Welcome to First Grade!

Stations of the Cross will be every Tuesday at 2:00pm during Lent...all are welcome.

We have started reading to Kindergarten and the students are doing a great job!  Check your packet for the date your child will be reading.  Each child will pick a book, practice reading it aloud each night, complete a book report, and then read his/her book to Kindergarten!  Each child will read on a different day throughout the month of March...please practice reading aloud each night. 

We will continue with making TEXT to WORLD connections in our Book in a Bag Journal.  This is when you compare a book to something happening in the world.  

We use REMIND...it is a phone app that makes communication with you quick and easy.  I can send  announcements, reminders and pictures throughout the year as well which is always fun for you to see all the super things your child will be doing this year.  Please sign up as soon as you can.  Here is how you can sign up...
Take out your phone
Enter this number 
81010
Text this mesage
@stephdib
 
Please feel free to email me or REMIND me with any questions or concerns.

CYO has a website for STC spirit wear...check it out and show your school spirit...www.ragtee.com

THIS WEEK IN FIRST GRADE
ELA Journeys - Unit 4
Theme - Biographies
Reading - Tomas Rivera
Skills - Sequence of Events
Strategy - Summarize
Spelling -   Compound Words (please check spelling link)
Phonics - Compound Words   
Grammar - Nouns, Verbs (-ed, ing), Subject, Predicates, Adjectives, Possessive Nouns, Plural and Singular Nouns, Using Articles (a, an, the),  Proper Nouns, Contractions, Conjunctions
Vocabulary Strategies - Antonymes, Synonyms, Homophones, Comparing with -er, -est, Suffixes (-y, -ful)
Writing - Sentences/Word Choice/Capital Letter/Punctuation/Commas/Question Words 
Fluency - Expression
Math - Unit 10
Religion - Lent/Stations of the Cross
Social Studies/Science - Life Then and Now