A Peek at the Week- Monday, January 30th-Friday, February 3rd

Important Dates and Information:

Monday, January 30th– Catholic Schools Week- Help 4th grade students this week as they collect peanut butter for their Service-Learning project as part of the Peanut Butter Brigade! Please send in a jar of peanut butter😊

Wednesday, February 1st– 1st grade will attend Mass- Parents and Grandparents are invited to attend

Thursday, February 2nd– Jeans Day – $5 donation to help Fr. Mark and Sister Mary’s Mission in Tanzania.  Proceeds will go to support the orphans and St. John Vianney School. A spirit shirt (blue & gold) or Christian shirt can be worn with the jeans,

Picnic lunch with parents at 11:00 on the soccer field. Please pack a lunch & bring a small blanket or beach towel that day to sit on.

Friday, February 3rd– Noon Dismissal, All School Mass- Feast of St. Blaise

Snack Donations are always welcome 

Language Arts: Module 7 Week 1 – The Big Outdoors

Essential Question: How do things in nature change?

Stories for the Week: Storm Report, What are Seasons?, Sam & Dave Dig a Hole

Spelling: Long U (VCe), review Long I & O   Grammar: Future Tense   Phonics: Long U (VCe), Soft G (G, DGE) Fluency: Intonation  Reading: Ideas and Support, Point of View, Making Inferences

Spelling Words: flute, cute, Luke, tube, use, woke, wake, hike, white, drive, joke, home

High Frequency Words/Sight Words: animal, heads, keep, let’s point, something, voice, won’t

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: We will complete various activities for Catholic Schools Week and learn and celebrate the Feast Day of St. Blaise

Science/Social Studies:  We will learn & celebrate Groundhog’s Day

Homework for the Week:

Spelling Homework is due on Friday!

Monday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Fact practice and written practice 76

Tuesday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Fact practice and written practice 77

Wednesday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Read, Fact practice and written practice 78

Thursday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Read- Book Buddy Bag

Friday: No Homework

IXL Extra Practice:

Grammar – Silent E- N.1, N.2, N.3

Math – Addition- D.1, Doubles- E.2

 

 

A Peek at the Week- Monday, January 23rd- Friday, January 27th

Important Dates and Information:

Monday, January 23rdCelebrating Chinese New Year

Thursday, January 26th100th Day of School- Dress up like you’re 100 years old

Friday, January 27th– Snow Day! Making Snow

Monday, January 30th– Catholic Schools Week

Snack Donations are always welcome 

Language Arts: Module 6 Week 3 – Celebrate America

Essential Question: What do holidays and symbols tell about our country?

Stories for the Week: Hooray for Holidays, Can You Ring the Liberty Bell, Patriotic Poems

Spelling: Long I, O (VCe), review Long A   Grammar: Names of Months, Days, and Holidays   Phonics: Long a (VCe), Silent letter kn, wr Fluency: Expression  Reading: Text Features, Creating Mental Images, Story Structure

Spelling Words: like, white, drive, time, bike, kite, joke, stove, flake, late, shape, plate

High Frequency Words/Sight Words: carry, draw, eight, even, goes, may, seven, shows

Math:  Lessons 73-75-2

Lesson 73 Adding two-digit numbers without regrouping using dimes and pennies

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

Religion: We will continue Chapter 12 in our Religion books

Science/Social Studies:  We will continue to learn about Chinese New Year, start our Unit on Snow, and celebrate the 100th Day of School

Homework for the Week:

Spelling Homework is due on Friday!

Monday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Fact practice and written practice 74

Tuesday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Fact practice and written practice 75

Wednesday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Read, Fact practice and written practice 76

Thursday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Read- Book Buddy Bag

Friday: No Homework

IXL Extra Practice:

Grammar – short & long vowels: M.4, Point of View: W.1

Math – Counting by 5’s: A.7, Subtracting by 2’s: G.2, Fractions-Halves: Y.3, Measurement Q.7

 

 

A Peek at the Week: Monday, January 16th- Friday, January 20th

Important Dates and Information:

Thursday, January 19thClass Picture

Friday, January 20thCelebrating Chinese New Year

Thursday, January 26th100th Day of School

Snack Donations are always welcome 

Language Arts: Module 6 Week 2 – Celebrate America

Essential Question: What do holidays and symbols tell about our country?

