It was great seeing you at the Halloween Carnival on Saturday evening. I have some great news. The first grade won the Halloween Booth Decoration contest. That means the first grade will be getting a pizza party. Way to go parents! Thank you to all of you that helped out in any way.
I also enjoyed meeting all of you at conferences. Continue to talk to your children about effort, doing their best, and reviewing their work. So many of the errors made are due to carelessness. I have also talked to the class about this. I also am encouraging you to have your child read aloud to you every night. 10-15 minutes is good. I usually send home a reader 2 nights a week. On the other nights read a book that your child has at home. Easy books are good. They help with reading fluency. When a book is too difficult, a child has difficulty with the comprehension.
There will be an all-school Mass on Tuesday, November 1, in honor of All Saints.
Dismissal on Friday is 12:30.
Curriculum remains the same. We have started Level 3 in Reading. We are working on contractions, compound words, endings of ing, ed and s, plurals, possession, cause and effect, sequencing, classification, short vowels a, i,o, vocabulary and comprehension. In Science we will start a new unit on different kinds of animals. In Social Studies we are learning about the Native American Indians, the pilgrims, and the United States. In Religion we have been making a saint book, and in P.E. we are finishing up jump ropes and will be working with rhythm sticks. In Math we are starting a new unit on place value. When the introduction page of the math unit goes home, please review the vocabulary words with your child. These terms will be introduced and used throughout the unit.
Some of you have asked if we are performing in the Thanksgiving Program. We are not. We will be performing in the Christmas Program and the Spring Program
Thank you to all of you that donated books or gift certificates to the classroom from the Book Fair. It was greatly appreciated. The response for the D Street Homeless was wonderful. We will be collecting again before we leave for Christmas vacation. I will give you a date next week.
VOCABULARY WORDS
any
animals
trouble
kind
gave
there
thing
nice
thought
answered
asked
belongs
Thank you again for all of your support. Continue signing those planners. You have done a wonderful job with that. And your children have gotten good at copying every morning what is on the board in their planner.
If you have read this blog just have a great day. The weather is gorgeous. GOD LOVES YOU!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
OCTOBER 24-OCTOBER 28
Report cards went home on Friday. They are to be signed and returned by next Friday. You may return them when you meet me at conference time. I am looking forward to meeting with you this week. Dismissal is at 12:30 everyday this week because of conferences. Remember, conferences are only 15 minutes long.
Next week is Red Ribbon Week. A schedule of all activities went home with your child on Friday. Next week is also the Book Fair. Your child will preview on Monday and bring home a wish list. You are free to browse at the Book Fair all week long. You also received information about a reading log on Friday.
Thank you to all the drivers who went to the Pumpkin Patch. Thank you to the moms who brought the snacks. The children all had a great time.
A note also went home about my service project. Please have your items turned in by October 27.
On Saturday evening from 5-8pm is the Halloween Carnival. The first grade has two booths. Hope to see you there!
VOCABULARY WORDS
knows
warm
goes
brothers
sisters
about
together
ears
eyes
legs
body
nose
Have a great week. If you have read this blog have your child write a sentence using the word Halloween in it. Just put it in the planner. GOD LOVES YOU!
Next week is Red Ribbon Week. A schedule of all activities went home with your child on Friday. Next week is also the Book Fair. Your child will preview on Monday and bring home a wish list. You are free to browse at the Book Fair all week long. You also received information about a reading log on Friday.
Thank you to all the drivers who went to the Pumpkin Patch. Thank you to the moms who brought the snacks. The children all had a great time.
A note also went home about my service project. Please have your items turned in by October 27.
On Saturday evening from 5-8pm is the Halloween Carnival. The first grade has two booths. Hope to see you there!
VOCABULARY WORDS
knows
warm
goes
brothers
sisters
about
together
ears
eyes
legs
body
nose
Have a great week. If you have read this blog have your child write a sentence using the word Halloween in it. Just put it in the planner. GOD LOVES YOU!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
OCTOBER 17-OCTOBER 21
The first quarter ended on Friday. Report cards will be going home on Friday. This is a good time to talk to your child and remind them what is expected of them. They are always to do their best work. They are to work quietly and when work is completed they should be reading and not bothering others.
