Week of 10/26/2020

- It was great to see you at the Saints Presentation on Friday. The kids did such a great job, and I am so proud of them. Thanks again for all of your practice and preparations at home! 

- Test folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please return them on Thursday.

- We will have a Religion test on Chapter 3 on Thursday. A study guide was sent home today.

- We will celebrate Halloween on Friday! The kids should come dressed in their costumes. We will do a small craft/snack and watch the Halloween Parade at the end of the day. You are welcome to watch the parade on the SKS School YouTube channel.

- Virtual Conferences are available next Thursday night (11/5) and Friday (11/6).  Please note that conferences are not mandatory, but I am here if you want to check-in.  I am also happy to schedule a conference with you any night next week, just email me and we can arrange something if that works better for you.

Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 3 and have a test on Thursday.

Reading

Story: "Dr. Seuss"

Target Skill: Graphic Features and Biographies

Phonics Skill: Short e sound and -s blends

Grammar: Antonyms

Sight Words: after, draw, pictures, read, was, write, 

Spelling Words: yes, let, red, ten, bed, get

Math

We will continue our unit on subtraction! This week we will focus on using a number line to count or hop back.

Week of October 19, 2020

Please Note

- I hope you had a great weekend! We had some great practices last week for our Saints Presentation. We will have 2 more this week before our big event on Friday. Please continue to practice their readings at home, too. 

- The Virtual Scholastic Book Fair is this Week. You can shop for books from October 19th - November 2nd.  You can shop HERE.

- Math test on Tuesday on addition on a number line, sums of 10 and adding 3 addends.

- Thursday will be a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

- Reading and Spelling test on Friday on a Musical Day.

- Reminder there will be no school on Monday, October 26th.

- Saint Presentation reminders:

          - Our class' presentation will be at 9:40am on Friday.  Miss Rooney's class is before us.  Please allow them to clear out before you enter the church.  Please make sure you are wearing your mask and socially distanced in the pews.  

          - The kids are to come to school dressed in their costumes over their gym uniforms (sneakers are fine).

          - Please make sure robes are not too long as we will be walking to and from the church. Also, bobby pins tend to not keep veils on so if you can attach them to a headband that would be great. 

          - All 3 presentations will be live streamed on the Parish YouTube page.  Please invite extended family to join us virtually!

Our Week

Religion

We will share our Saint Reports with the class.  We will continue Chapter 3 "Jesus Grew Up in a Family". We will learn about the birth of Jesus and the Holy Family. We will have our Saint Presentation 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

Spelling Words: on, pop, got, not, fox, hop

Math

We will finish up our addition unit this week and have our test on Tuesday. Then we will begin our unit on subtraction. We will learn about the minus sign, counting backwards and most importantly, that the bigger number always goes first in subtraction!

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 October 12, 2020 UPDATED 10/13

Please Note UPDATED 10/13

-Thank you so much for having the reports turned in last Friday.  They were so well done and I appreciate your time.  I  look forward to hearing them share with the class this week.  They are excited and can’t wait for the ‘costume part’, as they say!

- To accommodate all families the Saint Presentation will be done by each class on Friday morning, October 23rd. Each student will get to read a few sentences about their saint from their report. I will send it home their readings this week so they can practice at home. Information regarding start times will be sent out as soon as Miss Tosti, Miss Rooney and I figure out the logistics with this new format. Look for an email tomorrow or Wednesday. 

-Thanks for helping them be prepared for a new week with their clean towels and sharpened pencils.

- Test folders will be sent home on Wednesday. Please sign and return them with the tests in the folder on Thursday.

- On Wednesday, we will be "picking" pumpkins from the convent lawn! On Thursday, we will use our pumpkins for science class and then they will be sent home.

- School pictures will be on Thursday. Please send in your forms by then. There will be no class picture this year.  The students should wear their winter uniform.

- Our monthly virtual Mass will be on Friday at 9:00am. Please join us on the SKS Parish Youtube page!

-We will have a math test next Tuesday.  See below for more info.

Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 3 "Jesus Grew Up in a Family". We will learn about the birth of Jesus and the Holy Family. We will also start practicing for our Saint Presentation.

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

Spelling Words: on, pop, got, not, fox, hop

See IXL for Short o practice.

Math

We will finish up our addition unit this week. We will focus on adding 3 addends and finding doubles and sums of ten to help up. We will also work with simple word problems. There will be a test next Tuesday on adding on a number line, adding 3 addends and word problems. We will do our Test Review in school on Thursday. You can use this to study at home that night.  I have also added IXL activities which they can use to review at home throughout the week.  They would sign in and go to the bottom, right corner where their ‘starred’ activities are.  They should be familiar from practicing in school.

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 October 5, 2020

Here's a sample Saint Report for reference.

 Notes for the Week:

-Kindergarten has invited us to their pumpkin patch!  Farmer Bob from Sugartown Strawberries will be delivering pumpkins and setting them up on the convent lawn.  Each child will get to pick a pumpkin to bring home, followed by a pumpkin craft in the classroom.  The cost will be $5.00 per child.  Please send $5.00, cash only, by Friday, October 9th.  Thank you!

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

- We will have our religion test on Thursday.  A study guide will be sent home.  Please review daily.

- We will have our reading test on How Animals Communicate this Friday, including our sight and spelling words.  The reader will come home this week to review the story at home.  Please continue to practice the spelling ang sight words, too.

- Information about the first grade Saints Celebration was sent home last Friday. Each child may choose any saint they want. The report will be due this Friday, so please work on it this week. Please make sure the report and the picture are done neatly. Don't forget to have your child practice reading their report because they will be sharing it with the class for a grade. The Saints Celebration will be on Friday, October 23rd at 9:00 am in the church, socially distanced. Each child is allowed to have 2 people to the church that morning. The rest of the school will watch virtually.

- Your child's login information for all of our apps was sent home last week.  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 by signing in as them for now and viewing the 'journal'.

-Thursday October 15th will be picture day.  The forms will be sent home Monday and due by the 15th.  Tipping will not be doing the group class photo, they plan to make a collage type of class picture using the individual shots. 

Have a great week!

Hard at Work Practicing Short i

Our Week

Religion: 
Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"
We will finish Chapter 2 and have a test on Thursday.  A study guide will be sent home.

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 strategies. We will practice addition by counting on using a number line (always staring with the larger addend), doubles facts, and doubles plus one facts.

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!