Week of 9/24

Thanks to Mrs. Elliott for reading to us last week!

Dear Parents,

We made it through another week! The kids have been doing great. It is nice to see them working together and taking pride in their work. Thanks for reinforcing all we learn in school at home :).

Here are your reminders for the week:

- The Star Student schedule for the year was sent home today. I will send home the a folder with directions the week prior to your child's week. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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

- First in Math usernames and passwords will be given out this week. I will tape them on the inside of each child's Home Folder. This is a website that can be used at home to review math skills throughout the year and will also be given as math homework on some Thursday nights. If you have any questions please let me know!

- We will have our first Religion test on Wednesday. Please use the review sheet to study.

- Our field trip to Highland Orchards has been booked for Tuesday, October 30th! Permission forms will be sent home in the coming weeks!

- We loved reading our story Jack and Wolf with partners last week! We worked on reading with expression (especially when Jack yelled "Wooooooolf").

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 90

practice Magic Words

Math: page 6

Tuesday

Reading: page 91

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet 

Wednesday

Reading: page 92

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet 

Thursday

Reading: page 93

practice Magic Words 

Math: First in Math 15 minutes

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion: Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"

We will have our test on Chapter 1 and begin Chapter 2. In this chapter we will learn all about the Blessed Trinity and prayer.

Reading

Story: "How Animals Communicate"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Short I sound and R blends

Grammar: Nouns

Magic Words: animal, how, make, of, some, why, help, for, have, you

Spelling Words: in, will, did, sit, six, big, wig, win, trip, brick

Math

This week we will work on one more, one less, ordering numbers from least to greatest and greatest to least, and learning how to count on and count back from a specific number.

Week of 9/17

Mrs. McCoy was our first Mystery Reader of the year!

Dear Parents,

We survived our first full week of first grade! I hope the kids enjoyed it and are settling into school and our routines. I hope that you are continuing to set routines at home and are giving your child more responsibility. The more we work on this the more independent they will become! Be sure to check out the pictures below of our "One Book, One School" activity that we did with our eighth grade buddies!

Here are your reminders for the week:

- Please have journals decorated and covered by this Friday.

- We will have our first school Mass on Wednesday at 9:00am. Please join us!

- We will have our first reading test on the story "Jack and the Wolf" this Friday. I will read all of the questions and answers for the first few tests. The reader will be sent home this week so you can read and review the story at home.

- Our first Spelling test will also be on Friday. We have been practicing a lot with short A words in school. Please review the words at home each night as well.

- Magic Words will also be tested on Friday so please make sure you are reviewing them each night.


I think that is it for this week! Please email me if you have any questions!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: page 83

practice Magic Words

Math: page 5
*GYM TOMORROW*

Tuesday

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: page 86

practice Magic Words

Math: page 7

Wednesday

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: page 84

practice Magic Words
study spelling words

Math: page 8

Thursday

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: read over story for test tomorrow
study spelling words

practice Magic Words 

Math: page 9

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion: Chapter 1- "Jesus Teaches Us About God's Love"

We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God. We will also learn about how God made each of us different!

Reading

Story: "Jack and the Wolf"

Target Skill: Characters

Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words

Grammar: Complete sentences

Magic Words:  play, every, be, come, and, call, hear, with, said, away

SpellingWords:  an, bad, can, had, cat, ran, am, at, man, dad
* Reading and Spelling tests on Friday.

Math

This week we will still focus on writing numbers and number words and filling in missing numbers. We will also being ordering numbers and talking about "one more" and "one less".

Week of 9/10

 

Dear Parents,

Welcome to our Classroom Blog! We are so excited to start our first full week of first grade and it was great seeing you all last week at Back to School Night! We have a lot of fun things planned so keep checking our classroom blog for updates and pictures of what is going on in Room 19! You will be receiving a second email with a link to sign up for updates and info about our class using the Remind app.

Here are a few reminders for this week:

- These first few weeks of school are very important for setting expectations and learning our classroom routines and procedures. Students thrive in environments where they feel comfortable and know what is expected of them. I urge you to also have expectations and routines at home for things like completing homework, studying and reading. For example, each day after school your child can eat a snack, take out their homework copybook and begin their homework. You can even have a set place for them to complete their work. Simple things like this will help your child to become responsible, organized and independent!

- Please be sure to check your child's "Home Folder" every night. You can empty out any papers that were completed in school. These will be in the "Home" side of the folder. If anything needs to be signed or turned in, please place it in the "School" side. I ask that your child's behavior calendar (please initial the calendar each night), homework (if a worksheet) and Magic Words envelope stay in the "To School" and be returned each day.

- We will have homework this week so start your homework routine today/tonight!

- Journals need to be decorated and covered by Friday, September 21st.

- I need Mystery Readers for the following Thursdays from 2:00-2:30 in September: 9/13, 9/20, and 9/27. Please email me if you are available!

- On Friday, we will be having out One Book, One School Book Club. We will be talking about "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" and making a craft with our 8th Grade Buddies! If you would like to send your child in with their book that would be great! Thank you!

- Friday will be a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00 with your child. Please also review the dress down day policy in the school handbook.

- Please email me with any questions or concerns :)

Thanks!
Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday
Reading: page 75
practice Magic Words
Math: page 1

Tuesday

Reading: page 76

practice Magic Words

Math: page 2

Wednesday 

Reading: page 77

practice Magic Words
Math: page 3

Thursday 

Reading: page 78 

practice Magic Words
Math: page 4

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion: Unit 1 - "Jesus Teaches Us About God's Love"
We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God. We will also learn about how God made each of us different!

Reading
Story: "Jack and the Wolf"
Target Skill: Characters
Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words
Grammar: Complete sentences

Magic Words:  play, every, be, come, and, call, hear, with, said, away

SpellingWords:  an, bad, can, had, cat, ran, am, at, man, dad


Math
This week we will focus on writing numbers and number words. We will also work on putting numbers in order and filling in missing numbers on a hundreds chart.