Week of Feb. 9th

Happy Valentine's Day

The 1st grade combined party will be on Thursday at 2:00.  We will exchange Valentine's prior to the party so please make sure your child has 27 treats to share with the entire grade.

Pizza Lunch on Wednesday.

Thursday is Red/Pink free dress.

No School Friday for teacher in-service and No School Monday, Feb. 16th for President's Day.

We made our February door decoration, celebrated Groundhog day with shadow drawings, and received a blessing from Father Adrian last week.

We celebrated Sonny's birthday and Isaac's 1/2 birthday with yummy treats!

Key Concepts for the Week:

Religion--We will continue Chapter 15 which focuses on forgiveness.  Wednesday will go to Mass.   

Reading/Language Arts--This week will continue our regular Reading Street unit learning about digraphs -ng, -nk.   Tuesday we will review compound words and introduce our story.  Wednesday will be the decodable story homework.   

Handwriting--Monday we will introduce the spelling words.  Tuesday we will be using the handwriting book.  Wednesday we will take a practice spelling test and Thursday is the spelling test.  

Math-- We will be finishing up the last couple lessons of Chapter 9 and taking the test on Wednesday.

Social Studies--This week our focus will be Winter Olympics.  Monday we will read a Scholastic News, Tuesday we will learn about the host cities of the Olympics, and Wednesday we will be making a class book of Olympic events.

SPELLING WORDS:  blank, bank, sunk, trunk, pink, rink, sang, rang, wing, bring

Week of Jan. 19th

 Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thursday our class ONLY has earned another free dress for our outstanding hallway behavior.

Friday is Spirit Dress.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL PROJECT WILL BE COMING HOME ON TUESDAY.  YOUR CHILD WILL BRING HOME THE DIRECTIONS AND A POSTER TO COMPLETE BY JANUARY 29th.

Key Concepts for the Week:

Religion--We will continue Chapter 14 which focuses on becoming better followers of Jesus.  The children will identify ways to share the light of Christ with others and ways to be a peacemaker.  Wednesday will go to Mass.

Phonics/Language Arts--This will be our last week in Unit 2 of Reading Street.  The final phonics skills for the unit are using long /e/.  We are also going to be reading words with syllables using the VCCV pattern.  The story of the week is "Honey Bees."  The decodable story homework is sliding to Thursday this week.

Handwriting--Spelling words will be sent home on Tuesday.  Wednesday we will use the handwriting book to write key terms related to Baptism.  Thursday we will take a practice test this week.  Spelling test on Friday. 

Math--We are starting Volume Two of the math series with the skills of subtraction.  Tuesday we will practice how to make a ten to subtract.

Science--Our focus this week will primarily be "Penguins."  Students will make a fact book, learn about the life cycle, penguin adaptations, and finally participate in an experiment to learn the importance of blubber to penguins.

SPELLING WORDS:  be, feet, he, see, we, green, me, she, tree, week

Week of Jan. 12th

Religion Show 'n Tell Presentation Week!

The instructions went home in your child's folder on Thursday.  It has the 2 sentences they need to be able to say orally and the grading rubric.  If you have any questions, please let me know. 

Thursday just our class will have a free dress.  They earned the reward for being the quietest class in the hallway in December.

We made cute handprint mittens for our January door last week.

The children learned about Polar animals.  Each group make a polar animal that is going to be put in the hallway.  Pictures below give a sneak peek of some of the animals created.

Key Concepts for the Week:

Religion--Monday and Tuesday we will learn about the gifts of Baptism.  Mass on Wednesday.  Baptism presentations are Thursday.  Friday we will start Chapter 14 in the book. 

Language Arts/Phonics--The vowel sound for the week is long /u/ using our friend sneaky "E".  We will also be applying inflected endings to words.  The main story selection is "Life in the Forest."  The grammar lessons will focus on using singular and plural nouns.  The decodable reading book homework will continue on Wednesday nights.

Handwriting--New spelling words will be introduced on Monday.  Tuesday the children will complete a Build-a-Sentence activity about Martin Luther King.  Practice spelling test on Wednesday, build-a-sentence on Thursday with the focus being the word "fair", and the spelling test on Friday.

Math--We will continue Chapter 8 using addition strategies to solve equations with sums to 20.  The end of Chapter test will be on Friday.

Social Studies--This week we will be learning how to treat each other fairly and not be judge others by their outward appearance throughout unit on Martin Luther King.  Monday we will read about him in the Scholastic Newspaper, Tuesday we will create a timeline, Wednesday and Thursday we are going to be making posters,  and on Friday have a STEM project.

SPELLING WORDS:  huge, June, rule, tube, use, cube, cute, flute, rude, mule

Arctic Animal group projects for the hallway bulletin board.