Thursday we are off to the Pumpkin Patch. I have many drivers, so some parents are doubling up in cars. Some drivers do not have their driving information in the office. The office needs a copy of your driver's license, car registration and verification of insurance. Every year the information has to be resubmitted. Please have it in by Monday. Thank you. Another note: if you are an adult and you are going with us you must also pay the $3.00. Some of you have already sent in your $3.00. Thank you to those that have. Please be at the school by 12:25. We will try to leave by 12:40. Children are to wear their school uniform. It should be a fun afternoon for all.
On Thursday we say the rosary as a school. If you want to send a rosary with your child you may do so.
On Wednesday there will be free dress for $1.00. Everyone in free dress should be wearing pink. A prize will be awarded to the class wearing the most pink. Mrs. Blackburn is the judge. It is all for a good cause: breast cancer fund.
I finished the individual testing of all students on vocabulary. They did quite well. Please keep reviewing the words. We will be starting timed subtraction tests on Monday. In Religion we will begin a unit on saints.
VOCABULARY WORDS
then
never
many
always
soup
lunch
whose
was
baby
father
everything
Thank you for signing the planners and for making sure homework comes back the following day. If you have read this blog have your child write the names of 2 carnivores in their planner. Have a great week. GOD LOVES YOU!
Thursday we are off to the Pumpkin Patch. I have many drivers, so some parents are doubling up in cars. Some drivers do not have their driving information in the office. The office needs a copy of your driver's license, car registration and verification of insurance. Every year the information has to be resubmitted. Please have it in by Monday. Thank you. Another note: if you are an adult and you are going with us you must also pay the $3.00. Some of you have already sent in your $3.00. Thank you to those that have. Please be at the school by 12:25. We will try to leave by 12:40. Children are to wear their school uniform. It should be a fun afternoon for all.
On Thursday we say the rosary as a school. If you want to send a rosary with your child you may do so.
On Wednesday there will be free dress for $1.00. Everyone in free dress should be wearing pink. A prize will be awarded to the class wearing the most pink. Mrs. Blackburn is the judge. It is all for a good cause: breast cancer fund.
I finished the individual testing of all students on vocabulary. They did quite well. Please keep reviewing the words. We will be starting timed subtraction tests on Monday. In Religion we will begin a unit on saints.
VOCABULARY WORDS
then
never
many
always
soup
lunch
whose
was
baby
father
everything
Thank you for signing the planners and for making sure homework comes back the following day. If you have read this blog have your child write the names of 2 carnivores in their planner. Have a great week. GOD LOVES YOU!
Saturday, October 8, 2011
OCTOBER10-OCTOBER 14
Thank you to all that have turned in the Pumpkin Patch permission slip with the money. As of now I will be using all drivers for the Pumpkin Patch unless you do not have the needed paperwork. Those of you who said you could drive if I needed you, I do not need you as I have plenty of drivers. Thank you.
Our first grade service project will be to bring in items to be taken to the D Street Homeless Shelter. I will be sending home a note about the kinds of items that are needed.
We have started Level II in reading. In reading we are reviewing contractions, compound words, endings of s, ed, and ing, cause and effect, categories, predictions, short a and i, plurals, vocabulary, words in correct order for a sentence, rhyming, and comprehension. During the week I will be testing each child individually on reading vocabulary. In math we have started a new chapter on subtraction. Next week I will be giving subtraction timed tests. In science we are still working on the ecosystem. In social studies we are beginning to learn about the United States and symbols of our country. In religion we are talking about God's creation, Baptism, grace and the things we are thankful for that God gave us. In spelling we are working on short i words.
Friday is the end of the first quarter. Report cards will go out the following week.
Once again thank you for all of your support and for signing those planners. Your children have been very good about returning homework and returning the readers.
Please remember to mark your child's sweatshirts or sweaters. The weather has cooled off and it is difficult to know whose sweatshirt is whose if their is no name in it. I have tried to mark those that were unmarked.
Please remind your children to use the bathroom during recess and lunch hour recess. Recently some of the students are having to leave while I am giving a test or teaching.
VOCABULARY WORDS
some
may
more
mother
tell
when
again
long
he
she
surprise
was
grow
Have a great week. The fall weather is upon us. If you have read this blog have your child write the names of 2 herbivores in their planner. GOD LOVES YOU!
