Happy Halloween!

 Greetings! Happy Halloween! Today was a spooktacular day in first grade. But, before our festivities, we did some learning. 

In Religion class, we read about Noah. We learned that Noah built an ark and placed animals inside the ark. After 40 days of rain, God sent Noah a sign that he would never flood the Earth again. 

In Language Arts class, we partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. And in Math class, we used our critical thinking skills to solve problems. We looked at ways shapes were sorted, reviewed the number of sides in shapes, and solved patterns. 

Then, it was time to celebrate! We enjoyed parading around the parking lot for everyone to see our costumes. We have even more fun during our party. We worked in groups to build the tallest cup tower. We did our best to add an eyeball onto a skeleton. We played BINGO and created a Halloween sticker scene. 

After our party, we continued our fun. We read There Was an Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything. After reading the story, we created a sequence bag that we can use to retell the story at home. 

This afternoon we watched Monsters, Inc. 

Have a great night! 

Pumpkin Fun!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! Excitement is building for our Halloween parade and party tomorrow! But first, we had learning to do today! 

In Religion class, we wrapped up our chapter on Adam and Eve sinning. We talked about how Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden and how they lost grace. We also reviewed God's promise to them of sending a Savior. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our oral vocabulary words by answering questions using them. We also practiced reading words with sh, th, and ng along with closed syllable words and our sight words. We continue to work on building our fluency and comprehension. We partner read a story from our decodable reader booklets. We also read Nell's Books. After reading that story, we completed pages in our Reading/Writing companion that focused on character, setting, and events. 

In Math class today, we continued to focus on patterns. Today, our patterns involved 3D shapes. 

This afternoon, we practiced one final time for the All Saints' Day prayer service. Our eighth grade friends joined us for this practice. 

We ended our day with some pumpkin fun. Today, we learned about the different parts of a pumpkin. We created a pumpkin diagram to help us remember them. 

Here are pictures from our project today and from our writing we did yesterday. 

Have a great night! 

Fun With Patterns!

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

In Religion class today, we talked about how God promised to send us a Savior to open the gates of Heaven and restore grace. We know that this Savior is Jesus. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We began by reviewing our oral vocabulary words from yesterday and then learned three new words (connections, enjoy, rely). We then used our letter tiles to spell and read words with the digraphs sh, th, and ng. Following that, we learned how to blend and read closed syllable words, words like cabin, mitten, napkin, helping. After that we practiced using our sight words in sentences. We ended our morning focusing on comprehension. We reread Thump Thump Helps Out. After reading it, we wrote clues about who is telling the story. We also wrote about the characters, setting, and events. 

This afternoon in Language Arts we learned about common and proper nouns. We learned that common nouns name any person, place, or thing and that proper nouns name a specific person, place, and thing and begin with a capital letter. 

In Math class today, we looked at patterns. We used our pattern blocks to create patterns. We also practiced drawing patterns. We really enjoyed our pattern work! 

Have a great night! 

Shapes All Around Us!

 Greetings! Happy Monday! I hope everyone had as much fun as the children did trick or treating this weekend. They were quieter than normal today! 

In Religion class today we talked about how we are all born with original sin and how that original sin is washed away when we are baptized. We also talked about how we receive God's grace when we are baptized. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts; this week we will be reading about how we can help out in the community. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words (leadership and admire). We then worked on retelling as we read a story about Martin Luther King, Jr. Next, we learned how to blend and read words with the digraphs sh, th, and ng. Following that, we practiced our new sight words (all, call, day, her, want). We ended our morning by reading Thump Thump Helps Out which helped us practice our new skills. 

In Math class today, we sorted pictures by shapes. We discovered that shapes are in objects all around us. We just have to look for them! 

Have a great night! 

A Thursday Friday!

 Greetings! Happy Thursday (or Friday for the students). Today was a busy day as we wrapped up our week. 

In Religion class, we reviewed what life was life for Adam and Eve before they sinned. We then talked about what happened after they ate from the tree (had to leave the garden, would feel pain, lost grace). We also prayed the fifth decade of the Glorious Mysteries. 

We wrapped up another week of learning in Language Arts. We used our oral vocabulary words in sentences, read words with end blends and with the inflectional ending -ing, and wrote sentences using our sight words. We also took our weekly assessment and practiced writing possessive nouns. 

In Math class today, we identified the shapes in designs. We identified both 2D shapes and 3D shapes. 

Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday! 

Fun With Shapes!

 Greetings! Happy Wednesday! I don't know about you, but this week is flying by. 

For Religion today, we practiced for the All Saints' Day prayer service. We reviewed what we did yesterday and added another piece to it today. After practice, we prayed the fourth decade of the Glorious Mysteries. 

In Language Arts class, we answered questions using our oral vocabulary, read words with end blends and the inflectional ending -ing, and read our sight words. To help build our fluency, we partner read a story in our decodable reader booklets. We also read the nonfiction story At A Pond. After reading that story, we completed pages in our close reading companion that focused on main idea and key details. 

This afternoon in Language Arts, we practiced writing possessive nouns. We also wrote about our pumpkin we created yesterday. I love how creative the children got with creating their pumpkins. This really helped with their writing today. 

In Math class, we took 2D shapes to create an animal. We then identified how many rectangles, squares, triangles, circles, and trapezoids we used. The children really loved their creations when finished. 

For Gym class today, we headed outside. It was just too nice to stay in. They loved running around in the sun! 

Have a great night! 

Stacking, Sliding, Rolling!

 Greetings! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had another wonderful day enjoying that sunshine today! 

We began our day by going to Adoration. We spent some quiet time praying to Jesus and asking him to help those who need our prayers. When we came back from Adoration, we prayed the third decade of the Glorious Mysteries. 

We continued with our week of learning in Language Arts. We reviewed our oral vocabulary words from yesterday and learned three new words today (tranquil, tolerate, hibernate). We then worked on rereading as we read about animals in the desert. Next, we used our letter tiles to spell and read words with end blends. Following that, we learned how to blend and read words that end in -ing. After that, we practiced using our sight words in sentences and writing sentences using possessive pronouns. We ended our morning focusing on comprehension. We reread The Best Spot. We then wrote facts about the animals in the story and about the author's purpose. 

In Math class today, we reviewed our 3D shapes. We focused on how they move: stack, slide, or roll. 

Today, we began to practice for our All Saints' Day prayer service. We look forward to praying with everyone next Friday. 

Here are pictures from last Friday's art class and our scarecrows. Enjoy! 

Have a great evening!