Week of Jan. 5th

 Happy New Year!

Tomorrow is 1st Sunday picnic free dress.  If your child got a pass from Fr. Grant this weekend, they need to bring it Monday.

Report cards will be emailed on Friday.

Friday at 6pm is the Ordination of Deacon Adrian.  Parents and children are encouraged to attend.  I will be there and would love to see 1st graders.

Key Concepts for the Week:

Religion--We will begin Chapter 13--"The Church Welcomes New Members."  We will focus on the Sacrament of Baptism.

Language Arts/Phonics--The phonics sound skill this week is using sneaky "e" with the vowel /o/.  The grammar skill for the week is learning to read and write contractions.  Our main story selection is "The Big Circle" which is usually a favorite story of the kids as it is about dinosaurs.

Handwriting--We will have spelling words this week.  Tuesday and Thursday we will use the handwriting book to practice the pencil strokes for Upper and Lowercase /Dd/.

Math--We are going to begin Chapter 8 which focuses on addition skills up to sums of 16.  Please refer to the additional pages sent home to have your child show their work on the homework pages and for homework hints.   

Science--This week our theme is "Polar Animals."  We will begin the week learning about the various types of animals that live in the polar region.  Thursday and Friday students will work with a partner from the other 1st grade class to create a polar animal for our hallway interactive bulletin board.

SPELLING WORDS:  home, hope, bone, hose, rose, joke, woke, rode, those, stone

WORDS TO PRACTICE READING:  down, inside, now, there, together

Week of Dec. 15th

1st Grade is Snow Much Fun!

The Christmas Song bonus challenge on Thursday was to create a snowflake display!

Monday's theme is to wear something that brings you "Joy." 

Wednesday the 1st graders are being asked to wear a Santa Hat.

Friday is Red/Green Free Dress.   Christmas party at 2:00.

Our class will be having a pizza lunch in the classroom on Friday is celebration of Delilah's birthday.

Reindeer Day, Christmas sock day, and creating a mosiac of the Holy Family.

Key Concepts for the Week:

Religion--Monday and Tuesday we will complete Chapter 3 about The Holy Family.  Mass is on   Wednesday.  Thursday and Friday we will read and discuss the section in the book about the church season of Christmas.

Key Concepts for the Upcoming Week:

Religion--In addition to our daily Advent lesson, we will spend the week discussing the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.  Mass will be on Monday.

Language Arts/Grammar--The phonics skills focus on the sound of long /i/ using the i-e pattern.  We are also going to practice reading words with digraphs /ch and wh/.  The main story of the week is "Who Works Here?"  The grammar portion of the lessons is going to be teaching the children how to correctly read, capitalize, and use titles.  We are very close to finishing our first interactive reading spiral.  This week the children will be creating a high frequency word rainbow, lift and flap digraphs, identify titles for people, and long /i/ flap book.

Handwriting--The spelling words will coincide with the phonics focus and contain the i-e word pattern.  Tuesday and Thursday we will be doing Advent projects.

Math--We will finish Chapter 7 this week and take the test.  

Social Studies-Each afternoon we will continue our 12 Days of Christmas fun in 1st grade.

SPELLING WORDS:  smile, ride, like, bike, hide, ice, dime, time, kite, white

WORDS TO PRACTICE READING:  who, work, live, people, out

 

Week of Dec. 8th

Blessings for the 2nd Week of Advent

Mass on Monday for the Holy Day of Obligation.

Tuesday is the Home and School meeting.

Friday is the 1st Sunday Picnic free dress day with the pass from Fr. Grant.

Please make sure your child comes with a heavy winter coat, gloves, etc.. as recess is quite chilly.  

Last week we made cards for the homebound of the parish, enjoyed PJ Day, and celebrated a special birthday.

 Key Concepts for the Upcoming Week:

Religion--Tuesday we will begin Chapter 3--Jesus Grew Up in a Family,

Language Arts/ Grammar--We are going to begin lessons using the long vowel sounds.  The children will become familiar with "Sneaky e" which will make the vowel sound long.  We are also going to focus on the soft sound of the letters c and g.  The grammar focus will be proper nouns.  

Handwriting--We will have our spelling list on Monday, practice test on Wednesday, and a final test on Friday.  In our handwriting book we will practice the strokes for Uppercase A and the Advent page.

Math--We will continue place value, find number patterns, compare numbers, and order numbers this week.

Social Studies--The 12 Days of Christmas will continue.  Each day is kept a surprise for the children until after our afternoon special.  Last week we had Candy Cane Day and Gingerbread Day.  Hopefully, your child share a few of the details.