Week of March 31, 2025

Check out our moons!

Please Note

-We will begin our unit on money this week.  We will practice with coins in school, but ask that you do the same with real coins at home.  They will need to count quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.  We will work up to counting piles of mixed coins to $1.00.  We sort the coins and begin counting the coins that are worth the most and work down to the least.

-We will not test reading this week because Friday is a day off for the kids, but please still practice their words. 

-Here are some important upcoming dates for First Grade to put on the calendar:

• Friday, March 28 - No School: Faculty In-Service
• Tuesday, April 1 - Dress Down Day
• Wednesday, April 16 -Tuesday, April 22 - No School:  Easter Break
• Wednesday, April 23 - Spring Uniform:  Please see the handbook for details
• Friday, May 2nd - First Grade Mass at 9:00, Grandparents/Special Friends Day, NOON Dismissal
• Tuesday, May 13 - May Procession 6:30
• Friday, May 23 - Monday, May 26 - No School:  Memorial Day weekend
• Monday, June 2nd - First Grade Donuts with Dads/Special Friends

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read.

Math:  p 104

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read.

Math: p 105 and 106

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words for test

Read

Math: p 107 and 108

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 12, The Church Serves, and continue to learn about the season of Lent and the Stations of the Cross.

Reading

Story: "Past, Present and Future"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details, Using text graphics and captions

Phonics Skill: Long e (ee, ea)

Grammar: noun and verb agreement

High Fequency Words: all, people, where, draw

Spelling Words: street, greet, fleet, feed, seed, cheat, meat, seat

Math

We will begin our unit on money this week. We will learn to identify coins and their worth and practice counting coins up to $1.00. When practicing at home, remember to start counting with the coins that are worth the most and count on from there.