Week of 10/29

Mrs. Gallagher read us some fun Halloween books!

Dear Parents,

Thank you all for coming to watch us at our Saints Celebration! We hope you enjoyed it! The kids and their costumes were fantastic! I could not be more proud of them. Grandparents/Special Friends Day was a great time too! Our busy October continues this week so here are your reminders:

- Tuesday is our field trip to Highland Orchards! Kids are to dress in their gym uniforms and are to pack a bagged lunch. Please be sure to check the weather and make sure not to send in any glass bottles. Thanks!

-The Halloween-o-thon is Wednesday! Kids can again wear their gym uniforms to school. We will start our short parade to the gym around 1:00 pm. Please send your child's costume to school in a labeled bag. If you would like to come help your child with their costume you can come between 12:20 and 12:50. Any makeup should be done at home before coming to school. Thank you!

- No school on Thursday this week.

- Friday will be a Blue and White Pep Rally day since Wildcat Day is Saturday! The kids can dress down in blue and white or any SKS gear.  Face painting, hair dyeing or any accents are encouraged but should be done at home. Thanks for your help with this!

- There will be no homework or tests this week :)

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We start Chapter 4 "Jesus Works Among the People".

Reading

Story: "Dr. Seuss"
Target Skill: Graphic Features and Biographies
Phonics Skill: Short e sound and -s blends
Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns
Magic Words: after, draw, pictures, read, was, write, do, find, funny, no
Spelling Words: yes, let, red, ten, bed, get, smell, stand, was, read,

Math

We will continue our unit on addition. We will practice adding but using ten frames and number lines.  We will also start adding 3 addends together. 

Week of 10/22

Thanks to Mr. Cunningham for coming in to read!

Dear Parents,

This week we have Grandparents/Special Friends Day and our Saints Celebration! Please let me know if you have any questions about either. Here are the rest of the reminders for the week:

- If you have not sent in the permission form and money for our field trip on Tuesday, October 30th please do so by Wednesday.

- Test Folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return all tests.

- Wednesday, October 24th is Grandparents/Special Friends Day from 9:30-10:30 am. Grandparents/Special Friends can meet us in the cafeteria at 9:30am to shop at the Book Fair and to make a small craft!

- There will be a Religion test on Thursday on Chapter 3. A study guide will be sent home.

- Thursday will be a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00.

- Thanks to everyone who signed up to donate items for the "Blessing Bags" we will be putting together for the homeless. If you would like sign up you can do so here:  Blessing Bags

- The Saint Celebration is on Friday at 9:00am in the church. Students costumes are due on Thursday in a labeled bag. They are to wear their gym uniforms to school on Friday. Please be sure to sit on the sides of the church. Please be mindful of the length of robes as the kids will be processing around the Church. Also, bobby pins tend to not keep veils on so if you can attach them to a headband that would be great. Thanks!


That's all for now! Hope to see you Friday!

Miss Tosti

Last week in Science!

Last week in our Science lesson we learned about scientist and what they do. We talked about how scientist are always curious. They ask questions which lead to more questions, pay attention to details discover things that change the world, and are always learning. We examined our hands in great detail and drew them. Then partners worked together to come up with questions they had. Their questions were awesome! I think we have some future scientist in our class!

Homework

Monday

Religion: study for test

Reading: page 120

practice Magic Words

Math: page 24

Tuesday

Religion: study for test

Reading: page 119

practice Magic Words

Math: page 25

Wednesday
**Saint costume due tomorrow

Religion: study for test tomorrow

Reading: page 121

practice Magic Words

Math: page 27

Thursday
**Saint Celebration tomorrow. Wear gym uniform to school.

Reading: page 122

Math: play First in Math for 15 minutes

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 3 "Jesus Grew Up in a Family". We will learn about the birth of Jesus and the Holy Family. We will have a test on Thursday.

Reading
Story: "Dr. Seuss"
Target Skill: Graphic Features and Biographies
Phonics Skill: Short e sound and -s blends
Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns
Magic Words: after, draw, pictures, read, was, write, do, find, funny, no
Spelling Words: yes, let, red, ten, bed, get, smell, stand, read, was

Math

We will continue our unit on addition. We will practice adding but using ten frames and number lines.  We will also start adding 3 addends together. 

Week of 10/15

Learning Addition

Last week we started our unit on addition. We learned that addition is adding two parts to make one whole. We also learned that the numbers we add are called addends and that the answer is called a sum. Our main focus last week was working on how to make 10. We used ten frames to help up learn all the ways to get a sum of 10. Then we practiced how to use those facts to help us add larger numbers. It can be a little confusing at first, but the kids did a great job at grasping this concept! Of course, letting them write on their desks was helpful! Ask your child one night this week to show you how it works! Next up will be make sums of 20!

