Week of September 25th, 2017

Sadie loved the extra weekend of summer weather...hope you did, too :-)

Please Note

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

- Please consider helping out with The Giving Tree Project to help with our adopted school from Houston.

- Directions for the Religion Prayer Project will be sent home today. Please read them and help your child complete it neatly on the paper provided. Please have your child put their first and last name and the date (9/29/17) on the first line of the theme paper. Thanks for you help!

- Journals will come home today to be decorated and covered by Friday.  The theme is ‘All About Me.’  Please help your child to decorate the front and back covers of the journal using photos, drawings, stickers, etc.

- We will have our first Religion test on Friday. Please use the review sheet to study.

- Our field trip is on Thursday!  Kids should wear their gym uniform (please check the weather and make sure your child wears appropriate gym clothing). They also need to pack a "brown bag" (everything disposable) lunch. Please do not send any glass bottles for drinks.

Homework

Monday

Religion: Work on prayer project

Reading: page 90

Practice Sight Words

Math: page 9

Tuesday

Religion: Pages 28 and 29, study guide

Reading: Copy spelling words one time

Practice Sight Words and Spelling Words

Math: page

Wednesday

Religion: page 30, study guide

Reading: page 92

Practice Sight Words and Spelling Words

Math: page 10

Thursday

Religion: study guide for Chapter 1 test tomorrow

Decorated and covered journal due tomorrow

Practice Sight Words and Spelling Words
Prayer due tomorrow

Our Week

Religion

Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"

We will have our test on Chapter 1 and begin Chapter 2. In this chapter we will learn all about the Blessed Trinity and prayer.

Reading

Story: "How Animals Communicate"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Short I sound and R blends

Grammar: Nouns

Sight Words: animal, how, make, of, some, why, help, for, have, you

Spelling Words: in, will, did, sit, six, big, trip, grin

Math

This week we will continue work on one more, one less, ordering numbers from least to greatest and greatest to least, and learning how to count on and count back from a specific number.  We will als work with ordinal numbers.

Week of September 18th, 2017

Please Note

- Journals will be sent home this week to be decorated.  It would be great if they could be decorated, covered and returned to school by Friday, September 29th.

- We will have our first school Mass on Wednesday at 9:00am. All are welcome!

- We will have our first reading test on the story "Jack and the Wolf" this Friday. I will read all of the questions with them for the first few tests. The reader will be sent home this week so you can read and review the story at home.  Both the sight words and spelling words are included in the test.

- T-Shirt project is due on Friday.

- Our first field trip to Highland Orchards is next Thursday, September 28th! Permission forms will be sent home. Please return them by Monday, September 25th. I need 4 chaperones who have all clearances turned in. If you would like to come please email me and I will draw names out of a hat later this week. We will be leaving school around 9 am and returning around 1 pm.

- First in Math usernames and passwords can now be found on the inside cover of the Homework copybook. This is a website that can be used at home to review math skills throughout the year and will also be given as math homework some nights. If you have any questions please let me know!

- Please email me if you have any questions!

Homework

Monday

Phonics:  72

Practice spelling words & sight words

Math: page 5

Tuesday

Read and discuss Jack and the Wolf

Reading: page 83

practice spelling words & sight words

Math: page 6

Wednesday

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: page 84

Practice spelling words & sight words

Math: page 7

Thursday

T-shirt project due tomorrow!

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: read Jack and the Wolf and study spelling words & sight words for test tomorrow

Math: 8

Our Week

Religion

Unit 1 - "Jesus Teaches Us About God's Love"

We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God. We will also learn about how God made each of us different!

Reading

Story: "Jack and the Wolf"

Target Skill: Characters

Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words

Grammar: Complete sentences

Sight Words:  play, every, be, come, and, call, hear, with, said, away

SpellingWords:  an, bad, can, had, cat, ran, man, dad

* Reading test on Friday.

Math

This week we will still focus on writing numbers and number words and filling in missing numbers. We will also being ordering numbers and talking about "one more" and "one less".

Week of September 11th, 2017

Welcome to our Classroom Blog!

We are so excited to start our first full week of first grade!

Please Note

- These first few weeks of school are very important for setting expectations and learning our classroom routines and procedures. Students thrive in environments where they feel comfortable and know what is expected of them. I urge you to also have expectations and routines at home for things like completing homework, studying and reading. For example, each day after school your child can eat a snack, take out their homework copybook and begin their homework. You can even have a set place for them to complete their work. Simple things like this will help your child to become responsible, organized and independent!

- Please be sure to check your child's "Home Folder" every night. You can empty out any papers that were completed in school.

