Week of 9/26

Special thanks to Drew's grandmom, Mrs. Hayes, who came all the way from St. Louis to read to us!

Dear Parents,

I can't believe we are already in the last week of September! Time is flying. We have a a pretty quiet week. Here are your reminders:

- Please continue to check all homework and to initial your child's behavior calendar each night.

- Journals were due today. If your child did not complete it please make sure it is decorated and covered by the end of the week. Thanks!

- The kids did a great job memorizing their Magic Words! Please keep studying each night!

- There will be a spelling test on number words this Friday (one-ten). Please study at home.

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 1 on Wednesday this week. A study guide will be sent home today.

- The SKS TAP Golf Outing is this Thursday!

-  Directions for the Religion homework will be sent home today. Please read them and help your child complete it neatly on the paper provided. Please have your child put their first and last name and the date (9/30/16) on the first line of the theme paper. Thanks for you help!

- Fox 29 will be here tomorrow to help us celebrate our Centennial! It should air between 9-10 am!

Homework

Monday

Religion: complete prayer project

Reading: page 90

practice Magic Words

Math: page 5

Tuesday

Religion: complete prayer project

Reading: page 91

practice Magic Words

Math: page 6

Wednesday

Religion: complete prayer project

Reading: page 95

practice Magic Words

Math: page 7

Thursday

Religion: prayer project due tomorrow

Reading: page 98

practice Magic Words and review R copybook

Math: page 8

A Peek at Our Week!

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

We will have our test on Chapter 1 and begin Chapter 2. In this chapter we will learn all about the Blessed Trinity and prayer.

Reading

Story: "How Animals Communicate"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Short I sound and R blends

Grammar: Nouns

Magic Words: animal, how, make, of, some, why, help, for, have, you

*Spelling test on number words (one-ten) Friday.

Math

This week we will be tested on writing number words (one-ten) We will also work on one more, one less, ordering numbers from least to greatest and greatest to least, and learning how to count on and count back from a specific number.

Week of 9/19

Thank you, Mrs. Daniels for being our first Mystery Reader!

Dear Parents,

We made it through our first full week! We are settling in and getting used to our routine. Speaking of routines, this is the perfect time to get your child into one for after school when they get home. Children thrive when they have a routine and know what is going to happen. It's a great idea to do homework at the same time every day and in the same quiet space where they have everything they need to complete it. They should be responsible for making sure they have completed everything, had it checked by an adult, and put everything back into their school bag for the next day. If you do this every day I promise homework time will become a piece of cake!

Here are your reminders for the week:

- Homework starts and can be found on the blog and in your child's "HW" copybook.

- Journals will be sent home this week so you can begin decorating. Please make sure they are sent back to school each day. It would be great if they could be decorated and covered by Monday, September 26th.

- We will have our first school Mass on Thursday at 9:00am. Please join us!

- We will have our first reading test on the story "Jack and the Wolf" this Friday. We will take this together as a practice test so we can get used to the types of questions that will be asked on future tests. This will count as a grade.

- Magic Words will also be tested on Friday so please make sure you are reviewing them each night.

- Our first Spelling test will be on Friday, September 30 and it will be on number words. (1-10). We will start practicing this week.

I think that is it for this week! Please email me if you have any questions!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: page 75

practice Magic Words

Math: page 1

Tuesday

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: page 80

practice Magic Words

Math: page 2

Wednesday

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: page 84

practice Magic Words

Math: page 3

Thursday

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: read over story for test tomorrow

practice Magic Words and review R copybook

Math: page 1

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion: Unit 1 - "Jesus Teaches Us About God's Love"

We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God. We will also learn about how God made each of us different!

Reading

Story: "Jack and the Wolf"

Target Skill: Characters

Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words

Grammar: Complete sentences

Magic Words: play, every, be, come, and, call, hear, with, said, away

*Reading test on Friday (we will take this together).

Math

This week we will focus on writing numbers and number words. We will also work on putting numbers in order and filling in missing numbers on hundreds charts.

Week of 9/12

Dear Parents,

Welcome to our Classroom Blog! We are so excited to start our first full week of first grade! We have a lot of fun things planned so keep checking our classroom blog for updates and pictures of what is going on in Room 19!

Here are a few reminders for this week:

- Please be sure to check your child's "Home Folder" every night. You can empty out any papers that were completed in school and you may keep the homework paper at home as well. These will be in the "Home" side of the folder. If anything needs to be signed or turned in, please place it in the "To school" side. I ask that your child's behavior calendar (please initial the calendar each night), homework (if a worksheet) and Magic Words envelope be returned each day.

- An "All About Me" project will be sent home today. Please complete this with your child. it will be due next Monday, September 19th.

- Homework and tests will start next week :)

- I need Mystery Readers for the following Thursdays from 2:00-2:30 in September: 9/15, 9/22, and 9/29. Please email me if you are available.

- Friday will be a Dress Down day. Please send in $1.00 with your child. Please also review the dress down day policy in the school handbook :).

- Please email me with any questions or concerns :)

Thanks!
Miss Tosti

Homework
Complete "All About Me" T-shirt

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion: Unit 1 - "Jesus Teaches Us About God's Love"
We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God. We will also learn about how God made each of us different!

Reading
Story: "Jack and the Wolf"
Target Skill: Characters
Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words
Grammar: Complete sentences


Math
This week we will focus on writing numbers and number words. We will also work on putting numbers in order and filling in missing numbers on hundreds charts.

Week of 6/6

Dear Parents,

Summer break is quickly approaching! We have a lot to do this week! Here are your reminders:

- Donuts with Dudes will be tomorrow morning at 8:30 in the playground. We will meet you out there. Please bring a blanket and feel free to grab a cup of coffee. We are very excited!

