Week of 1/31

We are getting ready for Valentine's Day by talking about

the different ways we can "spread love"!

This month our class library has lots of books about Valentine's Day,

Presidents/President's Day, and Black History Month!

Dear Parents,

Happy Catholic Schools Week! We have a fun week planned with lots of activities! You can find all the information you need below. Valentine's Day information is also posted below!

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

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

- Dismissal is at 12:00 pm on Friday!

- Some special Catholic Schools Week notes:

*Send in canned goods, MLK bags and shampoo all week!

Monday (1/31) - dress down (no charge) in yellow

Tuesday (2/1) - Crazy 8's Day and Crazy Hair Day - accessorize your school uniform with 8 items (shoes, jewelry, socks, hats, sunglasses etc)!

Wednesday (2/2) - Dress up as your hero day!

Thursday (2/3) - Blue and White Day! Dress down in blue and white!

Friday (2/4) - Pajama Day! Dismissal at 12:00 pm.

Valentine's Day info:

- please have all valentines sent to school no later than Friday, February 11th.

- No candy is permitted

Homework

- There will be no written homework this week! Please just review for the reading and spelling test and read for 10-15 minutes each night

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 10 "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit." 

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: Long O and soft c, g, dge

Grammar: Verbs and time

Magic Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those, saw, round

Spelling Words: rose, hope, cone, home, low, slow, coat, road, race, edge

Math

We will continue practicing skip counting by 10s, 5s and 2s! We will focus on counting backwards this week and also start learning about odd and even numbers.

Week of 1/24

Last week in Social Studies we talked about the past, present, and future. We learned the importance of placing events in history and how to read a timeline. Room 4 made their own "class timeline" of events that have happened from September-January. The class took turns reading their events and placing them in the correct place on the board. It was fun to see what events stuck out in the kids memories!

Dear Parents,

The kids have been doing really well with memorizing the long vowel patterns and spelling words. I know these words are harder and trickier but the kids have been finding the different patterns we have learned so far everywhere! We have another full we before Catholic Schools Week starts on Sunday. Look below for an outline of what to expect! Here are the reminders for the week:

- If you have not been a Mystery Reader yet, please be sure to sign up this week! I think the month of May and June still need some slots to be filled.

- We will have a math test on 10 more/less and 1 more/less on Tuesday. A review will be sent home for homework tonight.

- If you would like to send in rosary beads for your child, please do so. We will start saying a decade of the rosary every Friday as a class.

- We will have a Religion test on Chapter 9 on Friday. A study guide was sent home today.

- You can send in your MLK Bags of Service this and next week and any shampoo donations. Thank you!

- Catholic Schools Week begins at Mass on Sunday! Be on the look out for an email with more detailed information about the Virtual Talent Show, SKS Spirit Family Pics and Art Activity!

Some special notes:

* Send in canned goods, MLK bags and shampoo all week!

Sunday (1/30) Opening Mass at 9:30 followed by coffee

Monday (1/31) - dress down (no charge) in yellow

Tuesday (2/1) - Crazy 8's Day and Crazy Hair Day - accessorize your school uniform with 8 items (shoes, jewelry, socks, hats, sunglasses etc)!

Wednesday (2/2) - Dress up as your hero day!

Thursday (2/3) - Blue and White Day! Dress down in blue and white!

Friday (2/4) - Pajama Day! Dismissal at 12:00 pm.

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 196

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete test review

Religion: study

Tuesday

Reading: page 197

practice sight and spelling words

Math: no homework

Religion: study

Wednesday

Reading: page 204

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

Religion: study

Thursday

Reading: page 201

Math: workbook page 74

Religion: study for test tomorrow

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion
We will finish Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life" and have a test on Friday.

Reading
Story: "The Big Race"
Target Skill: Cause and Effect
Phonics Skill: Long O and soft c, g, dge
Grammar: Verbs and time
Sight Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those, saw, round
Spelling Words: rose, hope, cone, home, low, slow, coat, road, race, edge

Math
We will finish up with finding 10 more/less and 1 more/less than numbers and have a test on Tuesday. We will begin practicing skip counting by 10s, 5s and 2s!

Week of 1/17

Last week, we preformed "contraction surgery"!

