St. Michael First Grade
October 28th - November 1st

Important News

• We will have Fall Break the week of October 21st through October 25th.  Enjoy your time with your children.  Hopefully, the weather will be good at least part of the time.
• We would like to thank our volunteer firemen who did a fire safety program for us on Friday morning.  We greatly appreciate everything our fire department does for us.
• Classroom Halloween parties will be on Thursday, October 31st.  The students do not wear costumes for our Halloween parties.  
• The children will NOT be allowed to wear shorts after Fall Break.  Mr. Meyer will let us know in the spring when the children can begin wearing them again.

What's Happening in Academics?
Reading: On Monday we will read and discuss "Thump, Thump Helps Out", beginning on page 74.  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 "Nell's Books", beginning on page 64.  This book will come home on Wednesday 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 characters, setting, and events. 

High Frequency Words: day, call, want, her, all
Your child will be assessed over these words on Friday.  He/she will simply need to read the words to me. 

Phonics: We will be working on words that have beginning and ending digraphs (sh, wh, -ng)  

Math: We will begin working on chapter 3 which covers using a variety of ways to solve addition problems with sums up to 20. We are also doing a weekly review to make sure we do not forget concepts learned already this year and in kindergarten.

Writing: We will continue to work on singular and plural nouns.  We will also begin working on common and proper nouns.

Spelling:  fish, shop, ship, with, thing, sang, want, call        Our spelling test will be on Friday.  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 begin chapter 8, which focuses on the many followers of Jesus.

Science: We will continue working on unit 2.  This unit covers light energy.  We will first focus on light and shadows. 

Social Studies:  We will finish Unit 1 in our books.  This unit covers people and traditions.  We will discuss how people and things have changed over time.  We will also talk about important people in history as well as holidays and traditions.  We will finish our focus on important people in history and the difference between facts and folktales.


Important Dates
October 21st-October 25th - Fall Break (no school)
October 31st - Classroom Halloween parties
November 1st - All Saints Day