Week of January 30, 2023

Please Note

- Happy Catholic Schools Week! We have a fun week planned with lots of activities! You can find all the information you need below. Valentine's Day information is also posted below, too!

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

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

- Dismissal is at 12:00 pm on Friday!

- Some special Catholic Schools Week notes:

                  * Send in canned goods for the Souper Bowl of Caring all week!

                  * Send in winter coats all week- more information will be emailed home about this

•   Monday (1/31) - dress down (no charge) in orange
•   Tuesday (2/1) - Crazy 8's Day - accessorize your school uniform with 8 items (shoes, jewelry, socks, hats, sunglasses etc)! K-4 Spelling Bee
•  Wednesday (2/2) - Beach Day- dress down in beach gear (no bathing suits)! 
•  Thursday (2/3) - Hero Day- dress down as your hero!
•  Friday (2/4) - Blue and White Spirit Day! Dismissal at 12:00 pm. 

-Valentine's Day info:

     - Please have all valentines sent to school no later than Monday, February 13th.  

     - No candy is permitted

Homework

- There will be no written homework this week! Please just review for the reading and spelling test and read for 10-15 minutes each night

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 10 "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit." 

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: Long O and soft c, g, dge

Grammar: Verbs and time

Magic Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those, saw, round

Spelling Words: rose, hope, cone, home, low, slow, coat, road

Math

We will continue practicing skip counting by 10s, 5s and 2s! We will focus on counting backwards this week and also start learning about odd and even numbers.

Week of January 23, 2023

Please Note

- We will have a Religion test on Chapter 9 on Friday. A study guide was sent home today.

- Catholic Schools Week begins at Mass on Sunday. Be on the look out for an email from the office with more detailed information.

- Friday will be a free Eagles dress down day. Go Birds!

-  Catholic Schools Week starts on Sunday. Here are some special notes:

                  * Send in canned goods for the Souper Bowl of Caring all week!

                  * Send in winter coats all week- more information will be emailed home about this

• Sunday (1/29) Opening Mass at 9:30
•  Monday (1/31) - dress down (no charge) in orange
•   Tuesday (2/1) - Crazy 8's Day - accessorize your school uniform with 8 items (shoes, jewelry, socks, hats, sunglasses etc)! K-4 Spelling Bee
•  Wednesday (2/2) - Beach Day- dress down in beach gear (no bathing suits)! 
•  Thursday (2/3) - Hero Day- dress down as your hero!
•  Friday (2/4) - Blue and White Spirit Day! Dismissal at 12:00 pm. 

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 196

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete test review

Religion: study 

Tuesday

Reading: page 197

practice sight and spelling words

Math: no homework

Religion: study 

Wednesday

Reading: page 204

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

Religion: study 

Thursday

Reading: page 201

Math: workbook page 74

Religion: study for test tomorrow

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life" and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: Long O and soft c, g, dge

Grammar: Verbs and time

Magic Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those, saw, round

Spelling Words: rose, hope, cone, home, low, slow, coat, road

Math

We will finish up with finding 10 more/less and 1 more/less than numbers and have a test on Tuesday. We will begin practicing skip counting by 10s, 5s, and 2s! 

Week of January 17, 2023

Please Note

-Thank you for all of your donations for the day of service.

- Our Monthly Mass will be this Wednesday at 9:00 am.  All are welcome! Please remember that Blue and White Passes should not be used on Mass days.

- We will have a reading and spelling test this Friday on the story and words for "Seasons".

-Have a great week!

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 189

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 192

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: study for reading and spelling test tomorrow

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life."

Reading

Story: "Seasons"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

Phonics Skill: Long I, digraphs -sh, -wh, -ph and contractions 's and n't

Grammar: Subjects and verbs

Magic Words: down, fall, goes, green, grow, new, open, yellow, many, pull, because, want

Spelling Words: ship, shop, when, why, crash, like, kite, night, pie, tie

Math

We will focus on 10 more/less and 1 more/less of a specific number. We will start trying to do this mentally without the help of a hundreds chart!

Week of January 9, 2023

Please Note

- We did a supply check today. Lots of kids are in need of new sharpened pencils, glue sticks, crayons etc. If you could check with your child this week and grab some new supplies in the next week or two, that would be great!

- Test folders will be sent home on Thursday. Please sign and return on Friday. Thank you!

- The first grade is collecting shampoo for the MLK Day of Service on Monday, 1/16. If you would like to donate, please send it in by Friday!

- With the cold weather, please be sure to mark all outerwear, sweatshirts, and sweatpants with your child's name.

- Spelling words will increase from 8 to 10 this week. They have been doing an excellent job with these!

- Wednesday is a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00 to dress down. Thank you!

- Thursday is picture retake day.

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 8 on Friday.

- There is no school on Monday, January 18th for MLK Day.

Homework

Monday

Religion: study for test

Reading: page 181

practice words and read

Math: page 70

Tuesday

Religion: study for test

Reading: page 182

practice words and read

Math: page complete worksheet

Wednesday

Religion: study for test

Reading:  RN page 183

practice words and read

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Religion: study for test tomorrow

Reading: page 186

practice words and read

Math: page 71

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 8 and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "Seasons"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

Phonics Skill: Long I, digraphs -sh, -wh, -ph and contractions 's and n't

Grammar: Subjects and verbs

Magic Words: down, fall, goes, green, grow, new, open, yellow, many, pull, because, want

Spelling Words: ship, shop, when, why, crash, like, kite, night, pie, tie

Math

We will continue comparing numbers this week using <, > and =. We will review one more and one less and start practicing finding 10 more and 10 less.

Week of January 3, 2023

 Please Note

- I hope you all had a great break! Thank you so much for your generous Christmas gifts. The entire faculty and staff truly appreciate your kindness and generosity. This week we will be working on getting back into our normal routine in reading, math, and homework! 

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

- Looking ahead: Picture retakes will be next Thursday, January 12th.

                            No school Monday, January 16th for MLK Day.

 - Have a great week!

We had fun making our ornaments!

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 165

Math: page 67

Practice spelling and sight words

Wednesday 

Reading: RN page 177

Math: page 68

Practice spelling and sight words

Thursday

Reading: Read How Leopard Got His Spots, and study words for tests tomorrow

Math: page 69

We loved working with our first-grade friend while making Polar Express mazes!

A Peek At Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 8 "Jesus Had Followers".

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 start our unit on number sense and review ordering numbers, find the number that comes before, after or between and start learning how to compare numbers using the <, > and = symbols.