Dear Parents, March
3, 2013
Thank you for your AWESOME support at our
school’s Gala! It was a FABULOUS Gala
and BRAVO to our very own Melanie Dellas for chairing the event! We were greeted with the LOVELY smiles
of Tracy Duhs as we handed over our credit card in anticipation of the bids
ahead. Our spectacular auction
item, thanks to the talent of your children AND with the CREATIVE DRIVE of Mrs.
McGonigle went to a very happy home!
CONGRATS to Lilyn FitzMaurice!
THANKS to Meredith Stowell for stirring up the donation drive with her
M.C. talents! The night would not
have been complete without Ann Wieczoerk and Chris DuCharme performing their
hula for us all- MAHALO! Thanks to
ALL FIRST GRADE PARENTS who attended, bid, called in a bid, if not able to attend,
set up tables, cleaned up and prayed for a successful and fun evening FOR our
school! Now, to the week ahead…
Please make sure that your fabulous first
grader goes over these areas of study with you this week.
Virtue of the Month: * Faithfulness
Saxon Math: Lessons 81 – 84: Writing 73, 74, 75 and
76, Adding Doubles and 1, Adding Dimes and Pennies on a “receipt,” Line
Segments and rulers, Tallying days of the week, Tallying information, Number
words, Graphing, Congruent shapes and congruent angles of a triangle, Fact
Assessment 11, Math centers in the classroom (Pennies, Dimes, School “store,” Measurement
with pennies and rulers; Telling time to the hour; Geo-boards, Pattern block
diagrams, Shapes and angles)
History/Geography: * Jesus’ Journey- On the Way to the Cross
Religion: Unit 5- Morality, Our Lived Faith; Saint
Ignatius of Loyola;
Session
21- Making Good Decisions: Socratic discussion on “What are rules and why do
they exist?”
Decisions:
How can we make a good decision? Questions and answers on “What should I
do if, when…?”
God’s
Commandments and “Treating others as you would like to be treated.”
Science: * The Characteristics of Saturn, Uranus
and Neptune- read aloud planet facts and color each planet according to their
unique characteristic;
The
Moon’s phases- graphing the March moon
Literature: *Teacher “March-themed” selections; *March Writing Journals
Sayings: * Sour grapes
Reading: Reading Centers: Individual and Group
Reading with the teacher, Saxon booklet #24 –A Day at the Fair; Open Court
Reading Anthologies- Book 1; SSR – Student Silent Reading, Buddy Reading (with
other 1st graders and with our 4th grade Reading Buddies)
and Listening Center as a class
Saxon Phonics: Worksheet 88- Dropping rule- silent e rule
and vowel suffixes; Worksheet 89- Diphthongs “oi”- oil and “oy”- toy- Two vowel
sounds equals one sound, Worksheet 90-Assessment 17 and Worksheet 91- Spelling
with “oi” and “oy”
Spelling:
Spelling List #15- 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) #1-15 and Kindergarten/First grade sight words from Saxon
booklets
Language Arts: Journal writing, Sentence
punctuation-capitals, periods, question marks and exclamation marks. Handwriting Lesson 9
Art: * March
Art projects- Leprechauns, Mosaic Shamrocks and “Stained Glass” Crosses
News to Know:
General
PA Meeting this Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the Parish Hall
Class
Mass: Wednesday at 8:00 a.m.
Please have your child at church by 7:55 or dropped off at school by
7:45 to walk up to church with me.
Open
House #2: Sunday, March 10th- 10:30 – 1:00.
Weekly Reading logs and Book
Reports are due Friday. –Theme(s)- Bible stories about Lent and Easter,
Saint Patrick, the moon’s phases, planets and Leprechauns
Calling
all egg cartons! Please have your
child save/bring in your next empty egg carton (Only dozen-size are needed for
this project!) “Eggstra” dozen
sized cartons are most appreciated.
We will be working on a special Journey with Jesus Easter project
beginning next Friday.
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