Week of February 11th

Dear Parents,                                                                               February 10, 2013

I pray that you and your family members are happy and healthy,

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

Virtue of the Month: *Perseverance (Enduring Adversity) – including dealing with the flu!

Saxon Math: Lessons 70 - 73: Problem solving Worksheet, Written Assessment 13, Write the numbers 64- 66; Odd/Even Numbers; Addition, Subtraction; Number sentences; Place values- tens and ones; How many dimes and pennies?; Counting by fives and tens; Time to the hour; Even and Odd numbers- writing and counting up/aloud from random numbers, Math centers in the classroom (Pennies, Dimes, Working with Zero, Measurement with linking cubes and pennies, Telling time to the hour; Scales/Weight, Geo-boards, Pattern block diagrams, Shapes)

History/Geography: * Egypt – Queen Hatshepsut- The Woman Who Was King. continued

Religion: Session 17– Joining God’s Family; Whole School Ash Wednesday Mass is Wednesday at 10:00

Science: * The planet song (learning the planets order and planet facts); The Characteristics of the Earth and the other planets

Literature: *Teacher “February-themed” selections;  *February Writing Journal

Sayings: * “ Love is ...” - First graders will make up their own February sayings.

Reading: Reading Centers: Individual and Group Reading with the teacher, Saxon booklet #23 –Something Grand; Open Court Reading Anthologies- Book 1; 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

Saxon Phonics: Worksheet 67- Complete suffixes: - ly. –less, -ness; Worksheet 68: - ai- rain, Sight word- “were”; Worksheet 69: ay- hay, Sight words- “early,” “ earth,” “heard,” and “learn”; Assessment 13; Worksheet 71; Worksheet 71: ar- star

Spelling:  Spelling List #14- ABC word order, Rainbow words, Around the World (sight word and spelling words) in class and/or Sight word /Spelling word Bingo for Spelling List(s) #1-14 and Kindergarten/First grade sight words from Saxon booklets

Language Arts: Journal writing, Sentence punctuation-capitals, periods, question marks and exclamation marks.  Handwriting Lesson 6 – finish Psalm; Handwriting Lesson 7

Art: * February Art projects

News to Know:

100^th day of school is Monday!

Mardi Gras Celebration – Tuesday @ 2:00 p.m.

All School Ash Wednesday All School Mass @ 10:00 a.m

Families- Friday @ 11:00- Lent

Valentines Day Party – February 14^th- Children may bring in class Valentines/treats to pass out to all of their classmates.

Movie- A Charlie Brown Valentine @ 12:50.

Weekly Reading logs and Book Reports are due Friday. –Theme(s)- Space, Egypt, Valentines, Sacrifice

Extended: Please have your child bring in one empty water bottle, with cap, and one shoebox, with lid, by this Friday.  The water bottles must be able to fit into the shoebox, if even at an angle. Extras are appreciated J