Week of March 25, 2019

Please Note 

- Happy Terra Nova week! We will be taking different parts of the test each day. There will not be any homework this week.  We will record our next book this week though, so please have them practice reading the books in their bag.

- Report cards will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return only the envelope. The report card can stay home.

-  If you did not send in coins with your child last week please send them in tomorrow. If you could include 4 quarters, 10 dimes, 10 nickels and 10 pennies that would be great. Thanks for your help with this!


Our Week

Religion
We will continue Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish" this week.

Reading
We will be reviewing old stories, skills, and sight words this week.


Math
We will continue working with money. We will work on identifying coins and how much they are worth. We will also start counting mixed coins.

Week of March 18, 2019

We had so much fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day and showing off our leprechaun traps! I am sure you heard all about our visit from Lucky Leprechaun. Thank you for your help in making the traps creative, thoughtful and decorative. Unfortunately, we didn't catch a leprechaun, but there is always next year! Check out the amazing traps throughout the blog below.

Please Note

- We have a great crop of lettuces growing.  We will have our first 'Lettuce Party' Tuesday afternoon.  The children will have a chance to sample all of the yummy, healthy lettuces we have been growing.  Be sure to ask them what their favorite type was!  Once the plants regenerate themselves we will be sending samples home, too.

- The third trimester begins today.  Report cards will be sent home next week.

- We will continue reviewing for the Terra Nova tests which will be taken next week.  A schedule and some tips for taking standardized tests will be sent home this week. Attached to the schedule will be a blank letter and envelope. I ask that you please write your child an encouraging note that they will read Monday morning before we start the tests. This will hopefully calm any nerves that they may have. Please send the letter in by Friday at the latest. Thanks for your help with this.  We try to keep it as low key and non-stressful as possible in first grade.

- We will start working with money later this week and I ask that you please send in some coins with your child in a ziplock bag marked with their name. If you could include 4 quarters, 10 dimes, 10 nickels and 10 pennies by Thursday that would be great. Thank you!

- There will be a test on time on Thursday.  Review sheets will be sent home for homework.

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

Homework

Monday
Reading: page 19
Read and discuss The Big Trip (48-76)
Practice Words
Math: pages 115 and 116

Tuesday
Reading: pages 16 and 25
Practice Words
Math: worksheet

Wednesday
Reading: page 20
Practice Words
Math: worksheet

Thursday
Reread The Big Trip and practice words for test.
Math: page 104

Our Week

Religion
We will start Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish" this week.

Reading
Story: "The Big Trip"
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, e, e_e, ee) and -ng, -nk words
Grammar: compound sentences
Sight Words: about, could, sure, by, don't, there, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through
Spelling Words: eat, read, mean, feet, tree, keep, these, street

Math
We will review time to the hour, half hour, time patterns and elapsed time and have a test on Thursday.  We will also start working with money. We will identify coins and how much they are worth.

Week of March 11, 2019

Please Note

-The Go Run program starts next week! Miss Elisio and Miss Tosti are taking it over this year and are very excited for their first season! If your child wants to join, please see the flyer on the school website and register by Friday.

- Test folders will be sent home today. Please sign and return on Tuesday.

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 12 on Friday. A study guide will be sent home Tuesday.

- Leprechaun Traps are due Friday. If you could have your child practice telling how their traps work that would be great because they will be presenting them to the class.

Homework

Monday
Reading: page 17
Practice new sight words
Math: 113
Get tests signed

Tuesday
Copy spelling words one time
Reading: page 18
Math: 114
Religion: study for test

Wednesday
Write asking sentences in homework copy book for spelling words #1-4.
Math:  worksheet
Religion: study for test

Thursday
Write telling sentences in homework copy book for spelling words #5-8.
Reading: page 22
Math: 115
Religion: study for test tomorrow

Our Week

Religion
We will finish Chapter 12 "The Church Serves" and have a test on Friday.

Reading
Story: "The Big Trip"
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, e, e_e, ee) and -ng, -nk words
Grammar: compound sentences
Sight Words: about, could, sure, by, don't, there, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through
Spelling Words: eat, read, mean, feet, tree, keep, these, street

Math
We will continue with our time unit and practice telling time to the hour and half hour. We will work with time patterns and learn about elapsed time.

Week of March 4, 2019

Please Note

- We will continue to review for the Terra Nova test that we will take the week of 3/25.

- Tuesday is a dress down day. Please send in $1.00.

- There is a Home and School meeting on Tuesday night at 7:00pm on vaping.

- We will celebrate Ash Wednesday with Mass at 9:00 am. All are welcome!

- Reading and spelling tests will be on Friday this week.

Homework

Monday
Reading:pages 3 and 10
practice words
Math: page 53

Tuesday
Reading: page 11
practice words
Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday
Read and discuss Let's Go to the Moon (pages 10-38)
Reading: page 13
practice words


Thursday
Reread Let's Go to the Moon.
study words for reading and spelling test
Math: page 112

Our Week

Religion
We will begin Chapter 12 "The Church Serves" and we will also talk about Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent.

Reading
Story: ""Let's Go to the Moon"
Target Skill: Main Idea and Details
Phonics Skill: Long U and Long O
Grammar: questions
Magic Words: around, should, before, bring, carry, light, show, think, people, beautiful, wear, tools
Spelling Words: hole, bone, joke, home, rope, chose, wrote, stove


Math
We will continue reviewing and working with graphs. We will have a short graphing quiz on Wednesday.  We will also begin our unit on time this week. We will start by learning about the minute and hour hands and learning how to tell time on analog clocks.