Week of December 13, 2021

- I hope you enjoyed the Christmas Concert last week! The kids looked and sounded wonderful. We hope it put you in the Christmas spirit! 

- We will start a new story this week and the long vowel e. 

- We will have math test on Thursday on place value. A review will be sent home for homework.

- Report cards will be sent home tomorrow. Please remember that these grades are a reflection of your child's work in school along with their test scores. You may keep the actual report card at home. Please just sign and return the envelope. If you have any questions please let me know.

- On Wednesday morning we will go to Santa's Secret Shop. Please mark the envelope with who your child is shopping for and how much to spend on each person. It is really helpful to me and the volunteers.  You can send your envelope in anytime before Wednesday.

- Friday will be a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00 to dress down. Thank you!

- We are still collecting socks for the homeless if you would like to donate some this week.

-Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 166

Math: workbook page 64

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 168

Math: worksheet

Wednesday 

Reading: RN page 174

Math: complete test review

Thursday

Reading: RN page167

Math: worksheet

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will continue talking about the season of Advent and Christmas. We will also start Chapter 6 "

Reading

Story: "How Leopard Got His Spots"

Target Skill: Sequence of Events

Phonics Skill: Long E, 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, rich, cheer, three, beach, teach

Math

We will continue and have a test on place value on matching place value blocks to the number they represent, identifying digits in the tens and ones place, and finding the value of digits. 

Week of December 6, 2021

Please Note

- I hope you all had a nice weekend! I thought virtual school went well last week. Thanks again for your help and patience with it.  

- No school on Wednesday due to the Holy Day!

- Thursday will be the K-4 Christmas Concert. The kids should wear their Sunday/Christmas best to school on Thursday morning. Please no jeans. There will be two shows, one for parents of K-2 and another for 3-4. If you have a child in both of those grades please choose which show you would like to attend.

          - Performance 1 - 9:15-10:00 am

          - Performance 2 - 10:45-11:30 am

- The 7th grade will be doing a sock drive for the homeless. If you would like to donate socks please send them in this and next week. Thanks for you help!

- There will be a spelling and reading test on Friday. The spelling words are more difficult with the long vowel patterns so please be sure to study.

- We have our Monthly Mass on Friday at 9:00. All are welcome!

- Report cards will be given out next week.

Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 159

Math: workbook page 59-60

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 154

Math: wb page 61 and 63

Wednesday - NO SCHOOL

Reading: 

Math: 

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Math: wb page 66

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will continue to talk about the Advent season and the meaning of Christmas. We will finish up Chapter 5 and take the test together in school.

Reading

Story: "At Home in the Ocean"

Target Skill: Fact and Opinion

Phonics Skill: Long A, (a_e and ay, introduce -ai) digraph th

Grammar: Proper Nouns

Sight Words: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where

Spelling Words: that, then, with, cape, name, make, say, pray

Math

We will continue our unit of Place Value. We will focus on identifying the value of digits, writing expanded form and building numbers with place value blocks.

Week of November 22, 2021

Please Note

-It was mentioned to me that there are 16 school days until Christmas break! I cannot believe how fast this year is flying by. This week we will start our new reading unit, learn the long a sound and do Thanksgiving themed activities. We will also have our class party on Tuesday. Thanks to everyone who donated treats and activities. 

- No school on Monday, November 29th.

- No homework this week.  Please sign and return tests.

-I hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving! Please know that the entire SKS faculty and staff are so grateful and thankful for your support.

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 5 this week.

Reading

Story: "At Home in the Ocean"

Target SkillT: Fact and Opinion

Phonics Skill: Long A, (a_e and ay) digraph th

Grammar: Proper Nouns

Sight Words: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where, here, my, who, me

Spelling Words: that, then, with, cape, name, make, say, pray

Math

We will review skills through Thanksgiving funsheets.  After break, we will begin our unit of Place Value. We will focus on learning tens and ones and where they go in the place value "house". We will also practice making tens, teen numbers and numbers up to 40.

Week of November 15, 2021

Please Note

-We had another great week last week and will keep going strong into the holiday season. Please be sure to have Monday, November 29th marked as a day off on your calendar. 

- We will having a canned food drive all week.  Please send in all donations by Friday.  Thanks!

