Thursday, November 7, 2013

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.