Week of 10/7

Dear Parents,

The busy October continues! Here are your reminders:

- Mrs. Tricia Boyes will be in all week for me. Please feel free to email her with any dismissal changes etc. She can be reached at triciaboyes@earthlink.net. Your kids are in great hands! I will also be checking email if you need me for anything!

- Test folders will be sent home when I return next week! Grades will be posted on Option C.

- There will be a Chapter 2 Religion test on Wednesday. A study guide will be sent home today.

- The October Monthly Mass will be this Friday at 9:00 am. All are welcome :).

- Information about the first grade Saints Celebration will be sent home mid-week. Each child may choose any saint they want! The report will be due next week so please work on it this week/weekend. Please make sure the report and the picture are done neatly. Don't forget to have your child practice reading their report because they will be sharing it with the class for a grade. The Saints Celebration will be on Friday, October 25th at 9:00 am in the Church. Please email be if you have any questions!

- Grandparents/Special Friends Day will be on Wednesday, October 23rd from 10:00-11:00 am. Grandparents or special friends are invited to join us in the cafeteria at 10:00 am to enjoy some light refreshments, to make a small craft and shop for books.

- Winter uniforms start next Monday! School pictures will be taken on Thursday next week. .

Homework

Monday
Religion: study for test

Reading: page 105

practice Magic Words

Math: page 15

Tuesday

Religion: study for test tomorrow

Reading: page 107

practice Magic Words

Math: page 16

Wednesday

Religion: work on saint project

Reading: page 104

practice Magic Words

Math: page 17

Thursday

Religion: work on saint project

Reading: page 108

Math: page 19

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish up Chapter 2 "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity" and have our second test on Wednesday.

Reading

Story: "A Musical Day"

Target Skill: Sequence of events

Phonics Skill: Short o sound and -l blends 

Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns

Magic Words: her, now, our, she, today, would, look, what, he, too

Spelling Words: on, pop, got, not, fox, hop, slot, plop, look, what

Math

This week we will begin our unit on addition. We will learn that adding is putting two parts together to make a whole. We will also learn the terms "addend" and "sum".  We will practice writing addition sentences (2 + 3 = 5) and drawing pictures to illustrate addition sentences. We will also be practice ways to make ten using ten frames. This is a helpful skill when learning addition.