Looking Ahead to the Week of January 30th

Important Dates and Information:

Week of January 30th- Catholic Schools Week

Tuesday, January 31st Grandparent Mass  at 8:15. We will meet you in the church and breakfast to follow after Mass.

Turn-in-days for the pledges for the Jog-A-Thon: January 30th-Thursday, February 2nd

Friday, February 3rd: Jog-A-Thon- First grade starts at 11:00

Friday, February 3rd: Early Dismissal at 12:15

Language Arts: Journeys weekly story: Unit 4 The Big Trip
Spelling: Long E (ee,ea, e)      Grammar: compound sentences        Phonics: Long E, final ng, nk and ink
Spelling Words: me, be, read, feet, tree,keep, eat, mean, sea, these

High Frequency Words/Sight Words: about, could, sure, by, don’t, there, car, maybe
Math:  Lessons 80-2-83
Lesson 80-2:  Written Assessment 15
Lesson 81:  adding two-digit numbers without regrouping
Lesson 82: identifying how many more on a graph
Lesson 83:  identifying and making congruent shapes
 

Religion: Chapter 12 in our Religion book and Catholic Schools Week

Science/Social Studies: Groundhog’s Day and begin to learn about the 3 States of Matter

Enrichment: We will finish our activities for the Chinese New Year and 100th Day of school on Monday. No enrichment on Friday due to early dismissal

 

Homework:

Homework packet is due on Friday!

Monday: Read: The Big Trip and work on homework packet

Tuesday: Read book in book buddy bag, Math: Complete 81B, workbook pg. 19-20

Wednesday: Read a book of your choice, Math: 82B, and continue to work on homework packet

Thursday: Read: The Big Trip, Math: 83B, workbook pg. 28 and finish homework packet

Friday: No Homework

Extra Practice:

IXL Grammar: T.1

Decodable Readers online. Unit 4 (At the beach, Who Will Teach Us?, Plunk, Plunk, The King’s Song) * We read these stories in class throughout the week

 

 

Looking Ahead to the Week of January 23rd

Important Dates and Information:

We are continuing to collect Starfish boxes for Food For the Poor. Please send boxes in A.S.A.P

Monday, January 23rd: visit the church to see the Our Lady of Fatima Statue.  

Friday, February 3rd: Jog-A-Thon

Turn-in-days for the pledges for the Jog-A-Thon:

Thursday, January 26th

Thursday, February 2nd

Language Arts: Journeys weekly story: Unit 4 Let’s Go to the Moon
Spelling: Long O      Grammar: Questions using who, what, when, where, why          Phonics: Long O & Long U
Grammar Extra Practice: IXL Grammar:
Sentence Types: A.2, A.7
Proper Nouns: D.5, D.6
Contractions: S.1
Spelling Words: so, go, home, hole,no, rope, joke, bone, stove, poke

High Frequency Words/Sight Words: around, bring, because, show, carry, think, before, light
Math:  Lessons 76-79
Lesson 76:  Addition Facts:  Showing doubles plus 1
Lesson 77:  Addition Facts:  Identifying doubles plus 1
Lesson 78: Addition Facts:  doubles plus 1

Lesson 79:  Addition Facts:   doubles plus 1

 

Religion: Chapter 12 in our Religion books: Jesus Grows Up

Science/Social Studies: We will celebrate and learn about the Chinese New Year. It is the year of the Rooster!

Enrichment: We will  celebrate the Chinese New Year and the 100th Day of school with crafts and activities!

 

Homework:

Homework packet is due on Friday!

Grammar Extra Practice: IXL Grammar: Complete Verbs:  G.1, I.1, L.1

Reading: Practice Reading Decodable Readers online. Unit 4 (Go, Jones, So Much Fun, June’s Pictures, My Mule, Duke)

Workbook pages: workbook pages will be sent home on Tuesday and Thursday

Math: written practice is sent home nightly, except for days we complete an assessment. Please complete side B and return the next day.

