Friday, December 11, 2015

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ DECEMBER 14-18, 2015

Religion:  We will discuss Christmas this week. 
We will pray the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary.
Saint of the Week:  Saint Stephen

Reading/English: 
skills:  review adjectives, use them to describe things, read Christmas stories and work on comprehension skills

Spelling:  Christmas words
-pretest Monday-All students will get the same list this week.
-final test is Thursday

Spelling Word List:  bell, candy, snow, Jesus, birthday, love, holly, gift, joy, angel, elf, Advent

Math: 
skills-work on building fluency with addition, subtraction with ten frames, STEM activity (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)

Science:  measurement activities

Social Studies:  Wright Brothers


Other: 

Notes from the Teacher:

  -There will be NO After School Program on the last day of school before Christmas Break. 


   -The last day of After School will be Thursday, December 17. Please make other arrangements for your child after school on December 18. Call or send a note to school informing us how your child will be getting home. Thank you!

-Thanks to all of you who are helping in any way with the Christmas Party!  I appreciate you!  J

-I hope you have a very Blessed and Merry Christmas and New Year!  Enjoy your families and time together!



Calendar Count Down


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

Dec. 16- Santa visits the K-3 Campus

Dec. 17- 9:00 Mass with Bishop Medley

Dec. 18- 12:30 Christmas Parties Begin!

Dec. 18- Pajama Day

Dec. 21-Jan. 1- Christmas Vacation

Jan. 4- First Day Back/report cards go home

Jan. 7- 9:00 Mass

Jan. 8- 1:15-Jubilee Jam

Jan. 13- Lock Down Drill

Jan. 14- NO Mass-Priests are on convocation/10:00- Bluegrass Assembly in the Gym

Jan. 18- Martin Luther King Day-NO School

Jan. 21-Rosary Prayer Service in the Gym

Jan. 28- No Mass

Jan. 29- Free Dress Day

 


Friday, December 4, 2015

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ DECEMBER 7-11, 2015

Religion:  Chapter 9:  Jesus is God's Son, Immaculate Conception, and Jubilee Year of Mercy
We will say the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary.
Saint of the Week:  Saint Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe

Reading/English:  Text Types and Purposes:  Write Fictional Narratives
skills: orally present their fictional narrative, performance task-check up on literary skills, pronouns, and adjectives

Spelling: ending -es and plural -es words
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  bus, buses, class, classes, fix, fixes, kiss, kisses, wish, wishes, friends, very

List 2:  horses, porches, stores, catches, dishes, dresses, patches, rushes, finishes, waxes, friends, very

Math:  Chapter 6:  Count and Model Numbers
skills:  understand ten and ones, use ten frames to model numbers 

Science:  satellites help scientists find fossils, geologists, and paleontologists

Social Studies:  using direction and location terms (compass rose as well as cardinal and intermediate directions)

Other:
Notes from the Teacher:
      -Our Christmas Program is Friday, December 11 at 12:30 in the GYM. The children are asked to dress up and wear Christmas Colors! PARENTS MAY TAKE CHILDREN HOME AFTER THE PROGRAM.

            -There will be NO After School Program on the last day of school before Christmas Break. The last day of After School will be Thursday, December 17. Please make other arrangements for your child after school on December 18. Call or send a note to school informing us how your child will be getting home. Thank you!

Calendar Count Down

Dec. 8- 9:00 Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass THIS IS OUR MASS!
Dec. 8-1:15 Jubilee Jam
Dec. 11- 12:30 Christmas Program
Dec. 15- 9:00 Play performance by OCHS Drama Dept.
Dec. 16- Santa visits the K-3 Campus
Dec. 17- 9:00 Mass with Bishop Medley
Dec. 18- 12:30 Christmas Parties Begin!
Dec. 18- Pajama Day
Dec. 21-Jan. 1- Christmas Vacation
Jan. 4- First Day Back/report cards go home
Jan. 7- 9:00 Mass
Jan. 8- 1:15-Jubilee Jam
Jan. 13- Lock Down Drill
Jan. 14- NO Mass-Priests are on convocation

Jan. 18- Martin Luther King Day-NO School


Preparing for Christmas at the K-3 Campus

Pope Francis has called ALL of us to reach out to the poor.  Teaching children to participate in Corporal Works of Mercy is what we are called to do as a Catholic School.  We are excited about the upcoming Jubilee Year of Mercy, which begins on December 8, 2015.  You will hear more about this later!

This year at the K-3 Campus we will once again be partnering with the Glenmary Sisters to collect items that will be given to missions.

We ask each child to bring in items from the grade level list.  We will collect these items from November 30-December 11.  We will collect and keep the items in the classroom as a visual sign of our gifts!  The Glenmary Sisters will come to the school to collect the items.  We will carry the donations to the Sisters, and I will explain the importance of our call to love and care for others.

The first grade is asked to bring WINTER WEAR:  hats, gloves, scarves, coats, and socks.
Thank you for your generosity!

Sincerely,

Kim Riney



ADVENT ACTIVITIES AT THE K-3 CAMPUS

Along with our annual drive for the Glenmary Sisters, we will do other things to draw us closer to the meaning of Christmas!  The students will begin each school day with an Advent song and meditation.  Each class will have an Advent Wreath.  The morning song will be led by a different class each day over the school PA.

Each classroom will also be doing daily activities and lessons to help the students focus on the true meaning of Advent and Christmas.  I will read the story The Sparkle Box to the students.  Throughout Advent, students can put a little note into the box when another student does a kind deed for someone.  On the last day of school, we will open the “sparkle box” and read about all the gifts/kind deeds they have gathered as gifts for JESUS.

Students do NOT exchange gifts at the K-3 Campus, but there will be a Christmas Party in our classroom on December 18 at 12:30. I will send home more information at a later date.

Your child also brought home a devotional book entitled Waiting for Jesus. This is a gift from us to your family.  We hope you take each night to say the prayers, do the activities, and truly REFLECT and LIVE out the season together as a family.

Parents are invited to attend the K-3 Christmas Program on December 11 at 12:30 in the Gym.