Hello Families! What a wonderful week we had in first grade! We continued our study of coins and they did a great job learning how to count mixed groups of coins! We learned how to break down coins into helpful groups of 5 by drawing what we call, “hairs on our coins. The penny is […]
Hello Families! I hope your Easter Break was all you hoped it would be! On Monday, we have activities planned to learn more about the solar eclipse that will be happening. We also will be continuing our unit on money. We will be learning about dimes and quarters this week. We will also extend this […]
Hello Families! This week is short! Our last full day this week will be Wednesday. We will close out the afternoon with the 8th graders doing a reenactment of the Stations of the Cross. This week we will not have art or PE because it is a short week. They may still wear their PE […]
5th Grade Academics RELIGION The 5th graders presented posters of the Liturgy of the Eucharist at last week’s assembly – they were truly beautiful. We are laminating them and will have them up in the classroom for the Almost Spring Showcase on Friday. Make sure to plan on attending that and take a peek at […]
Hello! Spring is definitely in the air! We had a wonderful, “Read Across America” celebration that will continue with reading fiction and non-fiction stories from our 50 states. We began our 50 states map reading with our “Gingerbread Exchange” last December and they loved learning about where other students lived across the US! In math, we […]
Happy March! It has come with rain and we are enjoying our observations of the beginnings of spring! This week we were busy taking a close look at what makes a great story! We read the book The Guffalo, and learned more about how adjectives and verbs can make a big difference in creating sentences […]
5th Grade Academics RELIGION The 5th graders presented posters of the Liturgy of the Eucharist at last week’s assembly – they were truly beautiful. We are laminating them and will have them up in the classroom for the Almost Spring Showcase in March. Make sure to plan on attending that day and take a peek […]
Hello First Grade Families! This week is a big week in first grade! We are part of a school-wide door decorating contest for Valentine’s Day put on by the 8th graders. We have Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day all on the same day. We will go to church in the morning and hand out Valentines […]
Hello First Grade Families! The month is coming to an end! That went too quickly! First grade is an awesome group of students! They work hard! And cheer each other on! I love seeing their smiling faces each morning. This past week we practiced subtraction using the count back from the total method. We also […]
Hello Families! I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend! It looks like we are still in for cooler weather this week. Please make sure any new sweatshirts or jackets have your child’s name on them so they can be returned. I also wanted to mention how happy the students are with their families […]