Week of December 12, 2022

- I hope you enjoyed the Christmas Concert last week. The kids looked and sounded wonderful. We hope it put you in the Christmas spirit! There are only 8 full days before Christmas Break, and a lot is going on, so please read all the reminders.

- Due to our field trip, we are moving our class Christmas party to Tuesday, 12/20. If you volunteered to send something in, please send it in by next Tuesday morning. Thank you!

- 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.

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

- On Tuesday afternoon, 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 the volunteers and me. Envelopes will be sent home today, so please send them back in for tomorrow. Thanks!

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

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

- The 7th grade is collecting new socks for the homeless. If you would like to donate, please send them in this week! 

- If anyone else would like to chaperone the bowling trip on Wednesday, December 21st, please email me. I am still looking for 2 volunteers. The permission form and payment info can be found here:  1st and 8th grade Bowling Trip December 2022  Please complete this by Friday of this week.

- Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 166

Math: workbook page 66

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 168

Math: complete test review

Wednesday 

Reading: RN page 167

Math: no homework

Thursday

Reading: RN page174

Math: complete 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

Magic 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 have a test on place value, 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 5, 2022

 Please Note

- I hope you all had a nice weekend! We have another busy week here with the Christmas Concert and no school on Thursday!  

- Tuesday night will be the K-4 Christmas Concert. The kids should wear their Sunday/Christmas best. Please, no jeans. Please have your child arrive at church by 6:45pm. They can go right to their pew where we have been practicing. After the performance, you can pick them up from their pew. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!  

- No school on Thursday due to the Holy Day. There is a pizza party after the 12:10 pm Mass Thursday. You can sign up HERE if you would like to attend.

- 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 have them study.

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

- Report cards will be given out next week.

- Our annual 1st and 8th Grade Buddy Bowling trip will be on December 21st.  You can find the permission slip and payment information HERE.

Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 152

Math: workbook pages 62 and 63

Tuesday 

NO HOMEWORK/Christmas Concert

Wednesday 

Reading: RN page 162; study for test Friday

Math: wb pages 64 

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will continue to talk about the Advent season and the meaning of Christmas! 

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, me, my, here, who

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 28, 2022

Please Note

- I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. This week we will start our second reading unit and start learning long vowels, we will also start a new math unit on place value and begin to practice for the Christmas Concert which will be held next week! 

- The first trimester ends this Friday. Report cards will sent home on Tuesday, 12/13.

- Wednesday will be a dress down day to help fund the tree lighting. If your child would like to dress down please send in $5.00 on Wednesday.

- The tree lighting will be on Wednesday night from 6-8 pm! All are welcome!

- Test folders will be sent home on Friday.

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 5 on Thursday.  A study guide will be sent home today.

-Next Tuesday, 12/6 at 7:00 pm will be the K-4 Christmas Concert! The students are to wear their Christmas best! 

Homework

Monday

Religion: study for test

Reading: RN page 151

Math: wb page 58

Tuesday

Religion: study for test

Reading: RN page 150

Math: wb page 59

Wednesday

Religion: study for test tomorrow

Reading: RN page 153

Math: wb 60

Thursday

Reading: RN page 159

Math: wb page 61

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish up Chapter 5 and have a test on Thursday. We will also start learning about the season of Advent.

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, here, me

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

Math

We will begin our unit on place value. We will learn about tens and ones and practice making numbers from 10-60.

Week of November 14, 2022

Congratulations to out Peacemaker, Sam!

Please Note

-We had another great week last week and will keep going strong into the holiday season. This week we will have our last reading and spelling test for our first unit and also will have a math test on fact families.

- We have our first field trip on Wednesday to see the Wizard of Oz at Carroll High School.  The kids can wear their gym uniforms to school.  We will eat lunch a little later when we return to school.  If you have not filled out the permission form or paid please do so ASAP.  You can find the link here: Field trip to Wizard of Oz at Archbishop Carroll Nov 16th 

- IXL, Starfall, and Kids A-Z logins were sent home last week.  If you have any trouble logging in please let me know.

- 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.

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 7, 2022

Please Note

-Thanks to everyone for taking the time to meet for conferences.  I appreciate your time.  The kids have already grown so much since September and it is exciting to see their skills develop and grow. We will start learning long vowel patterns after we finish this story and start our second reading unit.

- Thanks for all of the donations for the troops. We collected five boxes of supplies to send, and the kids also made cards with their buddies to send. Thanks to Mrs. Chott for the idea and for helping organize this.

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

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

- The link to the permission form and payment for our field trip next week can be found here: Field trip to Wizard of Oz at Archbishop Carroll Nov 16th 

- Your child's login information to IXL is in their homework copybook.  Kids A-Z  and Starfall will be added this week. The kids will use them in school so they will know how to use them at home.  If you have any trouble please let me know!

-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!  

Thank you, Home and School, for the phun pretzels!

Week of October 24, 2022

First Grade Loves Having Mystery Readers

Here is the Mystery Reader Sign Up if you need it.

Please Note

-This week we will have our Saints Celebration! Be sure to read the reminders about the special day below.

- This is the last week to send in donations for our troops.  Please do so by Friday.  Thanks so much!

- We will be going on our first field trip to see "The Wizard of Oz" at Carroll High School on Wednesday, November 16th.  Be on the look out for the permission form and payment link. We will not need chaperones for this trip, but don't worry, we have a bowling trip in December with our 8th grade buddies where we will need volunteers.

- For the first three stories we kept the sight and spelling words to six each so that they kids could get used to studying them and to prepare for the test. Please note that we will now have ten sight words and eight spelling words per story. 

