Week of 2/26

Dear Parents,

Can you believe March is almost here? This week we will finish Unit 5 in reading and have our tests on Friday. We will also start working with money and learn to identify and count coins. Please make sure you send your child in with coins so they can practice!

Here are the reminders for this week:

- If you did not send in coins with your child, please do so ASAP! 4 quarters, 10 dimes, 20 nickels and 25 pennies in a ziplock bag labeled with their name.

- There will be a math test on Tuesday this week on addition and subtraction to 20. We will review in school and a review will be sent home for homework tonight.

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

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

-Leprechaun trap information was sent home today! Google has some great examples of traps! Students are asked to bring the traps in on Friday, 3/15! Please do not send in before because we have limited space in the classroom! If you have any questions please let me know! Happy building!

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete test review

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight and spelling words

Math: no homework

Wednesday
Reading: complete worksheet
Practice Sight Words
Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek and our Week

Religion
We will continue to learn about Lent and start learning about each Station of the Cross.

Reading
Story: "Technology at Work"
Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: long a with soft c and g

Grammar: questions

Sight Words: try, give, far, too

Spelling Words: race, lace, face, brace, page, cage, wage, age

Math

We will begin our unit on money this week! We will learn to identify the coins and how much they are worth and practice counting. If you practice at home remember to start counting with the coins that are worth the most! 

Week of 2/19

Congrats to Brennan, our 2nd trimester Peacemaker!

I hope you all had a great holiday weekend! Can you believe we will celebrate our 100th day of school this week?! This year is just flying by.

- We will have a spelling and reading test this Friday on Unit 5, Week 2.

-There will be yearbook club photos taken on Wednesday, so no dress-downs, please.

- We will be starting our unit on money next week. Please send in a ziplock bag labeled with your child's name with 4 quarters, 10 dimes, 20 nickels, and 25 pennies by next Tuesday. The coins will be sent home when we are finished with them. Thank you!

- Information about the first-grade tradition of building leprechaun traps will be sent home this week. Please be on the lookout for more information!

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: workbook page 81

Thursday

Practice spelling and sight words for test

Read for 15 minutes

Math: workbook pages 83 and 85

A Peek at Our Week

Reading

Story: Technology At Work
Target Skill: Identify Main Idea and Retell Key Facts and Details, Make Connections
Phonics Skill: Long O (v_e words)
Grammar: prepositions, contractions, types of sentences
Sight Words: find, how, over, under
Spelling Words: hope, rope, nope, nose, those, chose, joke, spoke

Math

We will finish up our unit working with sums and differences to 20 and fact families. We will also practice doing double-digit addition and subtraction without regrouping. There will be test early next week.

Religion
We will complete Chapter 11 and take our test together on Friday.

Week of 2/12

Last week we learned about how penguins have a protective coating on their wings to repel water! We loved our experiment!

Dear Parents,

We will start Unit 5 in reading this week. Due to the short week, Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day we will not test in reading this week. We will be starting long vowels with the spelling words so it would still be great if you studied the words each night so your child can get used to the new spelling pattern. We will also be starting a new math unit this week and practice adding and subtracting sums and differences up to 20. Here are the rest of your reminders for the week:

- Dress down day on Tuesday! Please bring in $1.00 to dress down.

- Please send in valentines by tomorrow so we have them ready to go for Thursday!

- We are still collecting canned goods if you would like to donate some.

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

- We will celebrate Ash Wednesday with mass at 9:00am. All are welcome to join!

- On Thursday we will celebrate Valentine's Day and also do a service project with our buddies! It is a free dress down day, but our grade is asked to wear the color orange!

- No school on Friday or Monday! Enjoy the long holiday weekend!

Thanks!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday
Reading: complete worksheet
Practice Sight Words
Math: workbook page 77

Tuesday 

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice Sight Words 

Math: page 78

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Practice Sight Words 

Math: page 79

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will begin Chapter 11 "The Holy Spirit Helps the Church Grow."

Reading
Story: Technology at Work
Target Skill: Drawing Inferences, Main Idea and Details, Making Connections 

Phonics Skill: words with long a (v_e words)
Grammar: 4 types of sentences
Sight Words: why, many, right, start
Spelling Words: game, name, shame, frame, take, fake, shake, brake

Math

We will start practicing addition and subtraction up to 20. We will review how to use a number line and start practicing memorizing our math facts.

Week of 2/5

The first grade spelling bee contestants!

Dear Parents,

We had a great time during Catholic School Week! Thank you for all of your donations! You can check out some pictures below from the week. Here are the reminders for this week:

- There will be a math test on skip counting and even and odd numbers on Thursday.

- If you would like to sign up for a second slot to mystery read please feel free to do so! You can find the link under the Mystery Reader tab.

- We will have a spelling and reading test on Friday. These spelling words are tougher so please be sure to review at home!

- Looking ahead, there is no school on Friday, February 16th and Monday, February 19th.

Valentine's Day info:

     - please have all valentines sent to school no later than Tuesday, February 13th.  Candy or small gifts are both okay! We will be having our party of Thursday, February 15th due to Ash Wednesday falling on Valentine's Day.

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday
Reading: complete worksheet
Math: complete worksheet

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: workbook page 72

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: complete test review

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Math: XtraMath for 10 minutes

We had a blast at the Minute to Win It Challenge!

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We complete Chapter 10 "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit."

Reading
Story: Stories Have a Narrator
Target Skill: Identifying who is telling a story, Ask and Answer Questions, Use Context Clues

Phonics Skill: three letter blends
Grammar: Adjectives and using commas
Sight Words: when, because, from, their
Spelling Words: splash, split, strap, stretch, squid, squint, sprint, spring

Math

We finish up with skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s and work with even and odd numbers. We will have a test on Thursday.