Have a safe and relaxing summer.  Can't wait to see everyone in the fall!

Please continue reading during the summer months and practice math facts too. 
i-Ready lessons will be available to the end of July for additional practice.

God bless,

Mrs. Lind

8/26/20
We will not attend Mass Friday 8/28/20.  Eigth grade has their Candle Ceremony that day and many parents want to attend this Mass. 
Please be sure to send students with good fitting masks. 
Hot Air balloon project is due 8/27/90.

Important dates:
Thursday 9/3/20 Virtual Parent Night
Monday 9/7/20 Labor Day NO SCHOOL
9/16/20  Picture Day
9/25/20 NO SCHOOL teacher inservice

9/7/20
Please be sure to send your child to school with a water bottle.  The water fountains are not available at this time.  Students need a clean mask daily.  Be sure they also have a spare one at school.  
Students should be reading 10-15 minutes daily.  They could be read to for now, as the school progresses they should start to be self reading. 

11/1/20
A reminder to be sure your child has a bottle of water for school and extra masks to change when necessary.  Your child may also bring hand lotion to school since we are washing hands often and the dry weather season is upon us.  Please put the child's name on it.  Remind them that they can not share their lotion with others.  Same is true for some chapstick.  Students received landyards this week to hold their masks.  Students will use them at school only. We leave them on the desks at the end of the day. If a student looses their lanyard, there will be a five dollar charge for replacing it. 
 
 Upcoming events:
11/10 Book fair preview day
11/12 End of trimester 1
11/13 No school teacher inservice day
11/17 Book fair shop day
11/19 Report cards go home
11/24 Virtual Parent/teacher conferences (12-7pm) 
11/25-11/27 Thanksgiving Break
12/11 Next time first grade goes to Mass?? (in church)

In math we continue our work with addition and substraction concepts. Please work with your students on their math facts.  We are going to be finishing up Super Camp this week and move onto to Adventures of Superkids.  Science  we wrapping up on how scientists work and moving into sound and waves next.  Finally in social studies we continue our study of communities. 

11/14/20
I have a few parents that have not signed up for conferences, please do so soon. Vitural Parent-teacher conferences are Tuesday, November 24th from 12pm-7pm.  

11/16/20 2nd trimester begins
11/17/20 First grade book fair shop day
                 preconference questionaire due (hot pink page)
11/18/20 Coins for a cause:  Ty Dye Day
11/19/20 Report cards go home
11/24/20  Early dismissal @11:30 am 
                   Virtual parent-teacher conferences 12-7pm
11/25/20-11/27/20 Thanksgiving Break

Please continue working on memorizing addition and substraction facts.  We are going to work on telling time in math this week.  We will work on telling time to the hour and 1/2 hour.  Please work with your child.  If you have a analog clock at home, please encourage them to tell time using a analog clock or a watch.  
We will finish taking our Superkids placement test on Monday and start our Adventures in Superkids.  Please work with your child on the following memory words. (reading, spelling and writing them into a sentence) Even when you read with your child, have them find these words on the pages.  
{ I   of    for   you   was    said    to   put   the     a  }
We just received our classroom set of Chromebooks this past week.  I am working with the students on how to log in and use Seesaw, Savvas Math and Superkids for now.  In the event we go remote, I am hoping to have the basics covered with the students so they may be able to log in independently.    

12/1/20 
Holiday shop 12/4 Friday
Science activity due (Cave) 12/7 Monday
Vision/hearing screening 12/9 Wednesday
Mass 12/11/20
Unit 1 Spelling test 12/11 Friday
Book report due 12/16 Wednesday
Polar Express Day TBA either 12/17 or 12/18. More information will be given out later. 
December 18th supplies go home for remote learning and start of holiday break
January 4th No School teacher plan day
January 5th to January 15th remote learning
January 18th MLK day no school
January 19th return to in person learning

It was great to finally meet parents viturally.

In math class we are continuing to work on telling time to the hour and 1/2 hour.  Please continue telling time at home.  We are continuing to work on Sound and Wave unit in science.   We are exploring new stories in the Adventures of  the Superkids.  We are learning about nouns and pronouns and getting ready for our first spelling test.  Remember to work on math facts, spelling words and nightly reading with your child. 

REMOTE LEARNING STUDENT DEVICES

Kindergarten through 4th students have been issued Chromebook devices as well as unique student Google accounts to use for logging into their Chromebook. They have been using their device and account at school for the last couple of months. Their device and charger will be sent home at the end of next week and are to be used for remote learning purposes only during the first two weeks of January. Prek-2nd grade lessons will be posted to their https://app.seesaw.me accounts and 3rd-4th grade lessons will be posted to their https://classroom.google.com accounts. Please return the loaner device when school resumes on Tuesday, January 19th.