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

- Friday will be a Phillies Dress Down Day. The kids can wear their Phillies gear under their saint costumes.

- Just a reminder to mark your calendar: No school on Tuesday, 11/1 and Friday, 11/4. 

- Conferences will be held Thursday, 11/3 (afternoon/evening) and Friday 11/4. Thanks for signing up!

Saint Presentation reminders:

- The presentation will be at 9:00am on Friday and will last about 40 minutes.  We ask that all family members sit on the side pews (left and right of the altar).

- The kids are to come to school dressed in their costumes over their gym uniforms or Phillies gear. 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.

-Have a great week and GO PHILS!

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 120

Math: wb page 38

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 122

Math: wb page 36

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 119

Math: wb page 37

Thursday

Reading: RN page 128

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 4 this week and practice for our Saints Celebration!

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 17, 2022

We enjoyed learning about the Scientific Method and some of us were shocked when our hypotheses that a marble would float, and a pumpkin would sink were proven invalid!

Please Note

- The saint reports were so well done.  Thank you for all of your work helping them.  The kids are enjoying learning about many different saints.  We will be getting ready for our Saints Celebration over the next two weeks.  Look for more reminders to follow.  

- The 7th grade will be selling popsicles for $1.00 at recess on Tuesday and Thursday to raise money for Cases for Smiles. Raffle tickets will also be sold for a chance to win variety of different prize baskets.

- If you would like to donate to our service project for the troops this month please send in snacks, gum and candy (please no chocolate) All donations are due by Friday, October 28th.  Thanks so much for your help with this!

- Be on the lookout for conference sign ups tomorrow through Sign Up Genius. They will be held Thursday, 11/3 (afternoon/evening) and the morning of Friday 11/4.  If you can not make any of the times available, please let me know and we can schedule a time throughout the week that works better for you. Also, if you do not feel the need to meet at this time, that is okay, but please let me know that you are choosing to opt out at this time so I know.  Thank you!

- We will have a Chapter 3 Religion test on Wednesday.

- There is a Virtual Home and School Meeting on Thursday night at 7:00 pm.  Minding Your Mind will be presenting about anxiety in children. The zoom link will be sent out.

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

- Friday is the JDRF Walk with the Principal to raise awareness for Juvenile Diabetes.

- Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 110

Math: wb page 31 and 32

Religion: study for test

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 116

Math: wb page 33

Religion: study for test

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 114

Math: wb page 34

Religion: study for test tomorrow

Thursday

Reading: study for test tomorrow

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 and have a test on Wednesday.

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 goes first in subtraction.

Week of October 10, 2022

Please Note

- Winter uniforms started today.  Just a reminder to please label all sweatshirts, coats, gloves, hats, etc.

- Saint reports are due  this Wednesday.

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

- 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. 

- Our monthly Mass will be on Friday at 9:00 am.  We will be doing a Living Rosary in the school yard before Mass at 8:30.  All are welcome to join us!

- If you would like to donate to our service project for the troops this month please send in any travel size toiletries or powered drinks mixes like Gatorade or hot chocolate by Friday, October 28th.  Thanks so much for your help with this!

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 105 & 107

Math: workbook page 29

Religion: saint report due tomorrow!

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 113

Math: wb page 27

Thursday

Phonics: page 119 and 120

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

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 review at home that night.

Week of October 3, 2022

Please Note

- Happy October! The kids are settling in and have been doing a great job. I cannot believe we are finished with September already. October will certainly fly by as well.

- 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 next Wednesday 10/12, 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. The Saints Presentation will be on Friday, October 28th at 9:00 am in the Church. 

- We will have a gym assembly on Thursday about Growth Mindset. Mrs. Marchese will be sending home more information about it this week.

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

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

- Looking ahead, we have off on Monday, 10/10 and winter uniforms will start Tuesday, 10/11.

I think that is all for this week! Please let me know if you have questions about anything!

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

Reading: RN page 101

Math: wb page 25

Thursday

Religion: work on saint report 

Reading: study 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 Wednesday.

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 26, 2022

Please Note

-I can't believe we are in the last week of September already.  We will continue working on our routines but the kids are really settling in and doing a great job!  We have a pretty calm week this week. 

- Test folders will be sent home on Tuesday. Please sign each test and return on Wednesday.

- We will start making our math flash cards this week. Please have your child review them along with their sight words and spelling words each night.

- We will have our first math quiz on Friday.  We will be reviewing in school this week and a review will be sent home for homework on Thursday night.

- A paper explaining the Saints Presentation was sent home today.  Please read it carefully and mark down the dates.  The report will be due on Wednesday, October 12th and the presentation will be on Friday, October 28th.  If you have any questions please let me know.

- Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 90

Math: workbook page 19

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 quiz 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 quiz on Friday.

Week of September 19, 2022

Please Note

- We will have our first school Mass on Wednesday at 9:00am. All are welcome to join us!

- We will have our first Religion test on Thursday. Normally a study guide will be sent home for your child to study, but this week we will take it together in school to get used to it. I did send one home today if you want to start practicing with your child.

- 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.

- 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.

- Sight Words will also be tested on Friday so please make sure you are reviewing them each night.

-I think that is it for this week! Please email me if you have any questions.  Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Religion: study guide

Reading: Reading Notebook page 86

Math: workbook page 9

Tuesday

Religion: study guide

Reading: RN page 84

Math: wb page 15

Wednesday

Religion: study guide

Reading: RN page 80

Math: wb page 16

Thursday

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!