Dear Parents,

Fall is finally here! I hope you enjoyed the weekend. There are a lot of reminders this week so please be sure to read them all. October is always a busy month!


- Field trip permission forms will be sent home today. Please sign and return them along with your payment. The chaperones were picked and the lucky winners are: Mrs. Pegg, Mrs. Starck, Mrs. Ciavarelli, and Mrs. Genesio. Thanks to all the people who volunteered.

- School pictures will be taken on Thursday.

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

- You can now schedule your conference on Option C. An email with directions was sent out last week. Please let me know if you have any questions. Conferences will be on Thursday, November 8th and Friday, November 9th. If you would like to sign up for an earlier time on Thursday please respond to the email that was sent out earlier. Thanks!

- Friday, October 19th is "Walk With the Principal." If you would like to send in a $1.00 donation for the organization, "For Pete's Sake" (an organization that helps families who have experienced cancer with a close family member) please send it on on Friday. Students are to wear their gym uniforms to school. Please note that the winter uniform for gym includes sweatpants. Students must wear sweatpants to school every Tuesday. They can wear shorts underneath and wear them in gym class if they want, but sweatpants must be worn for the rest of the day. Thanks for your cooperation.

- Wednesday, October 24th is Grandparents/Special Friends Day from 9:30-10:30 am.

- Saint reports are due tomorrow and the Saints Celebration will be on Friday, October 26th at 9:00 am. We will read our reports this week to learn about everyone's saint. Please start getting a simple costume together for the celebration.

- Please check your child's school supplies! Many of them need pencils and some other art supplies.

Have a great week!
Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday
Religion: Saint report due tomorrow

Reading: page 106

practice Magic Words

Math: page 20

Tuesday

Reading: page 113

practice Magic Words

Math: page 21

Wednesday

Reading: page 114

practice Magic Words

Math: page 23

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Math: FIM

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will begin Chapter 3 "Jesus Grew Up in a Family". We will learn about the birth of Jesus and the Holy Family.

Reading

Story: "A Musical Day"

Target Skill: Sequence of evens

Phonics Skill: Short o sound and -l blends 

Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns

Magic Words: her, now, our, she, today, would, look, what, he, too

Spelling Words: on, pop, got, not, fox, hop, slot, plop, look, what 
Tests on Friday!

Math

This week we will continue with addition and practice making sums of 10 and 20 to help us add. We will learn how to use a number line to add too.

Week of 10/8

Mrs. Manfrey came to read to us last week!

Dear Parents,

The busy October continues! Here are your reminders:

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

- We will have our Chapter 2 Religion test on Thursday. A study guide will be sent home today.

- Our October Monthly Mass will be this Friday at 9:00 am. All are welcome :).

- Information about the first grade Saints Celebration will be sent home tomorrow. The kids should be working on their short report this week as it is due Tuesday, October 16th. They may choose any saint they want! 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 Celebration will be on Friday, October 26th.

- Grandparents/Special Friends Day will be on Wednesday, October 24th from 9:30-10:30. Grandparents or special friends are invited to join us in the cafeteria at 9:30am to enjoy some light refreshments, to make a small craft and shop for books.

- Winter uniforms start next Monday! School pictures will be taken on Thursday next week. Forms were sent home last week.

- Last week we started using Reading Eggs! It is an great website/app that helps develop reading skills. All students took a placement test so the games, activities and books they read are all leveled to their ability. We will be using it a lot in school but the kids are encouraged to use it at home too! You can find their login and password in their home folder.   Here are some pictures of the kids using it.

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 105

practice Magic Words

Math: page 15

Tuesday

Religion: work on saint project

Reading: page 104

practice Magic Words

Math: page 16

Wednesday

Religion: study for test tomorrow
work on saint project

Reading: page 107

practice Magic Words

Math: page 17

Thursday

Religion: work on saint project

Reading: page 108

Math: page 19

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish up Chapter 2 "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity" and have our second test on Thursday.

Reading

Story: "A Musical Day"

Target Skill: Sequence of evens

Phonics Skill: Short o sound and -l blends 

Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns

Magic Words: her, now, our, she, today, would, look, what, he, too

Spelling Words: on, pop, got, not, fox, hop, slot, plop, look, what

Math

This week we will begin our unit on addition. We will learn that adding is putting two parts together to make a whole. We will also learn the terms "addend" and "sum".  We will practice writing addition sentences (2 + 3 = 5) and drawing pictures to illustrate addition sentences. We will also be practice ways to make ten using ten frames. This is a helpful skill when learning addition.

