1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 4-8, 2013

Religion:
We will be discussing saints this week.  We will be saying the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary.

Reading:  Life in the Forest
Skills:  long u, long e, inflected ending -ed, author's purpose, one and more than one
-Story test Thursday

Spelling:  long u words
-pretest Monday
-practice test and dictation Wednesday
-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:  Chapter 3:  Addition Strategies test Tuesday, Chapter 4:  Subtraction Strategies
Skills:  count back, hands on-think addition to subtract

Science: forests

Social Studies: elections and presidents

Other:

A Feast of Upcoming Events

Nov. 8- picture retakes

Nov. 12- Last day to order Market Day

Nov. 16- 10:00-11:00- Market Day Pick Up at K-3 Campus cafeteria

Nov. 16- 6:00 K-8 PTO Chili Supper at Immaculate Parish Hall and OCMS

Nov. 21- 9:00- OUR MASS!!!

Notes from the Teacher:

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 13!

-Please consider buying a delicious pie from Market Day during November. If we can sell 500 pies we will earn 45% for every pie sold. Thank you for your support!! Orders are due November 12 and Pick Up is November 16 from 10:30-11:30.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13.  DON'T FORGET YOU CAN ORDER ONLINE!

WHEN YOU ORDER ONLINE YOU GET A FREE BOOK COUPON WORTH $5 ON YOUR NEXT BOOK ORDER! 

IF YOU'D LIKE THIS TO BE A SURPRISE FOR CHRISTMAS FOR YOUR CHILD, PLEASE SEND ME A NOTE AND I WILL CALL YOU WHEN YOUR ORDER COMES IN!!

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Religion:
We will be talking about the saints this week.  We will be praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary.

Reading:  The Big Circle
-long o, contractions n't, 'm, 'll, sequence, days, months, and holidays
-story test Thursday

Spelling: long o words
-pretest Monday
-practice test and dictation Wednesday
-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: Chapter 3:  Addition Strategies
-add 3 numbers, problem solving-use addition strategies

Science:  pumpkin life cycle

Social Studies:  Halloween safety

Other:

From The Teacher:

-Please help our PTO by buying a delicious pie from Market Day during November. If we can sell 500 pies we will earn 45% for every pie sold. Thank you for your support!! On line Orders are due November 12 and Pick Up is November 16 from 10:00-11:00 at the K-3 Campus!

-Students will go outside to play as long as the temperature is above 40 degrees, so please make sure your child wears a coat to school and brings gloves and a hat if needed.

Important Events:

Oct. 31- OMHS Health Assessments

Nov. 1- 9:00 All Saints Day Mass

Nov. 8- Picture retakes

Nov. 12- Last day to order Market Day

Nov. 16- Market Day Pick Up at K-3 Cafeteria 10:00-11:00 / K-8 PTO Chili Supper at Immaculate Parish Hall and OCMS

Nov. 21- 9:00 OUR MASS!!!

Nov. 22- Free Dress Day

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 21-25, 2013

Religion:  Unit 2 Review
We will be praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary this week.

Reading:  Who Works Here?
skills- long i, digraphs wh, ch, tch, author's purpose, special titles
-story test Thursday

Spelling:  long i words
-pretest Monday
-practice test Wednesday
-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:  Chapter 3:  Addition Strategies

-skills:  practice the strategies, add 10 and more, make a 10 to add, use make a 10 to add

Science:  Ch. 4:  Life Cycles
We will be discussing plant life cycle this week.

Social Studies: community helpers, our place in the world activities

Other:

-THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED MAKE OUR PRAYER DAY SO SPECIAL!!  I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO!!  : )

-Book It has started.  Don’t forget you can count your AR books for Book It, too. It’s almost the end of October and very few have earned their free pizza.

-We know that Halloween is a fun holiday for young children.  However, I wanted to remind you that we don’t have Halloween parties at the Owensboro Catholic K-3 Campus. Please do NOT send in any candy or treats. Thank you for helping us enforce this school policy. Have a happy and safe Halloween!

1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 14-18, 2013

Religion:  Chapter 8:  We Give Thanks to God
We will be saying the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary this week.
Our Prayer Day is Friday- 8:30-11:00.  VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED, PLEASE!

Reading: The Farmer in the Hat
 

Skills:  long a, cause/effect, introduce c/s/, g/j/, proper nouns

-story test Thursday
Spelling: long a words
-pretest Monday
-practice test and dictation Wednesday
-final test Friday

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:  chapter 3:  Addition Strategies
-add doubles, use doubles to add, doubles plus 1, doubles minus 1

Science: Ch. 4:  Life Cycles

-butterflies

Social Studies:   Christopher Columbus

Other:

-Welcome back from Fall Break!  I hope you had a relaxing week!

-PRAYER DAY IS FRIDAY-8:30-11:00.  WE NEED VOLUNTEERS, PLEASE!  THANKS!

-Book It has started.  Don’t forget you can count your AR books for Book It!

-AR NEWS:  Veronica Higdon has reached the 50 point milestone! Congratulations, Veronica!

Important Events

Oct. 15- Officer DARE visits our classroom/ last day to order Market Day

Oct. 18- Prayer Day- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, PLEASE!!- 8:30-11:00

Oct. 18- Report Cards go home

Oct. 19- 10:00-11:00-Market Day pick-up at K-3 Campus

Oct. 23- School picture money due

Oct. 24- Luminous Mysteries in Church

Oct. 25- FREE Dress Day

Oct. 31- OMHS Health Assessments

Nov. 1- 9:00- Mass- All Saints Day

Nov. 12- Last day to order Market Day

Nov. 16- 10:00-11:00- Market Day Pick Up-K-3 cafe

-Please practice math addition-doubles facts with your child. They should know them without having to count up. This will really help them build a strong foundation in math.

PRAYER DAY

Our prayer day is October 18.  We need volunteers, please!  If you'd like to help, please let me know as soon as possible.  Thank you for sharing your time with us!  :)