CHRISTMAS SHARING

WE WILL HAVE A CHRISTMAS TOY SHOW-AND -TELL TIME FRIDAY, JANUARY 3.  YOUR CHILD MAY BRING IN ONE GIFT HE/SHE RECEIVED FOR CHRISTMAS TO SHOW TO THE CLASS.  PLEASE MAKE SURE THE GIFT IS ONE HE/SHE IS WILLING TO SHARE.  BECAUSE THE CHILDREN WILL BE VERY EXCITED, YOU MIGHT WANT TO AVOID SENDING IN FRAGILE OR "TREASURED" GIFTS!  THANK YOU!  : )

Dear Parents,

Thank you for the Visa gift card.  You were way too generous!  I have such wonderful students.  They are a special group and I enjoy spending time with them. 

Also, I’d like to thank the moms who helped with our Christmas party and all those who sent in items for it.  We had a lot of fun! 

I hope you all have a Blessed Christmas and a wonderful Holiday Season!

Sincerely,

Kim Riney

I hope you and your families have a very Merry and Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER- DECEMBER 9-13, 2013

Religion:  We will be discussing Juan Diego, Our Lady of Guatalupe, and Chistmas this week.  We'll pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary.

Reading:  Ruby in Her Own Time

Skills:  final ng, nk, plot, compound words, verbs that add s

 

-Story test Thursday

Spelling:  ng & nk words

-pretest Mon.

-practice test and dictation Wednesday

-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1: bank, blank, bring, pink, rang, rink, sang, sunk, trunk, wing, every, sure

List 2: anything, backpack, kingfish, homework, lipstick, wrong, chunk, skunk, sunrise, pancake, every, sure

Math:  chapter 5: Addition and Subtraction Relationships

-use addition to check subtraction, missing numbers, use related facts
 

Science:  Chapter 6, Land, Water, and Air

Social Studies:  past, present, and future

Other:

-Christmas Program – Dec. 17 at 12:00. All students are asked to wear Red or Green- Christmas Colors. Parents may check students out to go home as soon as the program is over.

-We will have a class gift exchange this year.  Each child needs to bring a $5 gift to be exchanged December 18. Girls bring a girl’s gift; boys bring a boy’s gift.  The gift tag should read,  “To: girl/boy     From: your child’s name”

Please bring them to school this week!

OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL STILL BE DECEMBER 18, EVEN THOUGH WE'LL BE IN SCHOOL DECEMBER 19. 

 

As our Advent project this year your child will bring home a cut out of “helping hands”.  Please talk with your child to find ways they can be like Jesus to others by doing good deeds, helping at home, volunteering at church, saying their prayers, etc.  The children write their good deeds on one of the “helping hands” each week and return the hand to school by Friday.  I will have a picture of a stable in my classroom with an empty manger.  These hands will be used to build a soft bed for Baby Jesus.

 

 

Pope Francis has called all of us to reach out to the poor.   Teaching children to participate in acts of social justice is what we are called to do as a Catholic school. As part of our Advent Project, we will be partnering with the Glenmary Sisters to collect items that will be given to those in need.  We encourage each first grader to bring in winter wear items (hats, gloves, scarves, coats, socks).  The Glenmary Sisters will come to the school to collect the items as we will explain the importance of our call to love and care for others.   Thank you!

Calendar Count Down

Dec. 10- Last Day to Order Market Day

Dec. 12- 9:00 – Mass

Dec. 13- Free Dress Day

Dec. 13- Glenmary Sisters will pick up donated items

Dec. 14- 10:00-11:00- Market Day Pick Up at K-3 Campus

Dec. 17- Free Dress “UP” Day- Wear Christmas Colors

Dec. 17- 12:00- Christmas Program- STUDENTS MAY GO HOME WITH A PARENT WHEN THE PROGRAM IS OVER!

Dec. 18- 9:00- OCHS Emerald Curtain Players

Dec. 18- Christmas Party- 12:30

Jan. 2- First Day back

Jan. 9- 9:00 Mass

Jan. 16- Sacred Heart Prayer Service

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER - DECEMBER 2-6, 2013

Religion:  We will be discussing Advent, St. Nicholas, and the Immaculate Conception this week.  We will be saying the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary.

Reading:  An egg is an Egg 
 

Skills:  vowel sounds of my, long vowels (CV),compare & contrast, action verbs

-story test Thursday
Spelling: vowel sounds of y
-pretest Monday
-practice test and dictation Wednesday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  any, body, by, cry, fly, lucky, my, puppy, silly, try, things, always

List 2:  why, bumpy, choppy, fifty, hungry, smelly, tummy, ugly, very, pretty, things, always

Math:  chapter 5: Addition and Subtraction Relationships

-Skills:  problem solving-add or subtract, record related facts, identify related facts

Science:  Chapter 6:  Land, Water, and Air

Social Studies:  Safety

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

-AR NEWS:  Savannah Lewis has reached the 50 point AR milestone!!  Congratulations, Savannah!!
 Tanner McFadden has also reached the 50 point AR milestone!  Way to go, Tanner!!

