Week of 9/27

Room 4 did an excellent job taking their first test last week!

Dear Parents,

Can you believe this is our last week in September?!  The kids all did great on their tests and their sight words! We will start our second story this week and also have our first math test.

Here are your reminders for the week:

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


- We started making our math flash cards last week. Please have your child review them along with their sight words and spelling words each night!


- We will have our first math test on Friday. We will be reviewing in school all week!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Hallinan 

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 90

Math: workbook page 19

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 92

Math: wb page 20

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 89

Math: wb page 21

Thursday

Reading: RN page 93

Math: complete test review

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion: Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"
In this chapter we will learn all about the three persons that make up the Blessed Trinity and we will also learn about what prayer is.

Reading
Story: "How Animals Communicate"
Target Skill: Main Idea and Details
Phonics Skill: Short I sound and R blends
Grammar: Nouns
Sight Words: animal, how, make, of, some, why
Spelling Words: in, will, did, sit, six, big

Math
This week we will continue with addition! We will review the parts of an addition sentence (addend + addend = sum) and work with memorizing the the math facts that equal 10! We will have a test on Friday.

Week of 9/20

On Friday we got to meet and work with our 8th grade

buddies on The Wish Tree activities!

Paddy and Molly enjoyed their time together!

Dear Parents,

We survived our first full week of first grade! I hope the kids enjoyed it and are settling into school and our routines. We are a work in progress but we had a great week! I hope that you are continuing to set routines at home and are giving your child more responsibility. The more we work on this the more independent they will become!


Here are your reminders for the week:

- If you could please send your child in with a few extra masks each week it would be really helpful or if you would like to send some in for the class that would be great too. We have been going through a lot already! Thanks for your help with this!

- We will have our first virtual school Mass on Wednesday at 9:00am. Feel free to join us at Mass or virtually on the parish youtube site.

- We will have our first Religion test on Wednesday. Normally a study guide will be sent home for your child to study, but this week we will take it together in school to get used to it! I did send one home today if you want to start practicing with your child!

- We will have our first reading test on the story "Jack and the Wolf" this Friday. I will read all of the questions and answers for the first few tests. The reader will be sent home this week so you can read and review the story at home.

- Our first Spelling test will also be on Friday. We have been practicing a lot with short A words in school. Please review the words at home each night as well.

- Sight Words will also be tested on Friday so please make sure you are reviewing them each night.

- Mystery Reader sign up dates will go out tonight! I will provide a link and instructions on how to do so. Once every one signs up for one date I will let you know and you can sign up for a second if you want to!


I think that is it for this week! Please email me if you have any questions!

Mrs. Hallinan 

Homework

Monday

Religion: study for test

Reading: Reading Notebook page 86

Math: workbook page 9

Tuesday

Religion: study for test tomorrow

Reading: RN page 79

Math: wb page 15

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 80

Read Jack and the Wolf and Discuss

Math: wb page 16

Thursday

Reading: study for reading and spelling tests tomorrow

Read Jack and the Wolf

Math: wb page 17

  A Peek at Our Week


Religion: Chapter 1- "Jesus Teaches Us About God's Love"
We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God. We will also learn about how God made each of us different! We will talk about how we are called to know, love and serve God. We will take our first test together!

Reading
Story: "Jack and the Wolf"
Target Skill: Characters
Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words
Grammar: Complete sentences
Sight Words: every, come, call, hear, said, away
Spelling Words: an, bad, can, had, cat, ran,

Math
This week we will start our unit on addition! We will learn the parts of an addition sentence (addends, plus sign, equal sign), start making our flashcards and learning how to add by counting on. Please start practicing flash cards at home!

Science
This week, we will begin a Science unit on Light and Sound. Our first few lessons will focus on making observations and learning how science experiments are done.

Social Studies
This week we will begin a Social Studies unit on Responsible Citizenship. This week we will learn about
rules and laws in our home, school, and community.

Week of 9/13

Hands up for the first day of school!

Room 4 rocked week 1!

Dear Parents,

Welcome to our Classroom Blog! We are so excited to start our first full week of first grade and I look forward to "seeing you" tonight at Back to School Night! We have a lot of fun things planned so keep checking our classroom blog for updates and pictures of what is going on in Room 4!

Here are a few reminders for this week:


- Back to School Night is tonight at 6:30pm. Please review the presentation and have your questions ready! Please use the Zoom link to access the meeting. A packet with some more info will be sent home today in your child's Home Folder today.

- The first few weeks of school are very important for setting expectations and learning our classroom routines and procedures. Students thrive in environments where they feel comfortable and know what is expected of them. I urge you to also have expectations and routines at home as well. For example, each day after school your child can eat a snack, empty their home folder, complete their homework and practice their sight words and spelling words for the week. Simple chores like packing their school bags, helping pack lunches/snack and making their beds will help your child to become responsible, organized and independent!

- Please be sure to check your child's "Home Folder" with them every night. You can empty out any papers that were completed in school. Please make sure that homework (if a worksheet), Sight Words baggie, and "R" copybook stay in the left pocket and be returned each day.

- On Friday, we will be having our One Book, One School Book Club. We will be talking about "The Wish Tree" and completing a fun activity.

- Friday will be a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00 with your child. Please also review the dress down day policy in the school handbook.

- Please email me with any questions or concerns :)

Thanks!
Mrs. Hallinan

We learned what being a "Bucket Filler" means.

We are getting into our routine with our "morning meetings"!

"Meet the Crew" in room 4! Sailing into a great year:)

Homework

Monday

Religion: practice saying the Hail Mary

Reading: Reading Notebook page 75

Math: workbook page 1 and 2

Tuesday

Religion: practice saying the Hail Mary

Reading: RN page 74

Math: wb page 3 and 4

Wednesday

Religion: practice saying the Hail Mary

Reading: RN page 78

Math: wb page 5 and 6

Thursday

Religion: practice saying the Hail Mary

Reading: RN page 83

Math: wb page 7 and 8

A Peek at Our Week

Religion
We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God in Chapter 1. We will also learn about how God made each of us unique!

Reading
Story: "Jack and the Wolf"
Target Skill: Characters
Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words
Grammar: Complete sentences
Sight Words: every, come, call, hear, said, away
SpellingWords: an, bad, can, had, cat, ran,

Math
This week we will focus on writing numbers and number words. We will also work on putting numbers in order and filling in missing numbers and counting forwards and backwards.

Science

This week, we will begin a Science unit on Light and Sound. Our first few lessons will focus on making observations and learning how science experiments are done.

Social Studies
This week we will begin a Social Studies unit on Responsible Citizenship. This week we will learn about
rules and laws in our home, school, and community.