Week of 3/29

Dear Parents,

Happy Holy Week! We have a short week this week so I will keep the blog short as well:

- We will have a test on time on Tuesday! A review will be sent home for homework tonight.

- Spring break starts Wednesday, 3/21! Students return to school on Wednesday, 4/7!

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter and a relaxing break!

Miss Rooney

Homework

Monday

Phonics: page 159 & 160

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete test review

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion
We will learn about Holy Week and Easter this week!

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

Math
We will finish up our unit on time and have a test on Tuesday.

Week of 3/22

Dear Parents,

The kids did a great job taking their Terra Nova tests! I am proud of how hard they focused each morning over the long week! Their creativity and engineering skills blew me away when they built their traps! We had so much fun putting them together and sharing them with the class! Lucky the Leprechaun even stopped by while we were at gym! Check out the pictures of the traps below.

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

- We will have our Monthly Mass of Tuesday at 9:00am. All virtual students may sign on at 10:35 this day.

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

- Wednesday is a dress down day! Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

Have a great week!

Miss Rooney

                           

                                                                              Homework

                                                                                  Monday
                                                                           Reading: page 32
                                                                practice sight and spelling words
                                                                   Math: workbook page 112 and 113
    
                                                                                Tuesday
                                                                        Reading: "Ay" Worksheet
                                                            practice sight and spelling words
                                                                 Math: workbook page 114

                                                                                Wednesday

                                                                            Reading: page 40
                                                                        Practice Sight Words
                                                                    Math: workbook page 115

                                                                                Thursday
                                                                        Reading: page 156
                                                                    Practice Sight Words
                                                              Math: workbook page 116 and 117



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)
Sight Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, corn, 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 and work with the calendar.

Week of 3/15

Last week, we celebrated Maggie's birthday!

Happy 7th Birthday Mags!

Dear Parents,

Happy 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 8:30 pm 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.

- Today is the beginning the third and final trimester!

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

- We will still work with "The Big Trip", the long e spelling words and the sight words that were introduced last week, however we will not be testing due to the Terra Nova tests.

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

- We will be building our leprechaun traps this week and hopefully we will catch on on Wednesday! Thanks so much for sending in the supplies!

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion
We will finish Chapter 12 "The Church Serves" and take the test together in school.

Reading
Story: "The Big Trip"
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, e, e_e, ee) and -ng, -nk words
Grammar: compound sentences
Sight Words: about, could, sure, don't, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through
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 3/8

Last week we celebrated Frankie's birthday!

Happy 7th Birthday Frankie!

We began our money unit!

The kids have loved working with real coins!

Elle created a "100 Day Monster" on SeeSaw!

Last week in Science we talked about the seasons. Room 4 agrees..

bring on Spring!

We had a "mystery bag" activity where the kids picked out clues and had

to guess what season it was!

They did an awesome job:)

Go Frankie!

Caitlin reaching into bag #2!

The students then had to read the clue

to the class.

Go Ben:)

Julia reaching into bag #4!

Dear Parents,

I hope this warmer weather stays with us! 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 :)

Here are the reminders for this week:

- Test folders will be sent home Tuesday 3/9. Please sign and have the folder returned on Wednesday 3/10.

- There will be math test on money on Thursday. We will review all week and a review will be sent home for homework on Wednesday.

- Leprechaun Trap boxes and materials are due next Monday, 3/15! Please place all materials in your child's box. We will be building them in school!

- Friday will be an asynchronous day for students. I will send you the work to complete on Thursday night.

- We will continue reviewing for the Terra Nova tests that will be taken next week. A schedule and some tips for taking standardized tests will be sent home today. If you could make sure you child has a few #2 pencils ready for next wee that would be great too!

- Our yearbook staff is in desperate need of collage pictures and we need your help! Please send pictures of your child from this year - can be school-related or outside of school, group and individual. We are asking for parents to email pictures by March 15th to sksyearbook@sksschool.org and to please label the email with what grade your child is in. It will help us organize the collage pages. We really appreciate your help!!


That's all for now!

Miss Rooney

Monday

Reading: page 17

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 110 and 111

Tuesday

Phonics: page 229 and 230

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: page 18

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete test review

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will begin Chapter 12 "The Church Serves".

Reading

Story: "The Big Trip"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

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

Grammar: compound sentences

Sight Words: about, could, sure, don't, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through

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. We will have a test on Thursday.

Week of 3/1

Last week we celebrated Mia's Birthday!

The class read "The Cruise" and searched for long u words with their high lighters.

Dear Parents,

Can you believe it is March? This Thursday will be our 100th day of school! We will do a few fun activities on Thursday/Friday to celebrate. This year, it truly is an accomplishment! The next two weeks we will be working hard reviewing long vowels, learning about money and preparing for the Terra Nova tests which will be taken the week of 3/15.

Here are the reminders for this week:

- If you did not send in coins with your child, please do so ASAP! (4 quarters, 10 dimes, 20 nickels and 25 pennies).

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

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 11 on Thursday. A study guide was sent home today.

- There will be a Reading and Spelling test on Friday.

- Don't forget to have your child look up some leprechaun traps and start gathering the materials that they will need to build their own the week of 3/15!

Monday

Reading: page 1

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 104 and worksheet

Religion: study for test

Tuesday

Phonics: page 194 and 211

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 105 and 106

Religion: study for test

Wednesday

Reading: page 13

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 107 and 108

Religion: study for test tomorrow

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 109

A Peek and our Week

Religion
We will finish Chapter 11 and have a test on Thursday. We will continue to learn about the Stations of the Cross.

Reading
Story: ""Let's Go to the Moon"
Target Skill: Main Idea and Details
Phonics Skill: Long U and review Long O
Grammar: questions
Sight Words: around, should, before, bring, carry, light, show, think, beautiful, tools
Spelling Words: hole, stove, bone, rope, poke, blue, true, clue, suit, fruit

Math
We will begin our unit on money this week! We will learn to identify the coins and how much they are worth and practice counting. If you practice at home remember to start counting with the coins and that are worth the most!