Stories for the Week: President’s Day, The Contest, The Statue of Liberty

Spelling: Long a (VCe)        Grammar: verbs         Phonics: Long a (VCe), Soft c Fluency: Reading Rate   Reading: Point of View, Evaluate, and Make Predictions

Spelling Words:  came, make, brave, late, gave, shape, plate, flake, what, when, where, who

High Frequency Words/Sight Words: always, began, better, gives, hurt, shall, should, things

Math:  Lessons 70-73

Lesson 70-2 Written Assessment 13

Lesson 71 Using a ruler to draw a line segment

Lesson 72 Sorting common objects

Lesson 73 Adding two-digit numbers without regrouping using dimes and pennies

Religion: We will continue to learn about The Holy Family

Science/Social Studies:  We will learn about Chinese New Year

Homework for the Week:

Spelling Homework is due on Friday!

Monday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words

Tuesday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Fact Practice

Wednesday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Read, Fact practice and written practice 71

Thursday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Read, Fact practice and written practice 72

Friday: No Homework

IXL Extra Practice:

Grammar – short & long vowels: M.4, Point of View: W.1

Math – Counting by 5’s: A.7, Subtracting by 2’s: G.2, Fractions-Halves: Y.3, Measurement Q.7

 

 

A Peek at the Week: Monday, January 9th-Friday, January 13th

Important Dates and Information:

Friday, January 13thFirst Grade Parent & Grandparent Mass at 8:15

Monday, January 16th No School Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Thursday, January 19th– Class Picture

Snack Donations are always welcome 

Language Arts: Module 6 Week 1 – Celebrate America

Essential Question: What do holidays and symbols tell about our country?

Stories for the Week: State the Facts, You’re a Grand Old Flag, Monument City

Spelling: CV pattern, Question words         Grammar: verbs         Phonics: Long e,i,o (CV), Possessives with ‘s    Fluency: Accuracy    Reading: text features, make and confirm predictions

Spelling Words: so, go, no, me, where, who, what, when, why, how, fast, jump, lamp, went

High Frequency Words/Sight Words: another, gave, own, house, read, water, over, white

Math:  Lessons 66-70

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

Lesson 70-1: Tallying, counting by 5’s

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

Science/Social Studies:  We will continue our Unit on Penguins and learn about Martin Luther King Jr.

Homework for the Week:

Spelling Homework is due on Friday!

Monday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Math- Fact practice and written practice 66

Tuesday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Math- Fact practice and written practice 67

Wednesday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Read, Fact practice and written practice 68

Thursday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Read, Fact practice and written practice 69

Friday: No Homework

IXL Extra Practice:

Grammar – Blends: F.1,F.2,F.3,F.9, Main Idea: U.1

Math – Counting by 5’s: A.7, Subtracting by 2’s: G.2, Fractions-Halves: Y.3

A Peek at the Week: Tuesday, January 3rd- Friday, January 7th

Important Dates and Information:

Tuesday, January 3rd – Quarter 3 begins, Noon Dismissal

Friday, January 13th– First Grade Parent & Grandparent Mass at 8:15

Monday, January 16th No School Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Thursday, January 19th– Class Picture

Snack Donations are always welcome😊

Language Arts: Module 5 Week 3 – Now You See It, Now You Don’t

Essential Question: Why do light and dark come and go?

Stories for the Week: Oscar and the Moth, What Are You Waiting For?, I’m so hot!

Spelling: Final blends         Grammar: verbs and time         Phonics: final blends, inflection -ed      Fluency: Intonation    Reading: topic and central idea, make and confirm predictions

Spelling Words: jump, lamp, went, fast, must, ant, trap, drum, trip, grin

High Frequency Words/Sight Words: any, done, laugh, long, more, pull, teacher, think

Math:  Lessons 65-1- 68

Lesson 65: Graphing pieces used to cover a design, reading a graph

Lesson 66:  Writing money amounts using the cent symbol

Lesson 67:  Dividing a square into halves

Lesson 68:  Subtraction Facts: Subtracting 2

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

Science/Social Studies:  We will start our Unit on Penguins and their habitat.

Homework for the Week:

Spelling Homework is due on Friday!

Monday: None

Tuesday: Spelling Homework and Practice New Sight Words

Wednesday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Read, Fact practice and written practice 65

Thursday: Spelling Homework, Practice New Sight Words, Read, Fact practice and written practice 66

Friday: No Homework

IXL Extra Practice:

Grammar – Consonant Blends- F.1, F.3, F.4, F.10      Main Idea- U.1

Math – Even or Odd- A.22    Subtraction- G.2     Fractions- Y.3