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 […]
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 […]
The 6th grade hosted their 1st grade buddies on their trip to China. As the first grade travels the world the sixth grade class is researching landmarks and cities in several of countries and decorating the classroom to reflect the country and the culture. During the trip to China the first graders learned about The […]
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 […]