1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 4. 2016

Religion:  Chapter 7:  God Made Us to be Good and Holy
We will pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
Saint of the week:  Saint Luke, All Saints Day, All Souls Day
Our Mass is November 17 at 9:00.  We hope you can make it!
Prayer Day is Friday - 8:30-11:00.  All are welcome!  :)

Language Arts:  Unit 5:  Reading Literature:  Craft and Structure
-skills:  sensory and feeling words, compare and contrast fictional and informational text, narrator of a story, key details in a text, and verbs ending in s, ed, and ing

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:  Chapter 1:  Addition Concepts
-skills:  add zero, algebra:  add in any order (flip flop strategy), and put together numbers to 10

Science:  
-skills:  what changes land and reduce, reuse, and recycle

Social Studies:
-skills:  election day

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:
 

-Thank you so much to all those who volunteered to help with prayer day.  Your help means so much to us!  Please be at Lourdes Parish Hall Friday by 8:20.  If you did not sign up to help, you are welcome to come by and join in the fun any time between 8:30-11:00.  Thanks again!

-I sent home Mass parts for our November 17th Mass.  Please help your child practice his/her reading part.

-Book It for November begins this week!  I will send home the November Book It form Tuesday. If your child still has his/her OCTOBER Book It paper, please return it by Tuesday.  After Tuesday, I will not be able to give out October Book Its anymore.  Thanks!

Upcoming Events

Nov. 1- 9:00 Mass – All Saints Day

Nov. 3- 9:00 Living Rosary in the Gym

Nov. 4- 1^st Grade Prayer Day –Thank you to all who are able to come and help! / Picture Retake Day

Nov. 8- No School- Election Day

Nov. 10- 9:00 Mass

Nov. 17- 9:00 OUR MASS!!

Nov. 18-Free Dress Day

Nov. 18- 12:30- Jubilee Jam- CELEBRATION of the end of the Year of Mercy

Nov. 23-25- No School-Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 1- 9:00 Mass

Dec. 8- 9:00 Mass-Feast of the Immaculate

Conception

Dec. 9- NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM / Free Dress UP Day-Dress in Christmas colors for our Christmas Program / Christmas Program – 12:30

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ OCTOBER 24-28, 2016

Religion:  We will talk about Baptism this week.  On Friday we will have a "mock" baptism.  Every child needs to bring a doll to school that we can "baptize."  The boys will baptize the dolls, but they will also need to bring a doll (perhaps borrowed for the occasion) to be baptized.
Saint of the week:  St. Faustina
Our Mass is November 17 at 9:00.  We hope you can make it!

Language Arts:  Unit 4:  Text Types and Purposes:  Write Informative Texts
-skills:  finish writing and editing informative text, share their informative text, review commas, action verbs, verb tenses, and review unit 4 

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:
bone, home, hope, hose, joke, rode, rose, stone, those, woke, there, together

List 2:
choke, froze, globe, stole, drove, can’t, isn’t, she’ll, haven’t, wasn’t, there, together

Math:  Chapter 1:  Addition Concepts
-skills:  pre-assessment, use pictures to add, model adding and putting together, problem solving, and math addition drill

Science:  Halloween Safety

Social Studies:  past, present, and future, transportation

Other:


Notes from the Teacher:
 

-Thank you so much for coming to our parent-teacher conferences and sharing your ideas and thoughts with me.  I enjoyed talking with all of you very much! 

-I will be sending home Mass parts soon for our November 17th Mass.  Please help your child practice his/her reading part. 

-We have started the Pizza Hut Book It! Program.  Each month your child will bring home a reading log for you to sign.  When your child has read 6 books (or 6 chapters of a book), please sign the paper and return it to school.  Then he/she will be given a certificate for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut!  This program lasts through March.  Only one certificate will be awarded per month per child. 

Upcoming Events

Oct. 24- Picture Money Due

Oct. 27- 9:00 Mass

Oct. 28- Free Dress Day / 9:00 Bus Safety (Buster Bus)

Nov. 1- 9:00 Mass

Nov. 3- 9:00 Living Rosary in the Gym

Nov. 4- 1^st Grade Prayer Day – VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP!  THANKS!/ Picture Retake Day

Nov. 8- No School- Election Day

Nov. 10- 9:00 Mass

Nov. 17- 9:00 OUR MASS!!

Nov. 18-Free Dress Day

Nov. 18- 1:00- Jubilee Jam- CELEBRATION of the end of the Year of Mercy

Nov. 23-25- No School-Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 8- 9:00 Mass-Feast of the Immaculate

Conception