The kids really started getting the hang of it.

On Friday, we learned a lot about MLK. The kids 

wrote about what they think Freedom is!

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a nice long weekend! Last week we talked about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and why he is an important part of history and a great role model!

- The MLK Bags of Service can be picked up this week! They will be collected during Catholic Schools Week (January 31st-February 4th). First grade has also been asked to donate shampoo! Thanks in advance for your help with this.

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

- Our Monthly Mass will be this Thursday at 9:00 am. Please join us in person or virtually.

- We will have a reading and spelling test this Friday on the story and words for "Seasons".

Stay warm!

Mrs. Hallinan 

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 189

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 192

practice sight and spelling words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: study for reading and spelling test tomorrow

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion
We will start Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life."

Reading
Story: "Seasons"
Target Skill: Cause and effect
Phonics Skill: Long I, digraphs -sh, -wh, -ph and contractions 's and n't
Grammar: Subjects and verbs
Sight Words: down, fall, goes, green, grow, new, open, yellow, many, pull, because, want
Spelling Words: ship, shop, when, why, crash, like, kite, night, pie, tie

Math
We will focus on 10 more/less and 1 more/less of a specific number. We will start trying to do this mentally without the help of a hundreds chart!

Week of 1/10

The kids did a great job learning greater than

and less than last week!

We had fun with our alligator stick friends!

Dear Parents,

I hope the kids enjoyed their first snow day of the year! I don't know about you, but I felt like it was much needed even though it was out first week back! We'll take our tests today that we were supposed to take on Friday and start our new story for the week. Here are the rest of the reminders:

- We did a supply check today. Lots of kids are in need of new sharpened pencils, glues sticks, crayons etc. If you could check with your child this week and grab some new supplies in the next week or two that would be great!

- With the cold weather, please be sure to mark all outerwear with your child's name!

- Spelling words will increase from 8 to 10 this week! They have been doing an excellent job with these!

- Wednesday is a Dress Down Day for the BVM School in North Philadelphia. Their school was flooded and then broken into, burglarized and vandalized. Please send in $1.00 to dress down. Thank you!

- Thursday is picture retake day.

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 8 on Friday.

- There is no school on Monday, January 18th for MLK Day.

Homework

Monday
Religion: study for test

Reading: page 181

practice sight Words

Math: page 69

Tuesday
Religion: study for test

Reading: page 182

practice Magic Words

Math: page 70

Wednesday

Religion: study for test

Reading: 183

practice Magic Words

Math: page 71

Thursday

Religion: study for test
Reading: page 186
Math: complete worksheet

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 8 and have a test on Friday.

Reading
Story: "Seasons"
Target Skill: Cause and effect

Phonics Skill: Long I, digraphs -sh, -wh, -ph and contractions 's and n't

Grammar: Subjects and verbs
Magic Words: down, fall, goes, green, grow, new, open, yellow, many, pull, because, want

Spelling Words: ship, shop, when, why, crash, like, kite, night, pie, tie

Math

We will continue comparing numbers this week using <, > and =. We will review one more and one less and start practicing finding 10 more and 10 less.

Week of 1/3

We had a blast on Pajama Day!

The girls rocked their pajamas!

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a great break! Thank you so much for your generous Christmas gifts. The entire faculty and staff truly appreciate your kindness and generosity. This week we will be working at getting back into our normal routine in reading, math and with homework!

Here are your reminders for this week:

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

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

- Looking ahead:

-Picture retakes will be next Thursday, January 13th.

-No school Monday, January 17th for MLK Day.

That is all for now! Have a great week!

Mrs. Hallinan 

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 165

Math: complete worksheet

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 177

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 175

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Math: page 67 and 68

A Peek At Our Week

Religion
We will start Chapter 8 "Jesus Had Followers".

Reading
Story: "How Leopard Got His Spots"
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Phonics Skill: Long E, digraph -ch, -tch
Grammar: Statements and Commands
Sight Words: hold, been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very, good, full, friend
Spelling Words: chin, chop, much, rich, cheer, three, beach, teach

Math
We will continue our unit on number sense and review ordering numbers, find the number that comes before, after or between and start learning how to compare numbers using the <, > and =