1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 2, 2015

Religion:  Chapter 1:  We Belong to Jesus' Church
We will pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary this Week.
Saint of the Week:  St. Therese of Liseux

Reading:  
-skills:  digraphs sh and th, procedural text, connection between two ideas in a text, answer questions about key details in a text read aloud

Spelling:  digraph sh and th words
-pretest-Monday
-final test-Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  fish, rush, shell, ship, shop, shut, then, thin, trash, with, want, good

List 2:  brush, shack, fresh, bath, thank, thick, bald, salt, talk, walking, want, good

Math:  
skills:  subtraction concepts, take apart numbers, using a number path (number line) to find an unknown part

Science:  Chapter 3:  How Plants/ Animals Live

Social Studies:  We will discuss talents required for various jobs this week.

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

• -Our Prayer day is October 30.  Volunteers are needed from 8:00-11:00.  If you can help, please let me know.  Thank you!

• -REMINDER:   I have been sending home vocabulary words along with the one breath boxes and reading books in a baggie. The baggies contain reading logs that need to be signed and returned on Thursdays.  The vocabulary words should also be practiced daily and returned by Thursday of each week.  Thanks!

• -This year uniform sweatshirts may be purchased at the Central Office/SCRIP Office. We will not be taking orders for sweatshirts at the school level. School uniform sweatshirts are the only sweatshirts that students are allowed to wear at school during the day.

Upcoming Events

-Oct. 8- No Mass- Confessions for 3^rd graders

-Oct. 8- 9:00 Fire Safety with the Fire Department

-Oct. 12-16- FALL BREAK

-Oct. 19- Report Cards go home/ World’s Finest Cookie Fundraiser (in place of Market Day) begins

-Oct. 21-22- Parent Teacher Conferences

-Oct. 29- 9:00 Rosary Service in the Gym

-Oct. 30- Free Dress Day/CRAZY Hat Day for students

-Oct. 30- 1^st Grade Prayer Day- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, PLEASE!!  THANK YOU!

-Nov. 3- Election Day-NO SCHOOL

-Nov. 5- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 12- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 19- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 20- OHRH Health Assessments

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ SEPTEMBER 21-25, 2015

Religion:  Chapter 1:  We Belong to Jesus' Church
Saints:  Archangels- Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel
We will pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary this week.

Reading:   
-skills:  short u, reading informational text, key ideas and details in a text, main topic, connection between two ideas in a text

Spelling:  short u words
-pretest Monday
-final test Thursday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  bump, bus, cut, jump, must, nut, rug, run, sun, up, many, into

List 2:  bust, dusk, hunting, skunks, went, held, clasp, stamp, drift, milk, many, into

Math:  
-skills:  putting together numbers to 10, addition to 10 (challenge to higher two-digit numbers)

Science:  Chapter 2:  Habitats - forest, desert, rain forest, ocean

Social Studies:  We will discuss Johnny Appleseed this week.

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

-As you know I have been sending home vocabulary words along with the one breath boxes and I also have been sending home reading books in a baggie. The baggies contain reading logs that need to be signed and returned on Thursdays.  The vocabulary words should also be practiced daily and returned by Thursday.  The children are doing so well on those one breath boxes!  I can tell they’ve been practicing!  J    

-This year uniform sweatshirts may be purchased at the Central Office/SCRIP Office. We will not be taking orders for sweatshirts at the school level. School uniform sweatshirts are the only sweatshirts that students are allowed to wear at school during the day.

Upcoming Events:

-Sept. 24- 9:00 Mass/ Students who purchased a spirit shirt from the OCHS football team may wear it to school with uniform bottoms.

-Sept. 25- No School/ PTO Tailgate Party

-Oct. 1- 9:00 Mass

-Oct. 8- No Mass- Confessions for 3^rd graders

-Oct. 8- 9:00 Fire Safety with the Fire Department

-Oct. 12-16- FALL BREAK

-Oct. 19- Report Cards go home/ World’s Finest Cookie Fundraiser (in place of Market Day) begins

-Oct. 21-22- Parent Teacher Conferences

-Oct. 29- 9:00 Rosary Service in the Gym

-Oct. 30- Free Dress Day/CRAZY Hat Day for students

-Oct. 30- 1^st Grade Prayer Day- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, PLEASE!!  THANK YOU!

