Week of February 26, 2024

Please Note

- If you did not send in coins with your child, please do so by Wednesday. 4 quarters, 10 dimes, 20 nickels and 25 pennies in a ziplock bag labeled with their name.

- There will be a math test on Tuesday this week on addition and subtraction to 20. We will review in school and a review will be sent home for homework tonight.

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

- There will be a Reading and Spelling test on Friday.

-Leprechaun trap information will be sent home today. Google has some great examples of traps. Students are asked to bring the traps in on Friday, 3/15. Please do not send them in beforehand because we have limited space in the classroom. If you have any questions please let me know. Happy building!

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read.

Math: complete test review

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read.

Math: Xtra Math until Goodbye message

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read.

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: Practice Sight and Spelling Words for test tomorrow

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We talk continue to learn about Lent and start learning about each Station of the Cross.

Reading

Story: "Technology at Work"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: long a with soft c and g

Grammar: questions

Sight Words: try, give, far, too

Spelling Words: race, lace, face, brace, page, cage, wage, age

Math

We will begin our unit on money this week. We will learn to identify the coins and how much they are worth and practice counting. If you practice at home remember to start counting with the coins that are worth the most! 

Week of February 20, 2024

Congratulations to Evelyn, our 2nd Trimester Peacemaker!

Please Note

-I hope you all had a great holiday weekend! Can you believe we will celebrate our 100th day of school this week?! This year is just flying by.

- We will have a spelling and reading test this Friday on Unit 5, Week 2.

-There will be yearbook club photos taken on Wednesday, so no dress-downs, please.

- We will be starting our unit on money next week. Please send in a ziplock bag labeled with your child's name with 4 quarters, 10 dimes, 20 nickels, and 25 pennies by next Tuesday.  The coins will be sent home when we are finished with them. Thank you!

- Information about the first-grade tradition of building leprechaun traps will be sent home this week. Please be on the lookout for more information!

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: workbook page 80

Wednesday

Reading: worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: workbook page 81

Thursday

Practice spelling and sight words for test

Read for 15 minutes

Math: workbook pages 83 and 85

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will complete Chapter 11 and take our test together on Friday.

Reading

Story: Technology At Work

Target Skill: Identify Main Idea and Retell Key Facts and Details, Make Connections

Phonics Skill: Long O (v_e words)

Grammar: prepositions, contractions, types of sentences

Sight Words: find, how, over, under

Spelling Words: hope, rope, nope, nose, those, chose, joke, spoke

Math

We will finish up our unit working with sums and differences to 20 and fact families. We will also practice doing double-digit addition and subtraction without regrouping. There will be test early next week.

Week of February 12, 2024

First Grade spent some prayerful time with Jesus for Adoration.

Please Note

-We will start Unit 5 in reading this week. Due to the short week, Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day we will not test in reading this week. We will be starting long vowels with the spelling words, so please be sure to still study the words each night so your child is practicing the new spelling pattern.

- Dress down day on Tuesday! Please bring in $1.00 to dress down.

- Please send in valentines by tomorrow so we have them ready to go for Thursday!

- We are still collecting canned goods if you would like to donate.

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

- We will celebrate Ash Wednesday with mass at 9:00am. All are welcome to join!

- No school on Friday or Monday. Enjoy the long holiday weekend!

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 77

Tuesday 

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice Sight Words 

Math: page 78

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice Sight Words 

Math: page 79

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 11 "The Holy Spirit Helps the Church Grow."

Reading

Story: Technology at Work

Target Skill: Drawing Inferences, Main Idea and Details, Making Connections 

Phonics Skill: words with long a (v_e words)

Grammar: 4 types of sentences

Sight Words: why, many, right, start

Spelling Words: game, name, shame, frame, take, fake, shake, brake

Math

We will start practicing addition and subtraction up to 20. We will review how to use a number line and continue practicing to memorize our math facts.

Week of February 5, 2024

Please Note

We had a great time during Catholic School Week! Thank you for all of your donations! You can check out some pictures below from the week. Here are the reminders for this week:

- There will be a math test on skip counting and even and odd numbers on Thursday.

- We will have a spelling and reading test on Friday. These spelling words are tougher so please be sure to review them at home.

- Looking ahead, there is no school on Friday, February 16th and Monday, February 19th.

 - Please have all valentines sent to school by Tuesday, February 13th.  Candy (no tree nuts or peanuts) or small gifts are okay! We will have our party on Thursday, February 15th due to Ash Wednesday falling on Valentine's Day.  Class List 2023-2024

-Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: complete worksheet

Practice words and read.

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: workbook page 72

Practice words and read.

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: complete test review

Practice words and read.

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Math: XtraMath for 10 minutes

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We complete Chapter 10 "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit."

Reading

Story: Stories Have a Narrator

Target Skill: Identifying who is telling a story, Ask and Answer Questions, Use Context Clues

Phonics Skill: three letter blends

Grammar: Adjectives and using commas

Sight Words: when, because, from, their

Spelling Words: splash, split, strap, stretch, squid, squint, sprint, spring

Math

We finish up with skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s and work with even and odd numbers. We will have a test on Thursday.