Thursday, May 12, 2016

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ MAY 16-20, 2016

Religion:  We will discuss Mary this week. 
We will pray the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
Saint of the Week:  St. Joan of Arc

Reading/English:  
-reading informational text:  integration of knowledge and ideas - inflectional endings, reading in phrases, main idea, identify an author's opinions and the reasons given to support those opinions, compare and contrast two texts on the same topic, determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases

Spelling:  aw, au words
-pretest Monday
-final test THURSDAY this week (because of the AR picnic)

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1: 

saw, draw, crawl, straw, law, jaw, paw, lawn, yawn, hawk, through, science

List 2: 


awesome, early, breakfast, instead, leather, sprawl, wealth, applaud, weather, saucer, through, science


Math:  Review of standards
skills:  review weak skills from the skills test and prepare for 2nd grade

Science/Social Studies:  
-medical instruments not available in the past

Other:
Notes from the Teacher:
               
Last Day Prayer Service- May 27- 10:00
We will have a Prayer Service to celebrate the year and to send our 3rd grade students off as they leave the K-3 Campus. School is dismissed after the Service at 11:00.  If you are not attending, please pick your child up at school at 11:00. Please let me know how your child is getting home, especially if they are riding with someone else. We will not be using buses on the last day of school.  Thank you! 

Important Events:
May 17- Primary Election Day- NO SCHOOL

May 19- 9:00 Closing School Mass
May 20- 8:30-1:00 AR Picnic to Legion Park
May 23- 9:00-11:00 - Drive In Movie Day-Bring a blanket or towel to school
May 25- Spring Fling- Inflatables in the GYM – 1st grade 8:30-9:30
May 26- 9:00 Living Rosary / Jubilee Jam immediately following
May 27- Free Dress Day/ 10:00 Closing Prayer
Service ~ DISMISSAL IS AT11:00 THIS DAY!                
**NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM**
PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW YOUR CHILD IS GETTING HOME ON THE LAST DAY, MAY 27!