1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ NOVEMBER 28-DECEMBER 2, 2016

Religion:  We will discuss Advent this week.
We will pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary.
Saint of the Week:  St. Catherine Laboure

Reading/English:  Text Types and Purposes:  Write Fictional Narratives
-skills:  plan a fictional narrative about a family, using time-order words and details, personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns, identify adjectives and use determiners correctly

Spelling:  nk, ng words
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1: 

bank, blank, bring, pink, rang, rink, sang, sunk, trunk, wing, every, sure

List 2:
anything, backpack, kingfish, homework, lipstick, wrong, chunk, skunk, sunrise, pancake, every, sure

Math:  Chapter 2:  Subtraction Concepts
-skills:  use pictures to subtract to compare, subtract all or zero, take apart numbers, subtraction from 10 or less

Science:  We will discuss weather, measurements and tools for measurements, and clouds.

Social Studies:  American Symbols

Other:

Notes from the Teacher: 

-I hope you had a very nice Thanksgiving break!  It’s hard to believe that Christmas is just a  few weeks away!

-Don’t forget that we are partnering with the Glenmary Sisters to gather items for those in need.  The first grade is collecting hats, scarves, gloves, coats, and socks.  If your family would like to donate, please send them in to school by December 14.  Thank you!

Calendar Count Down

Dec. 1- 9:00 Mass

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

Conception

Dec. 9- NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM-Parents need to make arrangements to pick their children up at 2:30.  Bus riders may still ride the bus home. / Free Dress UP Day-Dress in Christmas colors for our Christmas Program / Christmas Program–12:30

Dec. 15- 9:00 Mass

Dec. 16- NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM on the day before Christmas Break - Parents need to make arrangements to pick their children up at 2:30.  Bus riders may still ride the bus home. / Pajama and Movie Day

Dec. 19-30- Christmas Vacation (Dec. 19 and 20 – potential snow make up days)

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ NOVEMBER 21-22, 2016

Dear Parents,

I want to thank you for your generosity in donating items for our upcoming STEM projects!  You were so kind to send in so many things. They were very much appreciated!  Thank you!!

This week we will be working on various activities:

• Thanksgiving activities:
• being thankful for all of our wonderful blessings
• the first Thanksgiving and life then and now
• Pilgrims, Mayflower, and Native Americans
• long and short vowels (NO SPELLING TEST!)
• subtraction concepts-use pictures to subtract and compare
• We will even be shopping for our own Thanksgiving dinner! 
• The children will be given $25 and will have to shop for their food and figure out what they want and what they can afford!  

We will pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary.

Saint of the Week:  St. Cecelia

Notes from the Teacher:

-The K-3 Campus has decided to keep the last day of school before Christmas Break simple. We will not be having class parties. Students will be going to the gym to watch The Polar Express on the “BIG Screen”. They may wear their pajamas to school and bring in a drink. Please do not send in any class treats to school. The school will provide safe allergy free treats. Teachers will plan activities sprinkled throughout the day, but there will not be an official party. Santa Claus will even stop by during the day! It will be a special day for the students!

I wish you all a very nice Thanksgiving holiday!  Thank you for sharing your most prized possession with me!  I feel very blessed!   Enjoy your much deserved family time!  Happy Thanksgiving!

A Feast of Upcoming Events

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-Parents need to make arrangements to pick their children up at 2:30.  Bus riders may still ride the bus home. / Free Dress UP Day-Dress in Christmas colors for our Christmas Program / Christmas Program–12:30

Dec. 15- 9:00 Mass

Dec. 16- NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM on the day before Christmas Break - Parents need to make arrangements to pick their children up at 2:30.  Bus riders may still ride the bus home. / Pajama and Movie Day

Dec. 19-30- Christmas Vacation (Dec. 19 and 20 – potential snow make up days)

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ NOVEMBER 7-11, 2016

Religion:  This is National Vocational Awareness Week.  We will discuss vocations all week.  We will pray the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary.
Saint of the week:  St. Leo the Great
Our Mass is November 17.  I hope you can make it!

Reading/English:  Unit 5:  Reading Literature:  Craft and Structure
skills:  adventure story, determine the narrator of a story, one-syllable CVC, CCVC, CVCe, and CCVCe words, and read along orally, using emotion and reflecting changes in characters

Spelling:  long e (e, ee) words
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1: 

be, feet, green, he, me, see, she, tree, we, week, some, family

List 2: 

beef, cheese, deep, peeping, sheep, sleeping, teeth, wheel, napkin, pretzel, some, family

Math:  Chapter 1:  Addition Concepts
-skills:  put numbers together to 10, addition to 10, chapter 1 test, chapter 2 pretest

Science:  We will discuss fossils.

Social Studies:  Veteran's Day
Discuss Veterans.  We will have a guest speaker (an army veteran) who will talk to the children.

Other:


Notes from the Teacher:
 

-Thanks to all who helped with our Prayer Day!  It was lots of fun and your help was very much appreciated!  

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

A Feast of Upcoming Events

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

Dec. 15- 9:00 Mass

Dec. 16- NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM on the day before Christmas Break