Dear Parents, May 14, 2018 I hope all enjoyed Mother’s Day! Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: We will be looking at base words and endings “er” and “est” in phonics this week. We will be looking at comparing items this week as we work on these base words and […]
Dear Parents, May 7, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: We are going to try to squeeze in a bit of our opinion writing this week, but we have a few schedule changes that may prevent this our lessons. We are continuing our work on r-controlled vowels in phonics […]
Dear Parents, April 30, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Congratulations to Khloe for winning third place in our Poetry Contest! Language Arts: We are continuing on with our opinion writing this week! We are also working on r-controlled vowels in phonics this week. We are looking at the sounds for […]
Dear Parents, April 23, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Congratulations to our poetry finalists: Leila, Sofia, Roman, Alex, and Khloe! We wish you luck in the finals! Language Arts: As we continue our opinion writing this week! We are also working on our vowel pairs /oi/, /oy/, /au/, and /aw/. […]
Dear Parents, April 16, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… We have started presenting our poems in front of our classmates. Our finalists will be named by the end of the week. Language Arts: As we begin our opinion writing this week, please remember to send your child with their collection! […]
Dear Parents, April 9, 2018 I hope all had a blessed Easter break! Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: We are beginning Opinion Writing this week! We are also working on our sounds for y in phonics. When found at the end of short words, the “y” sounds like a […]
Dear Parents, March 26, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: We are preparing for our publishing this week! As it will be a short week, we will take this time to review! There are no new spelling words this week. Math: We are continuing Unit 8. We will be […]
Dear Parents, March 19, 2018 Congratulations to Jayden for being the winner of the primary level for the Palmisano Writing Contest! We are proud of all of our finalists in first grade – Olivia, Khloe, Connor, and Sofia! Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: We are wrapping up our nonfiction […]
Dear Parents, March 12, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: We are working hard to sound out those tricky words without slipping into our “Bad Habits”. Within phonics this week, we will be learning about the /ou/ and /ow/ sound as in “sound” and “town”. Our spelling words do […]
This spring, Sacred Heart Theater will be presenting “The Oceanography Show: Tide Pool Condos”. Rehearsals begin on March 15th and are mandatory for all program participants. Sign-ups will be collected through March 14th. Space is limited so please complete and turn in your sign-up forms as soon as possible. Click Here for the sign-up form! Please contact […]