Week of May 22, 2023

Please Note

Last week was quite a busy one, but I was so proud of the kids for May Procession and our First Grade Mass.  They did such a great job! Grandparents/Special Friends Day was great too.  It was so nice meeting everyone. 

- This week we will start our last story of the year. We will have a spelling and reading test on this story next Friday and it will count as the reading exam. 

- A packet with the exam schedule and study guides will be sent home next week. These study guides can STAY HOME and are for you to complete and review with your child. We will be completing a set in school and they will be sent home when they are completed.

- No school Thursday, 5/25 through Monday, 5/29

- Donuts with Dads/Dudes is planned for Tuesday, June 6th at 8:30 am in the recess yard.  Each child gets to invite their dad (or a "dude" if their dad can't make it) for coffee and donuts and some quality time! Dads, grandparents, uncles, close friends are all considered dudes :). An invitation will be sent home in your child's home folder tomorrow.

Important June dates:

June 6th - Donuts with Dads

June 7th - start of half days. Please check busing! 

June 15th - No school for kids

June 16th - Closing Mass 

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 111

practice Magic Words

Math: page 164, 165

Tuesday

Reading: page 117

practice Magic Words

Math: page 166 and 167

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 18 and take the test together in school.

Reading

Story: "Whistle for Willie"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: 'oo' sound

Grammar: pronouns

Magic Words: again, along, began, boy, father, house, nothing, together

Spelling Words: look, book, good, hook, brook, took, shook, foot, wood, hood

Math

We will start our final unit on fractions and work on learning about equal parts, halves, quarters and thirds.

Week of May 15, 2023

Please Note

- Tuesday night we will have our May Procession. With the warm weather, students are to wear their SPRING uniforms. The kids need to be in our classroom no later than 6:40 pm and can be picked up by the school's front doors after the May Procession. In the event of rain, we will meet and be dismissed from the Church. Please let me know if you have any questions.

- Thursday is the first-grade mass and Grandparents Day, we hope to see you all there. Grandparents will go to a small reception in the Parish Center after mass and are welcome to start visiting classrooms at 10:30. We know how special it is to spend time with grandparents so they are welcome to take your child with them for the rest of the afternoon if you wish. If grandparents can't make it, any special person in their life can attend.

- There will be a math test on shapes and symmetry on Friday. A review will be sent home for homework.

- We are collecting spare change for the Mother's Home for the rest of the year. If you have any you want to send in please do so. 

- We are also collecting cereal boxes, tissue boxes, paper towel and toilet paper rolls for the summer reading book reveal on June 2nd. Our book is STEM-themed and we will do a fun project that day! If you have any of those materials lying around feel free to send them in! Thank you!

- Have a wonderful week!

Important May/June dates:

May 16th - May Procession at 7:00 pm

May 18th - First Grade School Mass and Grandparents Day

May 19th - Annual Fund Party

May 25th-29th - Memorial Day Weekend break!

June 6th - Doughnuts with Dudes 8:30-9:30am

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 95

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet

Tuesday

No Homework - May Procession

Wednesday

Reading: page 99, 103

practice Magic Words

Math: workbook page 101

Thursday

Reading: page 102

Read Amazing Animals

practice words

Math: complete test review

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 18 "We Are All Followers of Jesus"

Reading

Story: "Amazing Animals"

Target Skill: Drawing Conclusions

Phonics Skill: R controlled vowels: er, ir, ur

Grammar: pronouns

Magic Words: follow, years, learning, begins, young, until, baby, eight

Spelling Words: her, fern, girl, sir, stir, third, bird, hurt, turn, fur

Math

We will finish our unit on shapes and symmetry and have a test on Friday.

Week of May 8, 2023

Please Note 

-Last week we finished our third reading unit. This week we will start our fourth reader, but will be doing things a little differently to end the year. For this last reader, we will do one story a week. Sight words and spelling words will still be given and should be studied, but they will not be "formally" tested. We will continue to take the reading tests as practice but they will not count as a grade. We decided to do this to keep the kids engaged with new stories and words each week, and still allow time for end of the year review. 

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 17 on Thursday. A study guide will be sent home today.

