1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ NOVEMBER 23-24, 2015

Religion:  We will read the daily gospels and discuss them.
We will pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary.
Saint of the Week:  St. Catherine Laboure

Reading/English:  
-read stories about Thanksgiving and write about things we are thankful for
-discuss nouns and verbs

Spelling:  
-review long and short vowels and silent e

Math:  
-problem solving, fact families, hundreds chart activities

Science/ Social Studies:
-discussions about the Mayflower and coming to the new world, the first Thanksgiving, Pilgrim boys and girls compared to boys and girls today

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

-Our Mass is December 8 at 9:00.  The Mass parts have been handed out.  PLEASE PRACTICE WITH YOUR CHILD DAILY.  This will help them to become very familiar with their readings so they won’t have a difficult time when their “nerves” start to work on them when they are reading in Church!  J

-I hope you have a very Happy Thanksgiving!  Enjoy lots of family time!

A Feast of Upcoming Events

-Nov. 25-27- Thanksgiving Break- No School

-Dec. 3- 9:00- Mass

-Dec. 4- 4:30-6:00 Pick up “Family Favorites” Fundraiser order at Lourdes Parish Hall-Students who purchased 2 items or made a $20 donation get a Free Dress Day

-Dec. 8- 9:00- Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass  ***THIS IS OUR MASS!!!*** / Beginning of Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy

-Dec. 11-12:30- Christmas Program

-Dec. 15- 9:00- Play performance by OCHS Drama Department

-Dec. 16- Santa visits the K-3 Campus

-Dec. 17- 9:00 Mass with Bishop Medley

-Dec. 18- 12:30- Christmas Parties Begin

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ NOVEMBER 16-20, 2015

Religion:  We will discuss holy people this week.  We will pray the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary. 
Saint of the Week:  St. Cecelia

Reading/English:  unit 5:  reading literature:  craft and structure
skills:  identify sensory and feeling words, contrast the features of fictional and informational text, determine the narrator of a story, compare and contrast texts, identify verbs and their inflected forms, and identify root words

Spelling:  vowel sounds of y words
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  any, body, by, cry, fly, lucky, my, puppy, silly, try, things, always

List 2:   why, bumpy, choppy, fifty, hungry, smelly, tummy, ugly, very, pretty, things, always

Math:  chapter 5:  Addition and Subtraction Relationships
skills:  problem solving, record related facts, identify related facts

Science:  Chapter 11:  Day and Night Sky
skills:  what's in the day sky, what causes day/night, what's in the night sky

Social Studies:  how basic needs were met long ago

Other:
Notes from the Teacher:

-This Friday, November 20, is a FREE DRESS DAY. 

-Friday is also OHRH Health assessments.  That’s always lots of fun for the children!

-Each Monday a spelling list for the week is sent home.  Remember, if you want your child to have a different list than the one he/she is assigned, please send me an email or a note letting me know and I will make the change.  Thanks!

-Guidance Program Blog:  http://kimscounselingcorner.blogspot.com

A Feast of Upcoming Events

 -Nov. 19- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 20- OHRH Health Assessments/ FREE DRESS DAY     

-Nov. 25-27- Thanksgiving Break- No School

-Dec. 3- 9:00- Mass

-Dec. 8- 9:00- Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass  ***THIS IS OUR MASS!!!*** / Beginning of Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy

-Dec. 11-12:30- Christmas Program

-Dec. 15- 9:00- Play performance by OCHS Drama Department

-Dec. 16- Santa visits the K-3 Campus

-Dec. 17- 9:00 Mass with Bishop Medley

-Dec. 18- 12:30- Christmas Parties Begin

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ NOVEMBER 9-13, 2015

Religion:  We will be discussing saints this week.  We will pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary.
Saint of the Week:  St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

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

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:  three dimensional geometry
-skills:  take apart 3 dimensional shapes, and 2 dimensional shapes on 3 dimensional shapes

Science:  How can you measure weather?

Social Studies:  Veteran's Day
Discuss veterans.

Other:
Notes from the Teacher:

- The children are working hard on AR.  Please encourage your child to read the books CAREFULLY and take tests on them.  Remember, AR books can count for Book It, too.