- There will be a math test on fact families and mixed addition and subtraction on Thursday. We will be reviewing all week.

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

- Friday will be the rescheduled Walk with the Principal to support JDRF! Please send in $1.00 to dress down.  We will be outside for quite a bit so please make sure your child is dressed warmly since it is supposed to be cold!

- Have a great week!  

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 136

Math: complete worksheet

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 143

Math: wb page 46

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 145

Math: complete test review

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

A Peek at 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: us, sun, bus, but, run, fun, dust, jump

Math

This week we will finish up fact families and have a test on Thursday.

Week of November 8, 2021

Please Note

- Thanks so much for meeting last week for conferences.  If you have any follow up questions or concerns, please let me know.

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

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

- Chapter 4 Religion test will be on Friday. A study guide was sent home today.

- Your child's login information to IXL can be found in the back of their Homework Copybook.   Please utilize this app for both reading and math skills practice at your discretion.  We are waiting on 2 other apps that are funded through the state to come through and will send those logins home as soon as we get them.

- Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Religion: study for test

Reading: RN page 135

Math: wb page 40

Tuesday

Religion: study for test

Reading: RN page 137

Math: wb page 41

Wednesday

Religion: study for test

Reading: RN page 134

Math: wb page 43

Thursday

Religion: study for test

Reading: RN page 140

Math: wb page 42

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 4 and have a test on Friday.

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, fun, dust, jump

Math

This week we will learn about Fact Families and practice relating addition to subtraction.

Week of November 2, 2021

Please Note

- I hope you had a great Halloween! We had a fun time celebrating on Friday and the costumes were great! We have a short and busy week with our field trip and conferences.  Since it is short week there will be no homework! Here are your reminders for the week:

- Tomorrow is our field trip to Highland Orchards! The kids can wear their gym uniforms to school and I would make sure they have a coat or vest because it will be a brisk day and we will be outside all morning.  We will return and eat a late lunch at school so you can send their regular lunchbox instead of a disposable bag.   It should be a great trip!

- As the weather gets chillier please remember to send your child in with a coat, hat, gloves etc.  Don't forget to label everything, too.  Please note that sweatpants are required with the gym uniform now.  Thanks for you help with this!

- We will finish up the story "Dr. Seuss" but there will be no reading or spelling test this week.

- There will be a math test on subtraction on Thursday. We will review in school today and tomorrow afternoon when we get back from our trip.

- No school on Friday due to Parent/Teacher Conferences. I look forward to meeting with you all! If you have signed up for a virtual conference I will send home a conference rubric in your child's home folder and a zoom link on Thursday. 

- Have a great week! 

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 4 "Jesus Works Among the People"

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, do, find, funny no
Spelling Words: yes, let, red, ten, bed, get, step, sled

Math

We will have a test on subtraction this week on using a number line, word problems, and finding the missing part. We will do a review on Wednesday.

Week of October 25, 2021

Please Note

-I hope you loved the Saints Presentation on Friday.  The kids did such a great job and I am so proud of them. Check out their fabulous costumes! Many thanks to Mrs. Hallinan for taking the pictures for me, and thanks to all of you for all of your preparations.  We will close out October this week with some Halloween fun on Friday!

- If you did not sign the permission form or pay for the field trip next week please do so by this Wednesday.

- For the first 3 stories we kept the sight and spelling words to 6 each so that they kids could get used to studying them and to prepare for the test. Since they have been doing such a great job we will now do 10 sight words and 8 spelling words per story. 

- Test folders will be sent home on Wednesday. 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 can come dressed in their costumes over their gym uniform. Our parade will begin at 8:30 if you would like to come see us! 

- Just a reminder to mark your calendar for Conferences next Thursday night (11/4) and Friday (11/5). Please note conferences are optional and will be held in person and virtually.  Please let me know if you would prefer to meet virtually and I will send you a link.  Otherwise, I will assume we will be meeting in person.

- Just a reminder that there is no school on Monday, November 1st for the feast of All Saints Day!

