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!