Week of December 16, 2019

I hope you enjoyed the Christmas Concert last week. The kids sounded and looked great! Before we get to the happenings of this week I would like to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year! Please know that all of us here at SKS are so thankful for you and for your support.

The last week before Christmas break will be FULL of Christmas fun! Here is what we will be doing:

- No homework this week except to study for tests. Merry Christmas!

- There will be a short test on Fact Families on Tuesday. The test will be exactly like the review sheet that we did in class today.  It should be in their homework folder. 

- There will be a spelling and reading test on Thursday for 'How Leopard Got His Spots'.

- Field trip permission forms and money are due tomorrow. Special thanks to Mrs. Pachioli, Mrs. E. Buckley, and Mrs. O'Donovan who will be our chaperones on the trip.  There's still one more chaperone slot if anyone is available.

- Report cards will be sent home on Tuesday. Please sign the envelope and return it. You may keep the report card. Thanks!

- We will be doing different Christmas activities this week, including decorating our classroom door for the door decorating contest.  We will definitely be putting our imaginations to good use! Today's lesson for some was on how to blow up a balloon.

- Friday is our bowling trip with our 8th grade buddies.  Please make sure your child has a morning snack or money for a pretzel that they can take to eat at the alley. Pizza and dessert will be provided for lunch when we get back from bowling. Please refrain form sending in gifts for buddies. We made them Christmas cards :)

- Friday is a dress down day. Please send in $1.00 to dress down. If your child doesn't dress down they can wear their gym uniform to school since we will be going on our field trip. Pajamas are also allowed on this day :).

- School resumes on Thursday, January 2nd!

Have wonderful Christmas and New Year!

Our Week

Religion
We will continue Advent and Christmas activities.

Reading
Story: "How Leopard Got His Spots"
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Phonics Skill: review short vowels, digraph -ch, -tch
Grammar: Statements and Commands
Sight Words: hold, been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very, good, full, friend
Spelling Words: chin, chop, much, chip, rich, chick, catch, watch

Math
We will finish our unit on subtraction this week. There will be a test on fact families.

Week of December 9, 2019

Please Note

- Test folders will come home on Tuesday.  Please sign and return tests.  The 2nd trimester starts today. Report Cards will be sent home next week.

- We will celebrate our Monthly Mass tomorrow at 9:00. All are welcome!

- The K-4 Christmas Concert is this Wednesday night at 7:00 in the Church. Please have your child in the church no later than 6:45. They should dress in their "Christmas Best." You can pick your child up after the concert in their pew.

- We will go to Santa's Secret Shop on Thursday at 1:30. Information and envelopes were sent home today. It is helpful if you fill out the envelope with your child and write how much to spend on each person. You can return the envelope any day this week. You are welcome to come help your child shop!

- Permission forms for our bowling with buddies field trip will be sent home today. The trip is next Friday, December 20th at Sproul Lanes from 9:30-11:30 am and a pizza lunch will be provided.  Last call for chaperones...please email me if interested.  Thanks!


Homework

Monday
Religion: complete Advent paper
Reading: pages 167 and 168
Practice words and read
Math: page 40

Tuesday
Read and discuss How Leopard Got His Spots (Pages 42-66)
Reading:  page 173
Practice words and read
Math: page 41

Wednesday
No Written Homework - Christmas Concert
Practice words and read

Thursday
Reading: pages 174 and 177
Math - page 43


Our Week

Religion
We will continue Advent and Christmas activities.

Reading
Story: "How Leopard Got His Spots"
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Phonics Skill: review short vowels, digraph -ch, -tch
Grammar: Statements and Commands
Sight Words: hold, been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very, good, full, friend
Spelling Words: chin, chop, much, chip, rich, chick, catch, watch

Math
We will continue our unit on subtraction this week. We will review subtraction on a number line and with ten frames. We will work with fact families. There will be a test next week on fact families.

Week of December 2, 2019

Thank you so much for all of the purchases made for our classroom wish list items.  Check out these new auditory feedback reading phones I was able to get through Amazon.  We are looking forward to starting our Tower Garden after Christmas so I will be purchasing supplies for that soon, too.  The new whiteboards have arrived and are waiting to be installed.  I really appreciate all of your generosity and classroom support!

