Week of February 23rd

Dear Parent/s,

I hope everyone stayed safe and warm over the snowy weekend. We have a pretty calm week so here are your reminders:

- We will be taking the Unit 2 Benchmarks this week.

- We will start reviewing for Terra Nova tests.

- SKS Guys Night Out is Thursday night at Casey's in Berwyn.

- I am in need of Mystery Readers for March 12th, 19th and 26th. Please email if you are interested.

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: study Magic Words

RN page 136

Math: workbook page 63 & 64

study facts

Tuesday 

Reading: study Magic Words

RN page 145

Math: workbook page 67

study facts

Wednesday

Reading: study Magic Words

RN page 147

Math: workbook page 68

study facts

Thursday

Reading: study Magic Words

Math: FIM for 15 minutes

study facts

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 11 "The Holy Spirit Helps the Church to Grow."

Reading - We will take the Benchmark Test this week

Story: 

Target Skill: 

Phonics Skill:

Grammar Skill: 
Spelling words: 
    

Math

We will continue to work with place value. We will also start to practice mentally finding 1 more and 1 less and 10 more and 10 less of a given number.

We will continue to do timed math, however the amount of time to complete the 60 problems will go down. Please make sure your child is studying their facts each night. There are a ton of apps and websites that they can used to practice!

Timed math worksheets can be found at the website below. All you need to do is select all of the numbers next to "Adding," click "Create Worksheet" at the bottom of the page and print! http://www.worksheetworks.com/math/basic-operations/addition-up-to-15.html

Week of February 16th

Dear Parent/s,

I hope everyone enjoyed the extra long weekend! We have a short week so I will keep the blog short as well!

Here our some reminders:

- We will celebrate Ash Wednesday with Mass at 9:00 am.

- We will also begin going to Stations of the Cross once a week. They will not be every Friday like they used to. We will go on Thursday at 1:45 pm this week.

- Due to the snow day I will not be giving a spelling or reading test this week. Next week we will take the Unit 2 Benchmark test which will review all of the skills we have learned throughout the unit.

- Just a heads up..Terra Nova testing will be in March so we will begin doing some review each week in class.

That is it! Stay warm!

Miss Tosti

Wednesday

Reading: study Magic Words

RN page 140

Math: workbook page 61

study facts

Thursday

Reading: study Magic Words
RN page 143

Math: FIM for 15 minutes

workbook page 62

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

This week we will learn about Lent and how it prepares us for Easter.

Reading

Story: A Cupcake Party

Target Skill: Story Structure

Phonics Skill: short u and final blends -ft, -st, -sp, -nt, -nd, -mp, -sk, we will also work with long u

Grammar Skill: using a, an, the, working with synonyms
Spelling words: us, sun, but, fun, bus, run, eat, give, one, put, some, take
    

Math

We will continue working with place value this week. Specifically with ones and tens.

We will continue to do timed math, however the amount of time to complete the 60 problems will go down. Please make sure your child is studying their facts each night. There are a ton of apps and websites that they can used to practice!

Timed math worksheets can be found at the website below. All you need to do is select all of the numbers next to "Adding," click "Create Worksheet" at the bottom of the page and print! http://www.worksheetworks.com/math/basic-operations/addition-up-to-15.html

Week of February 9th

Dear Parent/s,

It was so nice to meet all of the grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles and other special friends last Wednesday. It was a special day that I am sure no one will forget! Check out the pictures below.

Here are the reminders for this week:

- I am sending some tests home today. Please sign and return them tomorrow.

- There will be a Home and School meeting on Tuesday night at 7:00pm. A dress down pass will be awarded to the class with the highest attendance! There will be some great speakers so if you can attend please do.

- We will be visiting the 8th Grade Business Day on Wednesday. If you would like to send your child with a few dollars (I think $5-10 would be more than enough) so they can buy something that would be great, but it is not required. All proceeds will be donated to a charity of the 8th grades choice.

- We will be celebrating Valentine's Day on Friday. A special thank you to Mrs. Sharkey and Mrs. Doyle for setting this up! We will be making bags prior to the party for valentines to be put in. Please make sure that your child makes a valentine for every person in the class and don't forget we welcomed our new student Stella Scott, in January! If you need a class list please let me know.

