Sunday, January 10, 2016

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ JANUARY 11-15, 2016

Religion:  Chapter 11:  Jesus Teaches Us About Forgiveness
We will pray the Glorious Mysteries of the rosary this week.
Saint of the week:  Saint Francis De Sales

Reading:  reading informational text:  craft and structure
-skills:  procedural texts, title, topic, prefixes and suffixes, sounds of er, ir, ur ("bossy r")

Spelling:  er, ir, ur words ("bossy r"), contractions
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  bird, burn, first, fur, girl, her, hurt, shirt, sir, were, visit, done

List 2:  bigger, thirst, church, burst, shirt, germ, let’s, that’s, we’ve, they’re, visit, done

Math:  Chapter 6:  Count and Model Numbers
-skills:  model, read, and write numbers from 100-120, counting on a 120 chart, finding numbers that are the same (ex. same as 8 tens 7 ones), test on modeling and writing numbers

Science:  Chapter 10:  Learning About Energy
-light energy, heat energy, sound energy, how you get energy

Social Studies:  Maps and Map Skills
-review map directions and map vocabulary, practice reading and locating things on maps

Other:

Notes from the Teacher

--Grandparent program is Feb. 5 at 12:30 in the gym. The program is followed by Open House.  Students may go home with a grandparent after the Open House.  PARENTS MUST SEND IN A PERMISSION SLIP FOR CHILDREN TO LEAVE WITH THEIR GRANDPARENT.  If you do not have any grandparents in town, parents or friends are welcome to “fill in” and come to the program and Open House.  The permission slip was sent home today (Monday).

-Exchanging Valentine's cards is a favorite activity for elementary students. All students may bring in valentines to exchange on Friday, February 12.  Due to our policy on snacking and food allergies, children are NOT allowed to bring in valentines with ANY type of candy attached to them or valentines that are packages of candy. There is no way to monitor and ensure that all candy brought in is on the safe snack list. IF your child brings cards with candy, we will have to send them back home. Thank you for helping us keep all of our children safe.


A New Year of Events
Jan. 13- MAP TESTING
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. 19- 6:00 PTO Meeting at the K-3 Campus
Jan. 21-Rosary Prayer Service in the Gym
Jan. 28- No Mass
Jan. 29- Free Dress Day
Feb. 1-5- Catholic Schools Week
Feb. 1- I Love My School Day
Feb. 2- Teacher and Staff Appreciation Day
Feb. 3- Student Appreciation Day
Feb. 4- Parent Appreciation Day and Fun in Faith Day / 9:00 Mass
Feb. 5- Grandparents Day-12:30 in GYM
Feb. 9- Field Trip to RiverPark- “Peter Rabbit Tales”