Friday, April 28, 2017

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.