http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/ en-us Copyright 2012 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:12:09 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It was so nice to many of you at Open House yesterday. The children were very proud of all their work. We have a busy and fun week ahead of us. Today we enjoyed listening to the St. Rita Band in the gym, and after that the 8th grade came and read books to the 1st graders. Tomorrow is backwards day. The children may wear their uniforms shirts and jumpers backwards to school. We also will watch the movie Dolphin Tale in the afternoon. Wednesday is sports day. They may wear a sports jersey over their uniform. Thursday is crazy hat today, and Friday we have a guest speaker. We will manage to squeeze in a little learning this week! Stories for the week are, "THE ROLLING RICE CAKE," and "THE RAT and THE CAT." VOCABULARY - be friend pretty soon your SPELLING - like ride nice white time five your friend never rabbit We will be reading and writing words with long vowel sounds o and i, and words with medial consonants. The children brought home today a paper explaining a service act that they can perform this week. When they have completed an act of service, fill out the little piece of paper and return it to school. Have a good week! http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2012/01/january_30th_-_february_3rd.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2012/01/january_30th_-_february_3rd.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:12:09 -0600 Welcome back from a nice long weekend! The children talked about why Monday was a holiday. We learned that some holidays honor important people, and we learned why Martin Luther King, Jr. was an important man. The stories for the week are - "THE SAME AS YOU" and "CHERRY PIES AND LULLABIES" VOCABULARY - every made mother of was SPELLING - tap tape cap cape mad made of was check then We continue to read and write words with the sound of long a, and we will also identify and decode words with the consonant digraphs ch, and th. I sent home today a long vowel a fluency practice paper for the children to read too. This week in Math we will begin chapter 6. We will be learning more ways to add and subtract to 12. We will find sums for doubles through 12, and using doubles to find sums for doubles plus one facts. We have been talking about our Baptism. This is the celebration of us becoming a member of the Catholic Church, and a follower of Jesus. I told the children they may bring in any special rememberance from their Baptism. Please remember to send in a baby picture of you child for a special project for Catholic Schools Week. I sent home a Book Order form for the month of February. Please return by 1-31. Have a good week! http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2012/01/week_of_january_16th_-_20th.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2012/01/week_of_january_16th_-_20th.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:46:23 -0600 Welcome Back and Happy New Year to all. I would like to thank you for all your generous and thoughtful gifts. I can tell the children all had a great Christmas from all the neat gifts they have brought in for Show and Tell. We begin the new year with a new reader. Stories for the week are, "THE RED STONE GAME, " and "THE GINGERBREAD MAN." VOCABULARY - after as call laugh something SPELLING - ate gave make bake late take as after helped wanted The children came home today with the list of word wall words from Unit 3. I will begin to test them on these words on Wednesday. We will be concentrating on reading and writing words with the long a vowel sound for the next few weeks. In Math the concept of fractions is introduced by exploring the concept of equal or fair shares. We will explore the meaning of halves, thirds, and fourths by coloring parts of geometric shapes. I also need a baby picture of your child for a special project we are doing for Catholic Schools Week. A picture between 1 month and a year would be great. If you could send it in by the end of the week, I would appreciate it. Have a good week! http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2012/01/week_of_january_9th_-_13th.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2012/01/week_of_january_9th_-_13th.html Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:52:56 -0600 Today we colored in the flame on the 3rd candle of our Advent wreath. It feels like the season just started. Thanks to Patrick for a great job last week as our STAR. It is Rayna's turn this week. She will be our last until after Christmas. Jake celebrates his birthday on Friday. Happy Birthday to Jake! The stories for the week are "FOX AND BEAR," and "FOX AND BEAR LOOK AT THE MOON." VOCABULARY - came know there out she SPELLING - and hand just fast best must The children have mastered the short sounds of all the vowels. Next we move on to the long vowel sounds. I sent home today a mixed fluency paper with words with all the short vowel sounds. We have added a few more objectives on Mathletics. This would be great practice over Christmas break. Have a good week! http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/12/december_12th_-_16th.