Week of Nov. 23, 2009

I want to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.  I hope you enjoy the days off with your children.

It seems like an appropriate time to thank you for everything you do to enhance and strengthen your child's learning experiences in first grade.  Your children are very fortunate to have such caring parents.

Plans for this week:

Reading- Since it is a short week in school, we will not start a new unit in reading.  We will use these few days to review telling and asking sentences, do journal writing, and read "just right" books and respond to them in our journals. 

Spelling- No spelling words this week.  There will not be a Spelling test this week.

Handwriting- The children will learn how to make a capital T, J, and U.

Math- We will work on take away story problems and we'll continue to work on addition facts. 

Religion- We will start a new chapter this week and we'll finish it when we return from Thanksgiving.  The children will learn what it means to be a light to the world.  The children will understand that when we live our Baptism, we are lights in the world.  Our Baptismal candle represents our light to the world. 

Social Studies- We will spend some time reading about the life and times of the Pilgrims.  The children will understand the significance of the Pilgrim's journey and why we celebrate Thanksgiving.

Important Dates:

Tuesday, Nov. 24- Reading Mom:  Mrs. Guyot  1:30-2:00

Wednesday, Nov. 25- All School Mass

Monday, Nov. 30- Opening Advent Prayer Service

Weekly Schedule:

Daily- Morning recess and snack 9:30-9:45, Lunch and recess 12:00-12:40

Monday- Music 10:00-10:40

Tuesday- Art/Computer 8:00-8:40, Library 8:45-9:15, Reading Parent 1:30-2:00

Wednesday- P.E. 10:40-11:20, Church Music 2:00-2:30

Thursday- Mass 8:45-9:30, Music 10:00-10:40, P.E. 10:40-11:20

Friday- Spanish 8:00-8:40, Art/Computer 1:20-2:00