The Fall of Adam and Eve!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone had a nice day. 

In Religion class today, we talked about the fall of Adam and Eve. We talked about how this happened when Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree. We learned that because they sinned, they had to leave the Garden of Eden. We ended class by praying the second decade of the Sorrowful Mysteries. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We began by reviewing the oral vocabulary words we learned yesterday and by then learning three new words (collapsed, furious, refuse). Next we used our letter tiles to spell and read short u words. Following that, we learned about contractions with is. We practiced spelling them and using them in sentences. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. We also worked on our comprehension. We reread Cubs in a Hut and wrote about the problem and solution and about events in the story. 

In Math class today, we practiced counting to 20. We grouped by 10 and then counted on. 

Have a great night! 

A Visit from a Hollywood Star!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend! 

In Religion class today, we wrapped up our chapter on Adam and Eve living in the Garden of Eden. We also prayed the first decade of the Sorrowful Mysteries. 

After Religion, we headed over to church for a meet and greet with Philip Tan. He told the students to always listen to God and stay close to him. God will lead them into deciding what to do in the future. 

We began a new week of learning in first grade; this week we are reading about buildings. We began by learning two oral vocabulary words (shelter and materials). Next, we worked on making predictions as we read 3 Little Dassies. Following that, we learned how to blend and read short u words. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we learned our new sight words (could, live, one, then, three). We then read Cubs in a Hut which helped us practice our new skills. We ended our day by learning about singular and plural nouns. 

In Math class today, we began our chapter on the numbers to 20. We talked about ways to count and reviewed counting to 10. 

Have a great night! 

Junior Achievement Fun!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone had a nice day. The children are quite excited for their four day weekend! 

In Religion class today, we talked about how we receive God's grace when we were baptized. We also prayed the fourth and fifth decades of the Luminous Mysteries. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, practiced reading short e words and words with inflected endings. We also wrote sentences using our sight words and took our weekly assessment. To build our fluency and comprehension skills, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets and a nonfiction story about firefighters. Finally, we practiced finding nouns in sentences. 

In Math class today, we took our chapter test on subtraction. Next week, we will begin to learn the numbers to 20. 

We ended our day with Social Studies. Today, we began our Junior Achievement lessons. Our focus today was on our family and neighborhood. We had lots of fun completing our picture book and writing about ourselves. 

Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Tuesday! 

Fall Weather!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is having a nice week. It looks like the fall weather has arrived. 

In Religion class today, we talked about how God gave Adam and Eve grace. We also talked about how we, too, have God's life in us. We ended class by praying the third decade of the Luminous Mysteries. 

In Language Arts, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, practiced reading short e words, practiced spelling and reading words with the inflectional ending -ed, and practiced our sight words. To build our fluency and comprehension skills, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. We also read The Red Hat, a realistic fiction story about a firefighter. After reading that story, we wrote about the events in the story. 

In Math class today, we used our critical thinking skills to solve problems. We are ready for our chapter test tomorrow. 

Have a great night! 

The Month of the Rosary!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone's week is going well. 

In Religion class today, we talked about how God put Adam and Eve in charge of his creation. He wanted them to be good stewards. We talked about how we can by good stewards. We ended class by praying the second decade of the Luminous Mysteries. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We began by reviewing our oral vocabulary words and by learning three more words (astonishing, equipment, fortunately). Next, we used our letter tiles to spell and read short e words. After that, we learned about the ending -ed. We talked about how when added to a word that it means something already happened. We practiced reading words ending in -ed. Following that, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. We ended our morning focusing on comprehension. We reread Good Job, Ben and writing about what could really happen in the story and events in the story. 

This afternoon we reviewed nouns. We sorted nouns based on whether they named a person, place, or thing. 

In Math class today, we continued to review subtracting. We wrote a subtraction problem and used our critical thinking skills to solve problems. 

We ended our day by going over to church and praying the rosary with the whole school. Our junior high students did a great job leading us in prayer. 

Have a great night! 

Noun Town!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful day today. It was so nice outside. It was hard to come in. 

In Religion class today, we talked about how God created Adam and Eve and how Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden. We also began praying the Luminous Mysteries today. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we are reading about jobs in our community. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words (community and occupation). We then worked on making predictions as we read Millie Waits for the Mail. After that, we learned how to blend and read short e words. Next, we learned our new sight words (again, help, new, there, use). We ended our morning by reading Good Job, Ben which helped us practice our new skills. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we learned that nouns name a person, place, thing, or animal. We created a noun house to help us remember this. 

In Math class today, we began reviewing subtracting within 10. The students are doing very well with writing subtraction sentences. 

We ended our day with Gym class. Today, we went outside. How could we not? 

Here is a picture of our mosaic candy corn. 

Have a great night! 

A Visit with the Firefighters!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great day to end their week. 

At Mass this morning, Fr. Brian reminded us about our guardian angels. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, wrote sentences using our sight words, and took our weekly assessment. 

As we were wrapping up our Language Arts, we had our annual visit with the firefighters. We began by having a fire drill. Then we got to spend time with the firefighters, review fire safety, and try on some of the gear. 

In Math class today, we learned to compare by subtracting. We had to be careful to make sure that the greater number started our subtraction sentence. 

In Science class today, we talked about why animals have certain features. We focused on birds. We experimented with different beaks to see which one would help us get the most food and avoid rocks. We learned that each animal has special features that it uses to help it survive. 

We ended our day with Art class. Today, we created a mosaic candy corn. 

Have a great weekend!