report and the picture are completed neatly. Don't forget to have your child practice reading their report because they will be sharing it with the class. The Saints Celebration will be on Friday, October 26th.

- Grandparents/Special Friends Day will be on Wednesday, October 24th from 9:30-10:30. Grandparents or special friends are invited to join first grade in the cafeteria at 9:30am to enjoy some light refreshments, to make a small craft and shop for books.

- Winter uniforms start next Monday. School pictures will be taken on Thursday next week. Forms were sent home last week.

Please let me know if you have any questions.  Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 105

Practice new sight words

Math: page 15

Tuesday

Religion: work on saint project, study guide

Reading: copy spelling words one time

Practice new spelling and sight words

Math: page 16

Wednesday

Religion: study guide and work on saint project

Reading: page 107

Practice new spelling and sight words

Math: page 17

Thursday

Religion: page 42 and study guide

Reading: page 106

Practice new spelling and sight words

Math: page 18

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.