St. Michael First Grade
January 20th - January 24th

Important News

• School will be in session on January 20th as a snow makeup day.
• The magazine/cookie dough fundraiser began on Wednesday, January 8th.  All orders and money are due on January 22nd.
• The Parent Organization is looking for parents who would like to be the president or vice president next school year.  If you are interested, please contact Nicole Korner at nkorner2011@aol.com

What's Happening in Academics?
Reading: On Monday we will read and discuss "Go Wild!", beginning on page 58.  This reading book will come home on Monday for you to listen to your child read to you.  Please make sure you send the book back on Tuesday morning because we will need it for class.  On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we will read and discuss "Vulture View", beginning on page 60.  This book will come home on Wednesday and Thursday for you to listen to your child read and discuss the story.  Please return the book the next day.

Comprehension Focus: We will practice identifying the main idea and details in a nonfiction piece.

High Frequency Words: find, food, more, over, start, warm
Your child will be assessed over these words on Thursday.  He/she will simply need to read the words to me. 

Vocabulary: 

• search: try to find something by looking for it
• seek: to hunt or look for something
   

Phonics: We will be working on words that have the long "o" sound spelled with an o, oa, ow, or oe.  

Math:  We will continue working on our next chapter on place value.  We will be working with numbers up to 120.  We will also be working with counting by 1's, 5's, and 10's from any given number.  We will take a timed test on Monday.

Writing: We will continue working with present, past, and future tense verbs and special verbs.  We will also continue working on our polar bear research.  This is something that we do together in class.  When we are finished gathering information, I will help the students complete a short research report.

Spelling:   low, boat, no, row, oat, toe, over, more       Our spelling test will be on Thursday.  The students will be told a word and then they will have to write it on their paper.  The first six words are based on a phonics skill that will be practiced in our reading book.  The last two words are from our high frequency words for the week.

Religion:  We will continue chapter 11, which focuses on how the Holy Spirit helps the Church to grow. 

Science: We will continue our unit on Earth and Space science.  We will begin by looking at the changes in seasons and the differences in day and night.

Social Studies: We are going to continue working on our unit on geography.


Important Dates
January 20th - School is in session for a snow makeup day
January 22nd - Fundraiser ends and all orders with money are due.
January 27th-31st - Catholic Schools Week
January 30th - Parents Day (more information to come later)