Week of October 28, 2019

- Thank you all for coming to watch us at our Saints Celebration! We hope you enjoyed it. The kids and their costumes were fantastic.

- Grandparents/Special Friends Day was a great time too. Thanks you for arranging for a grandparent/special friend to be there.  There were smiles everywhere as you can see from the pictures.

-  An email regarding conferences will be sent out today. Please be sure to sign up for a time.  If possible, please try to keep the times as consolidated as possible.  With having only 15 students, there are a lot of extra times for our class!  Typically, first grade parents will only need to meet with their homeroom teachers but if you have a need, the specials teachers are also available.

-The Halloween-o-thon is on Thursday. They should wear their gym uniforms to school. We will watch the movie Inside Out in the morning with our buddies and will start a service project. A flyer and permission form to watch the movie was sent home last week. Please sign it and return by tomorrow.

- The Halloween parade to the gym will begin around 1:00 pm weather permitting. Please send your child's costume to school on Thursday in a labeled bag. If you would like to come help your child with their costume you can come between 12:30 and 12:50. Any makeup should be done at home before coming to school. Thank you!

- No school on Friday this week. Enjoy the long weekend!

- There will be no written homework or tests this week :) Please continue to review the words for Dr. Seuss but the children will not be tested on them.  Happy Halloween!

Have a great week!

Week of October 21, 2019

Please Note

-Your child adopted a pet today!  Lucky for you, all they have to do to take care of them is to read to them each night :-)  Please see their 'Pet Promise' paper for more information.

- Test Folders will be sent home Wednesday. Please sign and return all tests.

- Wednesday, October 23rd is Grandparents/Special Friends Day from 10:00-11:00. Grandparents/Special Friends can meet us in the cafeteria at 10:00 to shop at the Book Fair and to make a small craft!

- There will be a Religion test on Friday on Chapter 3. A study guide will be sent home.

- Thursday will be a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00.

- There will be a short math quiz on Thursday on sums to 10 and adding on a number line.

- The Saint Celebration is on Friday at 9:00 am in the church. Students costumes are due on Thursday in a labeled bag. They should wear their gym uniforms to school on Friday. Please be sure to sit on the sides of the church.  We are looking forward to a wonderful celebration.  Thanks!

- Next Monday is our field trip to Highland Orchards! The kids should wear their gym uniforms to school. Please send them to school with a snack to eat before we leave and a bagged lunch with a drink. Thank you!

Homework

Monday
Reading: page 120
Practice Sight Words
Math: page 23


Tuesday
Religion:  Study guide
Reading: Copy Spelling words one time
Practice Sight and Spelling Words
Math:  25


Wednesday
**Saint costume due tomorrow
Religion: 52 and 53, study guide
Reading:  122
Practice words
Math:  26

Thursday
**Saint Celebration tomorrow. Wear gym uniform to school.
Religion: 54, study guide for test tomorrow
Reading: page 130
Practice words
Math:  24

Our Week

Religion
We will finish Chapter 3 "Jesus Grew Up in a Family". We will learn about the birth of Jesus and the Holy Family. We will have a test on Thursday.


Reading
Story: "Dr. Seuss"
Target Skill: Graphic Features and Biographies
Phonics Skill: Short e sound and -s blends
Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns
Sight Words: after, draw, pictures, read, was, write, do, find, funny, no
Spelling Words: yes, let, red, ten, bed, get, step, sled


Math
We will continue our unit on addition. We will practice adding but using ten frames and number lines.  We will practice using 'tricks' when solving addition problems (doubles, doubles plus one, counting on from the larger number.)

Week of October 14th, 2019

Please Note

- Thank you for the well done Saints reports.  The Saints Celebration will be on Friday, October 25th at 9:00 am. We will read our reports this week to learn about everyone's saint. Please start getting a simple costume together for the celebration.

- The Cradles to Crayons truck will at SKS collecting gently used clothing and school supplies for kids! Please send in any donations by Wednesday.

- Dress down day on Wednesday for Cradles to Crayons. Please send in $1 to dress down.

- School pictures will be taken on Thursday.  Please return orders forms if you haven't already.  Please do not use a dress down pass on this day :)

- Friday, October 18th is "Walk With the Principal." Students are to wear their gym uniforms to school. Please note that the winter uniform for gym includes sweatpants. Students must wear sweatpants to school every gym day. They can wear shorts underneath and wear them in gym class if they want, but sweatpants must be worn for the rest of the day. Thanks for your cooperation.

- We will have a spelling and reading test on Friday.

- Wednesday, October 23rd is Grandparents/Special Friends Day from 10:00-11:00 am.  We will visit the book fair at that time.

Please let me know if you have any questions.  Have a great week!

Homework

Monday
Saint project due tomorrow
Reading: page 113
Practice spelling and sight words.  Read for 15 minutes.
Math: page 19

Tuesday
Read and discuss A Musical Day.
Reading:  page 116
Practice spelling and sight words.
Math: page 20

Wednesday
Reading: pages 104 and 108
Practice spelling and sight words.  Read for 15 minutes.
Math: page 21

Thursday
Reread A Musical Day
Practice spelling and sight words for test tomorrow
Math: page 22

Our Week

Religion
We will begin Chapter 3 "Jesus Grew Up in a Family". We will learn about the birth of Jesus and the Holy Family.