-Thank you to the volunteers who have been helping in our classroom!  I really appreciate the help!  J

-Guidance Program Blog:  http://kimscounselingcorner.blogspot.com

A Feast of Upcoming Events

-Nov. 12- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 19- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 20- OHRH Health Assessments

-Nov. 25-27- Thanksgiving Break- No School

-Dec. 3- 9:00- Mass

-Dec. 8- 9:00- Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass     ***THIS IS OUR MASS!!!*** / Beginning of Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy

-Dec. 11- 1:00- Christmas Program

-Dec. 15- 9:00- Play performance by OCHS Drama Department

-Dec. 16- Santa visits the K-3 Campus

-Dec. 17- 9:00- Mass with Bishop Medley

-Dec. 18- 12:30- Christmas Parties Begin

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ NOVEMBER 2-6, 2015

Religion:  We will be discussing holy days - guardian angels, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day this week.
We will pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary.

Reading/English:  unit 5:  reading literature:  craft and structure
skills:  identify sensory and feeling words, contrast the features of fictional and informational text, determine the narrator of a story, and key details in a text read aloud    

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:  three dimensional geometry
skills:  3 dimensional shapes, combine 3 dimensional shapes, make new 3 dimensional shapes

Science:  How can you measure weather?

Social Studies:  elections, voting, importance of government and leadership

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

 -Our prayer day was a big success.  Thanks to all our volunteers for helping to make the day so enjoyable!  Be sure to check SeeSaw for pictures of our day!

-Book It for November has begun.

-The children are working hard on AR.  Please encourage your child to read the books carefully and take tests on them.  Remember, AR books can count for Book It, too!

-Guidance Program Blog:  http://kimscounselingcorner.blogspot.com

A Feast of Upcoming Events

-Nov. 3- Election Day-NO SCHOOL

-Nov. 5- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 12- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 19- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 20- OHRH Health Assessments

-Nov. 25-27- Thanksgiving Break- No School

-Dec. 3- 9:00- Mass

-Dec. 8- 9:00- Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass     ***THIS IS OUR MASS!!!*** / Beginning of Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy

-Dec. 11- 1:00- Christmas Program

-Dec. 15- 9:00- Play performance by OCHS Drama Department

-Dec. 16- Santa visits the K-3 Campus

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ OCTOBER 26-30, 2015

Religion:  Unit 1 Review
Saint of the week:  St. Luke
We will pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
***Our Prayer Day is Friday!***

Reading / English:  
skills:  text types and purposes:  write informative texts, commas in a series, in dates, and in longer sentences, and past, present, and future tense verbs, contractions n't, 'll   

Spelling:  long o words
-pretest- Monday
-final test- Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  bone, home, hope, hose, joke, rode, rose, stone, those, woke, there, together

List 2:  choke, froze, globe, stole, drove, can't, isn't, she'll, haven't, wasn't, there, together

Math:  Addition Strategies
skills:  doubles and doubles plus 1 (addition fluency)

Science: Investigating and measuring pumpkins activities

Social Studies:  We will discuss the basic concept of citizenship/democracy.

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

• Thank you for coming to the Parent / teacher conferences.  I enjoyed talking with all of you!
• Our Prayer day is this Friday.  Thanks to all who volunteered to help.  Volunteers should be here by 8:00.   Thank you!
• Guidance Program Blog:  http://kimscounselingcorner.blogspot.com/

Upcoming Events:

-Oct. 29- 9:00 Rosary Service in the Gym

-Oct. 30- Free Dress Day/CRAZY Hat Day for students

-Oct. 30- 1^st Grade Prayer Day- THANK YOU for volunteering to help!

-Nov. 3- Election Day-NO SCHOOL

-Nov. 5- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 12- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 19- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 20- OHRH Health Assessments

-Nov. 21-Parents can pick up Cookie/Chocolate Orders

-Nov. 25-27- Thanksgiving Break- No School

-Dec. 3- 9:00- Mass

-Dec. 8- 9:00- Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass     ***THIS IS OUR MASS!!!***

-Dec. 11- 1:00- Christmas Program

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ OCTOBER 19-23, 2015

Religion:  Chapter 4:  We Give Praise to God
Saint of the week:  St. Faustina
We will pray the Joyful Mysteries of the rosary this week.