- An "All About Me" project will be sent home this week. Please complete this with your child. it will be due next Friday, September 22nd.

- Friday will be a Dress Down Day for hurricane victims. Please send in $1.00 with your child. Please also review the dress down day policy in the school handbook.

- Please email me with any questions or concerns :)

Thanks!

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 75

Practice Sight Words (know to read)

Math: page 1

Tuesday

Reading:  Copy each spelling word one time (on same page in reading copybook)

Practice Sight Words (know to read) and Spelling Words (know to spell)

Math: page 2

Wednesday

Reading: page 77

Practice Sight Words (know to read) and Spelling Words (know to spell)

Math: page 3

Thursday

Reading: page 78

Practice Sight Words (know to read) and Spelling Words (know to spell)

Math: page 4

Our Week

Religion: Unit 1 - "Jesus Teaches Us About God's Love"

We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God. We will also learn about how God made each of us different!

Reading

Story: "Jack and the Wolf"

Target Skill: Characters

Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words

Grammar: Complete sentences

Sight Words:  play, every, be, come, and, call, hear, with, said, away

SpellingWords:  an, bad, can, had, cat, ran, man, dad

Math

This week we will focus on writing numbers and number words. We will also work on putting numbers in order and filling in missing numbers on a hundreds chart.

Week of June 5th

- Doughnuts with Dudes will be tomorrow morning at 8:30am on the playground. We will meet you out there. Please bring a blanket and feel free to grab a cup of coffee. We are very excited!

- Homework this week is to study for exams. We will finish up the review sheets today and tomorrow.

- Half days start on Wednesday for the rest of the year.

Final Exam Schedule:

Wednesday, June 7th - Math

Thursday, June 8th - Phonics

Friday, June 9th - Religion

Week of May 29th

-Study guides for the math and religion exam, along with the exam schedule we sent home last week.  The study guides that were sent home are to be worked on and are to stay home. We will complete a separate set in school this week. If you have any questions about them please let me know.

- Donuts with Dudes will be next Tuesday, June 6th at 8:30am on the playground (cafeteria if the weather doesn't cooperate.) More information will be sent home this week.

- There will be a Dress Down day on Friday. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

Week of May 22nd

Please Note

- First grade monthly Mass on Thursday at 9:00 am.

- This will be our last week of homework! Please continue to have your child review for exams, read for 15 minutes each night and play on First in Math.

-The test folders will come home for the last time on Tuesday. Please review, sign, and return.

- An exam schedule will be sent home this week along with study guides and practice sheets for homework. We will be reviewing them in school but they should also be reviewed at home.

- No school on Friday, 5/26 or Monday, 5/29. Hope you have a great Memorial Day weekend!

- Reminder that Doughnuts with Dudes will be Tuesday, June 6th at 8:30 am. Each child is asked to invite a special "dude" (dad, uncle, grandfather etc.) to join us for coffee and doughnuts that morning.  More information will sent home in the coming weeks.

- There is one Guest Reader date still available: Wednesday, June 7th at 11:00.

Homework

Monday

Math - review worksheet

Reading - review worksheet

Tuesday

Math - review worksheet

Reading - review worksheet
Please sign and return test folder.

Wednesday

Math - review worksheet

Reading - review worksheet

Our Week

Religion - We will complete Chapter 23 - “We Celebrate the Mass” as we prepare to celebrate the First Grade Mass.

Reading - We will review long and short vowels.

Math - We will finish our unit on Shapes and have an in class assessment.  We will also begin reviewing for our cumulative math exam.

Week of May 15th

Please Note

- We will finish up our final story of the year this week and then begin to study and review for exams. Information about the exams will be sent home next week.

- The first grade Mass will be next Thursday, May 25th at 9:00 am. We hope that you all can join us!

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

-Please be sure your calendars are marked for Donuts with Dudes on Tuesday, June 6th at 8:30.

-If anyone who hasn’t had a second turn to guest read and would like to, the following dates are currently available.  Let me know if you would like to read again.  

6/7     11:00 **Half day so you can take your child home with you afterwards and avoid car line.**

Homework

Monday

Reading: Read Little Rabbit’s Tale and complete worksheet

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: pages 89 and 90

Tuesday

Spelling:  Copy words one time

Math: page 92 and 93

Wednesday

Reading:  worksheet

Spelling:  study words

Math: page 95

Thursday

Reading: study for reading and spelling test tomorrow

Math: page 100

Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 18 "We Are Followers of Jesus" this week.

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, everyone, mother

Math

We will begin our unit on shapes this week.  We will identify 2-D and 3-D shapes and their attributes (sides, vertices (corners), faces (flat surfaces) and edges.)