Week of 11/30

Dear Parents,

I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving and had to time to relax with family and friends. Now the countdown until Christmas is on! Needless to say the next three weeks will be busy and are sure to fly by. Please make sure you read all reminders in the coming weeks. Here they are for this week:

- Today starts the second trimester. Report cards will be given out next week.

- Students will begin copying their homework down each day in their HW copybooks. No hard copy will be sent home.  Homework will always be posted on the blog.

- If you have not paid the $21.00 for books please send it in ASAP.

- If you would like to chaperone the bowling trip please send in a note or email. I will be picking at the end of the week.

- Our class will go to Santa's Secret Shop on Tuesday from 9:30-10:00. If your child wishes to shop please send in the envelope marked with your child's name, who to shop for, their age,  and approximately how much money to spend on each person. This is a great help to me and the parents helping the kids shop.

- There will be a Reading and Spelling test on Friday.

- The field trip permission forms for the play are due by Friday.

- This Saturday is Breakfast with Santa. Don't forget to send in your forms if you would like to go!

- Just a heads up, next Wednesday night at 7:00pm is the Christmas Concert. More information will be sent home next week.

- I need a Mystery Reader for Thursday, December 10th.

I think that is plenty for now! Please email me if you have any questions!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

page 1 of packet

Math: workbook page 33
study facts

Tuesday 

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

page 2 of packet

Math: workbook page 34
study facts

Wednesday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes
page 3 of packet

Math: workbook page 35
study facts

Thursday

Reading: practice Magic Words

review for reading test
study for spelling test

Math: workbook page 36
study facts

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will begin the Chapter on the season of Advent this week.

Reading
Story: "A Cupcake Party"
Target Skill: Story Structure (characters, setting, plot)
Phonics Skill: Short u sound and final blends -mp -nk
Grammar: using a, an and the. Synonyms and antonyms
Magic Words: eat, give, one, put, small, take, sing, all does, they
Spelling Words: us, fun, sun, bus, but, run, he, see, am, her

Math

We will begin our unit on subtraction this week. Please continue to study addition flashcards!

Week of 11/23

Dear Parents,

We have a busy two days before Thanksgiving break! There will be no homework or tests this week. However, please continue to read and study Magic Words and math facts each night and especially over the break. Here are your reminders:

- Dress Down Day Monday - some students forgot their dollar so please send it in tomorrow.

- Thanksgiving Prayer Service tomorrow at 8:45. Please join us!

That is all! I wish each of you a very happy Thanksgiving and hope you get some time to relax with your loved ones. I am truly thankful to be able to teach and work with your children each day :)

Miss Tosti

Week of 11/16

Dear Parents,

This is our last full week before the Thanksgiving Break and our last full week of the first trimester! The school year is flying by. This week we will start a new story and have a test in math and religion. Here are the reminders:

- First grade is getting workbooks! If you could please send in cash or check (payable to SKS) this week it would be greatly appreciated. The cost is $21.00. You can also use Online Pay found on the school website or click here: http://sksschoolwaynepay.3dcartstores.com/ . Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this.

- Don't forget to send in soda can tabs for the Ronald McDonald House! Also, if your child would like to send a Turkey-Telegram they can buy one ($1) all of this week. Proceeds go to the Travis Manion Foundation.

- Test folders will be sent home today. Please sign and return all test by tomorrow. Thanks!

- We will have a math test on addition on Thursday. This will be on adding using a number line and ten frames. It will also include adding three addends and doubles.

- We will have a Religion test on Chapter 4 on Friday. A study guide will be sent home.

- Please make sure you are working on the math fact flash cards each night. The kids should be starting to memorize the 1 and 2 facts without using their fingers.

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

page 1 of packet

Math: page 1 of packet

Tuesday 

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

page 2 of packet

Math: page 2 of packet
Religion: Study for test 

Wednesday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes
page 3 of packet

Math: complete math review for test tomorrow
Religion: Study for test 

Thursday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes

Math:
Religion: Study for test tomorrow

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We have our test on Chapter 4 on Friday.

Reading
Story: "A Cupcake Party"
Target Skill: Story Structure (characters, setting, plot)
Phonics Skill: Short u sound and final blends -mp -nk
Grammar: using a, an and the. Synonyms and antonyms
Magic Words: eat, give, one, put, small, take, sing, all does, they
Spelling Words: us, fun, sun, bus, but, run, he, see, am, her

Math

We will have a test on addition on Thursday.

Special thanks to Avery's grandfather, a retired Army Colonel, for coming in to teach us about Veteran's Day! 

Week of 11/9

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend. Thank you to everyone who took the time to meet with me Thursday and Friday for conferences. It will be good to get back into our normal routine this week. Here are some reminders:

- School mass on Tuesday at 9:15.

- We are collecting soda can tabs for The Ronald McDonald House. Please send any in that you have.

- Wednesday is Veterans Day. If you have any Vets in your family and they would like to come in for a few minutes on Wednesday and talk to the class about Veterans Day please let me know and we will set it up!

- Talent Show practice is Thursday after school.

- SKS Got Talent on Friday!

- We will have our first Spelling test on Friday. There are 10 words and they can be found in your child's R copybook and also below under the reading section.

- We will also have a Reading test on Friday.

That is all for now!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

page 1 of packet

Math: page 1 of packet

Tuesday 

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

page 2 of packet

Math: page 2 of packet

Wednesday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

Review for test tomorrow

Math: page 3 of packet

Thursday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes

Math: page 4 of packet

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will begin Chapter 4 - "Jesus Works Among the People"

Reading
Story: "Dr. Seuss"
Target Skill: Graphic Features and Biographies
Phonics Skill: Short e sound and -s blends
Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns
Magic Words: after, draw, pictures, read, was, write, do, find, funny, no
Spelling Words: yes, ten, let, bed, red, get, a, have, said, all

Math

This week we will continue to work with learning doubles and practicing adding 3 addends. A math test on addition will be next week.

We had a special Mystery Reader on Thursday! My godson, Christopher came in to read with the kids! Needless to say, he was a hit :)

Week of 11/2

Dear Parents,

Another month down! I can't believe it! I just wanted to thank all of you who came to see the kids at the Saints Celebration. It is truly a special tradition here at SKS and I was so proud of how well the kids sang and read! The Halloween-a-thon and Batty Bash were also a huge success :)

Be sure to check out some pictures below from the Saints Celebration, the Halloween-a-thon and of our special scientist guest, Mrs. Hope (Patch's grandmom). We certainly had a fun-filled week!

Here are your reminders:

- Since this week is short and there will be no homework :) Please continue to review sight words, math facts and to read each night.

- No school on Tuesday or Friday this week.

- Conferences start Thursday after school and will continue on Friday. Thank you for signing up. I look forward to meeting with everyone!

- We will have a Blue and White dress down day on Thursday to show school spirit! This will be free!

- We will have a Religion test on Chapter 3 on Thursday. A study guide will be sent home today.

- I need Mystery Readers for November! If you are available 11/5, 11/12 or 11/19 from 2:00-2:30 please let me know!

Have a great week!

Katie

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will have a test on Chapter 3 on Thursday.

Reading
Story: "Dr. Seuss"
Target Skill: Graphic Features and Biographies
Phonics Skill: Short e sound and -s blends
Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns
Magic Words: after, draw, pictures, read, was, write, do, find, funny, no

Math

This week we will continue with our unit on addition and adding 3 addends. We will also begin to practice our doubles.