I hope you are enjoying the 4 day weekend. There are still a few Progress Reports out. Please sign and return them on Tuesday. Thank you to the parents that helped with the Valentine's Party. The students had a fun time.
We have a short week this week. Dismissal is at 12:30 on Thursday with no school on Friday. The teachers will be attending the L.A. Religion Congress in Anaheim. There will be no spelling words this week.
Lent began on Wednesday. Lent is a season of prayer, fasting and alms. Lent is a time to grow and change and to become closer to Jesus. Please talk to your child about this season in the Church. Sometimes we forget that Lent is not always about giving something up but also about doing something for someone. This season makes it a good time for the first graders to be donating items for the D Street Shelter. If you remember this is our service project. I would like to have donated items here by March 15. Thank you for your support in this matter.
In Language Arts we will be finishing the Level 4 reader. We continue to review categories, cause and effect, sequencing, endings of ing, s, and ed, main idea, blends, digraphs, sentence structure, compound words, contractions, short and long vowel sounds, comprehension and vocabulary. In Science we will be learning about the 4 seasons. In Social Studies we are finishing up the United States and its symbols. In Math we are finishing up shapes and solids. Timed tests will begin on Tuesday with addition facts with sums up to 18. In Religion we will be learning more about Lent and the Stations of the Cross.
The first grade will be participating in 2 morning Lenten prayers and in the living Stations of the Cross at the end of February and into March. If a reading comes home in the planner please have your child practice it at home. Our first morning prayer will be on Thursday, February 28. I will have more dates in future blogs.
REMINDERS:
The math vocabulary is a page that is sent home out of the math workbook. The math vocabulary is highlighted in yellow. It is also highlighted again on their daily worksheets. You can find these in the work packet that goes home on Friday.
Some students are very unsure of reading vocabulary. It is so important that you work on this every night. It is often a reflection of the reading workbook packet scores.
You can help your child by reviewing spelling words every night. You can also assist them by dictating sentences for them to write. This is good practice for them. Ask your child to tell you and show you the hand motions for what a sentence is.
VOCABULARY WORDS
package
bright
letter
string
everyone
another
right
shoes
inside
perhaps
grown
around
night
collected
Have a great week. GOD LOVES YOU!
