Week of 2/27

Thank you, Mrs. Sincavage, for reading and celebrating Lauren's half birthday with us!

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a nice weekend. This week we will continue with Terra Nova prep and we will also celebrate Ash Wednesday and discuss the season of Lent. Here are your reminders:

- The kids will bring home a new reading workbook tonight that goes with the stories for the second half of the year.

- Tuesday night at 7:00 pm there will be a Home and School Meeting. I hope to see you there!

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

- Wednesday we will celebrate Ash Wednesday with Mass at 9:00 am. All are welcome!

- There will be a Dress Down Day on Friday. All students are asked to bring in one canned good instead of $1.00. Thanks!

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 11 on Friday.  A study guide will be sent home.

- If you would like to be a Mystery Reader on a Thursday in March (2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd) please let me know.

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday
Reading:page 2
practice Magic Words
Math: page 49

Tuesday

Reading: write spelling words 2x each in W copybook

practice Magic Words

Math: page 50
Religion: study for test

Wednesday

Reading: page 4

practice Magic Words

Math: page 51
Religion: study for test

Thursday
Reading: page 7
practice Magic Words
Math: FIM for 15 minutes
Religion: study for test tomorrow

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 11 "The Holy Spirit Helps the Church Grow" and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: ""Let's Go to the Moon"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Long U and review Long O

Grammar: questions

Magic Words: around, should, before, bring, carry, light, show, think, people, beautiful, wear, tools

Spelling Words: hole, stove, bone, so, go, flew, grew, blue, super, soon, think, before

Math

We will continue working with graphing this week. We will also begin our unit on time. We will learn the hands on the clock and practice how to read time to the hour. 

Week of 2/20

Thanks for reading to us last week, Mrs. Hayes!

Dear Parents,

I hope you enjoyed the long weekend and warm weather! We will start doing some review for the Terra Nova test that will be taken in late March. Here are your reminders:

- On Wednesday, the 8th grade is hosting their Business Day. We will be visiting tomorrow afternoon. The price range of the businesses is $.50-$3.00. If you would like to send in money for your child please do so in a labeled envelope. There will be no food or drink sold.

- Yearbook pictures will be taken on Thursday. Please do not dress down! Thanks :)

- We will have a reading and spelling test on Friday this week. Please make sure you are reviewing each night.

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: write spelling words 2x each in W copybook

practice Magic Words

Math: page 77

Wednesday

Reading: page 212

practice Magic Words

Math: page 78

Thursday
Reading: study for reading and spelling tests
practice Magic Words
Math: FIM for 15 minutes

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

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

Reading
Story: "Animal Groups"
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
Phonics Skill: Long U and review Long O digraphs kn, wr, gn, mb
Grammar: the verb be
Magic Words: bird, both, eyes, fly, long, or, those, walk, they, sing, does, all

Spelling Words: time, bike, like, white, kite, drive, glue, cube, fruit, they, sing, all

Math

We will work on double digit addition and subtraction with no regrouping this week. We will also start working with graphs and we will keep reviewing counting by 2s, 5s and 10s

Week of 2/13

Dear Parents,

Our 100th day celebration was a great success! The kids looked fantastic and everyone had a good laugh looking at their costumes. Thanks for your help with it and for sending in the 100 pennies :). You can check out a few pictures below. Here are the reminders for this week:

- Reading and spelling test will be taken on Tuesday (rescheduled from last week).

- Our Valentine's Day party will be on Tuesday. Please send valentines in a labeled bag by tomorrow. Please no candy treats this year. Thank you to those who donated items for our party!

- On Wednesday, we will be hearing from the Radnor Police about internet safety.

- On Thursday, we will take the Chapter 10 Religion test. A study guide will be sent home.

- No school on Friday or Monday! Enjoy the long weekend!

Thanks!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday

Reading: read and review story for test tomorrow
study for spelling test

Math: page 72
Religion: study for test 

Tuesday

Reading: page 211

practice Magic Words

Math: page 73
Religion: study for test 

Wednesday

Reading: page 210

practice Magic Words

Math: page 74
Religion: study for test tomorrow 

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish up Chapter 10 "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit." There will be a test on Thursday.

Reading
Story: "Animal Groups"
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
Phonics Skill: Long U and review Long O digraphs kn, wr, gn, mb
Grammar: the verb be
Magic Words: bird, both, eyes, fly, long, or, those, walk, they, sing, does, all

Spelling Words: time, bike, like, white, kite, drive, glue, cube, fruit, they, sing, all

Math

We will work on double digit addition and subtraction with no regrouping this week. We will also start working with graphs and we will keep reviewing counting by 2s, 5s and 10s.

Week of 2/6

Mrs. Van der Waag and special guests, Owen and Will, were our Mystery Readers last week!

Dear Parents,

We had a great time celebrating Catholic Schools Week! Here are the reminders for this week:

- The Centennial Committee would like to celebrate the 100th day of the 100th year by having students and faculty members bring in 100 pennies. The students will get to roll their pennies in wrappers with their buddies on Friday. The money will be used to purchase a centennial gift for the school! Please send the pennies in a labeled ziplock bag by Friday. Thank you for your help with this!

- Friday is our 100th day of school this year! To celebrate, the first grade can dress up like they are 100 years-old! It should be a fun day! If you have any questions please let me know. Remember we have gym on Friday so students can wear sneakers or bring them to change into for class.

- There will be a math test on place value on Thursday.

- Reading and spelling tests will be taken on Friday.

- If you would like to be Mystery Reader this Thursday (2/9) or next Thursday (2/16) from 2:00-2:30 please email me and let know!

- We will be decorating bags in school this week for Valentine's Day. If you would like to send valentines in early please make sure you send them in a labeled bag. We will have a small party on Tuesday next week.

That's all for now!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: page 201

Math: page 68

Tuesday

Reading: page 199

practice Magic Words

Math: page 71

Wednesday

Reading: page 204

practice Magic Words

Math: complete test review

Thursday

Reading: review for reading and spelling tests tomorrow
practice Magic Words

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 finish our unit on place value this week. We will review the tens and ones place, practice identifying tens and ones in numbers and finding the value of digits. We will continue practicing mentally adding and taking away 10 and 1. We will also review counting by 2s, 5s and 10s.