Week of February 8, 2021 Edit 2/10 2:30

Happy Catholic Schools Week! It is going to be a busy, but fun week! Please follow the schedule that is posted here.  Thank you!

CSW Schedule

- All week long you can send in canned goods to be donated the Hibernian Hunger Project. Thanks!

Tuesday 

- Crazy 8s Day! Students can accessorize their UNIFORM with 8 crazy items such as socks, hats, sunglasses, jewelry etc.

- Christian will be representing our class in the K-4 Spelling Bee! Go Christian!

Wednesday

- wear your gym uniform to school or your SKS Blue Ribbon shirt!

- We will have a socially distanced class dance party in the gym!

- We will have a math test on skip counting and odd and even numbers.

Thursday

- Wear your pajamas or pink and red to school for our Valentine's Day party! 

* If you are getting picture retakes, please wear your school uniform and bring your envelope.

- We will also have a Virtual Career day and watch the Virtual Talent Show!

Friday

NO SCHOOL OR ASSIGNMENTS 

HAVE A RELAXING LONG WEEKEND!!!

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 211

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 72

Tuesday

Phonics: page 182

Practice Sight Words 

Math: worksheet (test review)

Wednesday

Reading: page 220

Practice Sight Words 

Our Week

Religion

We finish Chapter 10 and take the test together in school on Wednesday.  ***Postposed until next week.***

Reading

Story: "Animal Groups"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill: Long U (u_e and oo), Review long i, silent digraphs kn, wr, gn, mb

Grammar: the verb be

Sight Words: bird, both, eyes, fly, long, or, walk, sing, does, all

Spelling Words: cube, dune, cute, mute, tube, moon, food, roof, mood, bloom

Math

We will finish up skip counting my 2s, 5s and 10s and learning about odd and even numbers. We will have a test on Wednesday.

Week of February 1, 2021

Happy Birthday, Lucy!

Please Note

- Valentine's Day info: 

         - please have all valentines sent to school this Friday, February 5th, so we can be sure to have everything. No Valentines can be sent after Monday, February 8th so they can be properly quarantined.  No candy is permitted per school rules.

        -  wear your pajamas or dress down in red and pink for our party on Thursday, February 11th.

- There will be a spelling and reading test on Friday this week.

- Some special Catholic Schools Week notes for NEXT WEEK:

                    * Send in canned goods all week! 

                    * Talent Show videos and SKS Spiritwear family pictures due to Mrs. Sevag by the 5th                         (jsevag@sksschool.org)

                  Monday (2/8) - dress down (no charge) in orange for the Rainbow Prayer Service.

                  Tuesday (2/2) - Crazy 8's Day - accessorize your school uniform with 8 items (shoes, jewelry, socks, hats, sunglasses etc)!

- Reminder:   No school on Friday, 2/12 and Monday 2/15

Homework

Wednesday

Phonics: page 203 & 205

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Practice Sight Words 

Math: workbook page 72

Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 10 "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit." 

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

Phonics Skill: Long O and review Long A, soft c, g, 

Grammar: Verbs and time

Sight Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those,

Spelling Words: rose, hope, cone, home, low, slow, coat, road, race, cage

Math

We will continue practicing skip counting by 10s, 5s and 2s! We will focus on counting backwards this week and also start learning about odd and even numbers.

Week of January 25th, 2021

Happy Birthday, Sean!

Please Note

-The kids have been doing really well with completing homework and memorizing the long vowel patterns and spelling words. I know these words are harder and trickier but the kids have been finding the different patterns we have learned so far everywhere! Thanks for the extra help studying at home.  We have a nice, normal 5 day week this week!

- Tuesday night at 7:00 pm is a Virtual Home and School Meeting. Dr. Cheri Lovre will be speaking about dealing with mental health and Covid with children. The teachers had the opportunity to meet virtually with Cheri on our in-service day and she was wonderful. I hope you take the time to sign on a listen! The Zoom link was sent out via email through Option C.

- We will have a math test on 10 more/less and 1 more/less on Tuesday.  A review will be sent home for homework tonight.

- If you would like to send in rosary beads for your child, please do so.  We will start saying a decade of the rosary every week as a class.

- We will have a Religion test on Chapter 9 on Friday.  A study guide was sent home today.

- You can send in your MLK Bags of Service this week and any shampoo donations. Thank you!

- Catholic Schools Week begins at Mass on Sunday! Here are some special notes for next week:

                    * Send in canned goods all week! 

                    * Talent Show videos and SKS Spiritwear family pictures due to Mrs. Sevag                         by the 29th (jsevag@sksschool.org)

                  Monday (2/1) - dress down (no charge) in orange for the Rainbow Prayer                                 Service.

                  Tuesday (2/2) - Crazy 8's Day - accessorize your school uniform with 8 items                         (shoes, jewelry, socks, hats, sunglasses etc)!

                  Friday (2/5) - free dress down day and 12:00 dismissal

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 196

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete test review

Tuesday

Phonics: page 198

practice sight and spelling words

Math: no homework

Wednesday

Reading: page 201

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Phonics: page 200

Math: complete worksheet

Rel - study guide for test tomorrow

Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life" and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

Phonics Skill: Long O and review Long A, soft c, g, 

Grammar: Verbs and time

Sight Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those,

Spelling Words: rose, hope, cone, home, low, slow, coat, road, race, cage

Math

We will finish up with finding 10 more/less and 1 more/less than numbers and have a test on Tuesday. We will begin practicing skip counting by 10s, 5s and 2s! 

Week of January 19, 2021

 - The kids did great completing homework last week. Each week they should be getting more independent with completing it.  Thank you for guiding them to good habits!

