It was great to see you at Open House. I hope you enjoyed just browsing around the classroom and looking at the textbooks your child will be using in the First Grade. I hope you are enjoying your three day weekend.
Remember, there is no school on Monday. The OLM catalog sale kicked off on Friday. Your child should have brought home all of the information. Hopefully you have already started your sales.
Thursday, September 8, is the birthday of the Blessed Mother.
Thank you so much for the great job you are doing signing those planners. The students have really gotten into the groove about writing in them.
Curriculum remains the same. We are doing a lot of review in Language Arts. As you can see we have started the reading program. We will begin our third reader on Tuesday. Your children seem to be moving along with the vocabulary words. Please work on them every night. On Friday their first reading packet went home. There was a percentage printed up in the corner. That is to let you know what the letter grade was on those pages. There was also a note explaining the grading procedure.
We have started the Ecosystem in Science and we will start a unit on maps and where we live in Social Studies.
We will be starting the timed math tests on Tuesday. We will also be starting addition in our math books.
The ITBS testing will begin the week of September 19-23. Please make sure you do not schedule appointments during the school day, and make sure your child eats a good breakfast and gets a good night's sleep.
Just a note: Remind your children that their job in the classroom is to listen while I am teaching, follow directions and to complete their work in the allotted time. Some of the students are interrupting while I am teaching. Please remind them if they have a question they need to raise their hand. Thank you.
The Our Lady of Mercy Foundation is hosting their annual Wine and International Food Tasting on Saturday, September 10. It is always a fun event and is a great way to meet people. For tickets call the office: 722-7496.
VOCABULARY WORDS
found
going
am
for
under
across
bad
good
so
draw
are
look
Have a great weekend. If you have read this blog have your child write on a piece of paper the city and state he/she lives in. GOD LOVES YOU.
Remember SHOP$MART for SCHOOLS. Bring in your original receipts from any MERCED MALL store to the Customer Service Counter or to the office at OLM School. We want to be the school that WINS at the end of the year. THANK YOU.
