Important Dates and Information:

October 30-November 3– Fall Scholastic Book Fair

Tuesday,October 31st– Students can wear Halloween accessories to school with their uniform (bracelet, socks,  necklace, headband or hair tie) No costumes or masks.

Wednesday, November 1st– K-12 All Saints Day Mass at JCHS at 9:45 a.m. ( Regular School Uniform)

Thursday,November 2nd– Sports Department Big Apple Pizza Night – 4-8 p.m.

Monday, November 6th & Tuesday, November 7th– No School

Wednesday, November 15th– Kindergarten & First Grade Prayer Service at 1:30

Language Arts:

Journeys weekly story: A Musical Day

Spelling: Short o vowel sound     Phonics: L-Blends    Grammar: statements

Words: on, got, fox, pop, not, hop, tot, mop, box, dot

High Frequency Words/Sight Words:

her, she, now, today, our, would

Math:  Lessons 38-41

Lesson 38: Sorting items and create a graph

Lesson 39:  Weighing objects using nonstandard units

Lesson 40-1:  Finding a sum by counting on

Lesson 40.2:  Written Assessment 7

Lesson 41:  Addition Facts: Adding 0

Religion: We will  continue to learn about Noah’s Ark & All Saint’s Day!

Science/Social Studies: We will start our study on bats and learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin

Enrichment: Discuss and label parts of a pumpkin, carve our classroom pumpkin and estimate and count the seeds

Homework for the Week:

Homework packet is due on Friday!

Monday: Read: Musical Day, Math Facts & 38B, and Homework Packet

Tuesday: Read: Book of your choice and Homework Packet

Wednesday: Read leveled book in book buddy bag, Math Facts & Homework packet

Thursday: Read: Musical Day, Reader’s Notebook pg.116, and finish homework packet

Friday: No Homework

Extra Practice:

IXL Grammar: Blends: E.1, E.2, Short Vowels: F.11,F.12                 IXL Math: Adding: C.1, Addition Strategies: E.1, E.2

Decodable Readers online. Unit 2 (Our Flag, The Plan, Our Sled Club, The Pet Club) * We read these stories in class throughout the week

Leveled Readers: Unit 2: Dress up, Nana’s House,  The Beach

Important Dates:

Friday, October 27th: Pep Rally * Students can wear their P.E uniform!

October 30-November 3: Fall Scholastic Book Fair

Looking forward to a wonderful week!

Language Arts:

Journeys weekly story: How Animals Communicate

Spelling: Short i vowel sound     Phonics: R-Blends    Grammar: commas in a series

Words: fit, in, will, did, sit, six, big, dill, rig, pig

High Frequency Words/Sight Words:

animal, how, of, some, make , why

Math:  Lessons 35.1- 37

Lesson 34: Counting backward from 10-1, adding 1 to a number

Lesson 35-1:  Identifying morning, afternoon, evening and night

Lesson 35-2:  Written Assessment 2

Lesson 36:  Addition Facts: Adding 1

Lesson 37:  Addition Facts: Adding 1

Religion:

We will  start Chapter 4 in our Religion books & learn the story of Noah’s Ark

Science/Social Studies: We will start our study about spiders/bats

Enrichment: Storybook Stem Activity: Building a spider web & a Pep rally

 

Homework for the Week:

Homework packet is due on Friday!

Monday: Read: How Animals Communicate, Math Facts & 34B, and Homework Packet

Tuesday: Read: Book of your choice, Math Facts & 35B, and Homework Packet

Wednesday: Read leveled book in book buddy bag & Homework packet

Thursday: Read: How Animals Communicate, Reader’s Notebook, Math Facts & 36B and finish homework packet

Friday: No Homework

 

Extra Practice:

IXL Grammar: Sentences: M.9,M.10, Short Vowels: F.8,F.9

Decodable Readers online. Unit 2 (Brad and Kris, What Did Dad Get?, Crabs, The Big Job) * We read these stories in class throughout the week

