Week of 4/25

We loved practicing non-standard measurement with unifix cubes!

Dear Parents,

I can't believe this is our last week in April! May is probably the busiest month of school so be sure to mark your calendars! We will start our last story in Unit 4 of reading this week and continue with measurement in math. Here are your reminders for the week:

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

- 8th Grade Business Day is tomorrow! We will be going over tomorrow afternoon. If you would like to send in some money with your child, please put it in a labeled envelope! I think $10-20 should be more than enough!

-There will be a Religion test on Chapter 16 on Friday. A study guide will be sent home today.

- Friday is a dress down day for Children's Autism. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

Important May dates:

May 14th - Father Daughter Dance

May 17th - May Procession

May 19th - 1st and 8th grade field trip to Devon Lanes (more info to follow)

May 25th - School Mass

May 27th-30th - Ascension Thursday and Memorial Day Weekend break!

That is all for now!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 63

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 125

Religion: study for test

Tuesday

Reading: page 64

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 126

Religion: study for test

Wednesday
Phonics: page 249 and 250
Practice Sight Words
Math: complete worksheet

Religion: study for test

Thursday
Reading: page 65
Practice Sight Words
Math: workbook page 131

Religion: study for test

Religion
We will finish up Chapter 16 on the sacraments this and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "Little Rabbit's Tale"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: Short e (ea) and compound words

Grammar: prepositions

Sight 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 continue our unit on measurement. We will start using rulers to measure inches and centimeters!

Week of 4/20

Spring has sprung in first grade!

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing Easter break! The next two months will fly by so please be sure to keep up with the blog and Option C emails! Here are your reminders for the short week:

- We will have a reading and spelling test on Tomas Rivera on Friday! Please be sure to practice and study the spelling and sight words.

- The K-4 Bash is next Friday, April 29th! Please return forms to school!

- I hope to see you all at "Bud's Last Call" on Friday night at Overbrook!

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Wednesday
Reading: page 56 and 58
Practice Sight Words
Math: workbook page 124

Thursday
Reading: study for tests tomorrow
Practice Sight Words
Math: workbook page 122

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish up learning about Holy Week and Easter!

Reading

Story: "Tomas Rivera"

Target Skill: Sequence of Events

Phonics Skill: R controlled vowels and Long O 

Grammar: Synonyms and future tense 

Sight Words: done, paper, were, great, soon, work, laugh, talk, quick, wink, stories, grown

Spelling Words: boat, talk, grown, show, bone, fork, short, torn, sport, paper

Math

We continue our unit on measurement. We will compare height and length and begin non standard measurement with cubes.

Week of 4/4

Dear Parents,

This is our final week before Easter break! We will start a new story this week and finish up our math unit on graphing. We will also have our Middle States Evaluation from Wednesday-Friday this week. The team will be visiting classrooms and interviewing teachers. Mr. Tosti had sent communication about this a few weeks ago! Here are your reminders for this week:

- We will have a math test on graphing on Friday. A review will be sent home the night before.

- The 8th Grade will be presenting The Living Stations this Friday at 7:00pm in the Church. All are welcome to join in person or virtually.

- Spring uniforms start this Monday, April 11th! Please review the dress code in the Student Handbook.

- Just a reminder that Easter break begins Wednesday, April 13th and the kids return to school on Wednesday, April 20th!

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 47

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 51

Tuesday

Reading: page 46

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 52

Wednesday
Reading: page 49
Practice Sight Words
Math: workbook page 56

Thursday
Phonics: page 241 and 242
Practice Sight Words
Math: complete test review

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will learn about Holy Week and Easter this week in preparation for Easter!

Reading

Story: "Tomas Rivera"

Target Skill: Sequence of Events

Phonics Skill: R controlled vowels and Long O 

Grammar: Synonyms and future tense 

Sight Words: done, paper, were, great, soon, work, laugh, talk, quick, wink, stories, grown

Spelling Words: boat, talk, grown, show, bone, fork, short, torn, sport, paper

Math

We will finish up our graphing unit and have a test on Friday. 

Week of 3/28

We worked on author's purpose last week and read stories and decided if they were written to persuade, inform or entertain us!

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a great weekend! We continue working hard these last two weeks before Spring Break! Here are the reminders for this week:

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

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

- There will be reading and spelling tests this Friday.

That is all for now! Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

We learned about constellations and recreated them

Homework

Monday

Phonics: page 159

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 119

Religion:  study for test

Tuesday

Phonics: page 160

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 48

Religion:  study for test

Wednesday
Reading: page 43
Practice Sight Words
Math: workbook page 49

Religion:  study for test tomorrow

Thursday
Reading: study for tests tomorrow 
Practice Sight Words
Math: workbook page 50

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish" and have test on Thursday.

