Thursday, October 23, 2014

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ OCTOBER 27-31, 2014

Religion:  Unit 2 Review
We will pray 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
-dictation 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:  doubles plus 1 and doubles minus 1, practice the strategies, add 10 and more, make a ten to add

Science:  Chapter 4:  Life Cycles- pumpkin life cycle, pumpkin activities

Social Studies:  Halloween rules

Other:  

From The Teacher:

**PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES:  I sent out invitations from sign up genius for you to schedule your parent teacher conferences.  If you didn’t get this email please let me know as soon as possible.  Thanks!


-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!

-Don't forget to order Market Day pies!  Online orders are due Friday!

Important Events

October 30- NO MASS-9:00 Confessions for 3rd Grade
October 31- FREE Dress Day and wear your favorite HAT to school Day / Last Day to Order Market Day online
November 4- No School- Election Day
November 5- 1:00-3:00- Market Day Pick Up
November 5-6- Parent- Teacher Conferences
November 6- 9:00 Mass
November 11- Picture Retake Day
November 13- 9:00 Mass
November 19- 1st Grade Field Trip to RiverPark
November 20- 9:00 OUR MASS!!
November 21- FREE Dress Day
November 26-28- NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Break
November 30- ADVENT Begins
December 3- 1:00-3:00- Market Day Pick Up
December 4- 9:00 Mass

December 8- 9:00 Mass-Ms. Calvin’s Class