A Funny Story!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! I hope you were able to enjoy the sunshine today! Yes, it was chilly, but the sun just warmed you up! 

In Religion class today, we wrapped up our chapter on Adam and Eve. We reviewed how God created them, how they lived in the Garden of Eden, and how God gave them grace. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words by answering questions using the words. We also practiced reading short u words, contractions with is, 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 funny story The Pigs, the Wolf, and the Mud. After reading this story, we completed pages in our Reading/Writing companion that focused on character, setting, and events. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we practiced writing contractions with the word is. 

In Math class today, we reviewed our flat shapes. When given the name of a shape, the students drew that shape on their whiteboards. They also practiced dividing shapes into halves and quarters. 

Have a great night! 

Parachute Fun!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is having a nice week. It has been a little rough getting used to the colder temperatures. 

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

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts class. We began by reviewing the oral vocabulary words we learned yesterday and then learned three new words (collapsed, furious, refused). We then worked on making predictions as we read the classic "The Three Little Pigs." Following that, we used our letter tiles to spell and read short u words. Next, we learned how to write and read contractions for is, words like he's and let's. After that, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. We ended the morning by focusing on our comprehension skills. We reread Cubs in a Hut. We then wrote about problems in the story and how they were solved. We also wrote about the characters, setting, and events in the story. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we sorted nouns based on whether they were singular or plural. We also finished our scarecrow writing from yesterday. 

In Math class today, we practiced dividing shapes. We divided squares into two equal parts and identified each part as one half. We also divided shapes into four equal parts and identified each part as one fourth or one quarter. 

In Gym class today, we had fun with the parachute. The kids loved running under it and had more fun trying to keep the ball on the parachute. I just loved seeing their smiles. They were truly having fun. 

Have a great night! 

Fun With Shapes!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had an amazing weekend. It was nice to be off yesterday but felt good to get back to learning today. 

In Religion class, we talked about how Adam and Eve had grace, God's life within them. We also talked how we all have God's grace in us. After our discussion, we prayed the first two decades of the Sorrowful Mysteries. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we will be reading about buildings and what they are made from. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words (materials and shelter). We then worked on making predictions as we read 3 Little Dassies. Following that, we learned how to blend and read short u words. Next, we learned our new sight words for the week (could, live, one, then, three). We ended our morning by reading Cubs in a Hut which helped us practice reading short u words and our sight words. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we learned about singular and plural nouns. We also wrote about what we would do if we were a scarecrow. We will be adding our writing to a craft tomorrow. 

In Math class, we began our chapter on shapes. We began by identifying the shapes: circle, triangle, rectangle, square, and trapezoid. We talked about how many sides and corners they have. Next, we practiced sorting shapes by size, color, shape, and number of sides/corners. We had lots of fun doing this. 

Have a great night! 

Thank You, Firefighters!

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

Our excitement came today when the firefighters visited. The students did a great job showing the firefighters how they exit the school when we have a fire drill. After our drill, we went to the gym where the firefighters talked to us about having a meeting place and never playing with matches. They got to practice crawling under "smoke". Thank you to our local fire companies for coming today and talking to us! 

Before going to Mass this morning, we prayed the fifth decade of the Luminous Mysteries. At Mass this morning, Fr. Brian led us in offering prayers to all of those affected by hurricane Milton. 

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. 

In Math class today, we took our chapter test on addition and subtraction strategies to 10. Next week, we will begin our chapter on shapes. 

In Science class today, we talked about how we look like our family members. We matched pictures of baby animals to their parents. 

We ended our day with Art class. Today, we made a Frankenstein! 

And, here is a picture of our firefighter writing project we did yesterday. 

Have a great weekend! Just a reminder that there is no school on Monday! See you Tuesday! 

Learning About Fire Fighters!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday! Today was another great day of learning in first grade. 

In Religion class, we talked about how Adam and Eve took care of God's creation in the Garden of Eden. We talked about the stewardship they showed. We also talked about how we can be good steward's of God's creation. We ended class by praying the fourth decade of the Luminous Mysteries. 

In Language Arts class, we answered questions using our oral vocabulary words, read short e words and words with the inflected ending -ed. To help build our reading fluency, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklet. We also read a nonfiction piece about fire fighters. We ended class by identifying nouns in sentences. 

In Math class today, we reviewed our strategies for adding and subtracting. We will be taking our chapter test tomorrow. 

Today, the students earned some extra recess time. So, after Math class, we headed outside for some more fun in the sun. 

After our extra recess, we wrapped up our day with Social Studies. Today, we talked about community helpers especially fire fighters. We talked about what they have, what they can do, and how brave they are. 

Have a great night! 

Living Rosary!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone enjoyed this crisp fall day. 

In Religion class today, we learned about how God created Adam and Eve. We talked about how they lived in the Garden of Eden and had everything they needed. We also talked about how they were never sick and how all animals were their friends. We concluded class by praying the third decade of the Luminous Mysteries. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words, practiced reading short e words, words with the inflected ending -ed, and our sight words. Our focus then switched to building our fluency and comprehension. We partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. We also read The Red Hat. After reading that story, we completed pages in our Reading/Writing Companion that focused on character, setting, and events. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we practiced adding commas in a series of nouns. 

In Math class today, we used our critical thinking skills to solve problems. I was quite impressed with their thinking and reasoning today. Many were able to give examples to problems and find more solutions than were needed. 

We took a break from learning this afternoon to go over to church for Living Rosary. Our junior high students led us as we prayed the Joyful Mysteries. 

After praying the rosary, we came back to finish up our day. We finished talking about fire safety prevention tips. We talked about feeling a door before opening it, staying low if there is smoke, getting to our meeting place, and staying out once we are out. 

Have a wonderful night! 

Fire Safety Prevention Week!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful day. 

In Religion class today we wrapped up our chapter on God creating us with a body and soul. We also reviewed how God sent us an angel to help us. In addition to that, we continued our devotion to the rosary. Today we prayed the first two decades of the Luminous Mysteries. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We began by reviewing the oral vocabulary words we learned yesterday and then learned three new words (astonishing, equipment, and fortunately). Next, we used our letter tiles to spell and read short e words. Following that, we learned how to blend and read words with the inflected ending -ed; we also talked about how -ed is added to a word to show that it already happened. Then, we practiced using our sight words in sentences. We ended the morning focusing on building our comprehension skills; this week we are focusing on character, setting, and events. We reread Good Job, Ben. After that, we looked at various pages and identified the characters on the page, where they were at, and what was happening. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we reviewed nouns. We practiced finding nouns in sentences and writing sentences using a noun. 

In Math class today, we reviewed fact families. We each created our own fact family house. We also used our fact family knowledge to help us determine whether a sentence was true or false. 

This week is Fire Safety Prevention Week. We will be spending time this week talking about fire safety tips. Today, we reviewed the number to call in an emergency, talked about staying away from things that are hot, and reviewed what to do if our clothes catch on fire (stop-drop-roll). 

Have a great night!