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/12/december_12th_-_16th.html Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:38:25 -0600 The children enjoyed the play yesterday. It was a nice break from our daily routine. I liked that we were close, and didn't have to travel far. Santa even made a surprise appearance! Stories for the week are - "TRUCKS and "COMMUNITIES' VOCABULRY - bring carrry hold our us SPELLING WORDS - us bus cut but rug hug I am also sending home today a Phonics fluency sheet with short e words on one side and short u words on the other. Great practice!! Children who ordered books from Scholastic will be bringing those home today. I will not order any more books until after Christmas. We also have some overdue books from the library. Please check with your child to see if they returned theirs. Tomorrow is special lunch!! Thursday we have an all school mass at 10:00 in honor of the Immaculate Conception. We continue to practice addition, and this week we will explore subtraction. Patrick is our STAR for the week! We look forward to learning more about Patrick. http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/12/week_of_december_5th_-_9th.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/12/week_of_december_5th_-_9th.html Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:38:03 -0600 Welcome back! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It was so nice to see all of you at conferences. Now we begin such a busy time. Today we talked about the holy season of Advent. The children made a little Advent wreath for their lockers. This week we will talk about ways we can prepare for the coming of Jesus on Christmas Day. The stories for the week are, "MY BUDDY STAN," and "BISCUIT." VOCABULARY - jump more sleep time with SPELLING - fun run up cup stuff puff We will be reading and writing words with the short sound of u, and words that begin with s blends. In Math we continue to practice adddition facts. We are using number lines and cubes to help us find the right answer. A reminder that we are off school on Friday. Spelling and reading tests will be on Thursday this week. http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/11/week_of_november_28th_-_decemb.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/11/week_of_november_28th_-_decemb.html Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:52:57 -0600 Welcome to the last full week before Thanksgiving. Today is the official 1st day of the 2nd trimester. Report cards will go home on Friday, November 18th. Your child came home today with the times for the parent teacher conferences. Looking forward to meeting with you on Monday, November 21st. They also came home today with a letter announcing a new math program that we are beginning here at school. The children seem to very excited, it has many fun and engaging activities for the children to complete online. Their username and password is taped inside their home folder. Stories for the week are - "YES, WE WANT SOME TOO," and "CAT TRAPS" VOCABULARY - for some good too want SPELLING - met pet let get ten yes Thank you to Marty for a job well done as our STAR for the last week. Ella is the STAR for this week. She has her own chef jacket with her name on it, and lots of great pictures. I enjoy looking at all the great family pictures. They are all so proud of their families! Have a great week! http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/11/week_of_november_14th_-_18th.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/11/week_of_november_14th_-_18th.html Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:43:17 -0600 I noticed that on some of the book reports the due date was hard to read. The due date is Friday, November 18th. Thanks - Happy Birthday today to Marty !! http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/11/november_10th.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/11/november_10th.html Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:57:30 -0600 It sounds like the girls had a wonderful time at the mother- daughter tea this weekend. We had some lucky winners from our classroom. They were telling me about all the delicious salads they were eating. Something to be thankful for, spending time with our moms. You can't beat that! Speaking of being thankful, I have enjoyed reading your TURKEYS. We are sharing these with each other, and I can see that the children are truly touched when they hear what their family members are thankful for. Our stories this week are, "THE BIG MESS " and "THE LITTLE RED HEN." We begin reviewing the sound of the short vowel e. We will read, spell, build, and write many words with short e. VOCABULARY - help now said so who SPELLING - red bed fed tell well mess In Math we continue to add and subtract numbers. I am teaching them to count on to add, and count back to subtract. We are reading about some of the saints in our Religion book. The children are writing their ideas about how they can be like saints. I told them that we have many living saints among us. I think your names were mentioned. All the word wall words from Unit 2 were sent home today. I will begin testing the children on Wednesday. Again thanks for all your help. Have a great week. http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/11/week_of_november_7th_-_11th.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/11/week_of_november_7th_-_11th.html Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:51:33 -0600 We had a wonderful Halloween party thanks to all of you! Thank you to Mrs. Conway, and all the moms who helped that day. Thanks for the delicious treats, candy, juice boxes, and all the great prizes. Stories for the week are, "A BIG JOB" and "SWEET POTATO PIE." This will take us to the end of Unit 2. Next week we will have a test on all of our word wall words from this unit. I will send home a list with all the words this week. At the end of the book there is a pictionary with many words the children can practice reading too. VOCABULARY - by eat sing stop them SPELLING - hot not got mop hop top In Phonics we are reading and writing words with the vowel sounds short a, i, and o. I sent home fluency practice papers with words that contain these short vowels. This also is great practice for them. In Math we are exploring subtraction. We will then learn the relation between addition and subtraction. We practice facts every day. They do like their Math. I sent home a Family Turkey Project today. We are grateful for your help with this. The Scholastic book order is due November 11th. Looking forward to seeing you in a few weeks for conferences. Happy Birthday this month to Marty, Jack, and Rayna! http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/11/week_of_october_31st_-_novembe.