Week of 10/1

Thanks to Mrs. Genesio for coming to read to us last week!

Dear Parents,

Happy October! October will certainly be a busy a month so please be sure to read all of the reminders in the coming weeks. Here are some for this week:

- The first Home and School Meeting is Tuesday night at 7:00 in the cafeteria. Hope to see you all there!

- There will be a math test on ordinal numbers, ordering numbers and comparing numbers on Thursday.

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

- If you would like to be a chaperone on our field trip tp Highland Orchards on Tuesday, October 30th please email me or send me a note. I will draw names out of a hat next week to choose. You must have all of your clearances.

- The pictures below are of our math centers! The kids love working in small groups to learn new concepts and practice old ones!

That is all for now! Have a great week :)

Miss Tosti

Rolling dice to practice numbers that come before and after!

Ordering numbers from 1 to 120!

Playing 4 in Row and practicing identifying numbers from 1 to 120!

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 95

practice Magic Words

Math: page 10

Tuesday No Homework - H&S Meeting

Reading: page 

practice Magic Words

Math: page 

Wednesday

Reading: page 89

practice Magic Words

Math: complete test review

Thursday

Reading: read story and review for test tomorrow
study spelling words for test tomorrow

practice Magic Words 

Math: FIM 15 minutes

A Peek at Our Week!

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

We will continue with Chapter 2 this week. 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 Words: in, will, did, sit, six, big, wig, win, trip, brick
* Reading and Spelling test on Friday*

Math
This week we will finish up with first unit learning how to compare numbers using the <, >, = signs. We will also practice with ordinal numbers. A test will be given on Thursday. Students will be asked to order numbers, write numbers that come before, after and between, and also compare numbers using the correct signs.
*Test Thursday*

Week of 9/24

Thanks to Mrs. Elliott for reading to us last week!

Dear Parents,

We made it through another week! The kids have been doing great. It is nice to see them working together and taking pride in their work. Thanks for reinforcing all we learn in school at home :).

Here are your reminders for the week:

- The Star Student schedule for the year was sent home today. I will send home the a folder with directions the week prior to your child's week. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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

- First in Math usernames and passwords will be given out this week. I will tape them on the inside of each child's Home Folder. This is a website that can be used at home to review math skills throughout the year and will also be given as math homework on some Thursday nights. If you have any questions please let me know!

- We will have our first Religion test on Wednesday. Please use the review sheet to study.

- Our field trip to Highland Orchards has been booked for Tuesday, October 30th! Permission forms will be sent home in the coming weeks!

- We loved reading our story Jack and Wolf with partners last week! We worked on reading with expression (especially when Jack yelled "Wooooooolf").

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 90

practice Magic Words

Math: page 6

Tuesday

Reading: page 91

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet 

Wednesday

Reading: page 92

practice Magic Words

Math: complete worksheet 

Thursday

Reading: page 93

practice Magic Words 

Math: First in Math 15 minutes

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 Words: in, will, did, sit, six, big, wig, win, trip, brick

Math

This week we will 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 9/17

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

Dear Parents,

We survived our first full week of first grade! I hope the kids enjoyed it and are settling into school and our routines. I hope that you are continuing to set routines at home and are giving your child more responsibility. The more we work on this the more independent they will become! Be sure to check out the pictures below of our "One Book, One School" activity that we did with our eighth grade buddies!

Here are your reminders for the week:

- Please have journals decorated and covered by this Friday.

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

- We will have our first reading test on the story "Jack and the Wolf" this Friday. I will read all of the questions and answers for the first few tests. The reader will be sent home this week so you can read and review the story at home.

- Our first Spelling test will also be on Friday. We have been practicing a lot with short A words in school. Please review the words at home each night as well.

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


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 83

practice Magic Words

Math: page 5
*GYM TOMORROW*

Tuesday

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: page 86

practice Magic Words

Math: page 7

Wednesday

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: page 84

practice Magic Words
study spelling words

Math: page 8

Thursday

Religion: practice praying the Hail Mary

Reading: read over story for test tomorrow
study spelling words

practice Magic Words 

Math: page 9

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion: Chapter 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

SpellingWords:  an, bad, can, had, cat, ran, am, at, man, dad
* Reading and Spelling tests on Friday.

Math

This week we will still focus on writing numbers and number words and filling in missing numbers. We will also being ordering numbers and talking about "one more" and "one less".