Week of 1/29

We started off CSW with a beautiful Prayer Service for Peace

Dear Parents,

Happy Catholic Schools Week! We have a fun week planned with lots of activities! You can find all the information you need below. Valentine's Day information is also posted below!

- There will be no spelling and reading tests. We will test on this story and new spelling words next week.

- Dismissal is at 12:00 pm on Friday! Please be sure to check your child's bus to make sure they are bussing home from school this day. 

- Some special Catholic Schools Week notes:

                  *Send in canned goods all week!

                  Monday (1/29) - dress down (no charge)

                  Tuesday (1/30) - Crazy 8's Day - accessorize your school uniform with 8 items (shoes, jewelry, socks, hats, sunglasses etc)!

                  Wednesday (1/31) - Dress up day! The opposite of dress down! 

                  Thursday (2/1) - Beach theme day! Dress in your best beach gear! Please so bathing suits.

                  Friday (2/2) - Blue and White Spirit Day! Dismissal at 12:00 pm. 

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 out party of Thursday, February 15th due to Ash Wednesday falling on Valentine's Day.

             

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: workbook page 74

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will continue with Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life" and have a test on Friday.

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 will start practicing skip counting by 10s, 5s and 2s! We will focus on counting forwards and backwards by 10s and 5s.

Week of 1/22

Dear Parents,

Hopefully we will have a calmer week weather wise! This is our last full week before Catholic Schools Week starts on Sunday. Look below for an outline of what to expect in case you want to plan ahead! An email with more details will be sent out later this week.

Here are the reminders for the week:

- If you have not been a Mystery Reader yet, please be sure to sign up this week! There are a few spots still open.

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

- We will have a math test on 10 more/less and 1 more/less on Thursday. A review will be sent home for homework on Wednesday.

- We will have a spelling and reading test on Friday. They are the same spelling and sight words from last week.

- Catholic Schools Week begins at Mass on Sunday! Be on the look out for an email with more detailed information.

  Some special notes:

                  * Send in canned goods for the Souper Bowl of Caring all week!

                  * Cookie bake off all week

                  Sunday (1/28) Opening Mass at 9:30

                  Monday (1/29) - Color Day - dress down (no charge) in assigned color. I will let you know when are assigned one!

                  Tuesday (1/30) - Crazy 8's Day - accessorize your school uniform with 8 items (shoes, jewelry, socks, hats, sunglasses etc)! K-4 Spelling Bee

                  Wednesday (1/31) - Dress Up Day (more info to be sent)

                  Thursday (2/1) - Beach Day- dress down in beach attire (no bathing suits)

                  Friday (2/2) - Blue and White Spirit Day! Dismissal at 12:00 pm. 

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete workshet

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

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

Religion: study 

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Math: Xtra math 10 minutes

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will continue with Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life" and have a test on Friday.

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

Phonics Skill: diagraphs th, sh and ng
Grammar: Adjectives
Sight Words: once, upon, hurt, that
Spelling Words: chop, check, chill, whim, which, match, clutch, pitch

Math

We will finish up with finding 10 more/less and 1 more/less than numbers and have a test on Thursday. 

Week of 1/15

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a nice extra long weekend! Today we talked about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and why he is an important part of history and a great role model! Thank you for all of your donations for Monday! 

Here are the reminders:

- We will start a new story today but we will not test until next Friday.

- We will continue our math unit on 10 more, 10 less and 1 more and one less.

That is it for this week!

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday
Reading: complete worksheet
Math: complete worksheet

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

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

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

Phonics Skill: diagraphs th, sh and ng
Grammar: Adjectives
Sight Words: once, upon, hurt, that
Spelling Words: chop, check, chill, whim, which, match, clutch, pitch

Math

We will focus on 10 more/less and 1 more/less of a specific number. We will start trying to do this mentally without the help of a hundreds chart!

Week of 1/8

Congrats to Trinity for winning the Keep Christ in Christmas competition and to G for being the runner up! 

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a nice weekend! There are a few things going on this week so please be sure to read through! Here are your reminders:

- We did a supply check today. Lots of kids are in need of new sharpened pencils, glues sticks, crayons etc. If you could check with your child this week and grab some new supplies in the next week or two that would be great!

- The first grade is collecting small travel shampoo bottles for the MLK Day of Service on Monday, 1/15. If you would like to donate some please send it in by Friday!

- With the cold weather, please be sure to mark all outerwear with your child's name!

- Wednesday is a Dress Down Day for the MLK Day of Service. Please send in $1.00 to dress down. Thank you!

- Thursday is picture retake day.

- We will have a reading and spelling test on Friday this week.

- We will take the Chapter 8 religion test together on Friday.

- There is no school on Monday, January 15th for MLK Day.

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight Words

Math: page 69

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

practice sight words

Math: page 70

Wednesday

Reading:  complete worksheet

practice sight words

Math: page 71

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

practice sight words
Math: page 73

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 8 and take the test together on Friday.

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

Phonics Skill: diagraphs th, sh and ng
Grammar: Adjectives
Sight Words: our, these, were, could
Spelling Words: sing, bring, thing, shop, ship, shut, this, than

Math

We will continue comparing numbers this week using <, > and =. We will review one more and one less and start practicing finding 10 more and 10 less.