Reading / English:  
skills:  text types and purposes:  write informative texts, commas in a series 

Spelling:  long i words
-pretest Monday
-final test Friday

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  bike, dime, hide, ice, kite, like, ride, smile, time, white, who, work

List 2: drive, glide, price, shine, outside, which, check, children, switch, catch, who, work

Math:  Addition Strategies
skills:  adding doubles, adding doubles plus one, and adding doubles minus one

Science:  
We will discuss natural resources, earth changes, air, and fresh water this week.

Social Studies: 
We will talk about American symbols and the Pledge of Allegiance this week.

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:
 

• Parent / teacher conferences are this Wednesday and Thursday.  I’m looking forward to meeting with you all!

• Our Prayer day is October 30.  Volunteers are needed from 8:00-11:00.  If you can help, please let me know.  Thank you!

• This year the PTO will be having one fundraiser to replace Market Day.  The cookie dough fundraiser will run from October 19 through October 30. Look for the brochure after Fall Break!  We truly appreciate all you do to help support Owensboro Catholic K-8 PTO!

• Guidance Program Blog:  http://kimscounselingcorner.blogspot.com/ 

Upcoming Events:

-Oct. 19- Report Cards go home/ World’s Finest Cookie Fundraiser (in place of Market Day) begins

-Oct. 21-22- Parent Teacher Conferences

-Oct. 29- 9:00 Rosary Service in the Gym

-Oct. 30- Free Dress Day/CRAZY Hat Day for students

-Oct. 30- 1^st Grade Prayer Day- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, PLEASE!!  THANK YOU!

-Nov. 3- Election Day-NO SCHOOL

-Nov. 5- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 12- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 19- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 20- OHRH Health Assessments

-Nov. 21-Parents can pick up Cookie/Chocolate Orders

-Nov. 25-27- Thanksgiving Break- No School

-Dec. 3- 9:00- Mass

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER ~ OCTOBER 5-9, 2015

Religion:  Chapter 3:  God's Word Teachers Us
We will pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
Saint of the Week:  St. Francis of Assisi


Reading:  
skills:  long a words, main point of a selection, compare and contrast texts, identify and write plural forms of nouns

Spelling:  long a words
-pretest Monday
-final test Thursday (due to so many leaving early for fall break)

Spelling Word Lists:

List 1:  age, cage, cake, face, late, made, make, name, safe, take, could, old

List 2:  brace, shade, place, skate, trade, waves, grapes, classmates, page, stage, could, old

Math:  
skills:  subtraction concepts, use pictures in subtraction to compare, use models to compare and subtract, using number bonds and number lines

Science:  care for animals and animals take care of young

Social Studies:  Christopher Columbus

Other:

Notes from the Teacher:

• By now you should have received an invitation from Sign Up Genius to make an appointment for a conference time.  Conferences are Oct. 21-22.  If you haven’t already done so, please log on and sign up for your conference.

• -Our Prayer day is October 30.  Volunteers are needed from 8:00-11:00.  If you can help, please let me know.  Thank you!

• This year the PTO will be having one fundraiser to replace Market Day.  The cookie dough fundraiser will run from October 19 through October 30. Look for the brochure after Fall Break!  We truly appreciate all you do to help support Owensboro Catholic K-8 PTO!

Upcoming Events

-Oct. 8- No Mass- Confessions for 3^rd graders

-Oct. 8- 9:00 Fire Safety with the Fire Department

-Oct. 12-16- FALL BREAK

-Oct. 19- Report Cards go home/ World’s Finest Cookie Fundraiser (in place of Market Day) begins

-Oct. 21-22- Parent Teacher Conferences

-Oct. 29- 9:00 Rosary Service in the Gym

-Oct. 30- Free Dress Day/CRAZY Hat Day for students

-Oct. 30- 1^st Grade Prayer Day- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, PLEASE!!  THANK YOU!

-Nov. 3- Election Day-NO SCHOOL

-Nov. 5- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 12- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 19- 9:00- Mass

-Nov. 20- OHRH Health Assessments