Thursday, January 15, 2015

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ JANUARY 19-23, 2015

Religion:  Chapter 11:  Jesus Teaches Us About Forgiveness
We will pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
Saint of the week:  St. John Bosco

Reading:  I'm a Caterpillar
-skills:  r-controlled er, ir, ur, contractions 's, 've, 're, draw conclusions, am, is, are, was, were (helping words)
-story test Thursday

Spelling:  er, ir, ur words
-pretest Tuesday
-dictation Wednesday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  bird, burn, first, fur, girl, her, hurt, shirt, sir, were, visit, done

List 2:  bigger, thirst, church, burst, shirt, germ, let’s, that’s, we’ve, they’re, visit, done

Math:  Chapter 5:  Addition and Subtraction Relationships
-review and test on Chapter 5
-middle of the year test

Science:  4 seasons

Social Studies:  letters to grandparents and priests

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:
-Grandparents Day is January 30.  Children may be checked out by a grandparent (or a substitute grandparent) after the program.  A paper was sent home with this information. There are still several children who have not returned the paper.  Please return it by January 22.  Thanks!

-Catholic Schools Week is next week.  This is a great week to celebrate and thank God for the blessing of our Catholic Schools!

A New Year of Events:

Jan. 19- No School- Martin Luther King Holiday
Jan. 22-  NO MASS
Jan. 26- World’s Finest Chocolate Sale PERMISSION Slips DUE
Jan. 26-31- Catholic Schools Week
Jan. 29- 9:00 Mass / WFC Bar Sale Begins (January 29- February 12)
Jan. 30- 12:30- Grandparents Day
Feb. 5- NO MASS-9:00 Sacred Heart Prayer Service / Last day to order Market Day online
Feb. 11- Market Day Pick Up – 1:00-3:00
Feb. 12- 9:00-Mass / End of World’s Finest Chocolate Sale
Feb. 13- Students may wear RED with uniform bottoms to celebrate Valentine’s Day!!
Feb. 16- No School
Feb. 18- LENT begins / 9:00 Ash Wednesday Mass
Feb. 19- Vision Screenings
Feb. 21- PTO Auction Dinner

Valentine's Day Information:

Exchanging Valentine's cards is a favorite activity for elementary students. All students may bring in valentines to exchange on Friday, February 13. Due to our policy on snacking and food allergies, children are NOT allowed to bring in valentines with ANY type of candy attached to them or valentines that are packages of candy. There is no way to monitor and ensure that all candy brought in is on the safe snack list. IF your child brings cards with candy, we will have to send them back home. Thank you for helping us keep all of our children safe.

Valentine List:
Tyler             Atticus           Macy           Reagan
Jaxson          Jacob             Nathan        Addyson
Andrew        Adelyn            Ethan           Nora
Eric              Nate              Caroline        Gracie
Cam              Carson           Katie Beth
Anna Katherine