Week of September 30, 2019

Please Note

- Happy (almost) October! I heard the Fall Social was great! Thank you for being so kind, generous and supportive. It means a great deal to all of the faculty and staff at SKS. This will certainly be a busy a month so please be sure to read all of the reminders in the coming weeks. Here are some for this week:

- The first Home and School Meeting is Tuesday night at 7:00 in the cafeteria. Hope to see you all there!

- There is no school on Wednesday. The teachers will be at a conference.

- There will be a math test on ordinal numbers, ordering numbers and comparing numbers on Thursday.

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

- Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  Have a great week :)

We will begin discussing positive character traits this week.
First up:  "I Can Show Self-Control"

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 95

Read and discuss How Animals Communicate

Practice Sight and Spelling words

Math: Complete review worksheet for test Thursday

Tuesday

Practice Spelling and Sight words.
7:00 Home and School Meeting

Wednesday

No School

Thursday

Reading: page 99

Reading: Reread How Animals Communicate and review for test tomorrow

study spelling and sight words for test tomorrow

Our Week

Religion

Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"

In this chapter we will learn all about the Blessed Trinity and prayer.

Reading

Story: "How Animals Communicate"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Short I sound and R blends

Grammar: Nouns

Sight Words: animal, how, make, of, some, why, help, for, have, you

Spelling Words: in, will, did, sit, six, big, trip, grin

We will have a test on Friday.

Math

This week we will review number words, one more, one less, ordering numbers from least to greatest and greatest to least, and learning how to count on and count back from a specific number, greater than, less than, and equal to (>,<,=) and ordinal numbers.  We will have a test on Thursday.

Week of September 23rd, 2019

Please Note

- Test folders will be sent home on Tuesday. Please sign each test and return on Wednesday.

- We will have our first Religion test on Thursday. Please use the review sheet to study.
- As you know, our field trip to Highland Orchards has been booked for Monday, October 28th. Permission forms will be sent home in the coming weeks. We have many volunteers to chaperone our trip. If you would like to add your name to the hat, please do so by Wednesday. I will let everyone know by Wednesday afternoon so you can plan accordingly. Thanks!

Homework

Monday

Religion: page 30 and study guide

Reading: page 90

Practice Sight Words

Math: page 9

Tuesday

Religion: study guide

Reading: Copy spelling words one time

Practice Sight Words and Spelling Words

Math: page 10

Wednesday

Religion: study guide for test tomorrow

Reading: page 92

Practice Sight Words and Spelling Words

Math: page 11

Thursday

Reading: 98

Practice Sight Words and Spelling Words
Math: page 12

Our Week

Religion

Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"

We will have our test on Chapter 1 and begin Chapter 2. In this chapter we will learn all about the Blessed Trinity and prayer.

Reading

Story: "How Animals Communicate"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Short I sound and R blends

Grammar: Nouns

Sight Words: animal, how, make, of, some, why, help, for, have, you

Spelling Words: in, will, did, sit, six, big, trip, grin

Math

This week we will continue work on one more, one less, ordering numbers from least to greatest and greatest to least, and learning how to count on and count back from a specific number.  We will also work with greater than, less than, and equal to (>,<,=) and ordinal numbers.

Week of September 16, 2019

Please Note

- Be sure to check out the pictures from our "Book Club" that we had on Friday when we met our 8th grade buddies. The kids discussed their summer reading books and made a craft to go with it. It was a great time!

- Journals should be decorated, covered and returned to school by Friday, September 20th.

 - We will have our first school Mass on Wednesday at 9:00am. All are welcome!  No Dress Downs on mass days please.

 - We will have our first reading test on the story "Jack and the Wolf" this Friday. I will read all of the questions with them for the first few tests. The reader will be sent home this week so you can read and review the story at home.  Both the sight words and spelling words are included in the test.

 - Please email me if you have any questions!

Homework

 Monday
Read and discuss Jack and the Wolf (pages 10-32)
Practice spelling words & sight words
Math: page 5

Tuesday
Reading: page 83
Practice spelling words & sight words
Math: page 6

Wednesday
Religion: Pages 28 and 29
Reading: page 84
Practice spelling words & sight words
Math: page 7

Thursday
Journal due tomorrow!
Reading: Reread Jack and the Wolf and study spelling words & sight words for test tomorrow
Math: 8

Our Week

 Religion
 Unit 1 - "Jesus Teaches Us About God's Love"
We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God. We will also learn about how God made each of us different!

Reading
Story: "Jack and the Wolf"
Target Skill: Characters
Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words
Grammar: Complete sentences
Sight Words:  play, every, be, come, and, call, hear, with, said, away
SpellingWords:  an, bad, can, had, cat, ran, man, dad
* Reading test on Friday.

 Math
This week we will still focus on writing numbers and number words and filling in missing numbers. We will also being ordering numbers and talking about "one more" and "one fewer or less".

Week of September 9, 2019

Please Note

- These first few weeks of school are very important for setting expectations and learning our classroom routines and procedures. Students thrive in environments where they feel comfortable and know what is expected of them. I urge you to also have expectations and routines at home for things like completing homework, studying and reading. For example, each day after school your child can eat a snack, take out their homework copybook and begin their homework. You can even have a set place for them to complete their work. Simple things like this will help your child to become responsible, organized and independent!

- Please be sure to check your child's "H Folder" every night. You can empty out any papers that were completed in school.  Please be sure to have them put their "H" and "R" copybooks back into their folder. Their bag of sight words and books should be returned to their backpacks after they are finished with them.

- We do homework this week so start your homework routine today/tonight!

- Journals will come home Tuesday and will need to be decorated and covered by Friday, September 20th.

- Guest Reader will begin in October.  A Sign-up Genius link will be sent shortly.  Please remember to contact the office regarding clearances if needed.

- The Student Council will be selling Kona Shaved Ice on Thursday. The cost in $5.00 and part of the proceeds will go to the charity For Pete's Sake.

- On Friday, we will be having our One Book, One School Book Club. We will be talking about "Boys/Girls Who Rocked the World" and making a craft with our 8th Grade Buddies.

- Friday will be a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00 with your child. Please also review the dress down day policy in the school handbook.

- Please email me with any questions or concerns :)

Homework

Monday
Reading: page 75
Practice Sight Words (know to read) These can be found in their "R" copybook and in their bag of word cards.
Math: page 1

Tuesday
Reading:  Neatly copy each spelling word one time (on same page in reading copybook)
Practice Sight Words (know to read) and Spelling Words (know to spell)
Math: page 2

Wednesday 
Reading: page 77
Practice Sight Words (know to read) and Spelling Words (know to spell)
Math: page 3

Thursday
Reading: page 78
Practice Sight Words (know to read) and Spelling Words (know to spell)
Math: page 4

 Our Week

Religion: 
"Jesus Teaches Us About God's Love"
We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God. We will also learn about how God made each of us different!

Reading
Story: "Jack and the Wolf"
Target Skill: Characters
Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words
Grammar: Complete sentences
Sight Words:  play, every, be, come, and, call, hear, with, said, away
Spelling Words:  an, bad, can, had, cat, ran, man, dad

Math
This week we will focus on writing numbers and number words. We will also work on putting numbers in order and filling in missing numbers on a hundreds chart.