Anna Claire Bennett also has reached the 50 point AR milestone!  Fabulous, Anna Claire!!

Veronica Higdon has reached the 100 point AR milestone!  Awesome job, Veronica!!

 -We will be collecting items for Advent for the Glenmary Sisters from now until Dec. 12.

-We will have a class gift exchange this year.  Each child needs to bring a $5 gift to be exchanged December 18. Girls bring a girl’s gift; boys bring a boy’s gift.  The gift tag should read,  “To: girl/boy     From: your child’s name”

Please bring them to school the week of Dec. 9-13.

As our Advent project this year your child will bring home a cut out of “helping hands”.  Please talk with your child to find ways they can be like Jesus to others by doing good deeds, helping at home, volunteering at church, saying their prayers, etc.  The children write their good deeds on one of the “helping hands” each week and return the hand to school by Friday.  I will have a picture of a stable in my classroom with an empty manger.  These hands will be used to build a soft bed for Baby Jesus.

Pope Francis has called all of us to reach out to the poor.   Teaching children to participate in acts of social justice is what we are called to do as a Catholic school. As part of our Advent Project, we will be partnering with the Glenmary Sisters to collect items that will be given to those in need.  We encourage each first grader to bring in winter wear items (hats, gloves, scarves, coats, socks).  The Glenmary Sisters will come to the school to collect the items as we will explain the importance of our call to love and care for others.   Thank you!

Market Day Bonus Days are here again for December. Dec. 10^th is the last day to order. This month if we can sell 500 boxes of cookie dough we will earn a 45% profit. If every family purchases one box, we would meet our goal! Thanks for your support. You can send an order to school or go to www.marketday.com.

Calendar Count Down

-Now until Dec. 13- Children bring in gifts for   Advent Collection

-Dec. 4- Risk Watch Program with Fire Dept.

-Dec. 5- Rosary in Church (no Massa)

-Dec. 10- Last Day to Order Market Day

-Dec. 13- Free Dress Day

-Dec. 14- 10:00-11:00- Market Day Pick up at K-3 Campus

-Dec. 16- Santa Clause visits the K-3 Students

-Dec. 17- Free Dress “UP” Day- Wear Christmas Colors

-Dec. 17- 12:00- Christmas Program- STUDENTS MAY GO HOME WITH PARENTS AFTER THE PROGRAM

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving, filled with family, friends, and lots of fun!  Happy Thanksgiving!  : )

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER- NOVEMBER 18-22, 2013

Religion:   We will discuss saints this week.
We will be saying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary.

Reading:  Unit 2 Test
We will be taking our Unit 2 reading test and Unit 2 vocabulary test this week.

Spelling: review of Unit 2 words
-dictation Wednesday
-test Fri.

Spelling Word Lists: We will review and test words from Unit 2. Everyone will take the same test.

Math: Chapter 4:  Subtraction Strategies

-skills: problem solving-use subtraction strategies, review

-Chapter 4 test Thursday

Science: We will discuss fall and the reason leaves change colors.

Social Studies:  Pilgrims

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

-Thank you to all who purchased pies from Market Day.  We met our goal!

 -November word of the month:   WISDOM

-There will be no newsletter next week.  I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Enjoy your time with your family!  : )

A Feast of Upcoming Events

Nov. 21- 9:00-OUR MASS!!!

Nov. 22- Free Dress Day

Nov. 27-29- NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec. 1- Advent begins

Dec. 4- Risk Watch Program with Fire Dept.

Dec. 5- Rosary in Church (no Mass)

Dec. 10- Last Day to Order Market Day

Dec. 13- Free Dress Day

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 11-15, 2013

Religion:   We will discuss the Church year.
We will be saying the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
 Reading:  Honey Bees

Skills:  long e:  e, ee, syllables VCCV, compare & contrast, nouns in sentences

-story test Thursday
Spelling: long e words

-pretest Monday

-practice test and dictation Wednesday

-final test Fri.

