Week of April 26, 2021

 I hope you had a nice long weekend! Spring fever is definitely setting in but we will try to finish this last week in April strong and continue it into May to finish the year!  Here are the reminders for this week:

- If you haven't had a chance to read twice please feel free to sign up for one of our Guest Reader spots!

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

- Important dates for May/June:

      - No School Thursday, May 13th - Feast of the Ascension

      - Tuesday, May 18th - Virtual May Procession 

      - Tuesday, May 25th - First grade Mass at 9:00 am (Virtual for school but parents are welcome)

      - No school Thursday, 5/27th - Monday, 5/31st. School resumes Tuesday, June 1st.

      - Tuesday, June 8th - Doughnuts with Dudes at 8:30 am (weather permitting)

Have a great week!

Homework

Tuesday

Phonics: pages 249 and 250

Practice Words

Math: page 125

Please take out word cards you already know and leave in the ones you are working with, along with this week's words.  Put the words you know in a safe place at home for summer review.

Wednesday

Reading: page 65

Practice Words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: choose 5 spelling words and write them in a sentence in your R copybook

Practice Words

Math: workbook page 131

Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 17 on Baptism. Fr. Waters will also be visiting our class on Wednesday afternoon to teach a lesson!

Reading

Story: "Little Rabbit's Tale"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: Short e (ea) and compound words

Grammar: prepositions

Magic Words: door, old, want, more, try, wash, mother, use, everyone, while

Spelling Words: bedtime, backpack, sunset, playpen, bathtub, raincoat, sailboat, inside, flagpole, himself, 

Math

We will start standard measurement this week! We will focus on using our rulers to measure inches and centimeters.

Week of April 12, 2021

Please Note

We have two full weeks ahead! It will be a nice long stretch as we prepare to go into a busy May and June. Here are your reminders for this week:

- Spring uniforms start today. Please make sure to label your child's quarter zip and outerwear!

- Test folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return on Wednesday.

- We will have a math test on graphing on Friday.  A review will be sent home for homework on Thursday.

- The SKS Cub Scouts are collecting non-perishable foods all week for The Veteran's Group of Philadelphia. You may send canned foods in all week. Thanks for you help!

- Health screenings will be taking place this and next Wednesday. An email from the Health Office was sent last week! Please read it and let Mrs. Manion know if you have any questions.

Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 47

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 50 and 51

Tuesday

Phonics: pages 241 and 242

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 52 and 56

Wednesday

Phonics: pages 243 and 244

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: pick 5 spelling words and write them in a sentence in your R copybook 

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete test review

Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 16 "We Celebrate the Sacraments." We will learn about the 7 sacraments.

Reading

Story: "Tomas Rivera"

Target Skill: Sequence of Events

Phonics Skill: R controlled vowels and Long O 

Grammar: Synonyms and future tense 

Sight Words: done, paper, great, soon, laugh, talk, quick, wink, stories, were

Spelling Words: boat, talk, grown, show, bone, fork, short, torn, sport, paper

Math

We will finish up our graphing unit and have a test on Friday. 

Week of April 7, 2021

Please Note

-I hope you all had a wonderful Easter Break! The end of the year will be here in the blink of an eye! Please be sure to read the blog and Option C emails to keep up with what is going on over the next two months.

- There will be a spelling and reading test on Friday on the story and words from "Where Does Food Come From?"

- Spring uniforms start Monday, April 12th! Please make sure your child's quarter zip is labeled with their name! 

Homework

Wednesday

Reading - page 43 and 44

Math - workbook page 48

Thursday

Reading - study for tests tomorrow

Math - workbook page 49

Our Week

Religion

We will finish up Chapter 15 and take the test together in class.

Reading

Story: "Where Does Food Come From?"

Target Skill: Author's Purpose

Phonics Skill: ay and ai words and ou/ow sound & oy/oi sound

Grammar: Contractions 'll and 'd (review of proper nouns)

Magic Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, corn, favorite

Spelling Words: play, may, stay, way, day, pain, rain, grain, mail, sail

Math

We will begin our unit on graphing. We will learn about venn diagrams, tally charts, real graphs and picture graphs.