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.