Week of January 12, 2026

 Please Note

- The first grade is collecting small travel shampoo bottles for the MLK Day of Service on Monday, January 16th. If you would like to donate, please send them in by Friday, January 16th.

- Friday, January 16th, is a dress-down day to benefit our MLK Day of Service. Please send in $1.00 to dress-down. Thank you!

- We will have our school mass on Wednesday at 9:00.  All are welcome.  No dress downs, please.

- There is no school on Monday, January 19th, for MLK Day.

- Our Kids A-Z app is ready to go.  They have their passwords in their homework folder.  This app allows them to choose a book at their level, listen, read, and then answer follow-up comprehension questions.  The app guides them to correct any errors in comprehension as well.  They can use this app along with their pet bags as part of their nightly reading.

Login Instructions

Step 1: Go to www.kidsa-z.com

Step 2: Enter or choose the teacher's username, mthornton20

Step 3: Your child finds his or her username on the class chart

Step 4: Your child enters his or her password

Step 5:  Choose ‘READING’

Step 6:  Choose ‘LEVEL UP’

-I know there was some worry about the stomach bug today.  I think the message was meant to be that yes, the bug is going around, so please be aware that if they say they aren’t feeling well, it could be the bug.  We are not at alarming numbers, but it is easily spread, so awareness that it is a consideration when they aren’t feeling well helps you to evaluate their symptoms.  We are taking precautions such as disinfecting and extra reminders to wash well, and to keep their hands away from their faces.  We mix and mingle all day long, just as they do outside of school, so these healthy washing/cleaning habits are at least one defense that we can use to help.

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: wkst

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: wkst

Wednesday

Reading:  complete worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: wkst

Thursday

Reading: worksheet

Practice words for test and read

Math: wkst

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 8 "Jesus Had Followers".

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

HFW Words: find, how, over, under

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

Math

We will review and test expanded for, then we will start our unit on number sense: a review of ordering numbers, finding the number that comes before, after, or between, and learning how to compare numbers using the <, >, and = symbols.