Week of 1/30

Thanks to Mrs. Downs, Degan's grandmom, for reading to us last week!

Dear Parents,

Happy Catholic Schools Week! It was great seeing many of you at the Opening Mass yesterday. We have a very busy week with lots of activities going on. Please refer to the schedule below and let me know if you have any questions.

Monday - Community Service Day

 - We will be hearing from the Radnor police and firefighters about serving the community. After, we will be making cards to thank all the men and women who keep us safe.

Tuesday - Crazy 8s Day and Spelling Bee

 - Students can add 8 crazy items to their school uniform (hats, socks etc.)

 - Spelling Bee for grades K-4 from 1:15-2:15 in the gym. We will be cheering on Maeve!!

Wednesday - Ronald McDonald Assembly

Thursday - Blue and White School Spirit Day

 - Students can dress down in blue and white. Any face paint or hair dye must be done prior to coming to school.

 - Student vs.Teacher basketball game - 1:00-2:00pm in the gym

Friday - Mass and Teacher Appreciation Day (Half Day)

 - Closing Mass 9:00am. Please join us!

 - 12:00 pm dismissal

* All week we will be collecting cans for the Souper Bowl of Caring Collection. If we collect 500 canned goods Mr. Tosti will shave his head!

Monday

Reading: page 196

Math: page 64

Tuesday

Reading: page 197

practice Magic Words

Math: page 66

Wednesday

Reading: page 198

practice Magic Words

Math: page 67

Thursday

Reading: 195

Math: FIM 15 minutes

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will continue with Chapter 10 - "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit".

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

Phonics Skill: Long O and review Long A, soft c, g, dge

Grammar: Verbs and time

Magic Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those, saw, round

Spelling Words: came, late, make, gave, brave, shape, over, those, row, saw, face, edge

Math

We will continue our unit on place value this week. We will learn about the tens and ones place and practice identifying tens and ones in numbers. We will begin working with mentally adding and taking away 10 and 1. We will also review counting by 2s, 5s and 10s.

Week of 1/23

Dear Parents,

There is not too much going on this week! Here are a few reminders:

- There will be a Reading and Spelling test on Friday. These spelling words are a little tougher than usual so please be sure to practice each night. Thanks!

- Catholic Schools Week opens with Mass on Sunday at 9:30. There will a lot going on next week so I will send home a schedule sometime this week so you can plan accordingly.

Thanks!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: page 182

Math: page 60

Tuesday

Reading: page 192

practice Magic Words

Math: page 61

Wednesday

Reading: page 186

practice Magic Words

Math: page 62

Thursday
Reading: review story and study spelling words for test tomorrow
Math: FIM 15 minutes

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will being Chapter 10 "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit".

Reading
Story: "Seasons"
Target Skill: Cause and effect
Phonics Skill: Long I, digraph -sh, -wh, -ph and contractions 's and n't
Grammar: Subjects and verbs
Magic Words: down, fall, goes, green, grow, new, open, yellow, many, pull, because, want

Spelling Words: ship, shop, which, when, whip, fish, want, like, this, look, kite, night

Math

We will continue our unit on place value this week. We will review identifying tens and ones in numbers. We will also start to mentally add and subtract 10 from numbers. 

Week of 1/16

Mr. McGrath came in and read to us last week!

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a nice long weekend. Thank you to those of you who donated and volunteered for yesterday's Day of Service. We will talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today in school.

At this point in the year is when I start giving the students more independence to complete their work. They will start reading directions and completing workbook pages, worksheets and activities by themselves. For tests, I will only be reading the questions from now on. They will read the answers by themselves. It is important for them to become "self-starters" and gain the confidence to complete tasks by themselves. It would be great if you could reinforce this at home with homework. Of course, if they need help, help them, but make sure they try to read the directions or questions and figure it out by themselves first. The more independent they become the better off they will be.

Here are your reminders for this week:

- SKS will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart with the American Heart Association. Information about the program will be sent home today.

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

-Wednesday is a Dress Down Day for the Travis Manion Foundation. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

- On Wednesday, we will have Health Screenings. Nurse Skilton sent an email out last week explaining this.

