First Grade Weekly Update
- Happy New Year!
- Remember Oratorical Selections are due to me by Friday, January 10.
- If your child is interested in participating in the Diocesan Young Authors Faire in the spring, please ask for the guidelines.
Here’s a look at what we’ll be working on:
Language Arts
- reading: Dominic’s Apple , Yuck! Yuck! and SUPER DUPER: On The Hunt for Lost Stuff
- handwriting
- sight words: there from be we or to
- review nouns and verbs
- phonics:
- r controlled vowel: er as in “hammer”
- suffix ed as /ed/ as in melted
- suffix ed as /d/ as in spilled
- suffix ed as /t/ as in cracked
- Writing
- descriptive writing
Math
- Comparing numbers: >, <, =
- solving story problems
Religion
- Epiphany
- Community Circle
- Jesus shares God’s love with everyone
Science
- What is the moon made of?
Dates to Remember:
- January 6: Return to School
- January 10: Oratorical Poem selections due
- January 12: Family Mass, 9 a.m.
- January 13: free dress for January birthdays
- January 17: No School for students (Teacher Inservice Day)
- January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
- January 23: Art Docent
- January 26: Catholic School’s Mass, 9 a.m.
- January 26-31: Catholic School’s Week
- January 30: Oratorical Fest, 1 p.m.
- January 31: Minimum day