Reading
Story: "A Musical Day"
Target Skill: Sequence of events
Phonics Skill: Short o sound and -l blends
Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns
Sight Words: her, now, our, she, today, would, look, what, he, too
Spelling Words: on, pop, got, not, fox, hop, block, clock

Math
We will continue our unit on addition. We will practice adding by using ten frames and number lines.  We will make addition flashcards which the kids will keep in their 'bag' so they can practice at home and in school.

Week of October 7th, 2019

Please Note

The busy October continues! Here are your reminders:

- Test folders will be sent home on Monday. Please sign and return all tests on Tuesday.

- We will have our Chapter 2 Religion test on Friday. A study guide will be sent home on Tuesday.

- Our October Monthly Mass will be this Friday at 9:00 am. All are welcome :)

- Information about the first grade Saints Celebration will be sent home on Wednesday. The kids should pick their saint and begin working on their short written report this week as it is due Tuesday, October 15th. They may choose any saint they want! Please make sure the report and the picture are completed neatly. Don't forget to have your child practice reading their report because they will be sharing it with the class. The Saints Celebration will be on Friday, October 25th.  See below for an example of a well done report.

- Highland Orchards permission slip and payment will also be due next Tuesday, October 15th.

- Grandparents/Special Friends Day will be on Wednesday, October 23rd from 10:00 - 11:00 for our class. Grandparents or special friends are invited to join first grade in the cafeteria at 10:00am to enjoy some light refreshments, to make a small craft and shop for books.

- Winter uniforms start next Monday. School pictures will be taken on Thursday next week. Forms were sent home last week.

Please let me know if you have any questions.  Have a great week!

 

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 105

Practice new sight words

Math: page 15

Tuesday

Religion: study guide

Reading: copy spelling words one time

Practice new spelling and sight words

Math: page 16

Wednesday

Religion: study guide and work on saint project

Reading: page 107

Practice new spelling and sight words

Math: page 17

Thursday

Religion: page 42 and study guide

Reading: page 106

Practice new spelling and sight words

Math: page 18

Our Week

Religion

We will finish up Chapter 2 "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity" and have our second test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "A Musical Day"

Target Skill: Sequence of events

Phonics Skill: Short o sound and -l blends 

Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns

Sight Words: her, now, our, she, today, would, look, what, he, too

Spelling Words: on, pop, got, not, fox, hop, block, clock

Math

This week we will begin our unit on addition. We will learn that adding is putting two parts together to make a whole. We will also learn the terms "addend" and "sum".  We will practice writing addition sentences (2 + 3 = 5) and drawing pictures to illustrate addition sentences.

Week of September 30, 2019

Please Note

- Happy (almost) October! I heard the Fall Social was great! Thank you for being so kind, generous and supportive. It means a great deal to all of the faculty and staff at SKS. This will certainly be a busy a month so please be sure to read all of the reminders in the coming weeks. Here are some for this week:

- The first Home and School Meeting is Tuesday night at 7:00 in the cafeteria. Hope to see you all there!

- There is no school on Wednesday. The teachers will be at a conference.

- There will be a math test on ordinal numbers, ordering numbers and comparing numbers on Thursday.

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

- Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  Have a great week :)

We will begin discussing positive character traits this week.
First up:  "I Can Show Self-Control"

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 95

Read and discuss How Animals Communicate

Practice Sight and Spelling words

Math: Complete review worksheet for test Thursday

Tuesday

Practice Spelling and Sight words.
7:00 Home and School Meeting

Wednesday

No School

Thursday

Reading: page 99

Reading: Reread How Animals Communicate and review for test tomorrow

study spelling and sight words for test tomorrow

Our Week

Religion

Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"

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

We will have a test on Friday.

Math

This week we will review number words, 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, greater than, less than, and equal to (>,<,=) and ordinal numbers.  We will have a test on Thursday.

Week of September 23rd, 2019

Please Note

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

- We will have our first Religion test on Thursday. Please use the review sheet to study.
- As you know, our field trip to Highland Orchards has been booked for Monday, October 28th. Permission forms will be sent home in the coming weeks. We have many volunteers to chaperone our trip. If you would like to add your name to the hat, please do so by Wednesday. I will let everyone know by Wednesday afternoon so you can plan accordingly. Thanks!

Homework

Monday

Religion: page 30 and study guide

Reading: page 90

Practice Sight Words

Math: page 9

Tuesday

Religion: study guide

Reading: Copy spelling words one time

Practice Sight Words and Spelling Words

Math: page 10

Wednesday

Religion: study guide for test tomorrow

Reading: page 92

Practice Sight Words and Spelling Words

Math: page 11

Thursday

Reading: 98

Practice Sight Words and Spelling Words
Math: page 12

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 also work with greater than, less than, and equal to (>,<,=) and ordinal numbers.