Spelling Word Lists:
List 1: be, feet, green, he, me, see, she, tree, we, week, some, family
List 2: beef, cheese, deep, peeping, sheep, sleeping, teeth, wheel, napkin, pretzel, some, family

Math:  Chapter 4:  Subtraction Strategies

-skills: use think addition to subtract, use 10 to subtract, break apart to subtract

Science: Ch. 5:  Food Chains

Social Studies: Veteran’s Day/American Symbols

Other:
Notes from the Teacher:

-Scholastic Book Orders are due Wed., Nov. 13.  If you want to order as a surprise for Christmas I’ll be glad to contact you when your order arrives!

-AR NEWS:  Tyranda Stuart has reached the 50 AR point milestone!!  Congratulations, Tyranda!!

-November word of the month:   WISDOM

A Feast of Upcoming Events

Nov. 12- Last day to order Market Day

Nov. 16- 10:00-11:00 Market Day Pick Up at K-3 Cafeteria

Nov. 21- OUR MASS!!!

Nov. 22- Free Dress Day

Nov. 27-28- NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec. 1- Advent begins

Dec. 4- Risk Watch Program with Fire Dept.

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 4-8, 2013

Religion:
We will be discussing saints this week.  We will be saying the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary.

Reading:  Life in the Forest
Skills:  long u, long e, inflected ending -ed, author's purpose, one and more than one
-Story test Thursday

Spelling:  long u words
-pretest Monday
-practice test and dictation Wednesday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  cube, cute, flute, huge, June, mule, rude, rule, tube, use, water, under

List 2:  dune, fuse, mute, prune, uses, called, grilled, landed, melted, rushed, water, under

Math:  Chapter 3:  Addition Strategies test Tuesday, Chapter 4:  Subtraction Strategies
Skills:  count back, hands on-think addition to subtract

Science: forests

Social Studies: elections and presidents

Other:

A Feast of Upcoming Events

Nov. 8- picture retakes

Nov. 12- Last day to order Market Day

Nov. 16- 10:00-11:00- Market Day Pick Up at K-3 Campus cafeteria

Nov. 16- 6:00 K-8 PTO Chili Supper at Immaculate Parish Hall and OCMS

Nov. 21- 9:00- OUR MASS!!!

Notes from the Teacher:

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 13!

-Please consider buying a delicious pie from Market Day during November. If we can sell 500 pies we will earn 45% for every pie sold. Thank you for your support!! Orders are due November 12 and Pick Up is November 16 from 10:30-11:30.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13.  DON'T FORGET YOU CAN ORDER ONLINE!

WHEN YOU ORDER ONLINE YOU GET A FREE BOOK COUPON WORTH $5 ON YOUR NEXT BOOK ORDER! 

IF YOU'D LIKE THIS TO BE A SURPRISE FOR CHRISTMAS FOR YOUR CHILD, PLEASE SEND ME A NOTE AND I WILL CALL YOU WHEN YOUR ORDER COMES IN!!

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Religion:
We will be talking about the saints this week.  We will be praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary.

Reading:  The Big Circle
-long o, contractions n't, 'm, 'll, sequence, days, months, and holidays
-story test Thursday

Spelling: long o words
-pretest Monday
-practice test and dictation Wednesday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  bone, home, hope, hose, joke, rode, rose, stone, those, woke, there, together

List 2:  choke, froze, globe, stole, drove, can’t, isn’t, she’ll, haven’t, wasn’t, there, together

Math: Chapter 3:  Addition Strategies
-add 3 numbers, problem solving-use addition strategies

Science:  pumpkin life cycle

Social Studies:  Halloween safety

Other:

From The Teacher:

-Please help our PTO by buying a delicious pie from Market Day during November. If we can sell 500 pies we will earn 45% for every pie sold. Thank you for your support!! On line Orders are due November 12 and Pick Up is November 16 from 10:00-11:00 at the K-3 Campus!

-Students will go outside to play as long as the temperature is above 40 degrees, so please make sure your child wears a coat to school and brings gloves and a hat if needed.

Important Events:

Oct. 31- OMHS Health Assessments

Nov. 1- 9:00 All Saints Day Mass

Nov. 8- Picture retakes

Nov. 12- Last day to order Market Day

Nov. 16- Market Day Pick Up at K-3 Cafeteria 10:00-11:00 / K-8 PTO Chili Supper at Immaculate Parish Hall and OCMS

Nov. 21- 9:00 OUR MASS!!!

Nov. 22- Free Dress Day

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 21-25, 2013

Religion:  Unit 2 Review
We will be praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary this week.

Reading:  Who Works Here?
skills- long i, digraphs wh, ch, tch, author's purpose, special titles
-story test Thursday

Spelling:  long i words
-pretest Monday
-practice test Wednesday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  bike, dime, hide, ice, kite, like, ride, smile, time, white, who, work

List 2:  drive, glide, price, shine, outside, which, check, children, switch, catch, who, work

 

Math:  Chapter 3:  Addition Strategies

-skills:  practice the strategies, add 10 and more, make a 10 to add, use make a 10 to add

Science:  Ch. 4:  Life Cycles
We will be discussing plant life cycle this week.

