Thursday, May 7, 2015

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ MAY 11-15, 2015

Religion:  Chapter 18:  We Celebrate Pentecost
We will pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
Saint of the week:  Our Lady of Fatima

Reading:  Dot and Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery
-skills:  vowels oo, compare and contrast, inflected endings -s, -es, -ed, -ing, how sentences begin and end
-story test Thursday

Spelling:  oo words
-pretest Monday
-dictation Wednesday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  book, moon, took, food, look, pool, zoo, noon, good, foot, instead, another

List 2:  crook, shook, woody, arrived, closing, riding, saved, shaking, surprised, taming, instead, another

Math:  Chapter 9:  Measurement
-skills:  tell time to the hour and half hour, practice time to the hour and half hour, review, chapter 9 test

Science:  Chapter 10:  Learning About Energy

Social Studies:  Our Country's Symbols

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

-Important Dates: 

 May 22- 8:30-1:00 -Picnic to Legion Park- Volunteers needed, please
May 29- 8:30-9:30 for first grade -Spring Fling 
June 4- 10:30- Prayer Service to celebrate our accomplishments and “send off” our 3rd graders with a blessing as they leave the K-3 Campus.  STUDENTS MAY LEAVE WITH A GUARDIAN AS SOON AS THE PRAYER SERVICE IS OVER.  IF YOU ARE NOT ATTENDING THE PRAYER SERVICE, YOU CAN PICK YOUR CHILD UP AT 11:00.  THERE IS NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Blooming Events


May 13- 1:00-3:00- Pick Up Market Day (free dress day for those who purchased or donated)
May 14- 9:00 Mass
May 19- No School- Election Primaries / 5:30-8:00- Father/Daughter Luau at Blessed Mother Parish Hall
May 20- 5:30-8:00- Mother/Son Luau at Blessed Mother Parish Hall
May 21- 9:00 Mass
May 22- AR Picnic – Legion Park- volunteers needed
May 25- No School- Memorial Day
May 28- Closing Mass
May 29- Spring Fling (8:30-9:30 for first gr.)  and FREE DRESS Day
June 4- Last day of school prayer service- 10:30. If you’re not attending the prayer service, you can pick up your child at 11:00.