What's Happening the Week of December 17th Through December 20th

Phonics---The students will continue their study of words that contain the letter "Rr"----keyword----rabbit.  Then, the students will begin their study of words that contain the letter "Kk".

Reading----The students will be reading phonics word lists and color words.

Handwriting----The students will be printing the letters "Rr" and "Kk".

Math----The students will be learning about tally marks, tally charts, picture graphs, and pictographs.

Religion----The students will be studying in their "Growing In Love" Religion Book, that "we can share God's love", and  "we are helpers".

First Grade

Phonics----The students will be learning about the sounds of "qu", "ch", "x", and "ir".

Reading----The students will continue to read the story of "Tomas Rivera".  Then, the students will be reading the story "On the Way to the Pond".

English----The students will be reviewing "contractions".  Then, the students will be reviewing verbs and sentence rules.

Spelling----In UNit 18, the students will be reviewing past spelling words.  The spelling words this week are:  drip, grin, club, sled, fast, step, egg, miss, chin and wish.  This week's spelling word test will be on Thursday, December 20th.

Handwriting----The students will be printing a page about Gabriel and A Guardian Angel. 

Writing----The students will be writing their own story about "The Little Christmas Tree", "Your Guardian Angel", and  a story about the characters from "On the Way to the Pond" story.

Math----The students will continue doing subtraction problems using a number-line.  The students will also be learning about "Fact Families".  "Rocket Math" worksheets will continue to be done.

Religion----The students will learn that "our parish members help us to grow in God's love" and  "making good choices".

Social Studies----Everyone will be reading  the "Time For Kids" magazine.