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.