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 […]
Dear Parents, March 5, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: In writing we are taking a quick little break from our informative chapter books as we write for our Palmisano Writing Contest. We are working on base words and the endings “s”, “ed”, and “ing”. Our spelling words come […]
Dear Parents, February 26, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: We have a lot going on in phonics this week! We are looking at the long /i/ sound spelled “ie” and “igh”. In addition we are also looking at the /oo/ sound as in “moon”. This /oo/ sound has […]
Dear Parents, February 20, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: Within phonics, we will see vowel pairs that do not follow our long vowel sound. This week, we will look at “oo” as in “book”, “cook”, and “look”. In addition, we will also be focusing on compound words – […]
Dear Parents, February 12, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: We are squeezing in as much time as possible for our nonfiction chapter books! Within phonics, we will be focusing again on our vowel pairs. This week, we will look at “oa” and “ow”. Although “w” is not a […]
Dear Parents, February 5, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: Now that we have our chapter titles, we are busy writing our chapters in our nonfiction chapter books! Within phonics, we will be focusing again on our vowel pairs. This week, we will look at “ai” and “ay”. Both […]
Dear Parents, January 29, 2018 It was wonderful to see so many of you on Friday for Parent’s Day! Thank you for your continued support of our school and helping us kick off Catholic Schools Week! Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: We are working hard on creating our chapter […]
Dear Parents, January 22, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: We are beginning our second section in writing our nonfiction books this week! Within phonics, we will be focusing on the long o and long u! Remember the silent “e” at the end of those CVCe words and our […]
Dear Parents, January 16, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: We are continuing to practice retelling with our nonfiction books this week. Within phonics, we will be focusing on the long i! As we learned last week, CVCe words (consonant, vowel, consonant, silent e) have the silent “e”. The […]
Dear Parents, January 8, 2018 Here’s what we are doing in first grade… Language Arts: We are working so hard on our teaching books and reading nonfiction texts! I am so impressed with our work! Within phonics, we will be focusing on the long a! We will be looking at CVCe words (consonant, vowel, […]