Spelling - We will not have a spelling list this week - or next week. Our next list will be the first week of December.
Reading - We are working on another round of running records and checking sight words - all while working in the daily five centers.
Math - We have been working on our subtracting one facts. We have also been working on adding three numbers together. Some tricks for adding three numbers together are looking for a ten, looking for a double, or looking for a double plus one. Today we worked on fact families. A fact family is three numbers that make an equation. Each fact family has 4 equations - 2 adding and 2 subtracting. For example, the equations for the fact family of 5, 3, and 8 are -
1. 5+3=8
2. 3+5=8
3. 8-5=3
4. 8-3=5
Phonics - We are learning about four new glued sounds - ang, ing, ong, and ung. Our letter/keyword/sounds are ang-fang, ing-ring, ong-song, and ung-lung. We have been using our magnetic tiles, our cards, and the smartboard to make words with our new glued sounds.
Writing - We have been practicing our handwriting. We are currently working on punctuation - ! and ?. We made thankful turkeys. We had to write things we were thankful for on our turkeys.
Science - We learned what a forecast is. We watched the forecast of meteorologist Steve Beylon. Then we compared it to the days actual weather. He was accurate the day we watched. Mr. Beylon will be coming to our classroom in December to talk with our class about weather. :) This week we will also be making a water cycle project. A fun science activity we did this week came from our Mystery Science website. We learned facts about turkeys - then we created our own turkeys - and had them do their turkey dance!
Religion - Friday we worked on our promise paper. The theme of the Gospel for Sunday was that Jesus protects and helps you. In our Religion book we have been learning about Baptism and the seven sacraments. Brother Jacob comes to our classroom every Wednesday. When we told him we were learning about Baptism he asked us questions about our own Baptisms - and that's when we got our Brother Jacob homework. :)
Birthdays - We got to celebrate two birthdays this last week. Rachel's birthday was on Monday. On Friday we celebrated one of our volunteers, Ms. Mac!
Pete the Cat at the Weidner Center - We got to see a great performance of Pete the Cat at the Weidner Center last week! The show was incredible!
Speaking of Pete the Cat - Here are all the first graders with their noses in a Pete the Cat book in the kindergarten room!
***Snow clothes - We will be sending snow clothes home every Friday - and more often if needed.:) Please wash snow clothes when they are home. They get really wet - and they get really stinky! We have some boots that are pretty stinky as well. If you could wash and dry them at home it would be very helpful!
Please send extra clothes to keep at school - especially a few pairs of socks. We have a lot of students getting soaked at recess and they would love dry clothes to change into.
Holy Cross Uniform Policy -
Please look over the uniform policy. I copied and pasted the main sections from the Holy Cross website. There are more details on the website. If you have any questions, please let us know!
Uniform Colors
Shirts: (Solid) Navy blue, Royal blue (Holy Cross color), Light Blue, Red, White
(Holy Cross logo optional)
Bottoms: Navy blue, Brown, Khaki, Black
Socks: Navy blue, White, Red, Black or Brown
Tights/Leggings: White, Blue or Black (No patterns or textures)
Bottoms: Pants/Shorts/Capris/Skorts/Jumpers & Skirts: Navy blue,
Brown, Khaki, Black
● Plaid uniform-style skirts/jumpers are allowed. Classic navy plaid only.
available at Lands End (School #900079476). No cargo or carpenter
styles, frayed hems, or denim material.
● Legging-style pants are only permitted when worn under a skirt or
jumper.
● Skirts/skorts, jumpers and shorts may be no more than 4 inches above
the knee.
● Capris and shorts may be worn in starting on April 15th and they may
be worn until October 15th.
Shirts (see color options above) May be untucked except on mass days.
● Collared or turtleneck style with sleeves
● Holy Cross School logo shirts are optional (purchased from Lands End)
otherwise no logo bigger than a quarter and no other wording allowed
● Long-sleeved shirts may be worn under short-sleeved shirts (uniform
colors only)
Fleece
● Navy blue or black fleece with Holy Cross logo only (available through
Lands End or Holy Cross Spirit Wear Sale) Holy Cross Spirit Wear
Jackets allowed.
**8th graders for the 2019-20 year are exempt from
this requirement. They may wear any solid navy blue fleece with
any logo no bigger than a quarter.
Sweaters
● Solid only: White, blue or red (no hoods)
Socks/Tights/Leggings (see color options above)
● Leggings (socks required) and tights may be worn under proper-length
skirts or jumpers.
● Socks must be visible
● No patterns or textures
Shoes
● Dress shoes or tennis shoes ONLY
● NO heels, wedges, open toes, open back, light up, wheels, slippers or
boots with heels.
Ugg type boots are allowed. Snow and rain boots are
not allowed to be worn inside.
Upcoming Dates -
Friday, November 22nd - Early Dismissal
Wednesday, November 27th - Early Dismissal
Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th - No School
Have a great week! :)
