Saturday, November 7, 2015

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ NOVEMBER 9-13, 2015

Religion:  We will be discussing saints this week.  We will pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary.
Saint of the Week:  St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Reading/English:  Unit 5:  Reading Literature:  Craft and Structure
skills:  discuss genre:  adventure story, determine the narrator of a story, read decodable text featuring one-syllable CVC, CCVC, CVCe and CCVCe words, and read along orally, using emotion and reflecting changes in character

Spelling:  long e (e, ee) words
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists

List 1:  be, feet, green, he, me, see, she, tree, we, week, some, family

List 2:  beef, cheese, deep, peeping, sheep, sleeping, teeth, wheel, napkin, pretzel, some, family

Math:  three dimensional geometry
-skills:  take apart 3 dimensional shapes, and 2 dimensional shapes on 3 dimensional shapes

Science:  How can you measure weather?

Social Studies:  Veteran's Day
Discuss veterans.

Other:
Notes from the Teacher:
- 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.

-Thank you to the volunteers who have been helping in our classroom!  I really appreciate the help!  J


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

A Feast of Upcoming Events

-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
-Dec. 17- 9:00- Mass with Bishop Medley
-Dec. 18- 12:30- Christmas Parties Begin