Week of 4/29

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a nice weekend! We have another busy week to end out April and start the month of May! We will start Unit 8 in reading this week but will not have the reading and spelling tests until next week. The rest of the reminders can be found below!

- Our field trip to the Arden Theater is Wednesday! The kids are to wear their gym uniforms to school. Please pack a morning snack and a brown bagged lunch (no glass drinks please) as we will be eating at the theater after the play. If you have not signed the permission form or paid yet please do so ASAP! https://stkatharineofsiena.factsmgtadmin.com/form/aKYJGZL6X?authToken=__token__

- The first grade mass is on Friday! All are welcome to join! The kids have been working very hard!

- Friday is also Grandparents/Special Relatives Day and a half day with dismissal at 12:00. Please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/m7wwQ2N5fxCbFL25A 

Important May dates:

May 1st - Field Trip to Arden Theater

May 3rd - First Grade Mass and Grandparents Day; noon dismissal

May 14th - May Procession at 6:30pm

May 24th-27th - Memorial Day Weekend

June 4th - Donuts with Dads/Dudes - 8:30-9:30

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 124

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 122

Wednesday NO HOMEWORK
Reading: 
Practice Sight Words
Math: 

Thursday
Reading: complete worksheet
Practice Sight Words
Math: workbook page 125

Religion
We will finish up Chapter 16 on the sacraments this and take the test together.

Reading

Story: "Observing the Sky"

Target Skill: Describing characters, settings and major events using key details

Phonics Skill: R controlled vowel: -ar

Grammar: pronouns

Sight Words: four, great, city, boy

Spelling Words: car, star, far, chart, smart, part, yard, hard

Math

We will continue our unit on measurement and work with non-standard and standard measurement.

Week of 4/22

Congrats to Trinity, who read her poem "Pink" at SCAN last week!

Dear Parents,

I can't believe this is our last full week in April! May is probably the busiest month of school so be sure to mark your calendars! We will have our last story in Unit 7 of reading this week. We will finish our graphing unit and start our measurement unit. Here are your reminders for the week:

- We will be going to see Pinocchio at the Arden Theater next Wednesday, May 1st. The permission form is posted below and the payment invoice was sent to you through FACTS last week. Please have it completed by this Friday, April 26th. The kids will need to bring a brown bagged lunch this day as we will be eating there after the play.

- I am still in need of 1 chaperone for the trip! If you would like to be one please send me an email and make sure your clearances are up to date! Thank you!

- Here is the permission form for the field trip! https://stkatharineofsiena.factsmgtadmin.com/form/aKYJGZL6X?authToken=__token__

- There will be a math test on graphing on Wednesday. A test review will be sent home work homework on Tuesday.

- There will be a reading and spelling test on Friday this week.

- Friday is a dress down day to benefit Catholic Social Services. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

- Next Friday, May 3rd will be our First Grade Mass and Grandparents Day! If you have grandparents who are planning to attend, please RSVP for them here: https://forms.gle/m7wwQ2N5fxCbFL25A More information about will be sent home next week!

That is all for now!

Miss Tosti

Important May dates:

May 1st - Field Trip to Arden Theater

May 3rd - First Grade Mass and Grandparents Day; noon dismissal

May 14th - May Procession at 6:30pm

May 24th-27th - Memorial Day Weekend

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 52

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete test review

Wednesday
Reading: complete worksheet
Practice Sight Words
Math: XtraMath for 10 minutes

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

Religion
We will finish up Chapter 16 on the sacraments this and take the test together.

Reading

Story: "Past, Present and Future"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details, Using text graphics and captions

Phonics Skill: Long i (igh, ind, -y)

Grammar: noun and verb agreement

Sight Words: again, round, they, country

Spelling Words: right, night, light, find, kind, mind, shy, fly

Math

We finish up our graphing unit and begin our unit on measurement.

Week of 4/15

We loved learning about the Solar Eclipse!

Dear Parents,

This week we will have SCAN (Spring Cultural Arts Night) on Thursday night! Guests are welcome to walk around the school to look at student work starting at 5:30 followed by the showcase in the gym at 6:30! All are welcome to come see the amazing work the kids have done throughout the year. The rest of your reminders can be found below.

- The last Home and School meeting  of the year will be tonight at 6:30 in the parish center. The speaker is an Executive Functioning and ADHD specialist. All are welcome to join!

- We will celebrate our monthly Mass tomorrow at 9:00 am. Please join us!

- We will be going to see Pinocchio at the Arden Theater on Wednesday, May 1st. The permission form and payment will be sent to you through FACTS this week. Please have it completed by Friday, April 26th. The kids will need to bring a brown bagged lunch this day as we will be eating there after the play. I will need 3 chaperones for the trip! If you would like to be one please send me an email and make sure your clearances are up to date! Thank you!

- Here is the permission form for the field trip! https://stkatharineofsiena.factsmgtadmin.com/form/aKYJGZL6X?authToken=__token__

- We are still in need of some tissues and clorox wipes if you would like to donate some to the class! Thanks!

- There will be a reading and spelling test on Friday.

- I will be teaching the Safe Environment lesson on Friday this week. An email was sent home last week with the link to the lessons and an opt out letter.

That is all for now! Have a wonderful week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday - Home and School Meeting at 6:30

Reading - complete worksheet

Math - 

Tuesday

Reading - complete homework

Math - workbook page 49

Wednesday

Reading - complete worksheet

Math - workbook page 50

Thursday

Reading - study for tests

Math - workbook page 51

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 16 - Jesus Gave us the Sacraments.

Reading

Story: "Past, Present and Future"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details, Using text graphics and captions

Phonics Skill: Long e (ee, ea)

Grammar: noun and verb agreement

Sight Words: all, people, where, draw

Spelling Words: street, greet, fleet, feed, seed, cheat, meat, seat

Math

We will continue our unit on graphing this week and work on using tally, picture, and bar graphs. We will also work with taking surveys and graphing the results.

Week of 4/8

We will have our champion book named this week!

Dear Parents,

We are excited for our first full week back and to start it off with the Solar Eclipse! April is a busy, busy month so please be sure to look at the school calendar and blog! Here are the reminders for this week:

- We will have a math test on Wednesday on time to the hour and half hour. A practice test will be sent home for homework tomorrow.

- We will have a reading and spelling test on Friday this week. The words are the same as last week.

- This Friday, April 12th is 8th grade Business Day! Our 8th graders have created their own small businesses and will open up shop to the school community in the parish center and gym from 8:30 - 1:45. Our class will visit Friday morning! All products, games, and services range from $1-$7 and all proceeds benefit St. Jude's Children's Hospital. You can see the commercials the students created below. If your child would like to participate, please send a few dollars in a labeled envelope on Friday. Thank you!
Business Day Commercials

- We have our final field trip planned to Arden Theatre to see the play, Pinocchio on Wednesday, May 1st! The permission form and payment link will be sent next week!

Have a great week!

Katie

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete test review

Wednesday
Reading: complete worksheet
Practice Sight Words
Math: XtraMath for 10 minutes

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 119

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 15 this week and take the test together in class.

Reading

Story: "Past, Present and Future"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details,

Phonics Skill: Long o (oa, ow, old)

Grammar: compound sentences and conjunctions

Sight Words: found, your, know, always

Spelling Words: bow, low, glow, goat, moat, float, cold, hold

Math

We will finish up our unit on time this week and have the test on Wednesday! Then we will start our unit on graphing.