1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ MAY 1-5, 2017

Religion:  Chapter 14:  We Celebrate the Gift of the Holy Spirit
We will pray the Joyful Mysteries of the rosary this week.
Saint of the week:  St. Philip and St. James

Reading/English:  Unit 11:  Reading Informational Text:  Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
skills:  match text to corresponding visuals, main ideas, identifying author's opinions and the reasons given to support those opinions, categories

Spelling:  oo words
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  book, moon, took, food, look, pool, zoo, noon, good, foot, instead, another

List 2:  crook, shook, woody, arrived, closing, riding, saved, shaking, surprised, taming, instead, another

Math:  Chapter 10:  Represent Data
skills:  read and make tally charts, problem solving:  represent data, chapter 10 test

Science:  life cycle of an egg
Talk about life cycles.

Social Studies:  Mexico (Cinco de Mayo) and the Kentucky Derby

Other:
Notes from the Teacher:

Last Day of School -Closing Mass- May 18- 9:00
We will have a special Closing Mass at 9:00 on the last day of school.  School is dismissed after the Service. 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 busses on the last day of school.  I sent a letter home last week with the information on it for you to send in.  Thank you!

Blooming Events:

May 4- 9:00 Mass

May 11- 9:00 Mass with Bishop Medley

May 12- AR Picnic (make up day is May 15 IF needed due to weather)

May 16- Spring Fling-Inflatables in the Gym

May 17-Beach Day in the cafeteria-Students may bring a beach towel to eat their lunch on.

May 18- 9:00- Closing Mass- Last Day of School- This is a ½ day.  Students are dismissed at 11:00.  We will not be serving lunch on this day. No After School Program or buses home.  All students must be picked up by a parent after Mass or by 11:00.

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ APRIL 24-28, 2017

Religion:  Chapter 13:  Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
We will Pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
Saint of the Week:  St. Mark the Evangelist

Reading/English:  Research Project
Skills:  put final touches on the rainforest animals research project and put the report on ChatterPix, continue to define words by category and by one or more key attributes

Spelling:  review words
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  cage, lucky, blank, fixes, biggest, hurt, each, wonderful, suitcase, ice, done, could

List 2:  brace, hungry, anything, catches, quicker, germ, easiest, afternoon, bruise, switch, done, could

Math:  Chapter 10:  Represent Data
skills:  read picture graphs, make a picture graph, read bar graphs, and make bar graphs

Science:  Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Talk about the life cycle of a butterfly.

Social Studies:  Jane Goodall
We will discuss Jane Goodall and her accomplishments.

Other:
Notes from the Teacher:
 -May 12 is our AR picnic.  I am in need of parent volunteers. I will be sending an information sheet home soon.   

-May 18 is our last day of school.  It is a half day of school.  Students will be dismissed at 11:00.  Lunch will not be served on this day.  There will also be no after school program or buses home that day.  All students must be picked up by a parent after Mass or by 11:00.  Thank you!

Important Events

April 25- 6:00 PTO Meeting at OCMS

April 27- 9:00 Mass

April 28- FREE DRESS DAY

May 4- 9:00 Mass

May 11- 9:00 Mass with Bishop Medley

May 12- AR Picnic (make up day is May 15 IF needed due to weather)

May 16- Spring Fling-Inflatables in the Gym

May 17-Beach Day in the cafeteria-Students may bring a beach towel to eat their lunch on.

May 18- 9:00- Closing Mass- Last Day of School- This is a ½ day.  Students are dismissed at 11:00.  We will not be serving lunch on this day. No After School Program or buses home.  All students must be picked up by a parent

after Mass or by 11:00.

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ APRIL 17-21, 2017

Religion:  We will discuss Easter this week.  We will pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
Saint of the Week:  Saint George

Reading/English:  Research Project
skills:  continue with the rainforest animal research project, collect facts, begin writing the rough draft and editing, define words by category and by one or more key attributes

Spelling:  ou words
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  mouth, house, found, our, out, cloud, ouch, shout, round, count, should, loved

List 2:  bounce, doubt, pound, slouch, underground, bonus, frozen, moment, silence, value, should, loved

Math:  Chapter 9:  Measurement
skills:  time to the hour, time to the half hour, tell time to the hour and half hour, and chapter 9 test

Science/Social Studies:  Earth Day
We will  discuss reducing, reusing, and recycling.

Other:
 Notes from the Teacher:

 -May 12 is our AR picnic.  I am in need of parent volunteers. I will be sending an

information sheet home soon.    

-May 18 is our last day of school.  It is a half day of school.  Students will be dismissed at 11:00.  There will be no after school program or buses home that day.  All students must be picked up by a parent after Mass or by 11:00.  Thank you!

 Important Events

April 18- Officer DARE comes to our room

April 20- 9:00 Mass

April 25- 6:00 PTO Meeting at OCMS

April 27- 9:00 Mass

April 28- FREE DRESS DAY

May 4- 9:00 Mass

May 11- 9:00 Mass with Bishop Medley

May 12- AR Picnic (make up day is May 15 IF needed due to weather)

May 16- Spring Fling-Inflatables in the Gym

May 18- 9:00- Closing Mass- Last Day of School- This is a ½ day.  Students are dismissed at 11:00.  No After School Program or buses home.  All students must be

picked up by a parent after Mass or by 11:00.

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ APRIL 10-14, 2017

Religion:  Holy week discussions and activities, washing of the feet, veneration of the cross, and Good Friday service 
We will pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
Saint of the Week:  Saint Damien

Reading/English:  Research Project
skills:  Discuss the upcoming research project they will be doing. Children will pick an animal, conduct research, gather information, and practice note taking.  They will also seek peer feedback and revise their research reports. 
Continue discussion on the 4 types of sentences:  declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.

Spelling:  ow words
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  how, town, down, now, brown, cow, clown, frown, crowd, growl, eyes, never

List 2:  flower, frowned, growling, powder, prowl, shower, crinkle, double, hurdle, sample, eyes, never

Math:  Chapter 9:  Measurement
-skills:  order length, indirect measurement, use nonstandard units to measure length, make a nonstandard measuring tool, and adding 2-digit numbers with regrouping

Science:  Habitats
-desert, ocean, forest, arctic, grasslands, wetlands

Social Studies:  Thomas Jefferson

Other:
Notes from the Teacher:
 -I hope you had a relaxing spring break.  It’s hard to believe how few days are left of this school year!

-Please note the change in the spring fling date on the calendar.  It was changed from May 17 to May 16. 

-May 18 is our last day of school.  It is a half day of school.  Students will be dismissed at 11:00.  There will be no after school program or buses home that day.  All students must be picked up by a parent after Mass or by 11:00.  Thank you!

Important Events

April 14- 9:00 Good Friday Service

April 18- Officer DARE comes to our room

April 20- 9:00 Mass

April 25- 6:00 PTO Meeting at the K-3 Campus

April 27- 9:00 Mass

April 28- FREE DRESS DAY

May 4- 9:00 Mass

May 11- 9:00 Mass with Bishop Medley

May 12- AR Picnic (make up day is May 15 IF needed due to weather)

May 16- Spring Fling-Inflatables in the Gym

May 18- 9:00- Closing Mass- Last Day of School- This is a ½ day.  Students are dismissed at 11:00.  No After School Program or buses home.  All students must be picked up by a parent after Mass or by 11:00.