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 […]
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, […]
Dear Parents, January 3, 2018 Welcome back to school! I hope that all had an enjoyable Christmas with family and friends. In first grade, we are picking up where we left off… Language Arts: We are jumping back into writing our teaching books and reading nonfiction texts. Within phonics, we will be focusing on […]
Dear Parents, December 4, 2017 What a busy few weeks we will have in first grade! Here’s what we are doing this week… Language Arts: We are busy writing letters to Santa! We will continue to look at nonfiction texts as we adjust for a limited schedule this week. Within phonics, we will be […]