Week of February 26, 2018

Please Note

- Thank you so much for your donations for Thomas, who is fighting Leukemia. We
collected $340! We will continue to pray for him and his family.

- Test folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return on Thursday. Thanks!

Have a great week!

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: page 4

Spelling:  copy words one time

Practice words

Math - page 73

Wednesday

Reading: page 10

Practice words

Math: page 74

Thursday

Reading: page 13

Practice words

Math: page 72

Our Week

Religion

We will focus on discussions, readings, journaling about being the best person we can be...to
ourselves, our classmates, and our families.  We will also continue learning about Lent and the
Stations of the Cross.

Reading

Story: ""Let's Go to the Moon"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Long U and Long O

Grammar: questions

Sight Words: around, should, before, bring, carry, light, show, think, people, beautiful, wear, tools

Spelling Words: hole, stove, bone, so, go, home, rope, chose

Math

We will continue with counting by 10’s 5’s and 2’s both forwards and backwards.  We will also
introduce odd/even and review >, <, and =.

Week of February 20th, 2018

Please Note

- On Wednesday, the 8th grade is hosting their Business Day. We will be visiting in the

afternoon. The price range of the businesses is $.50-$3.00. If you would like to send

in money for your child please do so in a labeled envelope. No food or drink will be sold.

- Yearbook pictures will be taken on Friday. Please do not dress down! Thanks :)

- We will have a Religion, Reading and Spelling test on Friday this week.

- Please consider sending in a donation for one of our fellow first grader's cousin, who is

fighting Leukemia. A note with further information will be sent home today.

- Information about a Leprechaun Trap project will be sent home today! We will read a

story about how to trap a tricky leprechaun and discuss some ideas of how to create a

trap. Please send traps to school on Friday, March 16th.

Have a great week!

Homework

Tuesday

Religion:  Study Guide

Reading: page 211

Practice Words

Math: 67

Business Day tomorrow

Wednesday

Religion:  Study Guide

Reading: page 219

Practice Words

Math: 71

Thursday

Religion:  Study Guide for test tomorrow

Reading: study for reading and spelling test tomorrow

Math: worksheet

Our Week

Religion

We will finish up with Chapter 11 - "The Holy Spirit Helps the Church Grow" and have

a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "Animal Groups"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill:  Long I digraphs kn, wr, gn, mb

Grammar: the verbs be, is are, were, was

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

Spelling Words: time, bike, like, kite, mice, white, drive, stripe

** Reading and Spelling test on Friday

Math

We will continue our unit on place value and work with the number patterns 1 more/less

and 10 more/less. We will also start to add and subtract with two digit numbers.

Week of February 12th

Please Note

- We will have our reading and spelling test for The Big Race on Tuesday.

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

- On Wednesday, we will receive ashes at our 9:00 monthly Mass.  All are welcome!

- Please send Valentine cards in a labeled bag by Wednesday morning. We have a bag

which we will decorate in school to collect our cards.  Please no ‘mailboxes’ or candy

treats this year.

- On Thursday, we will have a math test on place value and expanded form.

- No school on Friday or Monday! Enjoy the long weekend!

Homework

Monday

Reading: Read The Big Race and complete worksheets

Practice sight and spelling words for test tomorrow

Math: complete worksheet

Tuesday

Math: complete worksheet

Practice sight words

Be sure Valentine cards are ready

Wednesday

Math: complete worksheet for test tomorrow

Reading:  Copy spelling words one time

Practice words

Our Week

Religion

We will finish up with Chapter 11 - "The Holy Spirit Helps the Church Grow" and have a

test next week.  We will also learn about Ash Wednesday and Lent.

Reading

Story: "Animal Groups"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill:  Long I digraphs kn, wr, gn, mb

Grammar: the verb be

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

Spelling Words: time, bike, like, kite, white, drive, stripe, mice

Math

We will continue our unit on place value and expanded form.  There will be a test

on Thursday.

Week of February 5th

Please Note

- There will be a Reading and Spelling test on Friday.

- Health Screenings will be on Friday.

- For Valentine's Day we will decorate bags in school to put valentines in. Please do not

send in any boxes. Also, please remember that no candy is to be attached to valentines.

