Applying in Math!

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

In Religion class today we talked about how Mary was born without original sin and was born with grace. We also practiced praying the Hail Mary. 

In Language Arts class, we answered questions using our oral vocabulary words. We also practiced reading long a words, contractions with not, and our sight words. To help us build our fluency and comprehension, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read On My Way to School. After reading the story, we answered questions that focused on the events in the story. Finally, we practiced finding verbs in sentences. 

In Math class today, we took our chapter test on adding and subtracting within 20. I am so proud of how the students thought about how to solve the problems today. They really applied what they have learned. 

Have a great night! 

Pilgrim, Pilgrim!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is enjoying this last full week before Thanksgiving. 

In Religion class today, we wrapped up our chapter on the prophets. We reviewed the stories of Moses and John the Baptist. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words we learned on Monday and then learned three new words (occasion, weekend, calendar). Then, we worked on making predictions as we read about different ways to measure time. We ended the morning by practicing reading long a words. We used our letter tiles to spell and read long a words. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we learned how to read and spell contractions with not. We also practiced using our sight words in sentences. Next, we focused on our comprehension skills. We reread Nate the Snake is Late. After reading it, we talked about who was telling the story and sequenced the events in the story. Finally, we practiced identifying the verbs in sentences. 

In Math class today, we used our critical thinking skills to solve problems. The students were able to read a math problem and write the number sentence that helped solve the problem. 

This morning, we welcomed Adaigo Health. They talked to us about why athletes don't smoke or vape. 

Yesterday, we learned about the Pilgrims. Today, we finished our Pilgrim craft by writing about what we would do if we were a Pilgrim. 

Have a great night! 

Go Red Flash!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! Today was a very exciting day in first grade! 

We began our day by going to Adoration. We spent some quiet time praying and talking to Jesus. 

When we returned to the school, it was time to board the buses and head to St. Francis to see the women's basketball game. It did not take us long to get into the spirit. We were soon yelling and cheering on the Lady Red Flash. We really enjoyed the game even though the home team came up short. 

When we returned to the school, it was time to continue our Thanksgiving learning. Today we focused on the Pilgrims. We learned how the Pilgrims had to build their houses, work in the fields, cook over open fire, and the games they played. We created a flipbook with what we learned and are working on a Pilgrim writing project that we will finish tomorrow. 

Have a great night! 

Mayflower!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great day to start the week. 

In Religion class, we talked about John the Baptist being the last prophet. We learned that he baptized people as they showed they were sorry for their sins. We also talked about he told the people to get ready because the Savior was coming very soon. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we will be reading about time. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words (immediately and schedule). Next, we worked on retelling as we read A Second is a Hiccup. Following that, we learned how to blend and read long a words. We know that the magic e at the end makes the a say its name. After that we learned our new sight words (away, now, some, today, way, why). We ended our morning reading Nate the Snake is Late which helped us practice reading long a words and our sight words in sentences. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we learned about verbs. We began by showing different action verbs in action. Then we practiced finding verbs in sentences. 

In Math class today, we reviewed adding and subtracting within 20. We used some critical thinking skills to help us solve problems. 

This week we will begin our unit on the First Thanksgiving. Today, we learned that the Pilgrims sailed on the Mayflower. We watched a video about the voyage, wrote facts about what we learned, and created a Mayflower sailing on water. 

Here are pictures of our Mayflower project along with our Pete the Cat Art project from Friday. 

Have a good night!  

Pilgrim Pete

 Greetings! Happy Friday! I hope everyone enjoyed their short week of school. Today was a busy day to end the week. 

At Mass this morning, we welcomed Fr. Timothy Fariss. He talked to us about God's mercy. 

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

In Math class today, we reviewed subtracting within 20. We did another write the room activity which is a favorite for the students. Today, they walked around the room, copied subtraction problems, and then solved them. 

In Science class today, we talked about how sounds are made when something vibrates. We looked at various instruments to see what vibrates and causes the sounds. 

We ended our day with Art class. Today, we made a Pilgrim Pete the Cat. They turned out cute. 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Thanksgiving Lunch!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone is doing well. 

In Religion class today, we continued to learn about Moses. We talked about how God appeared to Moses in a burning bush. We also talked about how God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. 

In Language Arts class, we answered questions using our oral vocabulary words, practiced reading words with the digraphs ch, tch, wh, and ph and words with the ending -es. We also spent time working on our fluency. We partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets and read a short story about map directions. Finally, we practiced writing irregular plural nouns. 

In Math class today, we wrote fact families to help us solve subtraction sentences. I was quite pleased that we remember how to write fact families. 

In Social Studies class today, we talked about different jobs people have in our community. We played a version of Head Bands. Students had to guess what job others were describing without looking at the picture. We had lots of fun with this! 

The highlight of our day was our Thanksgiving lunch. We enjoyed eating turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes with our friends and watching the fifth grade play. 

Have a great night! 

Making Sounds!

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

 In Religion class today, we wrapped up our chapter on Noah and Abraham. We also talked about what prophets were.

 We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We reviewed our oral vocabulary words and learned three new words (height, model, separate). Then we used our letter tiles to spell and read words with digraphs. Following that, we learned how to spell and read words with the inflectional ending –es. After that, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. We ended our morning focusing on comprehension. We reread Which Way on the Map and wrote about what we learned from the map along with its main idea and key details.

 This afternoon in Language Arts we learned about irregular plural words, words like men, women, children, and people. We sorted words based on whether they were singular or plural.

 In Math class, we switched our focus to subtraction. Today, we learned how to subtract by subtracting ones.

 In Science class, we learned that sounds are made when something vibrates. We practiced making sounds of a thunderstorm and bouncy ball.

 Have a great night!

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!