1st Grade News September 8-12

Teachers Notes:

What an awesome and amazing time that we got to have with our grandparents last Friday! We had so much fun playing BINGO and playing on the new musical playground. As a reminder we have no school mass on Tuesday or Wednesday, and instead have school mass on Thursday. On Thursday we ask that all the students are in uniform for church and that they do not use a no uniform coupon. In each students folder there will be a stapled bag to hold their math flashcards. I hope that this helps to keep the cards from being lost. Thank you for all that you do and if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to email me and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Important Dates in September:

• 9 – School Council Meeting, 6:30

• 11 – Trash Bag Sales End; send in all order forms and money

• 19 – Trash Bag Delivery

• 21 – Catechetical Sunday

• 29 – No School. In-service

Homework:

• Monday- Read for 10 minutes, practice spelling words, high-frequency words, and flashcards

• Tuesday-Read for 10 minutes, practice spelling words, high-frequency words, and flashcards

• Wednesday-Read for 10 minutes, practice spelling words, high-frequency words, and flashcards

• Thursday-Read for 10 minutes, practice spelling words, high-frequency words, and flashcards

• Friday-Read for 10 minutes, and practice flashcards

Spelling Words:

*Please help your students with number 5 and 6 as they can't be sounded out.

1. cot

2. pot

3. got

4. not

5. look

6. you

High-Frequency Words:

**Please review the older words as well as the new words. If you need some tips or trips on how to practice these words send me an email and I will send a paper home to help.

New:

1. are

2. by

3. look

4. was

5. you

Review:

1. a

2. I

3. is

4. his

5. see

6. do

7. like

8. one

9. the

10. we

UFLI:

In UFLI we will be reviewing the short e sound along with all short vowel sounds in CVC words. We will be sending home a sheet to read to an adult or older sibling on Tuesday and Thursday. Please have your student read the story to you and then sign anywhere on the sheet and send it back to school. This is to help with your student's fluency and practice reading out loud.

Reading:

In reading this week we will be looking at the signs that we see in our neighborhoods. We will also be learning about the settings in stories and why it is important. This week we will we practicing using verbs and learning about what makes a simple sentence.

Math:

We will be solving put together with result unknown math stories by drawing math pictures and using groups of 5. Along with Solving add to with change unknown math stories as a context for counting on by drawing pictures, writing equations, and making statements as a solution. We will also be making flashcards to practice at home. Please help them practice these each night.

Religion:

This week in our religion series we will talking about how we can know God and how we can show love to God. We will talk about all the different ways we can do this.

Saint of the Week:

The Saint of the week this week is Saint Therese of Lisieux. Saint Thérèse of Lisieux is the patron saint of missions and missionaries, the sick (especially those with tuberculosis), florists, pilots, and priests, among others. She is also a patron saint of the state of Alaska and the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau. Her patronage of missions stems from her prayers and letters for the missions despite being a cloistered nun, and her connection to florists is linked to her nickname, the "Little Flower". She is often called “the Little Flower” because she imagined herself as a little flower in God's garden of souls. As she put it, “If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness." Therese has been a highly influential model of sanctity for Catholics and for others because of the simplicity and practicality of her approach to the spiritual life.