March 27th

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a great weekend! This is our last full week before Spring Break and we'll continue working hard becoming responsible and independent "almost second graders."  Here are the reminders for this week:

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

- On Thursday we will celebrate the Phillies Opening Day! The kids can dress down and lunch will be provided for the kids! If you are not a hotdog fan you might want to pack a lunch.

- There will be reading and spelling tests this Friday.

- If you have any gently worn shoes, you can send them in this week! They will be donated to Soles for Souls. 

- Just a reminder that there is only school on Monday and Tuesday next week! School will resume on Wednesday, April 12 and spring uniforms start that day!

That is all for now! Have a great week!

Mrs. Barausky

We were very busy working on "time" last week. These kiddos love a clip board. 

Practicing "Where Does Food Come From? "  on the phone.

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 40

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 119

Religion:  study for test

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 43

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 48

Religion:  study for test

Wednesday
Reading: page 41
Practice Sight Words
Math: workbook page 49

Religion:  study for test tomorrow

Thursday
Reading: study for tests tomorrow 
Practice Sight Words
Math: workbook page 50

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish" and have test on Thursday.

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, fields, corn, flowers, favorite

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

Math

We will continue start our unit on graphing this week! We will learn and practice graphing on tally, picture and bar graphs.

Week of 3/20

 

Week of 3/20

Dear Parents,

We had so much fun building showing off our leprechaun traps last week. Their creativity and engineering skills blew me away. We had so much fun looking at each others traps and Lucky the Leprechaun even stopped by while we were at STEM! He trashed our place and triggered some traps.

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

- Tomorrow we will celebrate World Down Syndrome Day! The kids may "rock their socks" to school with their regular school uniform tomorrow!

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

- Test folder will be sent home Wednesday. Please and sign and return on Thursday!

- There will be a math test on time on Friday. A review will be sent home for homework on Thursday.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Barausky

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 32

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 115

Tuesday

Reading: page 31

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 116

Wednesday
Reading: page 33
Practice Sight Words
Math: workbook page 117

Thursday
Reading: page 34
Practice Sight Words
Math: complete test review

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)
Magic Words: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, these, fields, corn, flowers, 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. There will be a test on Friday.

Week of 3/13

Monday, March 13, 2023

Week of 3/13

Dear Parents,

Hope you had a great weekend! We have 3 full weeks of school left until Easter break! There are a lot of reminders this week so please be sure to read them all! 

- The 3rd Trimester starts today! Report cards will be sent home next Tuesday.

- We will celebrate Mass on Tuesday at 9:00 am. All are welcome! Please do not dress down tomorrow :)

- There is a general Home and School Meeting on Thursday night at 6:00 pm. The class with the highest attendance rate will win a free dress down! Hope to see you there! I look forward to meeting you :-)

- There will be a Religion test on Thursday on Chapter 12. A study guide will be send home today.

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

-Friday is a Dress Down Day! Please send in $1.00 to dress down. All proceeds will be donated to The Rising Together Alliance.

- Leprechaun traps can be brought in on Friday! The kids will share their traps with the class and tell them how it will "hopefully" catch a leprechaun! If you could refrain some sending them in earlier that would be great! We don't have too much room to store them! Thanks!

- The school will be participating in Penny Wars this week! Please see the flyer attached to the "this week" email. Thank you!

Have a great week! 

Tracy Barausky

tbarausky@sksschool.org

Monday

Reading: page 16 and 22

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 112

Religion: study for test

Tuesday

Reading: page 25

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 113

Religion: study for test

Wednesday
Reading: page 28
Practice Sight Words
Math: complete worksheet

Religion: study for test tomorrow

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Practice Sight Words

Math: workbook page 114

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 12 "The Church Serves" and have a test on Thursday. We will continue to learn about Lent and The Stations of the Cross.

Reading

Story: "The Big Trip"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

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

Grammar: compound sentences
Sight Words: about, could, sure, don't, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through, by, there

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 3/6

I had the best time watching the girls perform

at the Irish Dance Recital on Friday! They all did excellent:)

The kids are doing a great job with money!

I will send home their bag of coins on Thursday after the test.

Dear Parents,

I can't believe this is my final week with the kiddos! I have so many emotions swirling around these days, but most of all I feel extremely blessed to be have been able to work with each one of your children the past six months. They were responsible for making me laugh and smile each day, while also keeping me busy and a helpful distraction at times. There are not enough thank you's for all of your unwavering support since the beginning of the school year. I am so grateful for everything you have done for myself and your children. As I keep reminding the kids, this is not the last they will see of me! They are in amazing hands with Mrs. Barausky! Feel free to begin to cc her on any communication going forward so she can get used to and familiar with the different names. tbarausky@sksschool.org 

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 :)

- Grades 2 and up will be taking the Terra Nova tests this week, but we will be having a normal week and start a new story!

- We will have a math test on money on Thursday. The kids have been doing really well with this and we will continue to practice this week to prepare for the test! A review will be sent home for homework on Wednesday.

- No school for students on Friday! Enjoy the long weekend!

- Don't forget leprechaun traps should be sent to school next Friday, March 17th!

Have a great week!
Mrs. Hallinan 

Monday

Reading: RN page 17

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 109

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 18

practice sight and spelling words

Math: workbook page 110 and 111

Wednesday

Reading: page 19

Practice Sight Words

Math: complete test review

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion
We will begin Chapter 12 "The Church Serves". We will continue to learn about Lent and The Stations of the Cross.

Reading
Story: "The Big Trip"
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, ee) and -ng, -nk words
Grammar: compound sentences
Sight Words: about, could, sure, don't, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through, by, there
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 and have a test on Thursday!