Looking Ahead to January 16th

Important Dates and Information:

We are continuing to collect Starfish boxes for Food For the Poor. Please send boxes in A.S.A.P

Monday, January 16th–  No School- Martin Luther King Day

Language Arts: Journeys weekly story: No New Story ( Unit 3 Review)
Spelling: Unit 3 review      Grammar: Verbs & Commands           Phonics: Review Long A & I, blends, contractions  and  Digraphs
Grammar Extra Practice: IXL Grammar: Complete Verbs:  G.1, I.1, L.1
Spelling Wordsthat, with, chop, rich, when, fish, came, shape, time, white, drive, brave

High Frequency Words/Sight Words: All Unit 3 Sight Words
Math:  Lessons 74-76
Lesson 74:  Adding two-digit numbers without regrouping using dimes and pennies
Lesson 75.1:  Adding two-digit numbers without regrouping using dimes and pennies

Lesson 75.2:  Written Assessment 14

Lesson 76:  Addition Facts:  Showing doubles plus 1

 

Religion: Chapter 12 in our Religion books: Jesus Grows Up

Science/Social Studies: We will start our study on hibernation and migration as we continue to learn about winter animals.

Enrichment: We will  end our week with a hibernation science experiment!

 

Homework:

Homework packet is due on Friday (spelling)!

Grammar Extra Practice: IXL Grammar: Complete Verbs:  G.1, I.1, L.1

Reading: Practice Reading Decodable Readers online. Unit 3 (all unit 3 stories)

Workbook pages: No workbook pages due to review week

Math: written practice is sent home nightly, except for days we complete an assessment. Please complete side B and return the next day.

Looking Ahead to the Week of January 9th

Important Dates and Information:

Friday, January 13th–  The students can bring in a hat and scarf for our snowy science experiment.
Looking forward to a wonderful week!

Language Arts: Journeys weekly story: Animal Groups
Spelling: Long I (CVCe)      Grammar: The Verb be           Phonics: Long I (-ine,-ite), Digraphs: kn, wr, gn, mb
Grammar Extra Practice: IXL Grammar: Complete Verbs:  G.1, I.1, L.1
Spelling Words:  time, like, kite, bike, white, drive, ride, pride, slide, stripe

High Frequency Words/Sight Words: bird, fly, those, both, long, walk, eyes, or
Math:  Lessons 70.1-72
Lesson 70.1:  Tallying, counting by 5’s

Lesson 70.2:  Written Assessment 13

Lesson 71:  Using a ruler to draw a line segment

Lesson 72:  Sorting common objects

 

Religion: We will continue learning about the Three Wise Men and The Holy Family

Science/Social Studies: We will finish our study on penguins and their habitat and start our study on Arctic animals.

Enrichment: We will continue our author study on Caralyn Buehner and end our week with a snow science experiment!

 

Homework:

Homework packet is due on Friday!

Grammar Extra Practice: IXL Grammar: Complete Verbs:  G.1, I.1, L.1

Reading: Practice Reading Decodable Readers online. Unit 3 (stories: Mike’s Bike, The Nest, The Nice Vet, Kite Time)

Workbook pages will come home in the binder on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Math: written practice is sent home nightly, except for days we complete an assessment. Please complete side B and return the next day.

Looking Ahead to the Week of January 2nd

Important Dates and Information:

Monday, January 2nd- No School

Friday, January 6th- First Grade Parent Mass 8:15

Looking forward to a wonderful week!

Language Arts: Journeys weekly story: The Big Race
Spelling: Long A (CVCe)      Grammar: Verbs and Time           Phonics: Long A (-ace,-ake), Soft c, g, dge
Words:  came, make, brave, late, gave, shape, cake, made, snake, gate
High Frequency Words/Sight Words: two, three, four, five, into, over, starts, watch
Math:  Lessons 66-69

Lesson 66:  Writing money amounts using the cent symbol

Lesson 67:  Dividing a square into halves

Lesson 68:  Subtraction Facts: Subtracting 2

Lesson 69:  Subtraction Facts: Subtracting 2

 

Religion:

We will learn about the Three Wise Men and The Holy Family

Science/Social Studies: We will read, Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution and write our own New Year’s Goals. We will also start learning about Penguins and their habitat.

Enrichment: We will be completing an author study on Caralyn Buehner, starting with the book, Snowmen at Night and completing a craft and writing activity.

Homework:

Homework packet is due on Friday!

Reading: Practice Reading Decodable Readers online. Unit 3 (stories: Tate’s Cakes, Dave and the Whales, A Safe Lodge, The Race)

Workbook pages will come home in the binder on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Math: written practice is sent home nightly, except for days we complete an assessment. Please complete side B and return the next day.