First Grade Weekly Update

• The students did a wonderful job creating their Creation Dioramas working in partners. I was equally delighted the way they were able to determine who would bring the project home.
• Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for your generous response to the request for baby wipes. I know of only some of the families by name as some arrived without a name. We should be in good shape for a good long while in keeping hands clean after playing on the blacktop.
• Report cards will be sent home on Friday, November 22. Please review them and return only the signed envelope after Thanksgiving.
• Wishing all of you a blessed and safe Thanksgiving holiday with friends and friendly. I am grateful for the opportunity to work with your children every day.

Here’s a look at what we’ll be working on:

Language Arts

• practice short vowel sounds
• reading: The Best Sandbox Ever and Lily’s Desert Project
• handwriting
• sight words: look your the was are for
• phonics:
  • “er” as in “hammer”
• Writing
  • narratives

Math

• addition & subtraction practice
• Comparing numbers: >, <, =
• skip counting by 5’s

Religion

• Responding to the call to take care of our earth
• Community Circle
• Gratitude/Thanksgiving

Social Studies

• The first Thanksgiving

Dates to Remember:

• November 18: November birthday free dress
• November 21: Art Docent
• November 18-22: Scholastic Book Fair
• November 22: Report Cards
• November 25-29: Thanksgiving Break
• December 2: Return to school
• December 4: Advent Prayer service in the hall (morning assembly)
• December 9: All School Mass
• December 11: Advent Prayer service in the hall (morning assembly)
• December 12: Art Docent
• December 16: December birthday free dress
• December 18: Advent Prayer service in the hall (morning assembly)
• December 19: Christmas Concert, 7 p.m.
• December 20: minimum day/NO Share and Care
• January 6: Return to School