Week of April 25, 2022

Please Note

- 8th Grade Business Day is tomorrow.  We will be going over first thing in the morning. If you would like to send in some money with your child, please put it in a labeled envelope. I think $10-20 should be more than enough.

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

-There will be a Religion test on Chapter 16 on Friday.  A study guide will be sent home today.

- Friday is a dress down day for Children's Autism.  Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

Important May dates:

May 14th - Father Daughter Dance

May 17th - May Procession

May 19th - 1st and 8th grade field trip to Devon Lanes (more info to follow)

May 25th - School Mass

May 27th-30th - Ascension Thursday and Memorial Day Weekend break!

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 63

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 125

Religion: study for test

Tuesday

Reading: page 64

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 126

Religion: study for test

Wednesday

Phonics: page 249 and 250

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

Religion: study for test

Thursday

Reading: page 65

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 131

Religion: study for test

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish up Chapter 16 on the sacraments this and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "Little Rabbit's Tale"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: Short e (ea) and compound words

Grammar: prepositions

Sight Words: door, old, want, more, try, wash, mother, use, everyone, such, while, treats

Spelling Words: bedtime, backpack, sunset, playpen, bathtub, raincoat, sailboat, inside, flagpole, himself

Math

We continue our unit on measurement. We will start using rulers to measure inches and centimeters.

Week of April 20, 2022

We've been loving our Science unit on Space!

Please Note 

- We will have a reading and spelling test on Tomas Rivera on Friday! Please be sure to practice and study the spelling and sight words.

- The K-4 Bash is next Friday, April 29th! Please return forms to school if attending.

- We really enjoyed having a few 3rd Graders Guest Read last week!

- Have a great week!

Homework

Wednesday

Reading: page 56 and 58

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 124

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 122

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish up learning about Holy Week and Easter!

Reading

Story: "Tomas Rivera"

Target Skill: Sequence of Events

Phonics Skill: R controlled vowels and Long O 

Grammar: Synonyms and future tense 

Sight Words: done, paper, were, great, soon, work, laugh, talk, quick, wink, stories, grown

Spelling Words: boat, talk, grown, show, bone, fork, short, torn, sport, paper

Math

We continue our unit on measurement. We will compare height and length and begin non standard measurement with cubes.

Week of April 4, 2022

Please Note

-This is our final week before Easter break.  We will start a new story this week and finish up our math unit on graphing. 

-We will have our Middle States Evaluation from Wednesday-Friday this week.

- We will have a math test on graphing on Friday.  A review will be sent home the night before.

- The 8th Grade will be presenting The Living Stations this Friday at 7:00pm in the Church.   All are welcome to join in person or virtually.

- Spring uniforms start next Monday, April 11th.  Please review the dress code in the Student Handbook.

- Just a reminder that Easter break begins Wednesday, April 13th and the kids return to school on Wednesday, April 20th,

- Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 47

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 51

Tuesday

Reading: page 46

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 52

Wednesday

Reading: page 49

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 56

Thursday

Phonics: page 241 and 242

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete test review

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will learn about Holy Week and Easter this week in preparation for Easter!

Reading

Story: "Tomas Rivera"

Target Skill: Sequence of Events

Phonics Skill: R controlled vowels and Long O 

Grammar: Synonyms and future tense 

Sight Words: done, paper, were, great, soon, work, laugh, talk, quick, wink, stories, grown

Spelling Words: boat, talk, grown, show, bone, fork, short, torn, sport, paper

Math

We will finish up our graphing unit and have a test on Friday. 

Week of March 28, 2022

Please Note

- Thank you to those who helped put our surprises together for Lucia and her family.  We were so happy to celebrate the end of her treatments and pray for continued good health!  

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

- There will be a Religion test on Thursday. A study guide will be sent home today.

- There will be reading and spelling tests this Friday.

- Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Phonics: page 159

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 119

Religion:  study for test

Tuesday

Phonics: page 160

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 48

Religion:  study for test

Wednesday

Reading: page 43

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 49

Religion:  study for test tomorrow

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow 

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 50

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish" and have test on Thursday.

