Saturday, October 29, 2016

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- 1st 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