- There will be a Chapter 9 Religion test on Friday.

That is all for now! Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Tuesday

Reading: page 181

practice Magic Words

Math: page 58

Wednesday

Reading: page 182

practice Magic Words

Math: page 59

Thursday
Reading: page 183
Math: FIM 15 minutes

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will continue with Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life".

Reading
Story: "Seasons"
Target Skill: Cause and effect
Phonics Skill: Long I, digraph -sh, -wh, -ph and contractions 's and n't
Grammar: Subjects and verbs
Magic Words: down, fall, goes, green, grow, new, open, yellow, many, pull, because, want

Spelling Words: ship, shop, which, when, whip, fish, want, like, this, look, kite, night

Math

We will start our unit on place value this week. We will learn about the tens and ones place and practice identifying tens and ones in numbers.

Week of 1/9

Anna's mom and grandmom were our first Mystery Readers of the New Year!

Dear Parents,

We are back in the swing of things here in first grade. Please make sure you are continuing to practice Magic Words and math facts each night. Here are your reminders for the week:

- SKS is having a Day of Service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday January 16th from 10am-12pm in the cafeteria. All families are welcome. First grade has been asked to donate deodorant. If you would like to donate please send it in by Friday. Thanks for you help!

- We will celebrate our monthly Mass this Wednesday at 9:00am. All are welcome to join us.

- Picture retakes will be on Thursday this week.

- There will be a math test on subtraction and fact families on Thursday.

- There will be a reading and spelling test on "How Leopard Got His Spots" on Friday.

That is all for now!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: page 174

practice Magic Words

Math: page 83

Tuesday

Reading: page 169

practice Magic Words

Math: page 80

Wednesday

Reading: page 177

practice Magic Words

Math: complete review for test tomorrow

Thursday
Reading: study for reading and spelling test tomorrow
Math: FIM 15 minutes

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life".

Reading
Story: "How Leopard Got His Spots"
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Phonics Skill: Long E, digraph -ch, -tch
Grammar: Statements and Commands
Magic Words: hold, been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very, good, full, friend
Spelling Words: chin, chop, much, chip, rich, chick, friend, never, very, hold, steep, bean

Math

We will finish up our subtraction unit this week. There will be a test on Thursday on subtracting and fact families.

Thank you to Mr. Hayes, who came in and celebrated and taught us about King's Day! 

Week of 1/3

Thanks to Emilia's grandmom, Mrs. Cassidy, for reading to us before break!

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and that your new year is off to a great start. I also want to thank each and every one of you for your kindness and generosity to me all of the teachers here at SKS. We are truly a lucky faculty.

This week will will get right back into the swing of things and work on getting back into our routine. Hopefully it will be a smooth transition back! Here area your reminders:

- We will start a new story and get new spelling and magic words this week. Please be sure you study them each night at home.

- The kids checked their school supplies today to see if they need any new ones. Please check with them and see what they need. Thanks!

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

- I need Mystery Readers for the following Thursdays: 1/12, 1/19, 1/26 from 2:00-2:30. Please email me if you are interested. It would be great if every student had someone come in at least once during the year. If Thursday from 2:00-2:30 does not work for you and you are free another day please let me know and we will work something out.

- We will have a Religion test on Chapter 8 on Friday.  A study guide will be sent home.

- There will be a Dress Down Day on Friday. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

- Be sure to check out some pictures below from our Polar Express Day (when we made pizzelles) and from our bowling trip with our 8th Grade Buddies!

Tuesday

Reading: page 166

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday
Religion: study for test

Reading: page 168

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday
Religion: study for test tomorrow
Reading: page 167
review story for test tomorrow
Math: FIM 15 minutes

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 8 "Jesus Had Many Followers" and have a test on Friday.

Reading
Story: "How Leopard Got His Spots"
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Phonics Skill: Long E, digraph -ch, -tch
Grammar: Statements and Commands
Magic Words: hold, been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very, good, full, friend
Spelling Words: chin, chop, much, chip, rich, chick, friend, never, very, hold, steep, bean

Math

We will continue our unit on subtraction this week. We will review subtraction on a number line and begin to see how addition and subtraction are related by working with fact families.