Our First Full Week!

Dear Parents,

We are off to a great start on our first full week of full days!

Our morning routine is in place, with the children unpacking their items and placing them in their designated areas.  Our first 15 minutes of class is currently designated as “S.S.R.,” with the children using that time as student silent reading at their desks.  They are reading book selections from our class library that they keep in their desk.

At 8:00, we roll into the full swing of the day with prayer, flag salute and singing and signing “God Bless America!”  Attendance follows and then a read aloud by me! 

Classroom rotations of jobs have been occurring and all students will be assigned weekly jobs beginning next week.

Our group class photo was today and individual pictures will be tomorrow morning.  Please remember to send your child in school uniform and with their smile J!

Thank you to all of the parents that were able to attend our In-Home meeting!  If you were unable to attend, I do have handouts that were passed out for you.  Please see me and I will give them to you.

Thank you to the Wieczorek family for their hospitality for hosting our first grade gathering. 

Thanks, Team One (parents and children working together) for returning Monday – 

Thursday homework folders/homework and white envelopes to school on the scheduled days!  You are awesome!

Please feel free to email me with any questions you might have.

Sincerely,

Ms. West

Sacred Heart Academy

First Grade Curriculum Update

Dear Parents,                                                                                    September 10, 2012

Please make sure that your fabulous first grader goes over these areas of study with you this week.

Virtue of the Month: *Respect and Responsibility

Saxon Math: Lessons 5-8-Write the numbers; Shapes and Colors; How many? Graphing; Left and Right and Number Trains; Math centers in the classroom

History/Geography: * Our World, Continents and Oceans and Forest areas

                                   

Religion: Chapter 1- God Makes Everything, continued

Science: * Living and Non-Living Things, Forest habitats

Literature: Teacher selections about friendships and teamwork  (Ex: Mr. Monkey’s Classroom, Johnny Appleseed, The Pledge of Allegiance, etc.)

Reading: Introduction to Reading Centers: Individual and Group Reading with the teacher, SSR – Student Silent Reading, Buddy Reading (with other 1^st graders and with our 4^th grade Reading Buddies) and Listening Center as a class until individual headphones are available to each student

Saxon Phonics/Spelling: Worksheet 4-7 Write the capital and lower case letter Tt, Pp, Ii (long and short vowel) and Ll. Identify and/or match pictures with corresponding sound of each letter and/or matching letter.

Language Arts: My Memory Book and Me Bags

Art: * My favorite forest animal and “Save the Forest” poster