Homework

Monday

Religion: study for test

Reading: RN page 120

Math: wb page 38

Tuesday

Religion: study for test

Reading: RN page 122

Math: wb page 36

Wednesday

Religion: study for test

Reading: RN page 119

Math: wb page 37

Thursday

Reading: RN page 128

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek at 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, do, find, funny no

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

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 18, 2021

I hope you had a great weekend! Thank you so much for your help with the Saints reports.  They were all so well done!!!  We had some great practices last week for our Saints Presentation. They have been busy practicing the songs, and will have one more this week before the big event on Friday.  Some more information regarding Friday can be found below with your other reminders!  If you have any questions, please email ktosti@sksschool.org, or qhallinan@sksschool.org.  Thank you!

Please Note

- The Virtual Scholastic Book Fair is this Week.  A link will be sent via Option C.

- If you have not done so, please use this link for our field trip permission slip and payment.

- 7th Grade will be selling popsicles on Tuesday and Wednesday at morning recess to raise funds for making pillowcases for children in local hospitals.

- 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.

- Saint Presentation reminders:

          - The presentation will be at 9:00am on Friday! Family members are welcome in church, but 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. 

          - The presentation will be live streamed on the Parish Youtube page.

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 106 and 110

Math: workbook page 31 and 32

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 108

Math: workbook page 33

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 116

Math: wb page 34

Thursday

Reread and discuss A Musical Day.

Practice words for test.

Math: wb page 35

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

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 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!

Week of October 11, 2021

Please Note

Hope you had a great weekend. We have a busy week and are cruising along through October. Please continue to review sight words, math facts and read at home! There are a lot of reminders this week:

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

- Mrs. Grant asked for each child to bring an old t-shirt to use as a smock.

- If your child has not brought headphones to school, could you please send in a pair for them?  We are finding that the kind that go over the ears work better for the first graders. 

- School pictures will be on Thursday. Please send in your forms this week or complete them online. 

- We will have a math test on Friday finishing up our unit on addition. We will do a review in school on Thursday. 

- Mark your calendar for the our field trip to Highland Orchards on Wednesday, November 3rd! More information will be sent home soon.

- Our monthly virtual Mass will be on Friday at 9:00am. The first grade will be attending the mass in church this month. Please join us in church or virtually on the SKS Parish Youtube page!

- If you haven't signed up for SKS Trunk or Treat you can do so HERE

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 105

Math: workbook page 29

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 107

Math: workbook page 30

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 113

Math: wb page 27

Thursday

RN: page 114

Read and discuss A Musical Day.

Math: wb page 28, review for test

A Peek at 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 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, look, what, he, too

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

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 on Friday 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.

Week of October 4, 2021

Here's a sample of a well done Saint Report!

Please Note

- Information about the first grade Saints Presentation was sent home last week. 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 as they will be hung on our bulletin board. 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 Presentation will be on Friday, October 22nd at 9:00 am in the Church. Families are welcome to come to church, we just ask that you be socially distanced and wear a mask. The school will attend virtually.

- Friday will be a dress down day for JDRF. Please send in $1.00 to dress down. We will be walking with our buddies in the morning to raise awareness for Juvenile Diabetes.

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 2 this Thursday.  A study guide will be sent home today.

- There will be a Spelling and Reading test on Friday for our story "How Animals Communicate." 

- Please let me know if you have questions about anything!

...And check out these great costumes!

Homework

Monday

Religion: work on saint report and study

Reading: RN page 91

Math: workbook page 23

Tuesday

Religion: work on saint report and study

Reading: RN page 95

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Religion: work on saint report and study

Reading: RN page 101

Math: wb page 25

Thursday

Religion: work on saint report 

Reading: Read H.A.C. and study words for tests tomorrow

Math: wb page 26

A Peek at Our Week

Religion: Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"

We will finish up Chapter 2 and have a test on Thursday.

Reading

Story: "How Animals Communicate"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Short I sound and R blends

Grammar: Nouns and commas in a series

Sight Words: animal, how, make, of, some, why

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

Math

This week we will continue with addition and learn how to use a number line to solve problems and learn double facts. If you practice at home, please have your child start at the larger number!

Week of September 27, 2021

Making the most of a rainy day recess!

Please Note

- Test folders will be sent home on Wednesday. Please review and sign each test and return in their 'T' Folders on Thursday.

- We started making our math flash cards 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.

- Look for information regarding our Saint Celebration to come home this week.

Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 90

Math: workbook page 19

Practice new words.

