Week of 9/19

Last week we practiced partner reading our story!

The partners took turns reading Jack and the Wolf.

Good job, Patrick and Lucy!

We took our whiteboards outside and went on

a "noun hunt" they did great!

The class partnered up and played a game "Race to 100".

"Race to 100" helped practice counting on

and building a strong number sense.

Good work Declan and Max!

We practiced reading to ourselves with our reading phones.

The class loved using the reading phones.

Go Lucy:)

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:

- We will have our first school Mass on Wednesday at 9:00am. All are welcome to join us!

- 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 Thursday 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. A little zipper bag got sent home today in their H folder on top of their R copybook. This bag is to go to and from school.

- Mystery Reader sign up dates can be found on the blog! 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 

                                    On Friday, we got assigned our 8th grade buddies for the year! The kids

                                    were so excited. We got to work with our new 8th grade buddies on our

                                    summer reading adventure activity. It was a great morning. 

Homework

Monday

Religion: study for test

Reading: Reading Notebook page 86

Math: workbook page 9

Tuesday

Religion: study for test tomorrow

Reading: RN page 84

Math: wb page 15

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 80

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!