Thursday, October 17, 2013

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!