Friday, October 30, 2015

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