Week of November 11

Reminders:

Friday is Wear your Favorite Sports jersey/outfit!  Come dressed ready to participate in Spirit Day!

Spelling:

1.  Make
2.  take
3.came
4.game
5.gate
6.late
7.chin
8.graph
9.some
10. today

Please make sure your child studies their spelling words each week.  We do a lot of spelling in class but the words will continue to get harder!  This week is a little bit lighter load for paperwork on spelling so that your child can work on how he/she learns best.  (kinesthetic, writing them, listening to them, iPads, etc....)

This week in reading we will be learning about different sounds that the SCWHA sound/spelling makes.  (Say "uh"- there are different sounds and spellings that make this sound)  We will also review the ng/nk/kw sounds and spellings also and will be doing a lot of dictation sentences to improve our listening skills.  We will read about the Environment and talk about ways to improve it.  We will be writing about Thanksgiving and a favorite fall memory too.

In math, we will be learning about adding more facts, covering a design in a different way, counting by 10's and then subtracting by 1.

Our theme continues to be Aztec, Inca, and Mayan culture.  We will pause from this and talk about those who fight for our country too.  

Here are pictures from gardening today, and other fun things that first graders do!

 Harvesting!

A few November reminders

REMINDERS!

1- Book orders due FRIDAY!

2-  Nature things/cardboard due on Friday for a project we will do in class!

3-  Mark your calendars for the K and 1st play on November 22.  More details to come as we hear back from Mr. Tyson.

4- We would love your mason jar lids!  If you are happy to donate some you are not using, we are happy to give them a home!  Same with prizebox toys- if you are cleaning out closets and want to bag up a few fun things, we will happily put them in our prize box!

5-  Trailwise on Monday for Gardening.  WEAR SOMETHING TO GET DIRTY with a St Peter's shirt.  Jeans are great too!

6-  Please review the lunch menu with your child.  There is a lot of food wasted each day and we are trying to cut down on this amount.

Thanks for all you do!  We love your kids!

Week of November 4

Reminders:

1.  Communion Chapel on Tuesday.  Please look in your child's folder for details!

2.  Please return your child's report card if you haven't yet.  =)

Spelling Words for this week:

1.  whip

2.  whale

3.  catch

4.  match

5.  chin

6.  graph

7.  shop

8.  with

9.  many

10.  around

This week we will be learning about the MAYA, INCA, and AZTECS!  We will be writing symbols, learning about culture and a different way of life in the early civilizations.  We will be doing LOTS of art from this time period!

In reading, we will continue to talk about Responsibility.  We will read "Arthur's Pet Business" and make charts of ways that we are responsible and ways we CAN be responsible as we are 6 and 7 now! (Parents usually LOVE this week!)  We will be giving out more things to be responsible for too!  We will continue to blend words, decode, and learn and point out ending sounds in magazines and books on a chart.  We will review the sounds wh, w, and -er, -ir, and -ur too.

In Math we will be working on counting to 100 by 10's, 5's, and 2's, learning how to solve problems with complicated stories, and will be adding to knowing our math facts.

A BIG thank you to my CLASS and sweet parents for celebrating my birthday this week!  I felt so special!!!!!!  -  Mrs. Bryant =)

Halloween pictures

 The first graders have learned about kindness and friendship this month.  They made friendship bracelets and then delivered them to everyone in the school to remind them to be kind!