Hot Chocolate and Cookies!

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

Our Catholic School's Week celebration officially wrapped up today. We held our annual vocations program where we honored Fr. Brian, Deacon Condor, Deacon Connor, Sr. Margie, and Sr. Raphael Marie. The highlight came after the program. The children were treated to hot chocolate and Oreo cookies.

In Religion class, we talked about Jesus welcomed the children. We talked about how Jesus gave a special blessing to the children. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We began by answering questions using our oral vocabulary words. Next, we used our letter tiles to spell and read long e vowel team words. After that, we learned how to read words with the prefixes re, un, and pre; we also learned what those prefixes mean. We ended our morning by practicing using our sight words in sentences. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we learned our two vocabulary words (danger and partner) and wrote sentences using those words. Next, we reread A Team of Fish. Afterwards, we wrote about the main idea and key details from the story. Finally, we practiced using has and have in sentences. 

In Math class, we continued our review on the numbers to 120 and money. 

Here is a picture of our Art project from Friday. 

Have a great night! 

Happy 100th Day of School!

 Greetings! Happy 100th Day of School! We had a fantastic time celebrating this milestone today. 

In Religion class, we talked about why we call Jesus rabbi, because he teaches us about God. We know that Jesus is the best teacher. 

We had lots of fun celebrating the 100th Day of School. We worked in groups to create designs using 100 of some object. We made creations using 100 plastic cups, 100 pattern blocks, 100 gears, and 100 wooden planks. Next, we worked with partners to reassemble 100 number charts that had been cut into small pieces. After that, we flipped a penny 100 times and observed whether we got more heads or more tails. Finally, we made self portraits of ourselves at 100 years old and wrote about something we would be doing. 

This afternoon we got together with our 8th grade friends to color and assemble a poster. We had lots of fun with them. 

Have a great night! 

All About Groundhogs!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! We have made it! I don't know about you, but it has been a long week. 

We began our day with Religion. Today, we reviewed things Jesus did as a young boy. We read the story of Jesus teaching in the Temple. 

Our Language Arts class centered around groundhogs. We learned all about groundhogs by watching a video, reading a Scholastic News magazine, and by reading a short decodable reader. Then, we wrote facts about what we learned. We added those facts to a cute craft. 

Then, we talked about Groundhog Day. We wrote our prediction about what we think Phil will see on Monday. Most think he will see his shadow. We added our predictions to a craft. 

We laid all of these projects on the floor to dry. Here they all are! 

In Math class, we began our chapter review of the numbers to 120 and money. We will be taking our chapter test next week. 

In Science class, we learned how we can use sound to communicate. 

We ended our day with Art class. Today, we glued strips of construction paper across paper and then glued an outline of a heart on top. I'll post pictures next week. 

Have a good weekend! 

Catholic School's Week!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone is staying warm! 

Today was another late start but still a fun day in first grade. We are doing our best to celebrate Catholic's Schools Week. Today was teacher appreciation day. The students were treated to an afternoon movie. They really enjoyed The Peanuts Movie. 

Before our movie, we wrapped up our Religion chapter on young Jesus. We reviewed were Jesus lived and what he did as a young boy. 

We also worked on things for our 100th Day of School celebration which will be on Monday. We made our necklaces of 100 beads. We also made our crowns. We are getting excited for Monday. 

Have a great night! 

Snow and Cold!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! What a week it has been! It did feel good to be back in the classroom today. I am sure hoping that Phil sees his shadow on Monday and we get an early spring! 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we are reading about how animals help each other. We began by learning our five oral vocabulary words (behavior, beneficial, dominant, endangered, and instinct). Next, we learned how to blend and read words with the vowel team long e, spelled with e, ee, ea, ie, words like she, tree, meat, and field. After that, we practiced our sight words (because, blue, into, or, other, small). Finally, we read A Team of Fish which helped us practice our new skills. 

In Math class, we used our coins to show various money amounts. The students are getting better and recognizing each coin. 

We ended our day with a game of winter BINGO to celebrate Student Appreciation Day. The students loved their robots they won! 

Have a great night! 

Snowy Mittens!

 Greetings! I hope everyone's weekend is off to a calm start. Looks like the fun will begin tomorrow. 

At Mass yesterday morning, we celebrated the feast of St. Vincent, a martyr of the church. Fr. Brian reminded us to keep persevering even when times get tough. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, practiced reading long a words with the vowel teams ai and ay, put words into ABC order, wrote sentences using our sight words, took our weekly assessment, and practiced using was and were in sentences. In addition to that, we worked on our fluency by partner reading a story from our decodable reader booklets. Finally, we did some winter writing. We wrote about why our snowman melted. 

In Math class, we used our coins to show various money amounts. We had fun coming up with a variety of ways to show the amounts. 

In Social Studies class, we learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. We talked about what his dream was. We wrote about what our dream for the world is. Here, our Friday sillies came out as most wrote about saying six seven. 

We ended our day with Art class. Today, we created a mitten using pieces of tissue paper. We added snow falling around our mitten. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Enjoy the snow! 

Adding Vocabulary Words!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is doing well tonight. It is amazing how we can go from sunny skies this morning to snowy skies this afternoon. I'm sure the children loved the snow. 

In Religion class today, we talked about what life was like for young Jesus. We talked about how we would have helped Mary and Joseph, how he would have prayed, and how he would have played with his neighbors. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We reviewed our oral vocabulary words by answering questions with the words. Next, we used our letter tiles to spell and read words with ai and ay. Following that we learned how to put words into ABC order by looking at the second letter when all the words begin with the first letter. After that, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. 

Then, we began a new section of learning. Beginning this week, the students will be introduced to two vocabulary words. We will practice reading these words, learn their meaning, and write sentences using them. Our first vocabulary words are special and splendid. 

We ended our morning focusing on our comprehension skills. We reread Frog and Snail Race. We then sequenced the events from the story. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we learned when to use was and were in sentences. 

In Math class today, we continued to practice counting money. Today, we added the quarter to our coins. We are slowly getting the hang of it. 

Have a wonderful night!