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ SEPTEMBER 14-18, 2015

Religion: Unit 2 Review and St. Francis of Assisi
We will pray the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary this week.

Reading:  
skills:  short e, nonfictional narratives, writing a nonfictional narrative, common and proper nouns, and possessive nouns

Spelling: short e words

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  bed, jet, leg, men, net, red, sled, step, ten, wet, saw, your

List 2:  smell, nests, spend, dress, grip, swim, twig, stack, helping, yelling, saw, your

Math:  
skills:  cumulative property, equations, equal sign, sum, and addends

Science:  chapter 2:  Habitats

Social Studies:  We will discuss the Constitution this week.

Other:
Notes from the Teacher:

Parents can view students’ grades online through the INow program. If you don’t have a login or are having difficulty logging into an existing account, please email parent.portal@owensborocatholic.org.  In your email include your full name and your child’s full name and grade level. You should receive an email back with instructions and a log in and username.

Upcoming Events:

-Sept. 17- 9:00 Mass

-Sept. 18- School Picture Day- free dress

-Sept. 24- 9:00 Mass/ Students who purchased a spirit shirt from the OCHS football team may wear it to school with uniform bottoms.

-Sept. 25- No School/ PTO Tailgate Party

-Oct. 1- 9:00 Mass

-Oct. 8- No Mass- Confessions for 3^rd graders

-Oct. 8- 9:00 Fire Safety with the Fire Department

-Oct. 12-16- FALL BREAK

-Oct. 19- Report Cards go home/ World’s Finest Cookie Fundraiser (in place of Market Day) begins

-Oct. 21-22- Parent Teacher Conferences

-Oct. 29- 9:00 Rosary Service in the Gym

-Oct. 30- Free Dress Day

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ SEPTEMBER 7-11, 2015

Religion:  Chapter 6:  Baptism is a wonderful gift
We will pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
**STUDENTS MAY BRING IN A BABY DOLL FRIDAY TO REENACT THEIR BAPTISM.**

Reading:  
skills:  inflected endings (-s), text types and purposes:  writing nonfictional narratives, sequencing with time order words, review of common and proper nouns

Spelling:  inflected endings -s
pretest Tuesday
final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1: fit, fits, hit, hits, nap, naps, sit, sits, win, wins, her, too

List 2:  kicks, licks, quits, gabs, traps, backing, sticking, fixing, waxing, quacking, her, too

Math:
-skills:  counting back, using a number line to show the students how to count backward, counting ten more, ten less, one more, one less

Science:  plants and animals help each other, how plants are used, how animals help people

Social Studies:  problem solving techniques to settle conflicts

Other:
Notes from the Teacher:

-I am amazed at how the children have embraced AR!  They are reading all the time! 

I’m very proud of them!

-Our first PTO meeting of the year is Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 6:00 in the K-3 Cafeteria.

-We took our first MAP test (reading) last Wednesday.  This week we will take the math part.  We’ll discuss the results at parent-teacher conferences.

-The children are really getting into the groove of school.  It’s hard to believe it’s already September!

-We will reenact our Baptism Friday at school.  Your child may bring in a baby doll for this.  Please make sure the doll is small enough to fit in their backpacks.  

Upcoming Events:

-Sept. 7- Labor Day-No School

-Sept. 8- 6:00-PTO Meeting at K-3 Campus

-Sept. 10- 9:00 Mass

-Sept. 11- 9:00 Bus Safety

-Sept. 17- 9:00 Mass

-Sept. 18- School Picture Day- free dress

-Sept. 24- 9:00 Mass/ Students who purchased a spirit shirt from the OCHS football team may wear it to school with uniform bottoms.

-Sept. 25- No School/ PTO Tailgate Party

-Oct. 1- 9:00 Mass

-Oct. 8- No Mass- Confessions for 3^rd graders

-Oct. 8- 9:00 Fire Safety with the Fire Department

-Oct. 12-16- FALL BREAK

-Oct. 19- Report Cards go home/ World’s Finest Cookie Fundraiser (in place of Market Day) begins

-Oct. 21-22- Parent Teacher Conferences