Reading

Story: "Where Does Food Come From?"

Target Skill: Author's Purpose

Phonics Skill: ay and ai words and ou/ow sound & oy/oi sound

Grammar: Contractions 'll and 'd (review of proper nouns)

Magic Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, fields, corn, flowers, favorite

Spelling Words: play, may, stay, way, day, pain, rain, grain, mail, sail

Math

We will continue start our unit on graphing this week! We will learn and practice graphing on tally, picture and bar graphs.

Week of March 21, 2022

 Please Note

-We had so much fun building our traps last week. Their creativity and engineering skills blew me away. Even better, they worked together so well to help one another.  💚  Lucky the Leprechaun even stopped by while we were at lunch!

- Report cards will be sent home today. You may keep the report card at home. Please sign and return only the envelope.

- There will be a math test on time on Friday.  A review will be sent home for homework on Thursday.

- Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 32

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 114

Tuesday

Reading: page 40

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 115

Wednesday

Reading: page 33

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 116 and 117

Thursda

RN: page 156

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete test review

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish".

Reading

Story: "Where Does Food Come From?"

Target Skill: Author's Purpose

Phonics Skill: ay and ai words and ou/ow sound & oy/oi sound

Grammar: Contractions 'll and 'd (review of proper nouns)

Magic Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, fields, corn, flowers, favorite

Spelling Words: play, may, stay, way, day, pain, rain, grain, mail, sail

Math

We will continue to work with time and review hour and half hour. We will also work with time patterns and elapsed time. There will be a test on Friday.

Week of March 14, 2022

Please Note

- The kids did a great job taking their Terra Nova tests last week! We are happy to get back to the a normal schedule this week.

- We will continue with the story "The Big Trip" this week but will not have a test on it.

- There will be a Religion test on Friday on Chapter 12. A study guide will be send home today.

- Thanks for sending in the materials to make their Leprechaun traps.  We look forward to making them this week!

- Thursday is a Dress Down Day! Please send in $1.00 to dress down. All proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross for Ukraine relief. Thank you!

- Have a great week!

Monday

Reading: page 26

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 112

Religion: study for test

Tuesday

Reading: page 25

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 113

Religion: study for test

Wednesday

Reading: page 23 and 24

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

Religion: study for test

Thursday

Reading: page 28

Practice Sight Words

Math: worksheet

Religion: study for test tomorrow

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 12 "The Church Serves" and have a test on Friday. We will continue to learn about Lent and The Stations of the Cross.

Reading

Story: "The Big Trip"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, ee) and -ng, -nk words

Grammar: compound sentences

Sight Words: about, could, sure, don't, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through, by, there

Spelling Words: keep, seed, green, street, cheek, clean, read, mean, sea, heat

Math

We will start our Time unit this week. We will focus on learning the two hands of the clock and learning how to tell time to the hour and half hour. 

Week of March 7, 2022

-The second trimester closes this Friday and I can assure you that this last trimester will FLY by. In this final trimester, we really focus on responsibility, independence and self control. We talk a lot about being "almost second graders" and what being in second grade entails. One of the best parts of teaching first grade is seeing the growth that each child makes in 9 short months. Thinking back from September until now they are completely different kids! I am sure you see it too.

-This week is Terra Nova week.  They had a great day 1.  We will be taking different parts of the test each day thru Thursday. 

- There will be no homework this week.  Getting to bed early should be easier this way. :-)

- We will be building our leprechaun traps next week so don't forget to be collecting supplies!

-Have great week! 

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

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

Reading

Story: "The Big Trip"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, ee) and -ng, -nk words

Grammar: compound sentences

Sight Words: about, could, sure, don't, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through, by, there

Spelling Words: keep, seed, green, street, cheek, clean, read, mean, sea, heat

Math

We will continue working with money by counting mixed coins up to $1.00 and finish up the unit.