Week of 4/26

We practiced measuring things we found outside with our cubes! The weather was perfect!

We practiced measuring things we found outside with our cubes! The weather was perfect!

We practiced measuring things we found outside with our cubes! The weather was perfect!

Last week we celebrated Earth Day and learned about how to reduce our waste!

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a nice long weekend! Spring fever is definitely setting in but we will try to finish this last week in April strong and continue it into May to finish the year! Here are the reminders for this week:

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

- Important dates for May/June:
- No School Thursday, May 13th - Feast of the Ascension
- Tuesday, May 18th - Virtual May Procession
- Tuesday, May 25th - First grade Mass at 9:00 am (Virtual for school but parents are welcome)
- No school Thursday, 5/27th - Monday, 5/31st. School resumes Tuesday, June 1st.
- Tuesday, June 8th - Doughnuts with Dudes at 8:30 am (weather permitting)

Have a great week!

Miss Rooney

Homework

Tuesday

Phonics: pages 249 and 250

practice Magic Words

Math: page 125

Wednesday

Reading: page 65

practice Magic Words
Math: complete worksheet

Thursday
Reading: choose 5 spelling words and write them in a sentence in your R copybook
practice Magic Words
Math: workbook page 131

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 17 on Baptism. Fr. Waters will also be visiting our class on Wednesday afternoon to teach a lesson!

Reading

Story: "Little Rabbit's Tale"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: Short e (ea) and compound words

Grammar: prepositions

Magic Words: door, old, want, more, try, wash, mother, use, everyone, while

Spelling Words: bedtime, backpack, sunset, playpen, bathtub, raincoat, sailboat, inside, flagpole, himself,

Math

We will start standard measurement this week! We will focus on using our rulers to measure inches and centimeters

Week of 4/19

Dear Parents,

We have another busy full week before a nice 3 day weekend! Last week, each child and I picked 5-8 books for them to keep in their book bags that they can read throughout the day. They were so excited about this! They are welcome to bring in 2 or 3 books from home to add to their box. We will be picking new books every other week!


Here are the reminders for this week:

- There will be a dress down day on Wednesday for Butterfly Baskets, a wonderful organization that helps mothers who have experienced the loss of a child. You can check out some more information about them here: https://www.butterflybaskets.org/about and their upcoming fundraiser here: https://www.butterflybaskets.org/upcoming-events-1


- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 16 on Thursday on the 7 sacraments. A study guide will be sent home today.

- There will be a reading and spelling test on Friday this week.

- Monday, April 26th will be an asynchronous day! Work for Monday will be sent out in an email Sunday night.

Have a great week!
Miss Rooney

                                                                        Homework

Monday

Reading: page 53

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 124

Tuesday

Reading: pages 56 and 57

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheets (2)

Wednesday

Reading: page 58

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 122

Rel: Study for test tomm

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion
We will finish Chapter 16 "We Celebrate the Sacraments." We will learn about the 7 sacraments.

Reading
Story: "Tomas Rivera"
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Phonics Skill: R controlled vowels "Bossy R" and Long O
Grammar: Synonyms and future tense
Sight Words: done, paper, great, soon, laugh, talk, quick, wink, stories, were
Spelling Words: boat, talk, grown, show, bone, fork, short, torn, sport, paper

Math
We will begin our unit on measurement and learn how to using non standard units of measure.

Week of 4/12

Julianna celebrated her 7th birthday on Easter Sunday!

Last week she was able to celebrate in room 4!

Dear Parents,

We have two full weeks ahead! It will be a nice long stretch as we prepare to go into a busy May and June. Here are your reminders for this week:

- Spring uniforms start today. Please make sure to label your child's quarter zip and outerwear!

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

- We will have a math test on graphing on Friday. A review will be sent home for homework on Thursday.

- The SKS Cub Scouts are collecting non-perishable foods all week for The Veteran's Group of Philadelphia. You may send canned foods in all week. Thanks for you help!

- We will start eating outside again so if you could send in a blanket, towel or small mat that would be great!

- Health screenings will be taking place this and next Wednesday. An email from the Health Office was sent last week! Please read it and let Mrs. Manion know if you have any questions.

Have a great week!

Miss Rooney



                                                                              Homework


                                                                                Monday

                                                                        Reading: page 47
                                                            practice sight and spelling words
                                                              Math: workbook page 50 and 51


                                                                                Tuesday

                                                            Phonics: pages 241 and 242
                                                            practice sight and spelling words
                                                            Math: workbook page 52 and 56


                                                                            Wednesday
                                                        

                                                                Phonics: pages 243 and 244
                                                                        Practice Sight Words
                                                                 Math: complete worksheet


                                                                                Thursday
                       

                        Reading: pick 5 spelling words and write them in a sentence in your R copybook
                                                                        Practice Sight Words
                                                                    Math: complete test review


A Peek at Our Week!

Religion
We will start Chapter 16 "We Celebrate the Sacraments." We will learn about the 7 sacraments.

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, great, soon, laugh, talk, quick, wink, stories, were
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 4/7

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter Break! The end of the year will be here in the blink of an eye! Please be sure to read the blog and Option C emails to keep up with what is going on over the next two months! Here are the reminders for this short week:

- There will be a spelling and reading test on Friday on the story and words from "Where Does Food Come From?"

- Spring uniforms start Monday, April 12th!

Homework

Wednesday

Reading - page 43 and 44

Math - workbook page 48

Thursday

Reading - study for tests tomorrow

Math - workbook page 49

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish up Chapter 15 and take the test together in class.

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 begin our unit on graphing. We will learn about venn diagrams, tally charts, real graphs and picture graphs.