January 27-30 Newsletter

Teachers Notes:

Hello! I hope that you are doing well and staying safe in the snow. Happy Catholic Schools week! We have a lot of fun activities and I have listed the dress up days below. Next Friday we will be traveling to Village Manor to play BINGO with the residents. If you are able to drive please email me as soon as possible so I can figure out transportation. Sorry this is coming out so late I did not realize how close that was getting. Next Monday will be the 100th day of school. Please send in 100 somethings that your student can glue or stick onto a poster board in celebration of the 100th day. I will send out more information on the 100th day activities on Friday! Our auction project is almost complete. As soon as it is finished I will send out a picture to everyone so that you can see it. Thank you all for all that you do and I hope that you have a wonderful and amazing week! If you have any concerns or questions please do not hesitate to email me and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Important Dates:

January:

• 28th- Red, white, and blue day; spelling bee at 12:45

• 29th- Dress up as your favorite Saint

• 30th- PJ's, Crazy Hair, silly socks/ slippers with a donation of a food item or a pair of socks; Family Picnic day @12:00

February:

• 2nd- 100th day of school!

• 6th- 1st Grade to Village Manor from 1:00-1:30 (Please email me if you are available to help drive)

• 13th- No school Auction work day

• 14th- Auction

• 16th- No School Teacher Inservice

• 18th- Ash Wednesday; Lent begins

Homework:

• Tuesday- Read for 10 minutes (UFLI passage sent home) and study spelling words, math facts, and high-frequency words

• Wednesday-Read for 10 minutes (UFLI passage sent home) and study spelling words, math facts, and high-frequency words

• Thursday-Read for 10 minutes (UFLI passage sent home) and study spelling words, math facts, and high-frequency words

• Friday-Read for 10 minutes (UFLI passage sent home) and study math facts, and high-frequency words

High-Frequency Words:

• down

• drink

• now

• there

• together

Spelling Words:

1. by

2. cry

3. fly

4. my

5. puppy

6. silly

7. try

8. why

9. now

10. there

    Bonus:

11. Thursday

12. together

Reading:

In reading this week we will be learning about fables and what makes a story a fable. We will also be learning about two-syllable words with closed syllables this week. These are words like rabbit, and basket. We will also be learning about the two vowel sounds of y; long i and long e. The long i sound of y appears in 1 syllable words and the long e sound of y appears in words that are two or more syllables.

UFLI:

In UFLI this week we will be reviewing the three sounds of (ed) t, d, and ed. It says (t) when the words last letter does not vibrate, such as the word kicked. It says (d) when the last letter does vibrate, such as the word cried. Lastly, it says (ed) when the word ends in d or t, such as the word erupted. We will also be learning about the ending -ING.

Math:

In math this week we will be looking at how two expressions can have the same answer and balancing those expressions out. We will also be working on our fluency in math facts.

Religion:

In Religion this week we will be talking about the 10 commandments.