- Be on the look out for an email about the May Procession next week. Students are to wear their winter uniforms (unless the weather looks too hot) and will meet in our classroom by 6:40 next Tuesday night.  After the May Procession you may pick your child up by the front doors of school. 

Have a wonderful week!

Important May/June dates:

May 16th - May Procession at 7:00 pm

May 18th - First Grade School Mass and Grandparents Day

May 19th - Annual Fund Party

May 25th-29th - Memorial Day Weekend break

June 6th - Doughnuts with Dudes 8:30-9:30am

Homework
Monday
Reading: page 80
practice words
Math: complete worksheet

Religion: study for test

Tuesday

Reading: pages  88

practice words 

Math: page 90

Religion: study for test

Wednesday

Reading: page 81

practice words 
Math: workbook page 92

Religion: study for test

Thursday

Reading: Read The Garden

Math: workbook page 93

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 17 on Baptism and have a test on Thursday.

Reading

Story: "The Garden"

Target Skill: Story Structure

Phonics Skill: -ar controlled vowel, review -or

Grammar: pronouns

Magic Words: few, night, loudly, window, story, shall, world, noise

Spelling Words: far, arm, yard, art, jar, bar, barn, bark car, yarn

Math

We will continue learning about 2D shapes and start learning about 3D shapes.

Week of May 1, 2023

Please Note

-Happy May! We will continue to work hard during these last few full weeks of school. Please mark your calendars with the important dates listed below. 

- There will be a math test on measurement tomorrow. A review will be sent home for homework tonight.

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

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

Important May dates:

May 16th - May Procession at 7:00 pm

May 18th - First Grade School Mass and Grandparents Day

May 19th - Annual Fund Party

May 25th-29th - Memorial Day Weekend break!

June 6th - First Grade Donuts with Dads

Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 68

practice words and read

Math: complete test review

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 71

practice words and read

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: page 73

practice words and read

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

practice words and read

Math: page 89

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will start up Chapter 17 and learn about the sacrament of Baptism.

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 will finish up our measurement unit and have a test on Tuesday. Then we will begin our unit on Geometry and Shapes.

Week of April 24, 2023

Please Note

-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 to benefit our sister school St. Martin de Porres. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

Important May dates:

May 16th - May Procession at 7:00 pm

May 18th - First Grade School Mass and Grandparents Day

May 19th - Annual Fund Party

May 25th-29th - Memorial Day Weekend break!

June 6th - First Grade Donuts with Dads 

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 63

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 122

Religion: study for test

Tuesday

Reading: page 64

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Religion: study for test

Wednesday

Reading: page 62

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page125

Religion: study for test

Thursday

Reading: page 65

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

Religion: study for test

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 16 on the Seven Sacraments 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 17, 2023

Please Note 

-This week the kids will have Art Goes to School during their Art class and we will also be having SCAN (Spring Cultural Arts Night) on Friday night from 6-8pm. All are welcome to come see the amazing work the kids have done throughout the year.

- We will celebrate the monthly mass tomorrow at 9:00 am. Please join us!

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

- There will be a math test on graphing on Tuesday. A review will be sent home for homework tonight.

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

Homework

Monday

Reading - RN page 48

Math - complete test review

Tuesday

Reading - RN page 52 and 53

Math - 

Wednesday

Reading - RN page 56

Math - complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading - RN page 58

Math - workbook page 124

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 16 - Jesus Gave us the Sacraments.

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, grown, show, bone, fork, short, torn, sport

Math

We will finish our unit on graphing and have a test on Tuesday. We will start our next unit on measurement and focus on comparing height and length and non-standard measurement.

Week of April 12, 2023

 Please Note

-I hope you all had a great Easter and a relaxing break.  We have a short week but we will get right back into it with homework.

- Spring uniforms started today.

- Ladies Bingo Night will be tomorrow night.

- We will be going to 8th Grade Business Day on Friday. All products being sold are under $5.00. $5-$10 should be plenty if you want to send your child in with money. All the proceeds will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House. You can check out the commercials that the 8th graders made here.

Homework

Wednesday

Reading - RN page 47

Math - workbook page 50 and 51

Thursday

Reading - RN page 49

Math - workbook page 52

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, grown, show, bone, fork, short, torn, sport

Math

We will continue our unit on graphing.