Week of 10/2

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

Dear Parents,

Happy October! The kids are settling in and have been doing a great job. I cannot believe we are finished with September already. October will certainly fly by as well. Here are your reminders for this week:

- Information about the first grade Saints Presentation was sent home last week. Each child may choose any saint they want! The report will be due next Wednesday 10/11, so please work on it this week. 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 Presentation will be on Friday, October 27th at 9:00 am in the Church. 

- The kids will be given "book bags" this week which have books in them that reinforce the short vowel letters we have learned so far. They will be allowed to bring them home to practice reading if they want, I just ask that they take care of the books and remember to bring them back each day so we can use the books for future classes! 

- If you haven't signed the permission form or paid for the field trip on Thursday, October 26th please do so this week. If you would like to be in the drawing for a chaperone please email me! The drawing will be at the end of this week. The permission for can  be found HERE.

- We will have a math quiz tomorrow on number sense and addition. A review will be sent home tonight for homework.

- We've decided with the new reading series and the weekly testing that we will take the Religion tests together in school. Hopefully this will allow for more time to focus on reading and math at home! We will take the Chapter 2 quiz together on Thursday.

- There will be a spelling, sight word and reading quiz on Friday. Please study spelling and sight words each night!

- You will find all of your child's app logins in the inside cover of their Homework Copybook. We have used all the apps in school now so they should be familiar if you want to use them at home! I highly suggest using Xtramath a few nights each week to reinforce math facts!

- We will have an author visit on Friday afternoon. If you are interested in ordering the book please use this link:  https://childrensbookworld.net/moyle-oct-5-at-st-katharine/

- Looking ahead, we have off on Monday, 10/9 and winter uniforms will start Tuesday, 10/10!

I think that is all for this week! Please let me know if you have questions about anything!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday

Religion: work on saint report 

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: complete math review for test tomorrow

Tuesday

Religion: work on saint report

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: wb page 23

Wednesday

Religion: work on saint report

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: wb page 25

Thursday

Religion: work on saint report 

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Math: wb page 26

A Peek at Our Week!

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

We will finish up Chapter 2 and have a quiz on Thursday that we will take together.

Reading

Story: Plants and Animals Grow and Change

Target Skill: Asking questions, Main Topic and Details, Sequencing

Phonics Skill: Short i

Grammar: Noun (review) and verbs

Sight Words: play, little, with, you

Spelling Words: lip, hip, rip, win, bin, pin, hit, bit

Math

This week we will  have our first quiz on addition. We will continue with addition and learn how to use a number line to solve problems and learn double facts. If you practice at home, please have your child start at the larger number!