- Homework this week is to study for exams. We will finish up the math and religion review sheets today and tomorrow. Please let me know if you have any questions about the exam schedule.

- Half days start on Wednesday for the rest of the year.

I think that is it! Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Final Exam Schedule:

Wednesday, June 8th - Math

Thursday, June 9th - Reading and Long Vowels

Friday, June 10th - Religion

Week of 5/31

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful holiday weekend! I am sure we are all ready for summer! Can you believe this is our last week of full days?! This week we will be finishing up the curriculum and we will begin preparing for our final exams next week. Here are your reminders:

- This will be the last week of homework :)

- Study guides for the math and religion exam, along with the exam schedule will be sent home tomorrow. The students will receive TWO study guides. One can stay at home for them to work on and the other will stay in school to be completed. Please make sure the school copy stays in your child's Home Folder.

- Donuts with Dudes will be next Tuesday, June 7th at 8:30am on the playground (cafeteria if the weather does not cooperate)! More information will be sent home this week.

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

- Today is the last day for hot lunch! Please make sure you pack a lunch for your child for the rest of the year. Pretzels and water will still be sold. Juice and other snacks will be sold until they run out.

- There will be a Dress Down day on Friday. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

That is it! The end is near!

Miss Tosti

Tuesday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

Reading page 68
Phonics page 263

Math: workbook page 93
study facts

Wednesday 

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes
Reading page 66
Phonics page 267

Math: workbook page 164
study facts

Thursday 

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes
Reading page 71
Phonics page 268

Math: workbook page 165
study facts

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 18 "We Are Followers of Jesus". We will begin reviewing for our final exam.

Reading
Story: "Little Rabbit's Tale"
Target Skill: Cause and Effect
Phonics Skill: Short e (ea) and compound words
Grammar: prepositions
Magic Words: door, old, want, more, try, wash, mother, use, everyone, such, while, treats

Spelling Words: bedtime, backpack, sunset, playpen, bathtub, raincoat, sailboat, inside, flagpole, himself

Math

We will continue working with shapes and making them into fractions to represent halves and quarters. We will begin reviewing for our final exam. Please continue to practice counting by 2s, 5s and 10s at home and continue to study math facts each night.

Week of 5/23

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. As we come to a close of the school year I spoke with the kids about finishing strong. Please continue to help your child study and read each night along with checking that their homework is done correctly and that the right pages are completed. Last week we had a quite a few kids who were not prepared. We will begin our last story of the year this week and we will continue learning about shapes too. Here are your reminders:

- If you can donate a can or two of tuna please send it in by June 6th. It is a service project to help make casserole dinners for Mercy Hospice.

- There will be a shape quiz on Thursday. Students will need to identify 2D shapes (square, rectangle, trapezoid, pentagon, hexagon and octagon). They will also need to know what a polygon is and know the difference between 2D and 3D figures. We will be reviewing all week.

- Dress down day on Thursday. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

- No school Friday, May 27th and Monday, May 30th. Enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend!

- When we return next week, we will begin preparing for exams.

Have a wonderful week!

Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

Reading page 63
Phonics page 259

Math: complete worksheet
study facts

Tuesday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

Reading page 64
Phonics page 260

Math: complete worksheet
study facts

Wednesday 

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes
Reading page 65
Phonics page 261

Math: complete review sheet for quiz
study facts

Thursday 

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes
Reading page 68
Phonics page 262

Math: workbook page 
study facts

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 18 "We Are Followers of Jesus".

Reading
Story: "Little Rabbit's Tale"
Target Skill: Cause and Effect
Phonics Skill: Short e (ea) and compound words
Grammar: prepositions
Magic Words: door, old, want, more, try, wash, mother, use, everyone, such, while, treats

Spelling Words: bedtime, backpack, sunset, playpen, bathtub, raincoat, sailboat, inside, flagpole, himself

Math

We will continue learning what polygons are and practice identifying 2 dimensional shapes. We will focus on  sorting figures by counting sides and corners. We will begin 3D shapes. Please continue to practice counting by 2s, 5s and 10s at home and continue to study math facts each night.

Week of 5/16

Dear Parents,

This is our last full week of school for the year! I can't even believe it! Thinking back to September and seeing the growth of the this class academically and physically amazes me. They have come so far and I am so proud of each of them! Here are the reminders for the week:

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

- Terra Nova results were mailed home last week. You should be receiving them soon. If you have any questions about them please don't hesitate to email me. Overall, everyone did very well :)

- We are collecting items for Mercy Hospice and our class has been assigned canned tuna. If you would like to donate please send some in by June 1st. Thanks for your help with this!

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

Hope you have a great week!
Miss Tosti

Monday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

Reading page 51
Phonics page 256

Math: workbook page 90
study facts

Tuesday

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes 

Reading page 52
Phonics page 257

Math: complete worksheet
study facts

Wednesday 

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes
Reading page 50
Phonics page 258

Math: complete worksheet
study facts

Thursday 

Reading: practice Magic Words

read for 15 minutes
study for tests tomorrow

Math: complete worksheet
study facts

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will begin Chapter 18 "We Are Followers of Jesus".

Reading
Story: "Tomas Rivera"
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Phonics Skill: Long O (-oa and -ow)
Grammar: Future Tense and synonyms
Magic Words: done, paper, were, great, soon, work, laugh, talk, quick, wink, stories, grown

Spelling Words: show, snow, row, boat, grow, coat, low, road, blow, toad
Spelling and reading tests Friday.

Math

We will continue learning what polygons are and practice identifying 2 dimensional shapes. We will focus on  sorting figures by counting sides and corners. Please continue to practice counting by 2s, 5s and 10s at home and continue to study math facts each night.