Week of 3/9

Dear Parents,

I hope this warmer weather stays with us! The second trimester closes this Friday and I can assure you that this last trimester will FLY by. In this final trimester, we really focus on responsibility, independence and self control. We talk a lot about being "almost second graders" and what being in second grade entails. One of the best parts of teaching first grade is seeing the growth that each child makes in 9 short months. Thinking back from September until now they are completely different kiddos! I am sure you see it too :)

Here are the reminders for this week:

- The Go Run program starts next Thursday! Miss Elisio and I are very excited to get started! If your child wants to join, please see the flyer on the school website and click here for the Registration Form. Please sign up by Friday!

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

- There will be math test on graphing tomorrow. The kids have been doing a great job with this!

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

- Leprechaun Traps are due next Tuesday! If you could refrain from sending them in early it would be greatly appreciated! Unfortunately, there is not enough room to store 16 traps for the week! Also, if you could have your child practice telling how their traps work that would be great because they will be presenting them to the class!

That's all for now!

Miss Tosti

We LOVED our story "Let's Go to The Moon" and we worked a lot with finding the main idea! of stories and passages. We had a lot of fun working with our partners reading mixed up paragraphs and finding the main idea of each. Finding the main idea at this age can be tricky, but the kids really did a great job with this!

Homework

Monday
Reading: page 17
practice Magic Words
Math: page 112
Graphing test tomorrow
Religion: study for test

Tuesday

Reading: page 18

practice Magic Words

Math: page 113
Religion: study for test

Wednesday

Reading: page 19

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet
Religion: study for test

Thursday
Reading: page 22
practice Magic Words
Math: complete worksheet
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.

Reading

Story: "The Big Trip"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, ee) and -ng, -nk words

Grammar: compound sentences
Magic Words: about, could, sure, by, don't, there, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through

Spelling Words: keep, seed, green, street, cheek, clean, read, mean, heat, sea

Math

We will continue with our time unit and practice telling time to the hour and half hour. We will work with time patterns and learn about elapsed time. There will be a graphing test on Tuesday.