Week of 1/29

Grace Carey's grandmom came in last week and read to us about "invisible strings".  Hopefully your child mentioned it when they came home :).

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. Here are some other reminders:

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

- There will be a math quiz on Wednesday on Place Value.

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 10 on Thursday. A study guide will be sent home.

- For Valentine's Day we will decorate bags in school to put valentines in. Please do not send in any boxes. Also, please remember that no candy is to be attached to valentines.

Catholic Schools Week Schedule

Monday - "Learn"

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

Tuesday - "Serve"

 - We have assemblies from the Radnor police and fire fighters, Jenna's Blessings Bags, Cradles to Crayons, St. Edmond's Home and make cards for them.

Wednesday - "Lead"

 - In the afternoon we will do STEM activities with our buddies!

 - We will also say a decade of the rosary with our buddies in Church.

Thursday - Crazy 8s Day!

 - Students can accessorize their gym uniform with 8 crazy items! Socks, hats, etc.

 - We will also play Minute to Win it Games

Friday - Spirit Day!

 - Students can wear blue and white to school or EAGLES gear!

 - Student vs Teacher basketball game

 - 12:00 pm dismissal

* All week we will be collecting cans for the Souper Bowl of Caring Collection. *

Homework

Monday

Religion: study for test

Reading: page 196
practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet

Tuesday
Religion: study for test

Reading: page 197

practice Magic Words

Math: complete test review

Wednesday
Religion: study for test tomorrow

Reading: page 198

practice Magic Words

Thursday
Math: page 70

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will continue with Chapter 10 - "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit" and have a test on Thursday

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, brave, shape, over, those, row, saw, face, edge

Math

We will continue our unit on place value this week and have a quiz on identifying tens and ones, expanded form and finding the value of digits. We will then begin working with patterns to find ten more and ten less.

Week of 1/22

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. Hope to see you there! There will be a lot going on next week so I will send home a schedule this week so you can plan accordingly.

Thanks! GO BIRDS!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: page 186

Math: page 63

Tuesday

Reading: page 189

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: page 192

practice Magic Words

Math: page 66

Thursday
Reading: review story and study spelling words for test tomorrow
Math: page 69

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start 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, kite, night

Math

We will continue our unit on place value this week. We will review identifying tens and ones in numbers. We will focus on finding the "value" of digits. We will also work with expanded form and comparing numbers.

Week of 1/15

Mrs. Longstreth surprised 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, 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 tomorrow. Please sign and return Thursday.

-Wednesday is a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

- There will be a Chapter 9 Religion test on Friday. A study guide will be sent home today.

- SKS Trivia night will be Saturday in the Parish Center!

That is all for now! Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Tuesday

Reading: page 181

practice Magic Words

Math: page 58
**please check that the groups of tens are circled correctly. We did it in class today. Some kids preferred counting by twos and some by ones.

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 finish Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life" and have a test on Friday.

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, 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 1/8

Dear Parents,

The weather has certainly not been cooperating for us! Hopefully there will be some warmer days in the near future and we will be able to get back in a good routine at school! Here are your reminders for this week:

- We welcomed our student teacher Miss Julie Williams to our class today! We are so excited to have her. She sent home a little flyer about herself which can be found in your child's home folder.

- We will finish "How Leopard Got His Spots" this week and will have a reading test and spelling test this Friday.

- Our monthly Mass will be on Friday at 9:00 am. All are welcome to join us.

- Next Monday we will have off for MLK Day. There will be a day of service in the cafeteria from 10:00 am -12:00 pm if you are interested.

- I  still need Mystery Readers for the following Thursday 1/18 and 1/25 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.

That is all for now!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: page 177 (if you didn't do it last Thursday)

practice Magic Words

Math: page 47 (if you didn't do it last Thursday)

Tuesday

Reading: page 175

practice Magic Words

Math: page 83

Wednesday

Reading: page 171

practice Magic Words

Math: page 81

Thursday
Reading: study for reading and spelling test tomorrow
practice Magic Words
Math: page 82

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, steep, bean
**Reading and Spelling test on Friday**

Math

This week we will review subtraction and fact families. Next week we start our unit on place value.

Week of 1/3

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas 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 and all of the teachers here at SKS. We are truly blessed to have such supportive parents.

This week we 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:

- Starting Monday, we will welcome Ms. Julie Williams to our classroom as our student teacher! Julie is from Rosemont College and will be with us for the next 3 months. We are so excited to have her!

- We will finish up working on How Leopard Got His Spots this week and we will take the reading test together this Friday. The kids will be allowed to use their readers. Please make sure you review the Magic Words at home. There will not be a spelling test this week.

- 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!

- I need Mystery Readers for the following Thursdays: 1/11, 1/18, 1/265from 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.

Homework

Wednesday

Reading: page 174

practice Magic Words

Math: page 46

Thursday
Reading: page 177
review story for test tomorrow
Math: page 47

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, steep, bean

Math

This week we will review subtraction and fact families. Next week we start our unit on place value.