Emotions

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the first full week of November. 

In Religion class today, we talked about emotions. We talked about different emotions we have and how these emotions affect our bodies. We talked about what to say and do when someone does something that makes us feel uncomfortable. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we will be reading about maps. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words locate and route. Then, we worked on retelling as we read Me on the Map. Following that we learned how to blend and read words with the digraphs ch, tch, wh, and ph, words like chat, pitch, when, and graph. We ended our morning by learning our new sight words: around, by, many, place, walk. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we read Which Way on the Map. We got to practice using our new phonics skills and got to read our sight words in sentences. 

In Math class today, we reviewed addition to 20. We did a write the room activity. Students walked around, found a math problem, copied it, and then solved it. They love doing these things. 

In Music class today, we learned the refrain to "God Has Made Us a Family". 

Have a great night! 

The Stories of Abraham!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a great day! 

In Religion class today we reviewed the story of Abraham. We colored a giant three illustrating the three parts to his story. 

We wrapped up a week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, read words with the digraphs sh, th, and ng and read closed syllable words like rabbit and dentist. We wrote sentences using our sight words, took our weekly assessment, and wrote proper nouns using capital letters. Finally, to build our fluency and comprehension skills we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we wrote about why veterans are our heroes and added it to a craft. 

In Math class today, we learned how to add three one-digit numbers. We learned to first add two numbers and then add the third number. 

Have a great night! 

Honoring the Saints!

 Greetings! Happy November! November is a short month but filled with lots of activities. 

In Religion class today, we talked about how Abraham was tested by God to sacrifice his son Isaac. We talked about how Abraham was obedient to God and how God kept Isaac safe. 

In Language Arts today, we reviewed common and proper nouns by completing a noun sort. 

In Math class, we learned the doubles plus 1 facts. We talked about how we can double the smaller number and add 1 to find the answer. 

Our afternoon was devoted to our All Saints' Day Prayer service. Today we remembered our baptismal call. The children were so excited to dress as saints and let everyone see them. The eighth grade students did a wonderful job researching the saints and writing a short biography on each one. Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who helped assemble the costumes. Let us all remember to look to the saints to help us live out our baptismal call. 

Have a blessed night! 

Happy Halloween!

 Greetings! Happy Halloween! Today was a spooktacular day in first grade. 

We began our day with Mass. Today, Fr. Brian reminded us about keeping holy the Sabbath day. He talked to us about reminding our parents to take us to church on Sundays. 

We came back from Mass and got ready for our Halloween parade. With the cold and wind, we paraded downstairs to the cafeteria. We were quite excited to show everyone our costumes. 

We then returned to our room for our Halloween party. We played ring toss, stuck a spider to a web, and created a sticker scene. We ended our party with a game of Halloween BINGO. 

This afternoon, we watched Hotel Transylvania to end our day of fun. 

Here is our pumpkin that we carved on Wednesday. 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Halloween Eve!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! The excitement is building for Halloween. The students are very excited to party tomorrow! 

In Religion class today, we continued learning about Abraham. Today, we focused on how God told Abraham that he would have descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky. 

In Language Arts class, we practiced writing proper nouns with capital letters. We also practiced reading our sight words. In addition to that, we worked on our fluency and comprehension skills. We read and discussed Nell's Books paying attention to the characters, setting, and events. 

We ended our morning with some pumpkin writing. We read Spookley, the Square Pumpkin. We talked about what made Spookley special and what makes us special. We then created our very own pumpkin and wrote about what made it special. 

This afternoon we joined up with our 8th grade friends to practice for our All Saints' Day prayer service. We are very excited to pray with everyone on Monday. 

Have a great night! 

Pumpkin Math

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! Today was such a fun day in first grade! 

In Religion class, we started learning about Abraham. Today, we learned how Abraham was obedient to God and moved to a new country. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We reviewed our oral vocabulary words, read words with the digraphs sh, th, and ng and read closed syllable words. To help build our fluency, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we reviewed common and proper nouns by completing a write the room activity. The students walked around the room and found a card. After looking at the noun on the card, they had to decide whether it was a common noun or proper noun. They enjoyed this activity. 

In Math class today, we learned the double facts. To help us remember them, we created a pumpkin and added the double facts to it. 

We ended our day with some pumpkin fun. Today, we carved a pumpkin. The students helped clean the seeds from the pumpkin. Together, we decided on the eyes, nose, and mouth. The students watched in excitement as I carved it. After carving it, we wrote the steps in how to carve a pumpkin and added it to a craft. 

Have a wonderful night! 

Noah's Ark!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone is having a great week so far. 

In Religion class today, we reviewed the story of Noah. We talked about how God keeps his promises. We created a picture of Noah's Ark to help us remember this. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We began by reviewing the oral vocabulary words we learned yesterday and by learning three more words (connections, enjoy, rely). Then, we used our letter tiles to spell and read words with the digraphs sh, th, and ng. After that, we learned how to blend and read closed syllable words, words like picnic, rabbit, and wishing. We ended our morning by practicing using our sight words in sentences. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we focused on comprehension skills. We reread Thump Thump Helps Out and wrote about who is telling the story along with the character, setting, and events in the story. After that, we learned the difference between common and proper nouns. 

In Math class today, we practiced adding by making a ten and then adding on. 

We ended our day with some pumpkin fun. Today, we created a diagram of a pumpkin. Tomorrow we will label the parts. 

Have a great night!