Dear Parents, January 4, 2016 Happy New Year! I hope that all of you had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends. This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: We will be jumping right in with Theme 5 (Home Sweet Home)! Our reading strategy is questioning and the comprehension skill that […]
Dear Parents, December 14, 2015 It was wonderful to see all of you during parent-teacher conferences last week! Thank you for taking time from your schedule to meet with me. This week, we are in full Christmas mode! Language Arts: We are finishing our letter for our Secret Santa, filling out an elf application, and […]
Dear Parents, December 7, 2015 This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: We will be taking our Theme 4 assessments throughout the early part of the week. Within the later part of the week, we will be taking some time to work on a Christmas language arts activity. Spelling: This week, we […]
Dear Parents, November 30, 2015 This week in first grade we are learning… Language Arts: We have a busy week ahead of us! Our reading strategy this week is “monitor and clarify”. Our comprehension skill that can help us with the understanding of a story is the sequencing of events. Knowing what happened in the […]
Dear Parents, November 23, 2015 We have much to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving week and at the top of my list is YOU! Thank you for all your support and for sharing your children with me. They make me smile everyday! Language Arts: This is a very short week and therefore we will […]
Dear Parents, November 16, 2015 This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: Our reading strategy this week is “evaluate”. Our comprehension skill that can help us evaluate whether we enjoyed a book is “compare/contrast”. Comparing and contrasting or finding ways in which certain things are the same or different can help us […]
Dear Parents, November 9, 2015 This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: We are starting theme 4 in our reading series this week. The theme is “Family & Friends”. Our reading strategy is “summarizing”. After reading a story, we should be able to retell the important parts of the story. While reading, […]
Dear Parents, November 2, 2015 This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: We will be finishing up theme 3 in our reading series this week. Our reading strategy is “questioning”. Before reading a story, we look at the cover, the title and the pictures and make a prediction about what the story […]
Kindergarten, First & Second Grade students, their families, and teachers are preparing for this year’s longstanding Sacred Heart School tradition. With each student dressed as a saint, the kinder, first, and second grade students enter the church with the priest and altar servers and sit in the first pews throughout the Mass. As Mass ends, […]
Dear Parents, October 26, 2015 This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: This week, our reading strategy is “predict/infer”. Before reading a story, we look at the cover, the title and the pictures and make educated guesses (or predictions) on what the story will be about. While reading, we use information learned […]