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Grade 1
Mrs Pat Peterson
HOBOKEN CATHOLIC ACADEMY
Zip Code: 07030
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May 3....Teacher Appreciation Day, Science Fair
May 4... Progress Reports, 12:00 Dismissal
May 10..Sound of Music 7:00 pm
May 13..Happy Mother's Day
May 13-16...Scholastic Book Fair
May 17...Ascension Thursday
          ....Art Show
May 18...Field Day Grades 1-8
May 21...Grade 1 Field Trip, Field Station Dinosaurs(Details below)
May 23...May Crowning
May 25...No School, Principal's Holiday
May 28...No School, Memorial Day
May 31...May Book Report Due
June 1....12:00 Dismissal








Progress reports for the 3rd Trimester will be sent home on Friday, May 4. Please sign and return the yellow copy to school. You may keep the white copy.

There will be a 12:00 dismissal on Friday, May 4. After care available.





 

HCA will present a performance of "The Sound of Music" on Thursday evening, May 10th at 7:00 p.m. All are invited to attend.






Thursday, May 17 is Ascension Thursday, a Holy Day of Obligation. The children will attend Mass at St. Ann's Church, 10:00 a.m.







Field Day for grades 1-8 will be held on Friday, May 18 at the Hoboken High School Field.     Information will be sent home shortly.


  

*****Our class trip has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 24th. Please sign and return the new permission slip no later than Monday, May 21st.**************************

On Monday, May 21, the first grade classes will be going to Field Station Dinosaurs, a real-life theme park, in Secaucus, N.J.  The children are to wear their gym uniforms and sneakers. This is an outdoor park, so please dress your child according to the weather. The children are to bring their own lunch in a brown bag with a disposable drink, as lunch boxes and thermoses are sometimes left behind.

If you would like your child to attend, please sign and return the permission slip along with $30.00 (cash or check payable to HCA) in an envelope with your child's name no later than Monday, May 7th. The class mothers will attend as chaperones.





Book reports for the month of May will be due on Thursday, May 31st. This will be the last written book report for this school year. The children will present an oral book report for the month of June. Details will be sent home.





 

What We're Learning  in First Grade

 

 

Religion
  • to learn that Jesus gave us the Eucharist
  • to learn about what we say and do at Mass
  • to learn how we can share God's love
  • to learn about Mary and the ways in which we honor her and the saints
  • to learn that we are to care for all of God's creation







     Reading

    We will begin Level 5 in Reading.
    The stories will be about "Great Ideas"
    In this level we will learn:
    new vocabulary and high frequency words
    vowel sound as in book
    vowel sound ow/ou, oi, oy
    inflected endings -s, -er, -ing
    Syllables
    suffixes -er, -or
    prefixes  -un, and -re

    Comprehension skills

    character, setting and plot                       sequence of events                                   compare and contrast                               main idea and them
    how to draw a conclusion and how to use a glossary

     Math

    Chapter 9.....Measurement

    • explore length and customary and metric units of length
    • explore capacity and customary and metric units of capacity
    • explore measurement of weight and temperature
    • solve problems by using the make-a-model strategy

     








     Lang.Arts   
    • to learn command sentences and exclamations sentences
      pronouns

     Spelling
    • vowel sound in how
    • vowel sound in out
    • vowel sound in book and moon
    • vowel sound in boy and saw
                                 


     Social Studies

    Unit 5
    "This is Our Country"

    • to learn about people and events that have helped shape the history of the United States
    • to explore the origins of some of our national holidays and symbols andlearn about the roles played by our leaders 





     Phonics
    • to identify words and build vocabulary
    • to identify long u and long e sound
    • to identify final y as a vowel
    • build word families
    • count syllables in a word
    • to write words in context
     Science

    Earth Science

    Chapter 6.....Land, Water and Air

    • to learn what makes up the Earth
    • how people can help protect Earth

     

                                                                       


     

    Monday..,Art

    Tuesday.....Spanish

    Wednesday...Music

    *Thursday....Gym*

    Friday....Health


    *Children should wear their school gym suit and sneakers on Thursday's for gym class.*






     

                                             


    We have snack every morning. Please, no glass bottles.

    Children must be dressed in the complete school uniform everyday.

    Please continue to send in Boxtops, Campbell's Labels , Ink Cartridges and broken crayons.





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    Louis.....May 5

    Andrew.....May 10

    Constantine...May 10


       




     







     
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