Week of 5/2

Dear Parent/s,

Happy May! We are officially in our last full month of first grade. I can't believe how fast this year has flown by! We have an exciting week with the first grade Mass coming up on Thursday. I hope everyone can make it. Here are the reminders for this week:

- First grade Mass 9:00am on Thursday.

- Test folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return Wednesday. Thanks!

- There will be a reading and spelling test this Friday.

- Terra Nova scores have come in and should be sent home sometime this week. If you have any questions about them please let me know.

- If you would like to mystery read on 5/12, 5/19 or 5/26 from 2:00-2:30 please let me know.

- Mark you calendars for next Wednesday, May 11th for the May Procession. More information will be sent home next week.

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

Reading page 34
Phonics page 250

Math: complete worksheet
study facts

Tuesday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

Reading page 37
Phonics page 251

Math: complete worksheet
study facts

Wednesday 

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes
Reading page 40
Phonics page 252

Math: complete worksheet
study facts

Thursday 

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes
study for reading and spelling tests
Phonics page 253

Math: complete worksheet
study facts

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We start Chapter 17 "The Church Welcomes New Members" this week and learn about the sacrament of Baptism.

Reading
Story: "Where Does Food Come From?"
Target Skill: Author's Purpose
Phonics Skill: Long A and review Long I
Grammar: Name of months and holidays and contractions 'll and 'd
Magic Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, fields, corn, flowers, favorite

Spelling Words: play, rain, grain, way, sail, day, mail, stay, may, pain
**Reading and spelling test this Friday

Math

This week we will continue our unit on measurement. We will work with non-standard measurement. We will also begin to talk about standard measurement and estimating length and weight. Please continue to practice counting by 2s, 5s and 10s at home and continue to study math facts each night.