St.

Christina School February 2022

FIRST GRADE NEWS

Mrs. DeCarlo | Ms. Murrihy

Important Dates

Jan. 31-Feb.4:
Celebrating
Catholic
Schools Week
Feb. 9: All
School Mass
8:10 a.m. First
Grade Hosts
Feb. 11: No Hooray for Catholic Schools!
Classes- We are enjoying the fun
Teacher activities this Catholic Schools
Inservice Week. We appreciate all our
Feb. 17: Dress fabulous students and families.
Down Day We are all so proud to be a
Feb. 18: No part of St. Christina and have
Classes fun working together. Go
Feb.21: No Cardinals!
Classes-
President’s
Day

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Subject Highlights
Phonics/Spelling: We are proving
(decoding) many words. We are learning
We are not what makes a short vowel sound in a
having a word and a long vowel sound in a word.
Valentine’s party We will do this by learning the 5
phonetic skills. Look at the worksheets
but the children
that come home that explain each skill
may bring and how to mark the words. Please
Valentines in on check the classroom website Phonics
Monday, February page for more information about our
14th. Phonics program.
Reading: We just began our fourth
basal reader. Read the weekly reading
Have your child selection every Wednesday night. This
sign only their helps to increase their sight vocabulary,
fluency, and oral reading skills. Ask
name on the
questions about the story to build on
“from” part of their comprehension skills. Sight words
the Valentine. Do need to be practiced EVERY NIGHT to
not address the help with reading! Every week “little
“to” part of the readers” will come home on Monday and
Tuesday. The Wonders reader story will
Valentine to each
be read on Wednesday. All stories
friend in the should be recorded on the white reading
class. log.
Math: We are finishing up place value.
Students still need to practice identifying
Room 3 has 24 and writing numbers up to 120. Math
students and addition time tests will continue weekly.
Room 5 has 24 Our next chapters will be the adding and
subtracting of 2-digit numbers. Please
students.
continue to practice addition and

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subtraction facts at home!

Religion: We are discussing that the Holy Spirit is the Third

Person of the Blessed Trinity. We are learning about how the
Church serves others.

We will try to take the children outside for recess,

weather permitting, for some fresh air. Please remember
to dress for the weather!

Thank you for your continued support!

Mrs. DeCarlo & Ms. Murrihy

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