Week of 2/26

Mr. Duffy surprised us last week to read!

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a nice weekend. This week we will start a new reading unit and continue with Terra Nova prep. Here are your reminders:

- Thank you so much for your donations for Thomas, who is fighting Leukemia. We collected $340! We will continue to pray for him and his family.

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

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

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 12 on Friday.  A study guide will be sent home.

- If you would like to be a Mystery Reader on a Thursday in March (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd) please let me know.

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday
Reading:page 2
practice Magic Words
Math: page 52

Tuesday

Reading: page 3

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: page 112
Religion: study for test tomorrow

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 12 "The Church Serves" and have a test on Friday. We will continue learning about Lent and the Stations of the Cross.

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
**There will now be 12 spelling words**

Math

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

Science Scoop

SCIENCE SCOOP!

For the past month in first grade we have become scientists and have been learning about sound and light and how they work! With the help of a website called Mystery Science, we have been exploring, questioning, experimenting and learning about these topics. From creating our own sound effects, to making our own stained glass, and creating shadows we have really developed a love of science and finding out how things work! Feel free to check out the website, mysteryscience.com and do some of your own exploration at home with your kids!

SOUND 

We first learned that all sound is made through vibrations. We learned how sound effect artists create sounds for our favorite cartoons and movies. Then we got to be sound effect artists and created the sounds for a strong rain storm! Check out the link to the videos below.

Sound Effect Artists

We then used our rulers to make the sound of a bouncing ball. We experimented changing the sound by making the ruler shorter and longer on the desk. The kids discovered that the shorter the ruler was the faster the vibrations were. Then we had to match the sound with a bouncing ball that we watched on the SmartBoard. It was harder than it looked!

Bouncing Ball

LIGHT

Next, we began learning about light. We made predictions and discussed where light comes from. We answered questions like: what would it be like in a world without light and why is it important to have materials that let light shine through? From this we learned about three different types of material: transparent, translucent and opaque. We discussed how important glass and transparent materials are in our every day life. We then got to make our very own stained glass with tissue paper and press and seal plastic wrap!

SHADOWS

The most fun we had was when we learned about shadows! Our initial hypothesis was that shadows can only move when living things move. We did not think that the shadows for structures like houses, buildings and statues could move. This brought us to our next experiment with Willy, the gnome. First, we placed Willy in a sunny window, traced his shadow and marked down the time. We went back to check on Willy 20 minutes later and were shocked to see that his shadow had moved! Our hypothesis was wrong! We concluded that the light, which comes from the sun moved, which in turn caused Willy's shadow to move!

Willy the gnome, helped up learn about shadows!

Lastly, we played with shadows some more by using flashlights and shadow patterns. The kids took turns moving the light of the flashlight to match the shadows of Willy at four different stations. The kids used trial and error and had a blast as they worked together to get the flashlight at the perfect angles to match each shadow!

Next up we will start our Social Studies unit on Maps! Be on the look out for the next special "Scoop" blog!

Week of 2/19

Thanks for coming in and reading to us, Mr. Gompers!

Dear Parents,

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

- Be on the look out for a special blog being sent out this week showing what we have been doing in Science for the past few weeks!

- There will be a math test on 10 more/less, 1 more/less and adding and subtracting two digit numbers on Wednesday.

- On Wednesday, the 8th grade is hosting their Business Day. We will be visiting in the 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. No food or drink will be sold.

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

- We will have a reading and spelling test on Friday this week. The Magic Words and the phonics skills (long o and soft c, g, and dge) will also be tested from "The Big Race."

- Please consider sending in a donation for one of our fellow first grader's cousin, who is fighting Leukemia. A note with further information will be sent home today.

- Information about a Leprechaun Trap project will be sent home today! We read a story about how to trap a tricky leprechaun and some ideas of how to create a trap. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: page 214
practice Magic Words

Math: complete review for math test
*Business Day tomorrow. Send in money.

Wednesday

Reading: page 219

practice Magic Words

Math: 

Thursday

Reading: study for reading and spelling test tomorrow

practice Magic Words

Math: workbook page 48

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will begin Chapter 12 "The Church Serves." We will continue learning about Lent and the Stations of the Cross.

Reading
Story: "Animal Groups"
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
Phonics Skill: Long U and review Long I 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, white, drive, glue, cube, fruit, they, sing, all
** Reading and Spelling test on Friday

Math

We will finish our unit on place value, number patterns and adding and subtracting two digit numbers  and have a test on Wednesday. We will also begin our unit of graphing.

Week of 2/12

Dear Parents,

Hope you had a nice weekend! I can't believe we start the Lenten season this week. First grade is flying by! I decided not to give the reading and spelling test last Friday because we were off on Wednesday and Thursday however, the Magic Words and phonics section of the test will be added to the test with "Animal Groups" which we will take next Friday. There will not be a spelling test on "The Big Race" words. Here are your other reminders:

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

- On Wednesday, we will open the Lenten season (Ash Wednesday) with our Monthly Mass at 9:00 am. We will be talking about Lent and what things we can do to prepare us for Easter Sunday! We hope to see you at Mass!

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

- On Thursday, we will have the Chapter 11 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: page 211
practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet
Religion: study for test 

Tuesday

Reading: page 210

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet
Religion: study for test 

Wednesday

Reading: page 212

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet
Religion: study for test tomorrow 

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish up with Chapter 11 - "The Holy Spirit Helps the Church Grow" and have a test on Thursday.

Reading
Story: "Animal Groups"
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
Phonics Skill: Long U and review Long I 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, white, drive, glue, cube, fruit, they, sing, all

Math

We will continue our unit on place value and work with the number patterns 1 more/less and 10 more/less. We will also start to add and subtract with two digit numbers.

Week of 2/5

Dear Parents,

We had a great time celebrating Catholic Schools Week and I know all the kids celebrated the Eagles victory last night! Here are the reminders for this week:

- Yearbook pictures will be taken on Wednesday so please do not let your child dress down.

- No school Thursday! GO EAGLES!

- Reading and spelling tests will be taken on Friday.

- If you would like to be Mystery Reader on Thursday, 2/15 or 2/22 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. Please remember that no candy is allowed with valentines.

- Health screenings will be on Friday.

GO BIRDS!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: page 201

Math: complete worksheet 

Tuesday

Reading: page 199

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: page 204

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

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

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will continue with Chapter 11 - "The Holy Spirit Helps the Church Grow."

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 and work with the number patterns 1 more/less and 10 more/less.

Adri, Alex and Michael did a great job representing first grade in the Spelling Bee!

Cheering on our Spelling Bee contestants!

Fifth grade stopped by to read with us!

Kindergarten and first grade playing some Minute to Win it games!