Social Studies: community helpers, our place in the world activities

Other:

-THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED MAKE OUR PRAYER DAY SO SPECIAL!!  I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO!!  : )

-Book It has started.  Don’t forget you can count your AR books for Book It, too. It’s almost the end of October and very few have earned their free pizza.

-We know that Halloween is a fun holiday for young children.  However, I wanted to remind you that we don’t have Halloween parties at the Owensboro Catholic K-3 Campus. Please do NOT send in any candy or treats. Thank you for helping us enforce this school policy. Have a happy and safe Halloween!

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 14-18, 2013

Religion:  Chapter 8:  We Give Thanks to God
We will be saying the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
Our Prayer Day is Friday- 8:30-11:00.  VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED, PLEASE!

Reading: The Farmer in the Hat
 

Skills:  long a, cause/effect, introduce c/s/, g/j/, proper nouns

-story test Thursday
Spelling: long a words
-pretest Monday
-practice test and dictation Wednesday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1: age, cage, cake, face, late, made, make, name, safe, take, could, old
  List 2: brace, shade, place, skate, trade, waves, grapes, classmates, page, stage, could, old

Math:  chapter 3:  Addition Strategies
-add doubles, use doubles to add, doubles plus 1, doubles minus 1

Science: Ch. 4:  Life Cycles

-butterflies

Social Studies:   Christopher Columbus

Other:

-Welcome back from Fall Break!  I hope you had a relaxing week!

-PRAYER DAY IS FRIDAY-8:30-11:00.  WE NEED VOLUNTEERS, PLEASE!  THANKS!

-Book It has started.  Don’t forget you can count your AR books for Book It!

-AR NEWS:  Veronica Higdon has reached the 50 point milestone! Congratulations, Veronica!

Important Events

Oct. 15- Officer DARE visits our classroom/ last day to order Market Day

Oct. 18- Prayer Day- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, PLEASE!!- 8:30-11:00

Oct. 18- Report Cards go home

Oct. 19- 10:00-11:00-Market Day pick-up at K-3 Campus

Oct. 23- School picture money due

Oct. 24- Luminous Mysteries in Church

Oct. 25- FREE Dress Day

Oct. 31- OMHS Health Assessments

Nov. 1- 9:00- Mass- All Saints Day

Nov. 12- Last day to order Market Day

Nov. 16- 10:00-11:00- Market Day Pick Up-K-3 cafe

-Please practice math addition-doubles facts with your child. They should know them without having to count up. This will really help them build a strong foundation in math.

PRAYER DAY

Our prayer day is October 18.  We need volunteers, please!  If you'd like to help, please let me know as soon as possible.  Thank you for sharing your time with us!  :)

SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 4, 2013 1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER

Religion:  Ch. 7:  God Made Us to Be Good and Holy
We will be saying the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
Our Prayer Day is Oct. 18.  VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, PLEASE!!

Reading: Max & Ruby:  A Big Fish for Max

-Skills Covered: digraphs sh & th, main idea, vowel sound in ball, nouns

-Story test Thursday

Spelling: sh & th words
-pretest Mon.
-practice test and dictation Wed.
-final test Fri.

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  fish, rush, shell, ship, shop, shut, then, thin, trash, with, want, good

List 2:brush, shack, fresh, bath, thank, thick, bald, salt, talk, walking, want, good

Math: Chapter 2: Subtraction Concepts, Chapter 3:  Addition Strategies
-Ch. 2 review, ch. 2 test Tuesday, add in any order, count on

Science: Chapter 4:  Life Cycles
We'll be discussing the frog life cycle this week.

Social Studies:  integrated with reading, family rules

Other:

-I enjoyed talking with all of you at the parent teacher conferences!  It’s great to share ideas about the children.

-Guidance counselor news:  The word of the month is HONOR!

-Our prayer day is October 18.  If you would like to volunteer to help, please let me know as soon as possible.  Thanks!

Upcoming Events

Oct. 2- Risk Watch with Owensboro Fire Department

Oct. 7-11- Fall Break

Oct. 15- Officer DARE visits our classroom/ last day to order Market Day

Oct. 18- Prayer Day- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, PLEASE!!

Oct. 18- Report Cards go home

Oct. 19- 10:00-11:00-Market Day pick-up at K-3 Campus

Oct. 25- FREE Dress Day

Oct. 31- OMHS Health Assessments

Nov. 1- 9:00- Mass- All Saints Day