1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Religion:  Catholic Schools Week Lessons
We will pray the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
Saint of the Week:  Saint Angela Merici

Reading/English:  All About Penguins unit
-skills:  penguins, adaptations, types of penguins, life cycle of a penguin, locating penguins on the map, prefixes (pre-, un-, dis-, re-), open and closed syllables

Spelling:  Catholic Identity Words
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday - All Students will get the same list this week.

Spelling Word List:
Mary, Jesus, angel, Bible, candle, faith, cross, God, Lord, holy, nun, Father

Math:  Chapter 4:  Subtraction Strategies
-skills:  use 10 to subtract, break apart to subtract, problem solving-use subtraction strategies, addition and subtraction math drills, 101st day of school activities

Science:  All About Penguins unit
  
Social Studies:  Groundhog Day

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

-I hope you have a wonderful Catholic Schools Week!  Thank you for sharing your most precious gift with us!  God is truly good!!  J

**All students may bring in valentines to exchange on Tuesday, February 14.  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 safe. 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.  Students may wear RED tops with their uniform bottoms on Valentine’s Day!**

Upcoming Events

Jan. 30-Feb. 3- Catholic Schools Week

Feb. 1- Free Dress Day-Students wear ACES colors of green, gold, and white for Student Appreciation Day  **Pep Rally at 1:00 in the gym**

Feb. 2- 9:00 Mass – Parent Appreciation Day

Feb. 3- 12:30- Grandparents program- Free DRESS UP Day- Dress in your “Sunday Best” for Grandparents!

Feb. 3- NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM- Students may go home with grandparents after the program.

Feb. 9- NO Mass.  9:00-Living Rosary in the Gym, followed by a Jubilee Jam

Feb. 14- Students may wear RED tops for Valentine’s Day WITH UNIFORM BOTTOMS

Feb. 16- 9:00- Mass

Feb. 18- OCS Dinner and Auction

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ JANUARY 23-27, 2017

Religion:  Chapter 10:  We Celebrate the Gift of the Eucharist
We will pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
Saint of the Week:  St. John Bosco

Reading/English:  All About Penguins unit
-skills:  penguins, adaptations, types of penguins, penguins vs. birds, locating penguins on the map, suffixes (-ly, -ful, -less, -able)

Spelling:   Penguin Words
Everyone will have the same list this week.
-Test Friday 

Spelling Words:  
eye, beak, wing, feet, feathers, tail, head, bird, map, globe, penguin, swim, chick, hatch, adult
 
Math:  Chapter 4:  Subtraction Strategies
skills:  count back and think addition to subtract

Science:  Penguin unit - adaptations

Social Studies:  Penguin unit - locations

Other:

Notes from the Teacher

-There will be NO After School Program on February 5 after the Grandparents Program.

Due to the fact that in past years, we have had very few students stay in the After School Program on Grandparents Day, the After School Program will not operate on February 5. If your child will not be going home with a grandparent, please make other arrangements. If your child is going home with a grandparent or someone else, please let his /her teacher know. Thank You.

-Thank you for all the donations of the shoe boxes.  We have enough for our STEM project, now.  Thanks!

**All students may bring in valentines to exchange on Tuesday, February 14.  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 safe. 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.

Students may wear RED tops with their uniform bottoms on Valentine’s Day!**

 

A New Year of Events

 Jan. 26- 9:00 Sacred Heart Prayer Service in Church

Jan. 26-Feb. 9- World’s Finest Chocolate Sale

Jan. 27- FREE DRESS DAY

Jan. 30-Feb. 3- Catholic Schools Week

Feb. 1- Free Dress Day-Students wear ACES colors of green, gold, and white for Student Appreciation Day  **Pep Rally at 1:00 in the gym**

Feb. 2- 9:00 Mass

Feb. 3- 12:30- Grandparents program- Free DRESS UP Day- Dress in your “Sunday Best” for Grandparents!

Feb. 3- NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM- Students may go home with grandparents after the program.

Feb. 9- NO Mass.  9:00-Living Rosary in the Gym, followed by a Jubilee Jam

Feb. 14- Students may wear RED tops for Valentine’s Day WITH UNIFORM BOTTOMS

Feb. 16- 9:00- Mass

Feb. 18- OCS Dinner and Auction

 

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ JANUARY 16-20, 2017

Religion:  Chapter 9:  Jesus is God's Son
We will pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
Saint of the Week:  St. Frances de Sales

Reading/English:  Unit 7:  Reading informational text:  craft and structure
-skills:  ask and answer questions to figure out the meaning of words, use text features to find information, compare and contrast
texts, unit 7 summary, prefixes and suffixes (re-, -ful)

Spelling:  er, est words
-pretest Tuesday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  bigger, biggest, faster, fastest, slower, slowest, shorter, shortest, sadder, saddest, good-bye, before

List 2:  colder, deepest, quicker, smartest, stiffer, thickest, badge, pledge, porridge, wedge, good-bye, before

Math:  Chapter 3:  Addition Strategies
-skills:  review making a ten to add, review chapter 3, chapter 3 test, chapter 4 pretest

Science:  We will discuss medical instruments used by doctors.