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/11/week_of_october_31st_-_novembe.html Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:31:43 -0600 Happy Monday again. These Mondays seem to come around very quickly! The children came home today with 2 notes. One was from me, and one was from our room mom, Mrs. Conway. Thank you in advance for your help with our Halloween party. The stories for the week are - "JOG, FROG, JOG" and "TADPOLE TO FROG." Please read the stories a few times each night. I tell the children to go back and read the stories from previous weeks too. Practice makes perfect! VOCABULARY - does he into this water SPELLING - job jobs dog dogs log logs Every day we practice reading and writing words with short a, and short i. Next we will be adding short o to our list. It is very important that the children can blend the consonants with these vowel sounds. In Math we continue to practice the addition facts. If you have flashcards at home it would be great practice for your child to spend some time on these a few nights a week. Soon we will learn different strategies to help us add and subtract numbers to 12. Friday of this week the children may wear a touch of pink with their uniform in honor of breast cancer awareness. On Halloween they are asked to bring in a dollar in support of a few different charities. Have a great week! http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/10/week_of_october_24th_-_31st.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/10/week_of_october_24th_-_31st.html Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:37:00 -0600 Oops I spelled telling wrong!!! http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/10/ooops.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/10/ooops.html Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:12:53 -0600 Welcome to a new week! I can't believe it is the middle of October already. Stories for the week are - FISH MIX, and HOW MANY FISH? We are hearing many "fishy" stories this week. The children are teling us about the fish they caught that were "this big!" VOCABULARY - how many on they why SPELLING - fix mix six in him did The children are beginning to write sentences using their spelling words. For now I want them to write simple sentences using words they already know how to spell. They can use the word wall words, and the back of our reader has many words they can use too. This is also something they could practice at home too. I will also be sending their Math flashcards home this week. We will begin working on addition, and it would be great practice for them to do these a few nights a week. When we start subtraction I will let you know. These may stay at home for you to use. During the month of October we will be learning a little about the rosary. If the children have a rosary they could bring it to school. We will take good care of them. Thank you for all your help at home! http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/10/week_of_october_17th_-_21st.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/10/week_of_october_17th_-_21st.html Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:33:53 -0600 I hope everyone enjoyed th 3 day weekend. The weather was perfect! Thank you Christopher Columbus. The stories for the week are, "WHAT DID I SEE?" , and "I WENT WALKING." The new list of word wall words and spelling words came home today. The tests will be on Friday. VOCABULARY - did me saw walk went SPELLING - hit it sit kick pick sick In Phonics we are reading and writing many words with short a. The children are making many new words by rhyming with the different word families. This week we also begin learning the sound of short i. Last week the children worked on their own individual I pad. That was really neat to see. They practiced their printing, and addition facts using some neat programs. Even I am learning new things. You are never too old to learn! I am sending home a book report today that will be due on October 21st. You can hand it in any time that it is completed. We will have a Halloween part on the 31st. More information to follow. The baby bottles are due on Friday of this week. Thank you so much for your generosity. Have good week! http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/10/week_of_october_10th_-_14th.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/10/week_of_october_10th_-_14th.html Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:40:53 -0600 In Reading this week we are reading the 2 stories, "LOOK AT THAT," and "CAN YOU FIND IT?" children came home today with their new list of word wall words and Spelling words. They all did very well on their first Spelling test. I am so proud of all their effort. They are working very hard. We started playing the Spelling game Sparkle last week. They are very excited, and learned the game quickly. WORD WALL WORDS - all are find make play SPELLING WORDS - am had bad sad fan can In Religion this week the children will come to understand that the church building is a special place to pray, and that we praise God when we celebrate Mass. We will talk about how we praise people when they do something good, and how we love to be praised for doing a good job. Have a great week, and enjoy the beautiful weather! http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/10/week_of_october_3rd_-_7th.html http://blog.sjfschool.net/keaty/2011/10/week_of_october_3rd_-_7th.html Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:46:16 -0600