Please Note

The next three weeks are busy and full of holiday fun!  Here are the reminders for this week:

- Please help your child fill out the letter that we will be sending to Santa at the end of the week. Please make sure their handwriting is neat. This is due on Thursday. Thanks for your help.

- We will have a reading and spelling test on the story At Home in the Ocean on Wednesday.

- We will have a subtraction test on Friday this week.  It will only be basic subtraction, subtraction with a number line, and subtraction patterns.  The rest of the subtraction skills will be assessed the week of the 19th.

- We will be going on our bowling field trip with our 8th grade buddies at Sproul Lanes on Friday, December 20th. We will need 4 chaperones (no siblings please). Chaperones will meet us at the bowling alley at 9:30.  We will be finished by 11:30.  If you would like to be in the drawing please email me and let me know. You must have all of your clearances up to date. A pizza lunch will be provided back at school that day so you do not have to order hot lunch for your child on the 21st.

- Next Wednesday, December 11th is the K-4 Christmas Concert. It begins at 7:00pm in the Church. Students are to wear their "Christmas" best and you are asked to drop them off at the Parish Center at 6:30pm.

- We will be going to Santa's Secret Shop NEXT Thursday at 1:30. Information will be sent home this week.  You are welcome to meet us there and help your child shop.

- Please ask your child to check their art supplies and pencil cases. Many kids are in need of new regular pencils, markers, crayons, and colored pencils.  These make great stocking stuffers!

- The first trimester ends this Friday. Report cards will be sent home on the 17th.

Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

Homework

Monday
Reading: page 160
Begin Letter to Santa
Practice words and read
Math: page 37

Tuesday
Read At Home in the Ocean.
Practice words for test
Math: 39

Wednesday
Reading: page 166
Practice words and read
Math: worksheet
Letter to Santa due tomorrow

Thursday
Reading - 165
Copy new spelling words one time
Practice words and read
Math: worksheet

Our Week

Religion
We will discuss the season of Advent.
We will start Chapter 8 - "Jesus Had Many Followers."

Reading
Story: "At Home in the Ocean"
Target Skill: Author's Purpose (Persuade, inform, entertain)
Phonics Skill: Long A, digraph -th, endings (ed, ing, s, es)
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Sight Words: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where, here, me, my, who
Spelling Words: that, them, then, this, thick, think, bath, with

Math
We will continue our unit on subtraction this week. We will learn how to check subtraction by using addition. We will also start working with Fact Families. There will be a short quiz on Friday on basic subtraction, subtraction with a number line, and subtraction patterns.

Week of November 18, 2019

Please Note

- We are starting Unit 3 in reading this week. There will now be 12 Sight Words instead of 10. We will also being reviewing short vowels and working with beginning and ending blends and digraphs. Please continue to review short vowels with your child at home (in their reading copybooks.)  There will be a short vowel assessment before Christmas break.

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

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 5 on Friday. A study guide will be sent home today.

- If you have any extra Halloween candy that you want to donate to the homeless please send it in this week.

- Have a great week!

Homework

Monday
Reading: page 151
Practice Sight Words
Math: page 34

Religion:  76 and 77

Tuesday
Copy spelling words
Practice Spelling and Sight Words
Reading: page 152
Math: page 38

Religion:  Study Guide

Wednesday
Reading: page 153
Practice Spelling and Sight Words
Math: page 35
Religion:  78 and Study Guide

Thursday
Religion:  Study Guide for Chapter 5 test
Reading: page 159
Practice Spelling and Sight Words
Math: page 36

Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 5 this week and have a test on Friday.

Reading
Story: "At Home in the Ocean"
Target Skill: Author's Purpose (Persuade, inform, entertain)
Phonics Skill: Long A, digraph -th, endings (ed, ing, s, es)
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Sight Words: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where, here, me, my, who
Spelling Words: that, them, then, this, thick, think, bath, with

Math
We will continue our unit on subtraction this week. We will practice counting back on a number line and also with 10 frames.

Week of November 11, 2019

- Happy Veteran's Day! Today talked about how lucky we are to have such brave men and women helping to take care of our country.

- Thanks to everyone for taking the time to meet with me at conferences. If you have any follow up question please do not hesitate to ask!