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 92

Math: wb page 20

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 89

Math: wb page 21

Thursday

Reading: RN page 93

Math: complete test review

A Peek at 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) and work with memorizing the the math facts that equal 10! We will have a test on Friday.

Week of September 20, 2021

We had a great time meeting our 8th Grade Buddies and doing a Wish Tree project with them!

Please Note

- We survived our first full week of first grade! I hope the kids enjoyed it and are settling into school and our routines. We are a work in progress but we had a great week! I hope that you are continuing to set routines at home and are giving your child more responsibility. The more we work on this the more independent they will become.

- If anyone would like a secondary email added to my list, please let me know.

- If you could please continue to send your child in with a few extra masks each week it would be really helpful.  We have been going through a lot already.  Thanks for your help with this!

- We will have our first virtual school Mass on Wednesday at 9:00am. Feel free to join us at Mass or virtually on the parish youtube site.

- We will have our first Religion test on Wednesday. A study guide will be sent home for your child to study at home with you, but this week we will take the test together like a worksheet for them to get used to it.

- We will have our first reading test on the story "Jack and the Wolf" this Friday. I will read all of the questions and answers for the first few tests. The reader will be sent home this week so you can read and review the story at home.  Sight Words will be part of this test, so please make sure you are reviewing them each night.

- Our first Spelling test will also be on Friday. We have been practicing a lot with short A words in school. Please review the words at home each night as well.

- I will be setting up the Sign Up Genius for Guest Reader shortly.  Look for an email sometime this week with the link.

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

Homework

Monday

Religion: study guide for test

Reading: Reading Notebook page 86

Math: workbook page 9

Tuesday

Religion: study guide for test tomorrow

Reading: RN page 76

Math: wb page 15

Wednesday

Read and discuss Jack and the Wolf.

Reading: RN page 80

Math: wb page 16

Thursday

Reread Jack and the Wolf for test tomorrow.

Reading: study for reading and spelling tests tomorrow

Math: wb page 17

A Peek at Our Week

Religion: Chapter 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! We will talk about how we are called to know, love and serve God. We will take our first test together!

Reading

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 and learning how to add by counting on. Please start practicing flash cards at home!

Science

This week, we will begin a Science unit on Light and Sound. Our first few lessons will focus on making observations and learning how science experiments are done.

Social Studies

This week we will begin a Social Studies unit on Responsible Citizenship. This week we will learn about

rules and laws in our home, school, and community.

Week of September 13, 2021

Dear Parents,

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.  We have a lot of fun things planned so keep checking our classroom blog for updates and pictures of what is going on in Room 3!

Here are a few reminders for this week:

- Back to School Night is tonight at 6:30pm. Please review the presentation and have your questions ready. Please use the Zoom link to access the meeting. A packet with some more info will be sent home today in your child's Home Folder today.

- The 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 as well. For example, each day after school your child can eat a snack, empty their home folder, complete their homework and practice their sight words and spelling words for the week. Simple chores like packing their school bags, helping pack lunches/snack and making their beds will help your child to become responsible, organized and independent!

- Please be sure to check your child's "Home Folder" with them every night. You can empty out any papers that were completed in school. If anything needs to be signed or turned in, please place it in the H Folder to come back to school.  Please make sure that the homework and reading copybooks,  and Sight Word bags stay in the folder to be returned each day.

-Please be sure to practice sight words and spelling words nightly.  The children will not be writing this in their HW copybook each day, but it is a standing assignment.

- On Friday, we will be having our One Book, One School Book Club. We will be talking about "The Wish Tree" and completing a fun activity.

- 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! 

Mrs. Thornton

Homework

Monday

Religion: practice saying the Hail Mary

Reading: Reading Notebook page 75

Math: workbook page 1 and 2

Tuesday

Religion: practice saying the Hail Mary

Reading: RN page 74

Math: wb page 3 and 4

Wednesday

Religion: practice saying the Hail Mary

Reading: RN page 78

Math: wb page 5 and 6

Thursday

Religion: practice saying the Hail Mary

Reading: RN page 83

Math: wb page 7 and 8

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God in Chapter 1. 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 Sight 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. Our first few lessons will focus on making observations and learning how science experiments are done.

Social Studies

This week we will begin a Social Studies unit on Responsible Citizenship. This week we will learn about rules and laws in our home, school, and community.