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 206

Practice Sight Words

Math: 66

Tuesday

Reading: Worksheet

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: Worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: Worksheet

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: Worksheet

Thursday

Read The Big Race

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Our Week

Religion

We will begin Chapter 11 - The Holy Spirit Helps the Church to Grow

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

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

Grammar: Verbs and time

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

Spelling Words: came, late, make, gave, page, brave, shape, faced

Math

We will continue our unit on place value this week:  identifying tens and ones, expanded form

and finding the value of digits.

Week of January 29, 2018

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 10 on Friday. A study guide will be sent home.

- For Valentine's Day we will decorate bags in school to put valentines in. Please do not
send in any boxes. Also, please remember that no candy is to be attached to valentines.

Catholic Schools Week Schedule

Monday - "Learn"

- Spelling Bee for grades K-4 from 1:15-2:15 in the gym. We will be cheering on Alex!!!

Tuesday - "Serve"

- We have assemblies from the Radnor police and fire fighters, Jenna's Blessings Bags,
Cradles to Crayons, St. Edmond's Home and make cards for them.

Wednesday - "Lead"

- In the afternoon we will do STEM activities with our buddies!

- We will also say a decade of the rosary with our buddies in Church.

Thursday - Crazy 8s Day!

- Students can accessorize their gym uniform with 8 crazy items! Socks, hats, etc.

- We will also play Minute to Win it Games

Friday - Spirit Day!

- Students can wear blue and white to school or EAGLES gear!

- Student vs Teacher basketball game

- 12:00 pm dismissal

* All week we will be collecting cans for the Souper Bowl of Caring Collection. *

Homework

Monday

Religion: study guide

Reading: page 196

Practice Sight Words

Math: 61

Tuesday

Religion: study guide

Reading: Copy spelling words one time

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: 62

Wednesday

Religion: pages 128 and 129, study guide

Reading: page 198

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: 63

Thursday

Religion: page 130, study guide for test tomorrow

Reading: page 204

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: 64

Our Week

Religion

We will continue with Chapter 10 - "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit" 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, dge

Grammar: Verbs and time

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

Spelling Words: came, late, make, gave, page, brave, shape, faced

Math

We will continue our unit on place value this week:  identifying tens and ones, expanded form
and finding the value of digits.

Week of January 22, 2018

Please Note

- There will be a Reading and Spelling test on Friday.

- Catholic Schools Week opens with Mass on Sunday at 9:30. All are welcome!

There will be a lot going on next week so I will send home a schedule this week

so you can plan accordingly.

Monday

Reading: worksheet

Practice Words

Get tests signed.

Tuesday

Reading: page 189

Practice Words

Math: page 58

Wednesday

Reading: page 186

Practice Words

Math: page 59

Thursday

Reading: review story and study sight and spelling words for test tomorrow

Math: page 60

Our Week

Religion

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

Reading

Story: "Seasons"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

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

Grammar: Subjects and verbs

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

Spelling Words: ship, shop, which, when, whip, fish, this, trash

Math

We will start our unit on place value this week. We will learn about the tens and ones

place and practice identifying tens and ones in numbers.

Week of January 16, 2018

Please Note

- Sorry there was not a blog last week with reminders.  As a result, we had 5 students dressed down
on a mass day.  In the future, please keep in kind that the children are not permitted, as policy from
the front office, to dress down on mass days.  Thanks!

- SKS will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart with the American Heart Association. Information
about the program will be sent home today.

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

-Wednesday is a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00 on Wednesday so I can send the collection
to the office.  The children should wear their gym uniform on Wednesday as usual and can then
dress down on Thursday instead.

- There will be a Chapter 9 Religion test on Friday. A study guide will be sent home today.

- SKS Trivia night will be Saturday in the Parish Center!

Homework

Tuesday

Math - 46

Reading - 183

Religion - study guide

Practice words

Wednesday

Religion - 116 and 117, study guide for test Friday

Math - worksheet to review for test Friday

Reading - Practice words

Thursday

Religion - 118, study guide for test tomorrow

Math - worksheet to review for test tomorrow

Reading - Practice words

Our Week

Religion

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

Reading

Story: "Seasons"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

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

Grammar: Subjects and verbs

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

Spelling Words: ship, shop, which, when, whip, fish, this, trash

Math

We will finish our unit on subtraction this week. We will review subtraction on a number line
and with ten frames. We will finish working with fact families. The test will be Friday.