Week of September 28, 2020

Happy September Birthdays to Bruce and Christian!

I can't believe it is the last week of September already!  The kids did a great job taking their first tests last week. We talked about how the important thing is not that you get a 100 on every test, but that they tried their best.  We talk a lot about giving it our best and learning from our mistakes.  Thanks for sharpening the pencils and washing their picnic towels over the weekend!

Notes for the Week:

- Your child's login information for all of our apps will be sent home later this week in their 'H' folder. Please keep this in a safe place. They may access the apps at home to practice reading and math. You can also check out everything we have been doing on Seesaw.  Please note that we are still waiting for the full services of the app to come through so with all of the activities we have completed so far, they are unable to make corrections yet..  Eventually, I will be able to check and send back for corrections.

- Test folders will be sent home on Tuesday. Please sign each test and return on Wednesday.  All tests will remain in their "T" for Test folder.

- We will start making our math flash cards this week since we did not get to it last week. Please have your child review them along with their sight words and spelling words each night!

- We will have our first math test on Friday.   We will be reviewing in school all week.  At home, please review the addition flashcards and the vocabulary words:  addend, addend, sum and part, part, whole.

Have a great week!

Our Week

Religion: 
Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"
 In this chapter we will learn all about the three persons that make up the Blessed Trinity and we will also learn about what prayer is.

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

Math
This week we will continue with addition. We will review the parts of an addition sentence (addend + addend = sum) or (part + part = whole), and work with math facts that equal 10.  We will have a test on Friday.

Science

We will continue our Science unit on Light and Sound.  We will learn all about the scientific
method and put it into practice with some fun experiments and investigations. Here are the
topics we will learn about in Unit 1:
• The Scientific Method, Science Safety and Tools Scientists Use
• States and Properties of Matter
• Sound and Vibrations
• Light
• Using Light and Sound to Communicate


Social Studies
We will continue our Social Studies unit on Responsible Citizenship. Here are some of the
important things we will learn about in Unit 1:
• Rules and laws in our home, school, and community
• How we can be responsible citizens:
-Following our rules and laws
-Respect and responsibility
-How we can be a good friend
-Why truthfulness is important
-Cooperation and sportsmanship
-Perseverance
This unit will teach us about how we can make our classroom
community the best that it can be!

Week of September 21, 2020

First Grade had a great week in school last week.  

Watch the video above to see our Short a song!  

Notes for the Week

- We will have our first school mass on Wednesday at 9:00. All are invited to attend virtually. A link will be sent from the office through Option C.

- Journals should be decorated and covered by this Friday, September 25th. - On Friday, we will be having our first reading test for Jack and the Wolf. Please be sure the children are studying their spelling and sight words daily. They will also bring their reader home on Tuesday and Thursday to read and discuss Jack and the Wolf with you.

-On Thursday, we will have our first Religion quiz. A study guide was sent home today for reviewing at home each day. We will complete this first quiz together as practice.

- Please be sure to continue check your child's "Home Folder" every night. Please empty out any papers that were completed in school. If anything needs to be sent to school, please send it in this folder so they will see it to give to me in the morning. Please make sure that the Sight Words, Math flashcards, and Reading Copybook are returned in the folder each day.

- Please email me with any questions or concerns. Thanks!

Our Week

Religion

Chapter 1 - "God is Our Father 

We will continue 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 us to know, love, and serve Him.  We will have a quiz on Chapter 1 this Thursday.  A study guide will be sent home on Monday, but we will take the quiz together this week as a learning experience for test taking.

Reading We will have our Jack in the Wolf test this Friday. The children should continue studying their spelling and sight words daily. They will also bring their reader home to read Jack and the Wolf with you.

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

Math

This week we will start our unit on addition. We will learn the parts of an addition sentence (addends, plus sign, equal sign), start making our flashcards later throughout the week and learn how to add by counting on. Please start practicing flash cards at home and return them each day in their H folder.

Science

We will continue our Science unit on Light and Sound.  We will learn all about the scientific

method and put it into practice with some fun experiments and investigations. Here are the

topics we will learn about in Unit 1:

• The Scientific Method, Science Safety and Tools Scientists Use

• States and Properties of Matter

• Sound and Vibrations

• Light

• Using Light and Sound to Communicate

Social Studies

We will continue our Social Studies unit on Responsible Citizenship. Here are some of the

important things we will learn about in Unit 1:

• Rules and laws in our home, school, and community

• How we can be responsible citizens:

-Following our rules and laws

-Respect and responsibility

-How we can be a good friend

-Why truthfulness is important

-Cooperation and sportsmanship

-Perseverance

This unit will teach us about how we can make our classroom

community the best that it can be!

Week of September 14, 2020

Welcome to our Classroom Blog! We are so excited to start our first full week of first grade and I look forward to seeing you tonight at Back to School Night!

Please Note

- Back to School Night is tonight at 7:00pm. Please review the presentation and have your questions ready. Please use the Zoom link to access the meeting. - Please be sure to check your child's "Home Folder" every night. You can empty out any papers that were completed in school. If anything needs to be sent to school, please send it in this folder so they will see it to give to me in the morning. Please make sure that the Sight Words and Reading Copybook are returned each day. - Journals need to be decorated and covered by Friday, September 25th. They will be sent home Tuesday. - On Friday, we will be having our One Book, One School Book Club. We will be talking about "Finding Gobi" and having a live meeting with Dion, the author. - 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. Thanks!

Our Week

Religion

Chapter 1 - "God is Our Father 

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 unique!

Reading

Story: "Jack and the Wolf" Target Skill: Characters Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words Grammar: Complete sentences Magic Words: every, come, call, hear, said, away SpellingWords: an, bad, can, had, cat, ran,

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 and counting forwards and backwards.

Science

This week, we will begin a Science unit on Light and Sound.  We will learn all about the scientific

method and put it into practice with some fun experiments and investigations. Here are the

topics we will learn about in Unit 1:

• The Scientific Method, Science Safety and Tools Scientists Use

• States and Properties of Matter

• Sound and Vibrations

• Light

• Using Light and Sound to Communicate

Social Studies

This week we will begin a Social Studies unit on Responsible Citizenship. Here are some of the

important things we will learn about in Unit 1:

• Rules and laws in our home, school, and community

• How we can be responsible citizens:

-Following our rules and laws

-Respect and responsibility

-How we can be a good friend

-Why truthfulness is important

-Cooperation and sportsmanship

-Perseverance

This unit will teach us about how we can make our classroom

community the best that it can be!