- The first grade won a dress down day back in November! We have decided to use it on Friday for the party!

- We will be having our second "Share and Teach" on Thursday. Students may bring in one special item (needs to fit in their schoolbag) and need to be prepared to tell the class three things about it. It would be great to practice a few times at home before Thursday.

- We will have a Religion test on Chapter 10 on Friday. A review sheet will be sent home this week.

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: study Magic Words

RN page 135

Math: workbook page 58

study facts

Tuesday - no homework due to H&S meeting

Reading: study Magic Words

RN page 

Math: workbook page 

study facts

Wednesday

Reading: study Magic Words

RN page 134

Math: workbook page 60

study facts

Thursday

Reading: study Magic Words
RN page 137

Math: FIM for 15 minutes

study facts
Religion: Study for test

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

This week we will finish up Chapter 10 "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit." We will learn about the Ascension and Pentecost.

Reading

Story: A Cupcake Party

Target Skill: Story Structure

Phonics Skill: short u and final blends -ft, -st, -sp, -nt, -nd, -mp, -sk, we will also work with long u

Grammar Skill: using a, an, the, working with synonyms
Spelling words: us, sun, but, fun, bus, run, eat, give, one, put, some, take
    

Math

We will begin working with place value this week. Specifically with ones and tens.

We will continue to do timed math, however the amount of time to complete the 60 problems will go down. Please make sure your child is studying their facts each night. There are a ton of apps and websites that they can used to practice!

Timed math worksheets can be found at the website below. All you need to do is select all of the numbers next to "Adding," click "Create Worksheet" at the bottom of the page and print! http://www.worksheetworks.com/math/basic-operations/addition-up-to-15.html

Here are some pictures from Grandparents/Special Friends Day!

Week of February 2nd

Dear Parent/s,

Happy February! We had a great time celebrating Catholic Schools Weeks last week. Be sure to check out some of the pictures below. I also would like to congratulate, Abby Sharkey, for being the runner-up in the Spelling Bee on Friday. She was fabulous!

We have lots to get done this week so here are some reminders:

- We will have a subtraction test on Thursday.

- We will have a Reading/Spelling test on Friday.

- On Wednesday, we will be going to the Book Fair and having Grandparents/Special Friends Day from 10:30-11:30. It will be held in the Parish Center. All are welcome to join us!

That is all for now!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: study Magic Words

RN page 122

Math: workbook page 45

study facts

Tuesday

Reading: study Magic Words

RN page 125

Math: workbook page 46

study facts

Wednesday

Reading: study Magic Words

RN page 128

Math: complete review sheet for math test tomorrow

study facts

Thursday

Reading: study Magic Words and Spelling words
Read "Dr. Seuss" to review for test

Math: FIM for 15 minutes

study facts

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

This week we will begin Chapter 10 "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit." We will learn about the Ascension and Pentecost.

Reading

Story: Dr. Suess

Target Skill: Biography (what is it?)

Phonics Skill: short e and blends with -s, we will also work with long e

Grammar Skill: singular and plural nouns
Spelling words: yes, ten, let, red, bed, get, after, draw, was, read, write, pictures
    *Test on Friday.  I will also give the students 3 sentences to write using the spelling words. Punctuation will be marked along with correct spelling.

Math

We will be working a lot with finding missing addends. (4 + ___ =  7, 7 - ___ = 3). The subtraction test has been moved to next week.

We will continue to do timed math, however the amount of time to complete the 60 problems will go down. Please make sure your child is studying their facts each night. There are a ton of apps and websites that they can used to practice!

Timed math worksheets can be found at the website below. All you need to do is select all of the numbers next to "Adding," click "Create Worksheet" at the bottom of the page and print! http://www.worksheetworks.com/math/basic-operations/addition-up-to-15.html

Drawing things that make us happy!

Learning some yoga moves! Thanks Mrs. Whalen!

Learning how to keep our hearts healthy!

Crazy 8s Day was certainly a sight to see :)

Our Spelling Bee champion, Abby!