Week of 11/28

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and enjoyed the time off with your family and friends. Here are your reminders for the week:

- First grade is collecting pasta sauce and penne pasta for Mercy Hospice. If you would like to donate please send your donations in by Monday, December 5th. Thank you for your generosity!

- The first trimester ends this Friday.

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

- We are starting Unit 3 in reading this week. There will now be 12 Magic Words instead of 10.

Have a great week!
Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 151

practice Magic Words

Math: page 34

Tuesday

Reading: page 150

practice Magic Words

Math: page 35

Wednesday

Reading: page 152

practice Magic Words

Math: page 36

Thursday

Reading: page 153

Math: play First in Math for 15 minutes
(login and password can be found in home folder)

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We start Chapter 13 this week and learn about season of Advent.

Reading
Story: "At Home in the Ocean"
Target Skill: Author's Purpose (Persuade, inform, entertain)
Phonics Skill: Long A, digraph -th, endings (ed, ing, s, es)
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Magic Words: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where, here, me, my, who
Spelling Words: that, them, then, with, this, bath, seven, and, here, she

Math

We will continue our unit on subtraction this week. We will practice it on a number line and also with 10 frames. Please be sure to practice flash cards!

Week of 11/21

Thanks to Mrs. Starck and Michael for coming in to read last week!

Dear Parents,

We have a short week this week! I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends and get to enjoy the little break. Here are a few reminders:

- No school Wednesday-Friday.

- First grade is collecting pasta sauce and penne pasta for Mercy Hospice. If you would like to donate please send your donations in by Monday, December 5th. Thank you for your generosity!

- No tests or homework this week!

That is all! Have a wonderful break :)

Miss Tosti

Week of 11/14

Thanks for coming to read, Mrs. McGrath!

Dear Parents,

We had a great trip to Highland Orchards on Friday! Check out some pictures below. It is hard to believe that this is the last full week before Thanksgiving! Here are your reminders for the week:

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

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

- If you have any old coats, gloves or hats we are collecting them for Cradles to Crayons throughout the month of November.

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 140

practice Magic Words

Math: page 31

Tuesday

Reading: page 143

practice Magic Words

Math: page 32

Wednesday

Reading: page 145

practice Magic Words

Math: page 33

Thursday

Reading: write spelling words 2x each in W copybook
review story for test tomorrow

Math: play First in Math for 15 minutes
(login and password can be found in home folder)

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 5 "Jesus Teaches About Love."

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, give, take, does, they, dust, jump

Math
This week we will start our subtractions unit. We will learn that subtracting means to "take away." We will learn how to write number sentences and use pictures to help us solve problems. We will also use number lines and ten frames to help us solve problems.

Week of 11/7

Dear Parents,

I'd like to thank each of you for coming in last week and meeting with me at conferences. As always, if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me. We have another busy week ahead of us! Here are your reminders:

- We will have our monthly Mass on Tuesday, November 8th at 9:00. All are welcome to join!

- There is a Home and School Meeting Thursday night at 7:00pm in the cafeteria. We hope you can make it!

- SKS Got Talent is Friday night at 7:00pm in the gym!

- There will be Religion test on Chapter 4 on Thursday. A study guide will be sent home.

- There will be a Math test on addition on Thursday as well.

- We will be going on our field trip on Friday! Students are to wear their gym uniforms. It will be a bit chilly so please make sure you send them in sweatshirts and sweatpants. Please also send your child with a brown bag lunch (please no glass bottles).

- Veteran's Day is this Friday and we will be having a special ceremony in the school yard in the afternoon at 1:30 pm. If you have any family members or friends who served in the armed forces please send in a picture or index card with their name on it so we can honor them. All are welcome to join us too!

- If you have any Veterans in your family who would like to come in a speak with the class about serving our country please let me know and we will set up a time for them to come in next week!

- Be sure to check out the pictures from Halloween below :)

Have a great week!
Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday

Religion: review for test

Reading: page 135

practice Magic Words

Math: page 27

Tuesday

Religion: review for test

Reading: page 137

practice Magic Words

Math: page 28

Wednesday

Religion: review for test

Reading: page 134

practice Magic Words

Math: complete review for test tomorrow

Thursday

Religion: 

Reading: page 136

Math: play First in Math for 15 minutes
(login and password can be found in home folder)

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We have our test on Chapter 4 on Thursday.

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, give, take, does, they, dust, jump

Math

We will have a test on addition on Thursday.