Social Studies:  We will talk about past and present medical instruments.

Other:

Notes from the Teacher

-THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE DONATED SHOE BOXES FOR OUR STEM PROJECT! WE HAVE A GOOD START, BUT ARE STILL IN NEED OF SHOE BOXES AND/OR TISSUE BOXES FOR A FEBRUARY STEM PROJECT!  IF YOU HAVE ANY THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO DONATE, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED! THANK YOU!

-There will be NO After School Program on February 5 after the Grandparents Program.

Due to the fact that in past years, we have had very few students stay in the After School Program on Grandparents Day, the After School Program will not operate on February 5. If your child will not be going home with a grandparent, please make other arrangements. If your child is going home with a grandparent or someone else, please let his /her teacher know. Thank You.

-We need K-3 Cafeteria Volunteers.  If you are available at least one day a month from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, we could sincerely use your help to help the students in the cafeteria.  Please contact Chivonne Rutman at  chivonnerutman@gmail.com or Melissa Toler at melissatoler@hotmail.com.  We really appreciate all of our volunteers.  Volunteers are a true blessing to OCS.

A New Year of Events

Jan. 16-27- Winter MAP testing:  Students will be MAP testing sometime during these dates.

Jan. 17- 6:00- PTO Meeting at the K-3 Campus

Jan. 19- 10:00- Bluegrass Band Assembly in Gym

Jan. 19- NO Mass

Jan. 26- 9:00 Sacred Heart Prayer Service in Church

Jan. 26-Feb. 9- World’s Finest Chocolate Sale

Jan. 27- FREE DRESS DAY

Jan. 30-Feb. 3- Catholic Schools Week

Feb. 1- Free Dress Day-Students wear ACES colors of green, gold, and white for Student Appreciation Day  **Pep Rally at 1:00 in the gym**

Feb. 2- 9:00 Mass

Feb. 3- 12:30- Grandparents program- Free DRESS UP Day- Dress in your “Sunday Best” for Grandparents!

Feb. 3- NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM- Students may go home with grandparents after the program.

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ JANUARY 9-13, 2017

Religion:  Unit 2 Review
We will pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
Saint of the Week:  St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Reading/English:  reading informational text:  craft and structure
skills:  distinguish between information given in pictures and information given by words, long a, long o, and r-controlled vowels, prefixes and suffixes

Spelling:  r-controlled er, ir, ur words
-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 3:  Addition Strategies
skills:  use make a 10 to add, algebra - add 3 numbers, problem solving - use addition strategies

Science:  We will discuss nutrition and exercise this week.

Social Studies:  We will talk about Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Other:

Notes from the Teacher

-WE ARE IN NEED OF SHOE BOXES AND/OR TISSUE BOXES FOR A FEBRUARY STEM PROJECT!  IF YOU HAVE ANY THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO DONATE, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED! THANK YOU!

-Please check your child's folder for a permission slip for grandparents to pick up their grandchildren.  It is going home Monday, January 9.  This paper must be filled out and returned to school in order for grandparents to pick them up.  Thanks!  :)

-There will be NO After School Program on February 5 after the Grandparents Program.

Due to the fact that in past years, we have had very few students stay in the After School Program on Grandparents Day, the After School Program will not operate on February 5. If your child will not be going home with a grandparent, please make other arrangements. If your child is going home with a grandparent or someone else, please let his /her teacher know. Thank You.

A New Year of Events

Jan. 9-27- Winter MAP testing window:  Students will be MAP testing sometime during these dates.

Jan. 12- NO Mass

Jan. 13- Vision Screening

Jan. 16- NO School- Martin Luther King holiday

Jan. 17- 6:00- PTO Meeting at the K-3 Campus

Jan. 19- 10:00- Bluegrass Band Assembly in Gym

Jan. 19- NO Mass

Jan. 26- 9:00 Sacred Heart Prayer Service in Church

Jan. 26-Feb. 9- World’s Finest Chocolate Sale

Jan. 27- FREE DRESS DAY

Jan. 30-Feb. 3- Catholic Schools Week

Feb. 2- 9:00 Mass

Feb. 3- 12:30- Grandparents program- Free DRESS UP Day- Dress in your “Sunday Best” for Grandparents!

Feb. 3- NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM- Students may go home with grandparents after the program.