Week of September 25, 2023

 Please Note

- I hope you had a great weekend! 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 but there are a lot of reminders.

- We started our first unit in reading today on "How Plants and Animals Change". We will start making our flashcards for sight words this week. They will go home in your child's 'pet bag' and will come home each night. Please make sure they return to school. The sight words and spelling words for the week can also be found in your child's "R Copybook" and at the bottom of the blog.  (They will need to know how to spell the spelling words, but only to read the sight words.)

- Please review all spelling words and sight words each night to prepare for the test on Friday. There will also be a short reading quiz that we will prepare for in school.

- Please check your child's homework for neat handwriting (especially letter and number reversals) and completeness. We've been working on writing neatly and in lowercase letters in school, and it would be helpful if you could continue to reinforce this at home.  Please have them use pencil only, unless the directions call for coloring.  Thank you for your help with this.

- A paper explaining the Saints Celebration will be sent home tomorrow. Please read it carefully and mark down the dates. The report will be due on Wednesday, October 11th and the celebration will be on Friday, October 27th. If you have any questions please let me know.

- We have our first field trip planned to Saunders Woods on Thursday, October 26th! You can fill out the permission form for your child HERE. The payment info will be available tomorrow. We need 4 chaperones for our class. If you have your clearances and are interested, please email me back and I will pick from a hat next week.

-Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

study spelling and sight words

Math: workbook page 19

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

study spelling and sight words

Math: wb page 20

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

study spelling and sight words

Math: wb page 21

Thursday

Reading: complete worksheet

study for spelling and sight word test tomorrow

Math: wb page 22

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: "Five Little Tadpoles"

Target Skill: Asking questions, main idea, sequence

Phonics Skill: Short a

Grammar: nouns

Sight Words: and, go, the, see, she

Spelling Words: pat, bat, hat, had, mad, can, ran, fan

Math

This week we will continue with addition. We will review the parts of an addition sentence (addend + addend = sum) and practice making sums up to 12.  They have begun making flashcards which they will keep in their 'pet bags' for home and school practice.

Week of September 18, 2023

We had a great time with our first 8th-grade buddy activity!

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. We will take it together as practice.  I will still send a study guide home today if you want to start practicing with your child.

- The children will begin bringing home their 'Pet Bags' each night.  In this bag will be a 'pet' they can read to along with their math flashcards (soon), sight word cards, and books for practice.  Please be sure to send these back to school each day.

- We will be trying to login to all of our new apps this week at school.  Be on the lookout for login information going home later this week so you can practice at home.  They will be listed in the front of their Homework copybook.

- We are still in need of volunteers for the second half of the year for reading circle.  Please use this LINK if you are available. Thank you to everyone who has already signed up.

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

Homework

Monday

Religion: study for test

Phonics: page 72

Math:  page 9

Tuesday

Religion: study for test 

Phonics: page 73

Math: page 15

Wednesday

Phonics: page 74

Math:  page 16

Thursday

Phonics: page 75

Math:  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

We will continue with the Routine and Foundations unit and start practicing centers!

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 learn how to add by counting on from the higher number. Please start practicing flashcards at home once completed in school.  (They will be stored in their 'Pet Bags.')

Week of September 11, 2023

Welcome to our Classroom Blog! We are so excited to start our first full week of first grade, and are looking forward to a great year. Thanks to all of you who came to Back to School Night. You can find the BTSN information here.  It was great to meet everyone. 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.

Please Note

- 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 encourage 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. They can empty out any papers that were completed in school.  If anything needs to be sent to school, please place it in the folder.

- We will start off slow with homework the first few weeks so the kids can get back into the swing of it! 

- On Friday, we will be having our One Book, One School Book Club. Students are asked to wear their t-shirt that will be sent home today with their gym shorts. We will be talking about "Boxitects" and completing a fun activity with our 8th grade Buddies.

- There will be a dress-down day on Monday, 9/18. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.  ***Our class will also have gym that day due to a conflict in Mrs. Marchese's schedule, so please have the children wear sneakers with their dress-down clothes.  (They can still wear their gym uniforms on Friday.)

- The Mystery Reader sign-up genius is up! You can find it here. If you have any questions please let me know!

- Please email me with any questions or concerns :)

Thanks!

Melissa Thornton

Homework

Monday

Religion: practice saying the Hail Mary (can be found on inside cover of homework copybook)

Phonics: page 67

Tuesday

Religion: practice saying the Hail Mary

Phonics: page 68

Wednesday

Religion: practice saying the Hail Mary

Phonics: page 69

Thursday

Religion: practice saying the Hail Mary

Phonics: page 71

*Wear Summer Reading t-shirt with gym shorts on Friday*

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

We will start our new reading series with the Foundations and Routines unit. 

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.