Friday, September 27, 2013

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