September 25, 2015

We are going on a field trip with our 8th grade buddies to Dinges Fall Festival in Three Oaks, Michigan.  The field trip is on October 9th.  This is the same day as picture retakes.  We will take retakes before we leave.  If you want to get retakes, feel free to dress your child however and then bring a change of clothes (jeans and Friday shirt or uniform shirt) for the field trip.  Students will need to bring a sack lunch that day.  Permission slips are going home today.


Theme: Harvest

Sight Word: a

Letter: m

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Poem: Harvest Time

Listening Center: Muffin Man

Religion: God Made the Animals
                Practice the Hail Mary

Math: different ways to make 9
          different ways to make 10
          more and fewer

Math Vocabulary: pair, set, more, fewer, less

Science: 5 senses

Writing Prompt: What's your favorite thing about fall?

Have a good week!  Go Irish!

September 18, 2015

Reminders:
-Scholastic orders are due at the end of each month.  Your orders make it possible to get free books for our classroom library.  You can order online at scholastic.com.  Our class code is MCLHL.
- Please do not send in candy for lunch or snack.
- Letter homework will go home every other Friday.  This will allow you time to work on both sides.   Your student should complete a little of the homework each night.   Don't complete it all in one sitting!  Please help your children with their homework and make sure they properly forming their letters and starting at the right line.
- Alphabet Awareness Assessment results will be going home next week.  Please review the results and start working at home.
-Please label all sweatshirts and jackets with your child's name.


Theme: Apples/Johnny Appleseed

Sight Word: see

Letter: g

Poem: Apples, Apples

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Listening Center: BINGO

Religion: God Gives Us the Land
                Practice Sign of the Cross

Math: 3D shapes
           positional words (beside, above, below, in front of, behind)
           patterns (AB patterns, ABB patterns, AAB patterns)
           Ways to make the number 6
           Ways to make the number 7
            Ways to make the number 8

Science: Lifecycle of an Apple

Reading/Grammar: nouns
                                verbs
                                punctuation
                                beginning sounds
                                synonyms

Writer's Workshop: writing a complete sentence
                                 adding detail to pictures


Have a good week!  Go Irish!

September 11, 2015

Thank you to all of the parents who have signed up to send in donations for our science experiments and cooking projects.  We couldn't do it without you!

Upcoming Dates:
- October 8th No School
- October 9th Picture Retakes

Theme: Apples

Sight Word: and

Letter: d

Poem: Apple Tree

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Listening Center: Hey Diddle Diddle

Reading: verbs
               story sentences
               beginning sounds
               rhyming words

Math: - position words
           - 3D shapes
          - patterning
          - making a graph

Math Vocabulary: triangle, rectangle, square, hexagon, circle, below, next to, beside, in front of, behind, solid, 3D shape, face, corner, edge, cone, cube, cylinder, sphere

Religion: God Gives Us Water
                Practice the Sign of the Cross

Science: using 5 senses to describe apples
             describe in words and pictures changes in weather from month to month and season to season

Social Studies: using words related to location
                        describe and give examples of seasonal weather changes


Have a good week!  Go Irish!

September 4, 2015

Thanks to all of the parents who came to Back to School Night last night!  Let me know if you have any questions about any of the information.  A few reminders:

- Letter Homework will go home every other Friday for the beginning of the year.  Please work with your child a little bit each night and then send in completed homework the following Friday.
- All About Me Bags should be sent in by Tuesday(if you haven't done so yet).  We are sharing a few each day to get to know our classmates!
- Saxon Math practice will go home on Mondays (Tuesday next week with the holiday).  No need to send those back in to be checked!
- Please send a snack every day except Fridays because we will be cooking.
- I will send out 2 signups through Volunteer Spot.  One is for materials for our science experiments.  The other is for our cooking supplies each week.  You will get a reminder email when your supplies are due.  Thank you for your donations!
- Picture Retakes will be October 9th.
- No School on Monday!  Enjoy your day off!

Theme: Apples

Sight Word: the

Letter Formation: a

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Poem: Apples

Listening Center: Jack Be Nimble

Math: exploring 2D shapes
           geoboards

Math Vocabulary: corners, sides, curves, flat, triangle, square, rectangle, circle, hexagon, oval

Reading: examples of nouns

Writer's Workshop: labeling pictures

Science: apple investigation
              identifying objects in the day and night sky


To Work on at Home:
- writing first name
- identifying capital letters
- identifying lowercase letters
- letter sounds
- sight words
- describing 2D shapes
- writing numbers 1-5


Have a great long weekend!   Go IRISH!