We are continuing to learn so much in first grade! The highlights of our week include creating math stories, practicing the use of verbs through painting and writing, making a map of our classroom, and engineering a mailbox based on what we have learned from plants.

Reminders:

Homework folders will go home weekly, and will always include a language arts worksheet and the spelling words to practice with your child at home. Parents are encouraged to return homework folders each Friday.

This week we will cover . . .

Religion: Jesus Grew Up in a Family

Math:

• Addition word problems.
• Strategies for counting on.
• The commutative property of addition and the equal sign.

Reading and Language Arts: “Lucia’s Neighborhood”

• Target Skill: Text and Graphic Features
• Target Strategy: Question

Social Studies: Leaders and Rules/ Community

Science: Parts of Plants

• Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

Dates and Reminders:

• Tuesday, 9/18: School Picture Day
• Friday, 9/28: Half Day: Dismissal at 12:00 PM- Teacher Professional Development
• Saturday, 10/6-10/7: Parish Fall Fiesta
• Sunday, 10/7: Eighth grade led Mass at 10:30 AM
• Sunday, 10/7: School Performance at Fall Fiesta 12:00 PM