- The MLK Bags are Service can be returned to school next week. First grade has been asked to donate shampoo as well. If you would like to donate some, you can send it in anytime this, or next, week.  Thank you!

- Our virtual Monthly Mass will be this Thursday at 9:00 am. Please join us!

- We will have a reading and spelling test this Friday on the story and words for "Seasons".

Homework

Tuesday

Phonics: page 172

Practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: page 190

Practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: study for reading and spelling test tomorrow

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life."

Reading

Story: "Seasons"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

Phonics Skill: Long I, digraphs -sh, -wh, -ph and contractions 's and n't

Grammar: Subjects and verbs

Sight Words: green, yellow, open, pull, grow, fall, new, down, goes, because

Spelling Words: ship, shop, when, why, crash, like, kite, night, pie, tie

Math

We will focus on 10 more/less and 1 more/less of a specific number. We will start trying to do this mentally without the help of a number line.

Week of January 11, 2021 *Updated 1/13 2:48

Please Note

-Thanks for a great virtual week! The kids were great, but I am happy to be back in school! We will continue to work on being self starters and gaining independence during this second half of the year! Here are the reminders for this week:

- Homework will start this week! It would be great to set a up a homework routine with your child this week. The kids should be able to open their homework copybook and find the pages in each workbook. They should also try to read the directions on the pages or worksheets independently and start their work. I know this might take a little more time in the beginning and maybe even cause some frustration, but it is a great way to build independence. Of course, if your child needs help, please help them, but know that the more they try to do by themselves the better off they will be. They should also be responsible for putting their books back in their schoolbag!

- The sight words and spelling words will also increase from 8 to 10 this week! They have been doing an excellent job with these.

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 8 on Wednesday.

- Wednesday is a Dress Down Day for the Remar family. Please send in $1.00 to dress down and continue to keep the Remar's in your prayers. 

- There is no school on Friday. A few asynchronous activities will be assigned to complete.

- There is no school on Monday, January 18th for MLK Day.

- Our class will be collecting SHAMPOO( Due January 25th if participating) for the MLK Day Bags of Service.  If you would also like to make a "bag a service," they can be picked up at school on MLK Day between 10am and 12:00pm.  The flyer was attached to the weekly Option C email.

Homework

Monday

Religion: study guide for test

Reading: page 182

Practice sight words

Math: page 69

Tuesday

Religion: study for test tomorrow

Reading: page 189

Practice sight words

Math: page 68

Wednesday

Phonics: 169

Practice sight words

Math: page 70 

PLEASE REVIEW, SIGN, AND RETURN TESTS.  THANKS!

Thursday

Phonics: 170

Math: complete worksheet

Practice sight words

Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 8 and have a test on Wednesday.

Reading

Story: "Seasons"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

Phonics Skill: Long I, digraphs -sh, -wh, -ph and contractions 's and n't

Grammar: Subjects and verbs

Sight Words: green, yellow, open, pull, grow, fall, new, down, goes, because

Spelling Words: ship, shop, when, why, crash, like, kite, night, pie, tie

Math

We will continue comparing numbers this week using <, > and =. We will review one more and one less and start practicing finding 10 more and 10 less.

Week of December 14, 2020

Please Note

- I hope you got a chance to watch the Virtual Christmas Concert. The kids did a great job!

- We will have math test on Wednesday on place value.

- Report cards will be sent home Tuesday. Please read the letter in the envelope from Mr. Tosti explaining report cards. You may keep the actual report card at home. Please sign and return the envelope.  Thank you for all of the work you have done with them this trimester.  I am proud of them for all of their hard work!

- There is no school on Friday, but there will be asynchronous assignments sent out Thursday night. They will be on Seesaw and IXL like they were last time. Mr. Burman will also send you an optional music assignment too.

- Have a great week!

Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 8 "Jesus Had Many Followers". We will learn about how Jesus traveled all over to get followers and that he taught them how to pray. We will also learn what are praying for when we pray the Lord's Prayer.

Reading

Story: "How Leopard Got His Spots"

Target Skill: Sequence of Events

Phonics Skill: Long E, digraph -ch, -tch

Grammar: Statements and Commands

Sight Words: hold, been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very, good

Spelling Words: chin, chop, much, rich, cheer, beach, three, teach

Math

We will continue have a test on place value on matching place value blocks to the number they represent, identifying digits in the tens and ones place, and finding the value of digits.

Week of December 7th, 2020

 Please Note

- There will be a spelling and reading test on Friday.

- Report cards will be given out next week.

- Please be sure that your child is reviewing sight words and is reading, especially during the days off and over break. They can lose these important skills just as fast as they learn them! This should be their "homework" along with math facts every night. Kids A-Z and IXL are both great for practice at home. Please use them!

- I am sending home a packet of "Sight Word Phrases" with each child to practice at home. This will help with sight word recognition and fluency! Work on one page at a time. Once your child can read the phrase without pausing or having to sound out words, check it off! Once they can read all the phrases on the first page with pausing/sounding out, move on to the next page.

- We will be starting homework when we return from Christmas Break.

- We will be having Virtual School on Monday, January 4th and Tuesday, January 5th when we return from Christmas break.

Have a great week!

Our Week

Religion

We will continue to talk about the Advent season and the meaning of Christmas!

Reading

Story: "At Home in the Ocean"

Target Skill: Fact and Opinion

Phonics Skill: Long A, (a_e and ay, introduce -ai) digraph th

Grammar: Proper Nouns

Sight Words: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where

Spelling Words: that, then, with, cape, name, make, say, pray

Math

We will begin our unit of Place Value. We will focus on identifying the value of digits and building numbers with place value blocks.