- There will be a short math test tomorrow on adding 3 numbers and related facts. A review sheet will be sent home today.

- Our Monthly Mass for November will be on Wednesday at 9:00 am. All are welcome!

- On Wednesday, we will also be filling the shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. A flyer was sent home last week with ideas of what to buy. Please send those in by Wednesday. Thanks for your support!

- There will be a Reading and Spelling test on Friday for A Cupcake Party.

- On Friday, we will go over to the gym and watch the dress rehearsal of SKS Got Talent.  We are very excited to see the acts!

Have a great week!

Homework

Monday
Read and discuss A Cupcake Party (138-160)
Reading:  140
Practice words
Math: complete review

Tuesday
Reading: page 143
Practice words
Math: page 31

Wednesday
Reading: page 145
Practice words
Math: page 32

Thursday
Reading: review story for test tomorrow
Practice Sight and Spelling words for test tomorrow
Math: page 33


Our Week

Religion
We will start Chapter 5 "Jesus Teaches Us About Love"

Reading
Story: "A Cupcake Party"
Target Skill: Story Structure (characters, setting, plot)
Phonics Skill: Short u sound and final blends -mp -nt, -nd, -st, -sk
Grammar: using a, an and the. Synonyms and antonyms
Sight Words: eat, give, one, put, small, take, sing, all does, they
Spelling Words: sun, bus, but, run, give, take, does, they, dust, jump

Math
This week we will start our subtraction unit. We will learn that subtracting means to "take away." We will learn how to write number sentences and use pictures to help us solve problems. We will also use number lines and ten frames to help us solve problems.

Week of November 4, 2019

Please Note

- There will be a Religion test of Chapter 4 on Thursday. A study guide will be sent home today.

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

- No school on Friday due to Parent/Teacher conferences. I look forward to meeting with all of you!

Homework

Monday
Reading - 135
Practice new sight words
Math - 28
Religion - study guide

Tuesday
Reading - 137
Copy spelling words one time.
Practice new spelling and sight words
Math - 27 or 28 (whichever isn't completed)
Religion - study guide

Wednesday
Reading -136
Practice words
Math - worksheet
Religion - page 66 and study guide

Our Week

Religion
We will continue working on Chapter 4 this week and learn about Jesus and his work among the people.

Reading
Story: "A Cupcake Party"
Target Skill: Story Structure (characters, setting, plot)
Phonics Skill: Short u sound and final blends -mp -nt, -nd, -st, -sk
Grammar: using a, an and the. Synonyms and antonyms
Sight Words: eat, give, one, put, small, take, sing, all does, they
Spelling Words: us, sun, bus, but, run, dust, jump, truck

Math
We will continue our unit on addition. We will practice adding but using ten frames and number lines.  We will practice using 'tricks' when solving addition problems (doubles, doubles plus one, counting on from the larger number.)  We will also work with adding 3 addends.

Week of October 28, 2019

- Thank you all for coming to watch us at our Saints Celebration! We hope you enjoyed it. The kids and their costumes were fantastic.

- Grandparents/Special Friends Day was a great time too. Thanks you for arranging for a grandparent/special friend to be there.  There were smiles everywhere as you can see from the pictures.

-  An email regarding conferences will be sent out today. Please be sure to sign up for a time.  If possible, please try to keep the times as consolidated as possible.  With having only 15 students, there are a lot of extra times for our class!  Typically, first grade parents will only need to meet with their homeroom teachers but if you have a need, the specials teachers are also available.

-The Halloween-o-thon is on Thursday. They should wear their gym uniforms to school. We will watch the movie Inside Out in the morning with our buddies and will start a service project. A flyer and permission form to watch the movie was sent home last week. Please sign it and return by tomorrow.

- The Halloween parade to the gym will begin around 1:00 pm weather permitting. Please send your child's costume to school on Thursday in a labeled bag. If you would like to come help your child with their costume you can come between 12:30 and 12:50. Any makeup should be done at home before coming to school. Thank you!

- No school on Friday this week. Enjoy the long weekend!

- There will be no written homework or tests this week :) Please continue to review the words for Dr. Seuss but the children will not be tested on them.  Happy Halloween!

Have a great week!