1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ NOVEMBER 2-6, 2015

Religion:  We will be discussing holy days - guardian angels, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day this week.
We will pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary.

Reading/English:  unit 5:  reading literature:  craft and structure
skills:  identify sensory and feeling words, contrast the features of fictional and informational text, determine the narrator of a story, and key details in a text read aloud    

Spelling:  long u words
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  cube, cute, flute, huge, June, mule, rude, rule, tube, use, water, under

List 2:  dune, fuse, mute, prune, uses, called, grilled, landed, melted, rushed, water, under 

Math:  three dimensional geometry
skills:  3 dimensional shapes, combine 3 dimensional shapes, make new 3 dimensional shapes

Science:  How can you measure weather?

Social Studies:  elections, voting, importance of government and leadership

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

 -Our prayer day was a big success.  Thanks to all our volunteers for helping to make the day so enjoyable!  Be sure to check SeeSaw for pictures of our day!

-Book It for November has begun.

-The children are working hard on AR.  Please encourage your child to read the books carefully and take tests on them.  Remember, AR books can count for Book It, too!

-Guidance Program Blog:  http://kimscounselingcorner.blogspot.com

A Feast of Upcoming Events

-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

-Nov. 25-27- Thanksgiving Break- No School

-Dec. 3- 9:00- Mass

-Dec. 8- 9:00- Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass     ***THIS IS OUR MASS!!!*** / Beginning of Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy

-Dec. 11- 1:00- Christmas Program

-Dec. 15- 9:00- Play performance by OCHS Drama Department

-Dec. 16- Santa visits the K-3 Campus

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ OCTOBER 26-30, 2015

Religion:  Unit 1 Review
Saint of the week:  St. Luke
We will pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
***Our Prayer Day is Friday!***

Reading / English:  
skills:  text types and purposes:  write informative texts, commas in a series, in dates, and in longer sentences, and past, present, and future tense verbs, contractions n't, 'll   

Spelling:  long o words
-pretest- Monday
-final test- Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  bone, home, hope, hose, joke, rode, rose, stone, those, woke, there, together

List 2:  choke, froze, globe, stole, drove, can't, isn't, she'll, haven't, wasn't, there, together

Math:  Addition Strategies
skills:  doubles and doubles plus 1 (addition fluency)

Science: Investigating and measuring pumpkins activities

Social Studies:  We will discuss the basic concept of citizenship/democracy.

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

• Thank you for coming to the Parent / teacher conferences.  I enjoyed talking with all of you!
• Our Prayer day is this Friday.  Thanks to all who volunteered to help.  Volunteers should be here by 8:00.   Thank you!
• Guidance Program Blog:  http://kimscounselingcorner.blogspot.com/

Upcoming Events:

-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- THANK YOU for volunteering to help!

-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

-Nov. 21-Parents can pick up Cookie/Chocolate Orders

-Nov. 25-27- Thanksgiving Break- No School

-Dec. 3- 9:00- Mass

-Dec. 8- 9:00- Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass     ***THIS IS OUR MASS!!!***

-Dec. 11- 1:00- Christmas Program

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ OCTOBER 19-23, 2015

Religion:  Chapter 4:  We Give Praise to God
Saint of the week:  St. Faustina
We will pray the Joyful Mysteries of the rosary this week.

Reading / English:  
skills:  text types and purposes:  write informative texts, commas in a series 

Spelling:  long i words
-pretest Monday
-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:  Addition Strategies
skills:  adding doubles, adding doubles plus one, and adding doubles minus one

Science:  
We will discuss natural resources, earth changes, air, and fresh water this week.

Social Studies: 
We will talk about American symbols and the Pledge of Allegiance this week.

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:
 

• Parent / teacher conferences are this Wednesday and Thursday.  I’m looking forward to meeting with you all!

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

• This year the PTO will be having one fundraiser to replace Market Day.  The cookie dough fundraiser will run from October 19 through October 30. Look for the brochure after Fall Break!  We truly appreciate all you do to help support Owensboro Catholic K-8 PTO!

• Guidance Program Blog:  http://kimscounselingcorner.blogspot.com/ 

Upcoming Events:

-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

-Nov. 21-Parents can pick up Cookie/Chocolate Orders

-Nov. 25-27- Thanksgiving Break- No School

-Dec. 3- 9:00- Mass

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ OCTOBER 5-9, 2015

Religion:  Chapter 3:  God's Word Teachers Us
We will pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
Saint of the Week:  St. Francis of Assisi


Reading:  
skills:  long a words, main point of a selection, compare and contrast texts, identify and write plural forms of nouns

Spelling:  long a words
-pretest Monday
-final test Thursday (due to so many leaving early for fall break)

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  age, cage, cake, face, late, made, make, name, safe, take, could, old

List 2:  brace, shade, place, skate, trade, waves, grapes, classmates, page, stage, could, old

Math:  
skills:  subtraction concepts, use pictures in subtraction to compare, use models to compare and subtract, using number bonds and number lines

Science:  care for animals and animals take care of young

Social Studies:  Christopher Columbus

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

• By now you should have received an invitation from Sign Up Genius to make an appointment for a conference time.  Conferences are Oct. 21-22.  If you haven’t already done so, please log on and sign up for your conference.

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

• This year the PTO will be having one fundraiser to replace Market Day.  The cookie dough fundraiser will run from October 19 through October 30. Look for the brochure after Fall Break!  We truly appreciate all you do to help support Owensboro Catholic K-8 PTO!

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