Merry Christmas!!

Mrs. Wajrowski, Technology Coordinator

1/25/21
Catholic Schools Week is coming
 

2/1/21 Falcon Night Out @ Antioch Pizza Shop
2/11/21 Valentine Party TBA
2/12/21 NO SCHOOL  Inservice day
2/15/21 NO SCHOOL President's Day 
2/17/21 Ash Wednesday
2/18/21 End  of Trimester
2/25/21 Report cards go home
Please remember to bring snowpants and boots for recess. Also the students may bring chapstick and hand lotion for the winter months.  Students should also have a school sweatshirt or sweater for the classroom.  Please be sure to have their name in their garments. 
As a reminder students need to bring water bottles to school.  

In ELA, we are continuing to follow the adventures of the Superkids gang.  Please keep reading daily with your child.  I am seeing the "reading switch" turn on for many of our students.  This is exciting to see! 
Math we continue our understanding of addition and substraction.  Please work on their math facts. 
Science we are continuing our understanding of patterns in the sky.  Many had fun on our vitural field trip to the International Space Station.
Social Studies  students are looking at what is all involved in Marketplaces.  
Religion class we are learning about the Church Calendar and will start our Family Life Unit next. 

2/28/21
3/1/21 Parent conference forms go home to select students
3/3/21  Parent conference forms go home to everyone
               Book Fair shop day
3/11  Parent conferences from 3-7 p.m
3/22-3/28 Spring Break
3/29  School resumes
            Book reports and reading logs due
4/2   Good Friday No school
4/5  Easter Monday No school
Please continue sending in canned food goods for the Lenten food drive.  Can goods will be collected through Palm Sunday ( 3/28/21)
I am also looking for Mystery Readers.  It's been a long dry spell and the class misses their Mystery Readers.

4/1/21 
4/2/21 NO SCHOOL
4/5/21 NO SCHOOL
4/9  Spelling test on unit 3 
4/9 Knights of Columbus pizza party:  NO HOT LUNCH WILL BE SERVED!  Each student will receive a slice of pizza.  If they don't care for pizza please bring a sack lunch.  Also if one slice of pizza is not enough lunch for your student please bring extra food.
4/22  progress reports go home
4/29  book reports and reading logs are due
4/30 INSERVICE DAY NO SCHOOL

Thank you for all the families that provided can goods for the Lenten Food Drive. 
As always, I am looking for  Mystery Readers.

Reading:  We continue to read about the Superkids adventures.  We have worked on putting words into alphabetical order, rhyme and ryhthm. We will be working on synonyms and encoding words with -er, and -ed shortly.  As always we continue to work on reading fluency. 
Math:  We are learning about base ten and place value.  Please continue to work on math facts.
Religion:  We are continuing our family life units. (Family) 
Science:  We are looking and plants and animals. We are learning how their structure  and function influences our lives.
Social Studies:  We are looking at how to use maps and globes to find where we are in the world. 

4/14/21 UPDATE
4/16/21  Culver's Lunch
4/16/21 Coins for Cause for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital: Mismatching Apparel 
4/19 Science project: Invention using structure and function of an animal or plant.
Unit 4 spelling test TBA (week of 4/26/21)

4/26/21
4/28 Spelling test Unit 4
4/29 Book reports and reading logs due

ABC COUNT DOWN BEGINS . . . Cick link below for details.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JMFp6LvYui0Tk-2uJAw57jMKVS74hTrt0Z1kE90wmww/edit?usp=sharing


4/30 NO SCHOOL
5/10 TO 5/14 Penny Wars
5/18 BOOK FAIR PREVIEW
5/19 Walk a thon
5/26 BOOK FAIR PURCHASE DAY

5/13/21
The year is coming to a close quickly.  I first want to give a shout out to all the families who purchased items for our classroom.  Thank you for your generosity.  In class we are finishing our Unit 5 in Superkids and will be jumping into Unit 6 Monday.  In math we are taking a look at 2 digit addition and will move into 2 digit substraction next week also.  Science we are continuing to look at animals and plants and how their structure and functions are used in our every day lives.  Social studies we are working on map skills.  Family life we are continuing our lessons about taking care of ourselves.

Here are the upcoming events:
5/14 Coin for cause: block dressing
5/14 permission slips for walk a thon are due
5/14 Dogs'n Sud lunch
5/14 Penny Wars come to an end
5/17 Spelling test
5/19 walk-a -thon day COLLECT THOSE PLEDGES!!
5/31 Book report and reading logs are due
We are continuing with the ABC countdown.  Please remember to send your student with extra masks and water bottles.  The weather is getting nicer and they need to change their masks and need to hydrate.