Red Ribbon Week!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! Welcome to Red Ribbon Week, Pumpkin Week, and Halloween Week in first grade. It is going to be an exciting week. 

In Religion class today, we talked about what was lost when Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the forbidden tree. We talked about how Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden, peace was lost, and how the gates of heaven were closed. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we will be reading about habitats. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words (habitat and depend). We then worked on making predictions as we read Babies in the Bayou. After that we learned how to blend and read words with end blends. Following that, we learned our new sight words. We ended the morning by reading The Best Spot which helped us practice reading words with end blends and our new sight words. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we talked about possessive pronouns. We practiced finding them in sentences. 

In Math class today we reviewed our flat shapes and dividing shapes into halves and fourths. 

Today is the beginning of Red Ribbon Week, a week devoted to making healthy choices and saying no to drugs. Today, we were lucky to meet some awesome women from the state. They talked to us about being buddies and not bullies. In addition, they talked to us about important Internet safety tips. We also got to meet and pet Emery, an electronics detection dog. 

Today is also the beginning of pumpkin week in first grade; we will be learning about pumpkins all week. We started our week with some pumpkin writing. We read Spookley, the Square Pumpkin. After reading the story, we created our own unique pumpkin and wrote about what made it special. 

Have a great night! 

The End of the Week!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday (and Fridays for the children)! We had a busy day to end our school week. 

In Religion class we talked about how Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the forbidden tree. We also prayed the fourth and fifth decades of the Sorrowful Mysteries. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, read short u words and contractions, and wrote sentences using our sight words. We then partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We ended the morning by taking our weekly assessment and by identifying singular and plural nouns in sentences. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we read a short nonfiction place about different houses around the world. We then completed pages in our close reading companion that focused on finding details about the houses. We ended the day by finishing our ghost writing from yesterday. We wrote about what our ghosts turned into. We then wrote a math problem relating to our ghost. 

In Math class today, we talked about dividing shapes in halves and fourths. We folded paper squares into halves and fourths and labeled each section. We know that when we divide a shape that we have to get equal parts. 

Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday! 

Ghost Writing!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! We had a great day of learning in first grade! 

In Religion class we wrapped up our chapter on Adam and Eve by reviewing who created them, where they lived, and what God gave them. We also prayed the third decade of the Sorrowful Mysteries. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, practiced reading short u words and our sight words, and spelled and read words with the contraction for is. To help build our fluency and comprehension, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read The Pigs, the Wolf, and the Mud. After reading this story, we wrote about the characters, setting, and events. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we practiced writing contractions. We also did some Halloween writing. We listened to the story A Ghost's Dinner, a fantasy story where the ghosts turned into what they ate. We then created a ghost to look like some type of food. We will be finishing the writing tomorrow. 

In Math class, we began our chapter on shapes. We identified the number of sides and corners in triangles, squares, rectangles, circles, and trapezoids. We then sorted shapes by color, shape, and size. 

Just a reminder that our Spelling test is tomorrow. Have a great night! 

A Terrific Tuesday!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone's week is off to a great start!

In Religion class today, we talked about how we receive God's grace when we are baptized. We also prayed the second decade of the Sorrowful Mysteries. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We reviewed the oral vocabulary words we learned yesterday and then learned three new words: collapsed, refused, and furious). We then used our letter tiles to spell and read short u words. Following that we learned about contractions; this week we are focusing on the contraction for is. We created a flipbook where we wrote the contraction and then wrote a sentence using that contraction. After that we practiced using our sight words in sentences. We ended the morning focusing on comprehension; this week we are looking at identifying the characters, setting, and events in the story. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we practiced identifying singular and plural nouns. We also wrote a sentence using adjectives to describe what was happening in a picture. 

In Math class today we took our chapter test on adding and subtracting to 10. Tomorrow we will begin our chapter on shapes. 

Have a good night! 

Building Fluency!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a nice weekend despite the rain and chilly temperatures. 

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

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we are reading about buildings and what they are made of. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words (shelter and materials). We then worked on making predictions as we read The Three Little Dassies. After that we practiced blending and reading short u words. Following that we learned our new sight words. We ended the morning focusing on building our fluency as we practiced reading short u words and our sight words in Cubs in a Hut. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we learned about singular and plural nouns. 

In Math class today, we reviewed our addition and subtraction strategies to 10. We will take our chapter test tomorrow. 

Have a great night! 

Frankenstein!

 Greetings! Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a beautiful day to end this week! 

Today was our Spanish Mass. Fr. Wolf was our guest celebrant. He reminded us to not be fearful but to trust in the Lord. 

After Mass, we had a special fire drill. The local fire companies came for this one. We did an excellent job getting out of the building. Afterwards, we spent some time with the firefighters and even got to try on a coat and helmet! 

Then, it was time to get to work. We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, read short e words and spelled and read words with the inflected ending -ed. To help build our fluency we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. To help us build our comprehension skills we read a nonfiction piece about firefighters. We then completed pages in our close reading companion that helped us sequence what firefighters do. 

After lunch, we wrote sentences using our sight words, took our weekly assessment, and practiced finding nouns in sentences. 

After all of that work, we took a break and prayed the fifth decade of the Luminous Mysteries. 

In Math class today, we used our critical thinking skills to solve problems. I loved how the students worked to solve the problems without getting frustrated. They used their knowledge to write number sentences. I am so proud of them! 

We ended our busy day with Art class. Today we made a Frankenstein. Here are some of them:

Here is a picture from our firefighter writing we did the other day. 

Have a great weekend! 

Praying the Rosary!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope everyone is having a nice week. 

In Religion class today, we talked about how God asked Adam and Eve to care for his creation in the Garden of Eden. He asked them to be good stewards. We then talked about how we can be good stewards today. We ended class by praying the fourth decade of the Luminous Mysteries. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, read short e words, words with the inflected ending -ed, and our sight words. To help build our fluency and comprehension, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read The Red Hat, a realistic fiction story about a firefighter. After reading that story, we completed pages in our close reading book that focused on character, setting, and events. 

In Math class today, we reviewed fact families, using related facts, and identified true and false number sentences. 

This afternoon we attended Living Rosary. The Junior High students led us as we prayed the Luminous Mysteries. Afterwards, Fr. Harris talked about his vocation to the priesthood. 

Have a great night!