Week of 1/1

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a great Christmas and break! Thank you so much for your more than generous class Christmas gift. I was blown away by your generosity!

This week we will be working at getting back into our normal routine in reading, math and homework! We will start Unit 4 Week 1 in reading this week but continue to work on it next week and test next Friday

Here are your reminders for this week:

- No tests this week.

- Looking ahead: Picture retakes will be next Thursday, January 11th.
                            No school Monday, January 15th for MLK Day.

That is all for now! Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Wednesday

Phonics: page 275

Math: workbook page 67

Thursday

Phonics: page 276

Math: workbook page 68

A Peek At Our Week

Religion
We will start Chapter 8 "Jesus Had Followers".

Reading

Story: Stories Have a Narrator

Target Skill: Identifying who is telling a story, Ask and Answer Questions, Use Context Clues
Phonics Skill: diagraphs th, sh and ng
Grammar: Adjectives
Sight Words: our, these, were, could
Spelling Words: sing, bring, thing, shop, ship, shut, this, than

Math

We will start our unit on number sense and review ordering numbers, find the number that comes before, after or between and start learning how to compare numbers using the <, > and = symbols.

Week of 12/11

Dear Parents,

I hope you enjoyed the Christmas Concert last week! The kids looked and sounded wonderful. We hope it put you in the Christmas spirit! There are only 10 full days before Christmas Break and there is a lot going on so please read all the reminders! Here they are:

- Our Buddy Bowling Trip is scheduled for Thursday, December 21st! Please fill out the permission form and pay for the trip by Friday, December 15th! Remember the students will be provided with lunch so there is no need to order! https://stkatharineofsiena.factsmgtadmin.com/form/chniXQGqV?authToken=__token__

- I still need a few chaperones for the trip next week! If you would like to come please let me know!

- Report cards will be sent home tomorrow. Please remember that these grades are a reflection of your child's work in school along with their test scores. You may keep the actual report card at home. Please just sign and return the envelope. If you have any questions please let me know!

- On Wednesday morning we will go to Santa's Secret Shop! Please mark the envelope with who your child is shopping for and how much to spend on each person. It is really helpful to me and the volunteers! Envelopes we sent home last week so please send them back in for Wednesday! Thanks!

-We will have math test on Wednesday on place value. A review will be sent home for homework.

- Test folders will be sent home on Wednesday please sign and return on Thursday.

- We will have a reading and spelling test on Friday.

- Friday will be a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00 to dress down. Thank you!

- December Service Projects are a sock collection for the homeless and a Christmas Food Drive if you would like to send in donations this or next week!

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti 

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

complete Letter to Santa

Math: workbook page 66

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: complete test review

Wednesday 

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: no homework

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek At Our Week

Religion
We will continue talking about the season of Advent and Christmas. We will also start Chapter 6.

Reading

Reading

Unit: Being a Good Community Member
Target Skills: Author's Purpose, Using photographs to answer questions, Using context clues
Phonics Skill: final consonant blends 
Grammar: pronouns 
Sight Words: who, good, by, them 
Spelling Words: jump, clamp, mist, west, trust, bland, send, wind

Math

We will continue have a test on place value on matching place value blocks to the number they represent, identifying digits in the tens and ones place, and finding the value of digits. Then we will start working with expanded form.

Week of 12/4

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a nice weekend! We have another busy week here with the Christmas Concert and no school on Friday!  Here are your reminders for the week:

- Wednesday night will be the K-4 Christmas Concert! The kids should wear their Sunday/Christmas best. Please no jeans. Please have your child arrive to church by 6:15pm. They can go right to their pew where we have been practicing. After the performance, you can pick them up from their pew! Looking forward to seeing everyone there!      

- There will be NO spelling and reading test this week. 

- There are two service projects that the school is doing during the month of December. Please see the the flyers attached to the weekly email.

- We have our Monthly Mass on Thursday at 9:00am! All are welcome!

- Our second field is quickly approaching! We will be bowling at Devon Lanes with our 8th grade buddies on Thursday, December 21st! Please note that a pizza lunch is included in the price so you do not have to order lunch on Thursday. We need 5 chaperones for this trip. If you are interested, please email me and I will pick out of a hat next week! Sorry, no younger siblings are welcome on this trip! The permission form and payment info will be emailed to you this week!

- Report cards will be given out next week.

- No school on Friday due to the Holy Day! 

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: workbook pages 62 and 63

Tuesday 

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: workbook page 64

Wednesday - NO HOMEWORK/CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Reading: 

Math: 

Thursday

Reading: 

Math: 

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will continue to talk about the Advent season and the meaning of Christmas! 

Reading

Unit: Being a Good Community Member
Target Skills: Author's Purpose, Using photographs to answer questions, Using context clues
Phonics Skill: s blends 
Grammar: pronouns 
Sight Words: was, there, then, out
Spelling Words: skin, skill, skip, smell, smug, smock, swell, swim

Math

We will continue our unit of Place Value. We will focus on identifying the value of digits, writing expanded form and building numbers with place value blocks.