Dear Parents, August 25, 2014 It was wonderful seeing many of you at Back-to-School Night! Thank you for your constant support of SHS! To those whose schedules prevented you from attending, if you have any questions please be sure to email me and keep a watchful eye on our weekly […]
Dear Parents, June 8, 2014 The last week of school! I can hardly believe the year is just about over. I had a wonderful time with your children. They are very special and I enjoyed every day of school. I would also like to thank you for your continued support throughout the year. It […]
Dear Parents, June 1, 2014 As we quickly approach the end of the school year, we are in constant review and wrap up of all subjects! We will continue our work on our Zoo Report and turn it in by the end of the week. In math, we will […]
Dear Parents, May 27, 2014 We have completed all of our Language Art Themes for first grade! Woo-Hoo! We will review all reading strategies, comprehension skills, grammar, and phonics we have learned thus far, within the last days of the school year! In math, we will […]
Dear Parents, May 19, 2014 A big “Thank you!” to Mr. M. Perez for coming into our classroom on Friday to discuss safety and to show us his police motorcycle! Every student present took a picture on the motorcycle. I will be emailing those to parents by the end of […]
May is the month of Mary. We honor Mary, our Blessed Mother, in a number of ways. In first grade we were able to partake in the crowning of Mary for our school. In addition we wrote beautiful prayers to Mary. Here are some of our beautiful words honoring Mary.
Dear Parents, May 11, 2014 Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you all enjoyed your Mother’s Day gift! We are continuing on with Theme 10. Our reading strategy this week is summarizing. The comprehension skill that will help us with this is sequence of events. The ability to organize our […]
Dear Parents, May 5, 2014 The students did a fantastic job during the May Crowning. It was beautiful and many teachers told me that it brought tears to their eyes! We have concluded theme 9 and are moving right into our last theme- Theme 10! […]
Dear Parents, April 28, 2014 I hope all had a blessed Easter and enjoyable break! Our reading strategy this week is questioning. Reading the title, looking at the pictures and stopping to ask oneself questions, are strategies good readers use. The comprehension skill that will help us with […]
Dear Parents, April 14, 2014 Our reading strategy this week is evaluating. The comprehension skill that will help us with evaluating is story structure. Knowing the setting, the characters, the problem, and solution in the story and being able to sequence the events will help us evaluate […]