Leveled Readers: Unit 1: Dogs, Animals at Night,  Dog Talk

Reminders:

Monday, October 16 :  Please return conference forms A.S.A.P

Saturday, October 21: Harvest Festival 5-8

 

Language Arts:

Journeys weekly story:  Jack and the Wolf

Spelling: Short a vowel sound

Words: an, bad,can, had, cat, ran, mat, sad, pan, pat

High Frequency Words/Sight Words:

away, every, call, hear, come, said

Math:  Lessons 30.1-33

Lesson 30.1: Addition facts: Doubles with sums to 18

Lesson 30.2:  Written Assessment 5

Lesson 31:  Covering a design with pattern blocks

Lesson 32:  Ordering numbers to 20

Lesson 33: Writing number sentences for some, some more, some, some went away, creating subtraction problem solutions

Religion:

We will  continue Chapter 3: God Watches Over Everything in our Religion Books

Science/Social Studies: We will learn about our Five Senses

Enrichment: Storybook Stem Activity: Halloween

Homework for the Week:

Homework packet is due on Friday!

Monday: Read: Jack and the Wolf, Math:doubles fact sheet, and Homework Packet

Tuesday: Read: Book of your choice, Reader’s Notebook, and Homework Packet

Wednesday: Read , Math: 31B and math facts, Homework packet

Thursday: Read: leveled book in book buddy bag, Reader’s Notebook, Math: 32B and finish homework packet

Friday: No Homework

 

Extra Practice:

IXL Grammar: Sentences: M.9,M.10, Short Vowels: F.2,F.3

Decodable Readers online. Unit 2 (Ann Packs, Tess and Jack, A Duck in Mud, Ducks Quack) * We read these stories in class throughout the week

Leveled Readers: Unit 1: The Pigs, Turtle and Hare,  Fox and Crow

Reminders:

Monday, October 9: Breast Cancer Awareness Day! Students may wear pink accessories and a pink shirt with PE shorts or uniform shorts to show support for Breast Cancer.

Wednesday, October 11: Sports Department Big Apple Pizza Night

Thursday, October 12: Picture Retakes, Living Rosary

Friday, October 13: Noon Dismissal, End of Quarter 1

Language Arts:

Journeys weekly story:  Unit 1 Review

Grammar: Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives

Spelling: short vowels (a,e,i,o,u)

Words:

man, mat, rip, pin, hot, log, wet, pen, bug, nut

Our Unit 1 test will be given on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Wednesday will be the Unit 1 writing test. Thursday is story comprehension and Friday we will test phonics and spelling.

Math:  Lessons 25.2- 29

Lesson 25.2: written assessment 4

Lesson 26:  Creating and reading a pattern

Lesson 27:  Addition Facts: Doubles with Sums to 18

Lesson 28:  Addition Facts: Doubles with Sums to 18

Lesson 29: Identifying lighter and heavier using a balance scale

Religion:

Chapter 3: God watches over everything and attending the Living Rosary on Thursday  (rescheduled from last week)

Science/Social Studies: We will learn about Christopher Columbus and start our Unit on Senses.

Enrichment: None due to Noon Dismissal on Friday!

Homework for the Week:

Homework packet is due on Friday!

Monday: Read: Journeys Book or Book of your choice and Homework Packet

Tuesday: Read: Book of your choice, Math: 26B, and Homework Packet

Wednesday: Read: Book in Book Buddy Bag, Math: 27B, Homework packet

Thursday: Read: Book of your choice, Math: 28B and finish homework packet

Friday: No Homework

 

Extra Practice:

IXL Grammar: Noun: N.3, Short Vowels: F.16, F.17, Adjectives: R.1, R.2, R.5, Verbs: P.2

Decodable Readers online. Unit 1 Review (Any story from Unit 1)

Leveled Readers: Unit 1: , , Any leveled reader from Unit 1