Dear First Grade Families- Last week was a challenging week and one I truly feel that we were able to navigate through it together beautifully! We enjoyed the sunny and warm days and we ended our week by having popsicles with the whole school on Thursday afternoon. And a beautiful Color Run on Friday morning. […]
Hello First Grade Families! We had a wonderful week celebrating Earth Day and Arbor Day! Last week we also had fun with the middle school students coming to create some Color Run decorations featuring their self-portraits! Very adorable! I cannot wait to see all the students’ art hanging up on Friday! To celebrate Earth Day […]
Hello Families! This week is short! Our last full day this week will be Wednesday. We will close out the afternoon with the 8th graders doing a reenactment of the Stations of the Cross. This week we will not have art or PE because it is a short week. They may still wear their PE […]
5th Grade Academics RELIGION The 5th graders presented posters of the Liturgy of the Eucharist at last week’s assembly – they were truly beautiful. We are laminating them and will have them up in the classroom for the Almost Spring Showcase on Friday. Make sure to plan on attending that and take a peek at […]
Hello! Spring is definitely in the air! We had a wonderful, “Read Across America” celebration that will continue with reading fiction and non-fiction stories from our 50 states. We began our 50 states map reading with our “Gingerbread Exchange” last December and they loved learning about where other students lived across the US! In math, we […]
Happy March! It has come with rain and we are enjoying our observations of the beginnings of spring! This week we were busy taking a close look at what makes a great story! We read the book The Guffalo, and learned more about how adjectives and verbs can make a big difference in creating sentences […]
5th Grade Academics RELIGION The 5th graders presented posters of the Liturgy of the Eucharist at last week’s assembly – they were truly beautiful. We are laminating them and will have them up in the classroom for the Almost Spring Showcase in March. Make sure to plan on attending that day and take a peek […]
Hello First Grade Families! This week is a big week in first grade! We are part of a school-wide door decorating contest for Valentine’s Day put on by the 8th graders. We have Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day all on the same day. We will go to church in the morning and hand out Valentines […]
Hello First Grade Families! The month is coming to an end! That went too quickly! First grade is an awesome group of students! They work hard! And cheer each other on! I love seeing their smiling faces each morning. This past week we practiced subtraction using the count back from the total method. We also […]
Hello Families! I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend! It looks like we are still in for cooler weather this week. Please make sure any new sweatshirts or jackets have your child’s name on them so they can be returned. I also wanted to mention how happy the students are with their families […]