Welcome Back to School!

Dear Fabulous First Grade Families,

I am so excited about this new school year!  We will be learning lots of new things.  First things first, we will be learning about each other.  One way to do so will be to fill "Me Bags" about ourselves to learn more about each other.  White sandwich-sized bags will be coming home on Tuesday and are due next Monday, September 10th. The children are to decorate (color, glue a picture of themselves, put stickers on, etc.) their bag and then fill it with at least 8 small items that will help them introduce themselves to each other and me!  This is a great ice breaker.  Your children may put pictures of their family and themselves in their bags, as well as small "trinkets" that express what they like best.  (No food items, please!)

We are off to a great start, having had our first assembly of the year.  Bravo to the awesome class behavior in welcoming our new principal, Mrs. Tollefson.

Please join me in welcoming our new student, Noah Raimondi to our class.

The focus of this coming week (Tuesday through Thursday) will be learning the new school rules, our class rules and assessing what we currently know.  Friday will be a minimum day, beginning with Friday assembly.  Mrs. Zapata, our school librarian, will be my substitute on Friday.  She will be reviewing library rules and the how to check out books from our school library.  In addition, Mrs. Zapata will follow class lesson plans for Friday.

Our In-Home meeting is being graciously hosted by the Wieczorek family.  Please plan to attend September 6th.

Blessings to all for the year ahead.  I am honored to have your children in my class this year.

Sincerely,

Ms. West

Sacred Heart Academy

First Grade Curriculum Update

Dear Parents,                                                                                     September 3, 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 2-4- Color the towers; Lesson Worksheet-Write the numbers 1,4 and 5; Guided Class Practice-Write and trace the numbers 1,4 and 5 and color the train; Guided Class Practice- Write the numbers 1, 4 and 5 and color (graph) the towers; Math centers in the classroom

History/Geography: * Our World, Continents and Oceans

                                   

Religion: Chapter 1- God Makes Everything

Science: * Living and Non-Living Things

Literature: Teacher selections about friendships and teamwork  (Ex: A Rainbow of Friends, Swimmy, 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

Saxon Phonics/Spelling: Worksheet 1-4- Write the capital and lower case letter Nn, Oo (long and short), and Tt.  Identify and/or match pictures with corresponding sound of each letter.

Language Arts: My Memory Book

Art: * Self portraits- use of color and lines