Friday, February 21, 2014

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 24-28, 2014

Religion:  Chapter 13:  Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
We will say the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary this week.

Reading:  Mama's Birthday Present
Skills:  long a:  ai, ay, introduce possessives, draw conclusions, introduce adjectives
-story test Thursday

Spelling: ai, ay words
-pretest Monday
-practice test and dictation Wednesday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  afraid, day, gray, mail, may, play, rain, tail, train, way, about, would

List 2:  brain, chain, paint, strain, always, birthday, stray, today, everyone’s, Mama’s, about, would

Math:  Chapter 6:  Count and Model Numbers
Skills:  problem solving-show numbers in different ways, model, read, and write numbers from 100-120, chapter 6 test

Science:  landforms

Social Studies:  Olympics

Other:

-We’re finally beginning to get back into the groove of school once again! Hopefully the snow days are gone for good! 

-This is the last week for February Book It.  

-AR NEWS:  Savannah Lewis has 100 AR points!  Congratulations, Savannah!!!

-Guidance counselor news: Word of the month:  Courtesy

OCS WILL be in school on March 7. This will be a makeup snow day.

Upcoming Events

Feb. 27- 9:00 Mass
Feb. 28- Free Dress Day
Mar. 1- Used Uniform Sale – K-3 Cafeteria
Mar. 4- 6:00-7:00-OPEN HOUSE for potential and incoming students
Mar. 5- 9:00 Ash Wednesday Mass
Mar. 6- 8:30- Fire Drill followed by Lock Down Drill
Mar. 18- Last Day to Order Market Day
Mar. 19- 6:00 PTO Meeting OCMS Cafeteria
Mar. 19- Risk Watch Program with Owensboro Fire Department
Mar. 20- 9:00 Mass
Mar. 21- Free Dress Day
Mar. 22- 10:00-11:00 Market Day Pick Up at K-3 Campus