Reading
Story: "Where Does Food Come From?"
Target Skill: Author's Purpose
Phonics Skill: ay and ai words and ou/ow sound & oy/oi sound
Grammar: Contractions 'll and 'd (review of proper nouns)
Magic Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, fields, corn, flowers, favorite

Spelling Words: play, may, stay, way, day, pain, rain, grain, mail, sail

Math

We will continue start our unit on graphing this week! We will learn and practice graphing on tally, picture and bar graphs.

Week of 3/21

Dear Parents,

We had so much fun building our traps last week. Their creativity and engineering skills blew me away. We had so much fun putting them together and sharing them with the class! Lucky the Leprechaun even stopped by while we were at lunch! Check out the pictures of the traps below. 

Spring is here and Easter is around the corner. Here are the reminders for this week:

- Report cards will be sent home today. You may keep the report card at home. Please sign and return only the envelope!

- There will be a math test on time on Friday. A review will be sent home for homework on Thursday.

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 32

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 115

Tuesday

Reading: page 40

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 116

Wednesday
Reading: page 33
Practice Sight Words
Math: workbook page 117

Thursday
Phonics: page 156
Practice Sight Words
Math: complete test review

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish".

Reading
Story: "Where Does Food Come From?"
Target Skill: Author's Purpose
Phonics Skill: ay and ai words and ou/ow sound & oy/oi sound
Grammar: Contractions 'll and 'd (review of proper nouns)
Magic Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, fields, corn, flowers, favorite

Spelling Words: play, may, stay, way, day, pain, rain, grain, mail, sail

Math

We will continue to work with time and review hour and half hour. We will also work with time patterns and elapsed time. There will be a test on Friday.

Week of 3/14

We loved learning about the phases of the moon!

Dear Parents,

The kids did a great job taking their Terra Nova tests last week! We are happy to get back to the a normal schedule this week and will have a lot of fun building our leprechaun traps! Here are the rest of the reminders for the week:

- We will continue with the story "The Big Trip" this week but will not have a test on it.

- There will be a Religion test on Thursday on Chapter 12. A study guide will be send home today.

- Please be sure to send in a box and materials for leprechaun traps by Thursday! We will be building the traps first thing Thursday morning!

- Thursday is a Dress Down Day! Please send in $1.00 to dress down. All proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross for Ukraine relief. Thank you!

Have a great week!

Katie

It was great seeing everyone at the basketball party!

Monday

Reading: page 18

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 112

Religion: study for test

Tuesday

Reading: page 19

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 113

Religion: study for test

Wednesday
Reading: page 25
Practice Sight Words
Math: complete worksheet

Religion: study for test

Thursday

Reading: page 28

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 114

Religion: study for test tomorrow

They all played great!

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 12 "The Church Serves" and have a test on Friday. We will continue to learn about Lent and The Stations of the Cross.

Reading

Story: "The Big Trip"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, ee) and -ng, -nk words

Grammar: compound sentences
Sight Words: about, could, sure, don't, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through, by, there

Spelling Words: keep, seed, green, street, cheek, clean, read, mean, sea, heat

Math

We will start our Time unit this week. We will focus on learning the two hands of the clock and learning how to tell time to the hour and half hour.

Week of 3/7

Congrats to our 2nd trimester Peacemaker, Jack Kolmer!

Dear Parents, 

The second trimester closes this Friday and I can assure you that this last trimester will FLY by. In this final trimester, we really focus on responsibility, independence and self control. We talk a lot about being "almost second graders" and what being in second grade entails. One of the best parts of teaching first grade is seeing the growth that each child makes in 9 short months. Thinking back from September until now they are completely different kiddos! I am sure you see it too :)

This week is also Terra Nova week! We will be taking different parts of the test each day. Please follow the schedule that was sent home last week. I told the kids that for homework this week they should be in bed by 8:30pm at the absolute latest, and that they should be eating a healthy breakfast and packing a healthy snack for recess. These little things really do make a difference. Here are a few reminders:

- Please make sure the kids have a few sharpened #2 pencils and a good eraser each day for the test.

- There will be no homework this week! Getting to bed early should be easier this way! :)

- We will be building our leprechaun traps next week so don't forget to be collecting supplies!

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

We had fun working on main idea last week!

NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

We had a fun math class outside and enjoyed the warmer weather!

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will begin Chapter 12 "The Church Serves". We will continue to learn about Lent and The Stations of the Cross.

Reading

Story: "The Big Trip"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, ee) and -ng, -nk words

Grammar: compound sentences
Sight Words: about, could, sure, don't, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through, by, there

Spelling Words: keep, seed, green, street, cheek, clean, read, mean, sea, heat

Math

We will continue working with money by counting mixed coins up to $1.00 and finish up the unit.