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First Grade Weekly Update February 2nd-6th

Weekly Syllabus: February 2nd-6th, 2026

Reminders

Our family mass will be celebrated this Sunday, February 1st @ 9:00AM at SPN church. All are welcome to attend.

Religion

Virtue of the month: Orderliness-Keeping oneself physically clean and neat and one’s belongings in good order.

Ways to cultivate orderliness-put things back after using them, keep my room and desk neat and tidy, and help with chores to take responsibility for the tidiness of my home.

Saints associated with orderliness: St. Benedict, Bl. Humbert of Romans, St. Raymond of Penafort, and St. Albert the Great.

We continue with Chapter 6 Jesus Shares God’s Love-Students will explore how we share God’s love with others, discover the ways Jesus showed his love for us and that Jesus was raised from the dead and gave us all new life, and that we are all called to share God’s love with others as Jesus did.

Language Arts

Unit 9 Lessons 6-10

Word Work: Decode irregular n’t contractions, read a story with irregular n’t contractions, decode words with er and est endings, recognize and spell words with irregular n’t contractions, and form irregular contractions.

Spelling Words: can’t, won’t, don’t, boy, girl, two, four, about, over, and before

Reading: Read memory words fluently, read and discuss grade level literary and informational text, understand character, plot, and draw conclusions, and discuss text structure-sequence of events.

Writing: Add to and revise Personal Narratives.

Author Study: Ezra Jack Keats

Mathematics

February Number Corner: The arrival of the tenth decade, the 100th day of school, makes February an exciting month. Both the Days in School and Number Line workouts pay tribute to this special number. The Computational Fluency workout brings focus on multiple addends, and students use a variety of efficient strategies to compose groups flexibly. In addition to the numeration work, students name and describe pairs of two-dimensional shapes shown on the Calendar Grid markers and determine whether or not the shapes in each pair are congruent.

Bridges Unit 4 Module 2: In Module 2, students work on the number line as they continue to develop a rich sense of numbers and number relationships. This engaging module challenges students’ reasoning abilities as they work to determine the value of empty number boxes placed strategically on the open number line. Students help frogs move across stones on a number line in jumps that include multiples of 5 and 10, tell stories about the frogs’ actions, and record equations to match. backward in distances of 1, 5, and 10, and develop confidence adding and subtracting in multiples of 5 and 10 both on and off the decade.

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What Our Families are Saying

"The supportive teachers at SPN played a big role in preparing me for high school and helping me understand what to expect. They encouraged me to ask questions and seek help when needed, which made me more confident in my learning. Thanks to them, I entered freshman year already familiar with many concepts and effective study habits that have helped me stay on top of my work. SPN also taught me valuable life skills that I still use today, helping me succeed academically, build strong friendships, and maintain my overall well-being."
— Tibby Horvath, SPN Class of 2022
"We are very satisfied with the SPN community, something that is important to our family. My children feel safe and comfortable with SPN. Our family feels connected with the SPN community from parents and families to the staff and faculty. My children and we as parents have made healthy and positive relationships with other families from school. We share time outside of school with other families which brings a level of connectedness I don't know if we would have elsewhere"
— SPN Parent
"My children are experiencing community in other ways than just friends and playdates. Faith Families is an example of community, interacting with students from all grade levels, and learning and creating for others outside of SPN. Field trips to Kids Against Hunger or the Alameda Food Bank where they work and see firsthand how their efforts help others less fortunate, for those who are in need of support. Community is not just our SPN ‘bubble,’ and that is what SPN demonstrates and provides– opportunity to explore a bigger community."
— SPN Parent since 2016

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