LOOKING BACK AT LAST WEEK
RELIGION – We continued Lesson 14 discussing the sacraments of Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony.
VIRTUES IN PRACTICE:
January Virtue: Gratitude – seeing everything as a gift and being thankful
Saint: St. Francis of Assisi
MATH – We completed our Chapter 8 assessment and took the chapter pre-test for Chapter 9, Length.
LANGUAGE ARTS – In Unit 7, Lesson 1 we isolated sounds in words and generated words that contain long o, spelled oa and ow, and long u, spelled _ew and ue. Our Read Aloud stories this week were Why Evergreen Trees Never Lose Their Leaves and Plant Life Cycles. Reading skills that we worked on included genre knowledge, text features, and cause and effect. We learned that pronouns take the place of nouns. We read decodable books 82-84 and they home. I hope they continue to read them to you at home!
SCIENCE – In Unit D, Weather and Sky, we learned how clouds form and why water falls back to Earth. We created miniature water cycles in baggies and taped them to our classroom window. This little experiment helped the children understand the cycle of evaporation, condensation and precipitation.
OTHER NEWS and NOTES
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
Here’s a tentative schedule for the week:
Monday: Circle of Prayer and Spirit Dress Day
Tuesday: School Mass Dress Up day (Sunday best)
Wednesday: Open House, Service Projects and Bake Sale
Thursday: Religion Bowl, Decades Dress Day and Little Sisters of the Poor Presentation
Friday: No School
100TH DAY OF SCHOOL: We will celebrate the 100th day of school on Wednesday, February 5th! We’ll share our 100 “things” with the other kindergarten and first grade classes during an afternoon parade through the classrooms. This year is going by way too fast!
SPELLING WORDS: For this week’s spelling words, please click on the “Helpful Links” section to get to SpellingCity.com. I hope your child is enjoying this site while learning their spelling words at the same time!
JOKE OF THE WEEK:
First graders (and Mrs. Cincilla) just love funny jokes and riddles! Give this one a try:
Question: What is a snowman’s favorite food?
Answer: Ice Krispy treats!
STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Coming Soon!