Our first grade service project will be to bring in items to be taken to the D Street Homeless Shelter. I will be sending home a note about the kinds of items that are needed.
We have started Level II in reading. In reading we are reviewing contractions, compound words, endings of s, ed, and ing, cause and effect, categories, predictions, short a and i, plurals, vocabulary, words in correct order for a sentence, rhyming, and comprehension. During the week I will be testing each child individually on reading vocabulary. In math we have started a new chapter on subtraction. Next week I will be giving subtraction timed tests. In science we are still working on the ecosystem. In social studies we are beginning to learn about the United States and symbols of our country. In religion we are talking about God's creation, Baptism, grace and the things we are thankful for that God gave us. In spelling we are working on short i words.
Friday is the end of the first quarter. Report cards will go out the following week.
Once again thank you for all of your support and for signing those planners. Your children have been very good about returning homework and returning the readers.
Please remember to mark your child's sweatshirts or sweaters. The weather has cooled off and it is difficult to know whose sweatshirt is whose if their is no name in it. I have tried to mark those that were unmarked.
Please remind your children to use the bathroom during recess and lunch hour recess. Recently some of the students are having to leave while I am giving a test or teaching.
VOCABULARY WORDS
some
may
more
mother
tell
when
again
long
he
she
surprise
was
grow
Have a great week. The fall weather is upon us. If you have read this blog have your child write the names of 2 herbivores in their planner. GOD LOVES YOU!
Saturday, October 1, 2011
OCTOBER 3-OCTOBER 7
We will have an all-school Mass on Tuesday, October 4, in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. It will begin at 1:15 and will be held outside. We will hold the blessing of the pets after the mass. If you are bringing a pet there will be a separate seating section for you and your pet. Hope to see you there.
October is the Month of the Rosary. We will be meeting once a week to say the rosary as a school family. Hopefully you will find the time to say a rosary at home.
The time period for wearing uniform shorts has been extended to October 28. Students will be allowed to wear uniform shorts on Tuesday for the mass because it is outdoors.
The Student Council will be selling pink shoelaces during the month of October. They are $5.00 a pair and may be worn during the month of October in support of fighting breast cancer.
Curriculum remains for the most part the same. We are starting a unit on the United States in Social Studies. In Math we will begin subtraction. In Language Arts we have started Level 2 with our little readers. The reading vocabulary test will be given the week of October 10. The words this week will be included. Mrs. Bliss and I have been switching for art and P.E. It has been working out very well. When I am with her class in P.E. she is in my room teaching art.
We had a great assortment of leaves. Thank you for sending them in.
Dismissal will be at 12:30 on Friday. Thank you again for signing those planners. A reminder: when a homework paper is sent home please do only the side that your child has been asked to do. The other side is one that I have planned at another time. Thank you.
VOCABULARY WORDS
your
where
make
fly
needs
be
tail
work
kite
day
by
that
down
Have a good week. If you have read this blog, have your child write in the planner 3 rhyming words. GOD BLESS YOU!
October is the Month of the Rosary. We will be meeting once a week to say the rosary as a school family. Hopefully you will find the time to say a rosary at home.
The time period for wearing uniform shorts has been extended to October 28. Students will be allowed to wear uniform shorts on Tuesday for the mass because it is outdoors.
The Student Council will be selling pink shoelaces during the month of October. They are $5.00 a pair and may be worn during the month of October in support of fighting breast cancer.
Curriculum remains for the most part the same. We are starting a unit on the United States in Social Studies. In Math we will begin subtraction. In Language Arts we have started Level 2 with our little readers. The reading vocabulary test will be given the week of October 10. The words this week will be included. Mrs. Bliss and I have been switching for art and P.E. It has been working out very well. When I am with her class in P.E. she is in my room teaching art.
We had a great assortment of leaves. Thank you for sending them in.
Dismissal will be at 12:30 on Friday. Thank you again for signing those planners. A reminder: when a homework paper is sent home please do only the side that your child has been asked to do. The other side is one that I have planned at another time. Thank you.
VOCABULARY WORDS
your
where
make
fly
needs
be
tail
work
kite
day
by
that
down
Have a good week. If you have read this blog, have your child write in the planner 3 rhyming words. GOD BLESS YOU!
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