Week of 1/27

Dear Parents,

Happy Catholic Schools Week! We have a very busy week with lots of activities going on. Please refer to the schedule that was sent home and emailed last week to stay on top of things! My gift to you (and me) is no homework this week expect for reviewing sight words and spelling words and studying for a math test! Here are the reminders:

 Tuesday - Crazy 8s Day - accessorize your uniform with 8 items

Wednesday - dress down in red

Thursday - dress as your favorite book or movie character

Friday - dress in blue and white

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

- There will be a math test on Thursday on Place Value. The kids will have to find the value of digits in the tens and ones places and write numbers out in expanded form. We will be practicing all week in school.

- We will have a Religion test on Chapter 10 on Friday, but we will take it together and the kids may use their books.

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Thursday- Math Test 

Friday- Religion Test 

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 10 - "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit."

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Drawing Conclusions

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 test on identifying the value of digits and writing numbers in expanded form.

Week of 1/20

Dear Parents,

Thanks for those of you who volunteered yesterday to help out with the day of service. We spent time in class today talking and learning about Dr. King and all of the great lessons he has taught us.

There is not too much going on this week! Here are a few reminders:

- Monthly Mass will be this Thursday at 9:00 am. Please join us!

- Religion homework this week will be writing a letter to God. Directions and paper will be sent home today. Please return the letters by Friday.

- There will be a Math test on Friday on Place Value on matching base ten blocks to numbers, writing how many tens and ones make up a number and identifying digits in the tens and ones places. A review will be sent home for homework Thursday night.

- Catholic Schools Week opens with Mass on Sunday at 9:30. Hope to see you there!

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Contraction Surgery

Last week we learned about contractions and how they work! We became "surgeons" and carefully removed the correct letter/s from the words is and not to join two words together. We then added our "scar" or apostrophe! The kids loved this activity and took their jobs very seriously :)

Tuesday
Religion: work on letter

Reading: page 196

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday
Religion: work on letter

Reading: page 201

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday
Religion: letter due tomorrow
Reading: write spelling words 2x each in H copybook
Practice Magic Words
Math: complete test review

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life."

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: Long O and soft c, g, dge

Grammar: Verbs and time

Magic Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those, saw, round

Spelling Words: rose, hope, cone, home, low, slow, coat, road, race, edge

Math

We will continue our unit on place value this week and have a quiz on identifying tens and ones. We will start finding the values of digits and learning how to write number in expanded form.

Week of 1/13

Dear Parents,

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:

- We are still fighting off the flu in this classroom! If your child is diagnosed, please let me know so I can tell Mrs. Manion, our school nurse. We will continue to sanitize daily. We miss all of our sick friends!

- For MLK Day (1/20) SKS will be having a day of service from 10:00 am -12:00 pm in the cafeteria. All are welcome to volunteer! First grade has been asked to send in individually wrapped toothbrushes and toothpaste. If you would like to to donate you can send them in any time before Monday, 1/20. Thanks for your help!

- On Tuesday and Wednesday, the 7th grade will be selling popsicles and raffle tickets to win gift baskets to raise money for Ryan's Cases for Smiles. It is a local organization that helps families with children who are fighting cancer. You can find more out here.

-Wednesday is a Dress Down Day for Ryan's Cases for Smiles. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

- On Thursday, pictures for yearbook will be taken. Please do not dress down on this day.

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 8 on Thursday.

- There will be a Reading and Spelling test on Friday.

That is all for now! Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Monday
Religion: study for test

Reading: page 189

practice Magic Words

Math: page 62

Tuesday
Religion: study for test

Reading: page 186

practice Magic Words

Math: page 63

Wednesday
Religion: study for test tomorrow

Reading: page 190 and 192

practice Magic Words

Math: page 64 

Thursday
Reading: study to tests tomorrow
Math: page 66

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 8 and have a test on Thursday.

Reading
Story: "Seasons"
Target Skill: Cause and effect
Phonics Skill: Long I, digraphs -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, when, why, crash, like, kite, night, pie, tie

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 1/6

Dear Parents,

We will be working at getting back into our normal routine this week with a new story, new math unit and homework! We have had quite a few kiddos sick already since we have been back, so we will be washing hands and cloroxing desks frequently. A gentle reminder to please not send your child back to school until they are fever free for 24 hours :).

Here are your reminders for this week:

- I need Mystery Readers for 14th and 21st of January at 2:00! If you are available please let me know! Also, if you have not read yet and would like to but can't make Tuesday at 2:00 work, please let me know and we will work something out!

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

- For MLK Day (1/20) SKS will be having a day of service from 10:00 am -12:00 pm in the cafeteria. All are welcome to volunteer! First grade has been asked to send in individually wrapped toothbrushes and toothpaste. If you would like to to donate you can send them in any time before Monday, 1/20. Thanks for your help!


That is all for now! Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Monday

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.

Tuesday

Reading: page 182

practice Magic Words

Math: page 59

Wednesday

Reading: page 183

practice Magic Words

Math: page 60

Thursday
Reading: page 184
Math: page 61

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will begin Chapter 8 "Jesus Had Many Followers"

Reading
Story: "Seasons"
Target Skill: Cause and effect
Phonics Skill: Long I, digraphs -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, when, why, crash, like, kite, night, pie, tie

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.

Christmas STEM Blog

Dear Parents,

The week before Christmas is always a tough one for students and teachers because we are all so excited for Christmas and the much needed break! It can be challenging to keep kids on task..especially when you have a full week of full days! Knowing this, I decided to plan some engaging STEM activities to excite and motivate the kids to use their brains and think "outside of the box." Let me tell you, they did a GREAT job! They worked individually and in groups and I was in awe of their critical thinking skills and interest in these activities. I hope that they shared some of the knowledge that they learned about snowflakes and igloos with you at home! Check out the pictures below to see some of what we did before Christmas!

We really had a great last week before Christmas!

Miss Tosti

Symmetrical Snowflakes

We first watched a video about how snowflakes are formed. The kids were shocked to learn that a single snowflake starts from a speck of dust! After talking about the life cycle of a snowflake we learned that each snowflake has 6 sides and they are symmetrical. After talking about what symmetry was we constructed our own snowflakes using Q-Tips. Each snowflake came out unique!

Engineering Igloos

Next, we learned about the coldest place in the world! Some kids already knew that it was the South Pole! We watched a video of a real igloo being built in the South Pole. We paid special attention to how the eskimos built from the bottom to the top. After talking about the construction and why it has to be built that way the kids were excited to build their own! I gave them a styrofoam cup, mini marshmallows and some icing for glue and they each built their own igloo! You could hear a pin drop in our classroom during this activity! I think it was their favorite :)

Candy Cane Experiment

Our last Science activity was the Candy Cane Experiment. We got our materials: candy canes, hot water, cold water and vinegar. We talked about predictions and discussed what the word dissolve meant. Then each student predicted what liquid would dissolve the candy cane the fastest. Most thought vinegar, followed by cold water and then hot. We were shocked to see just how quickly some of the candy canes started dissolving. We recorded and drew our observations.  In the end, the hot water dissolved the candy cane in 25 minutes (followed by the vinegar then cold water)!