Eagle Excellence

Parents are the FIRST and BEST teachers of their children. It is very important that parents take time to complete homework attentively with your child. ALL of the studying and religion assignments are for parent/child time together, especially those children who come to Homework Room after school. At Homework Room, we complete the written work only--- all review, study, religion and Art Class assignments need to be completed at home. PLEASE set aside some time each night to review your child's classwork, work on Words Club sight words and discuss religion activities. It is THE ST. EDWARD WAY!!

In reading we are blending, spelling, writing and reading words with the short Aa, short Ee, short Ii,  short Oo and short Uu sounds. We are also reading our HIGH-FREQUENCY sight words. All students should have mastered Groups 1-14.  Our next Words Club  goal is mastery of ALL 22 groups of words by Mardi Gras!! GO, EAGLES!!!

We are working in Chapter 8, SUBTRACTION  READINESS!!  We will be learning to take away sets of objects to find how many are left. Our Math vocabulary includes our number words --- minus sign, left, in all, take away, addition pattern, subtraction pattern. We will be subtracting all sorts of things to find how many are left. We are also working on writing our numbers correctly from 1-100. Can your child identify the numbers in any order?? Can your child accurately count from 1-20 objects??? Practice at home.We also enjoy finding and making patterns in everything. We are excellent! Math is FUN!!

January is the month of the Holy Family. Jesus, Mary and Joseph are the Holy Family. They lived in Nazareth. We are learning about what it was like to be a child when Jesus was a child. He did many things just like we do. He loved and obeyed his parents. He followed the 10 commandments.

We will continue to learn about each of the sets of mysteries -- the Joyful Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Glorious Mysteries and the Luminous Mysteries. We will say a part of the rosary each day in January for our families.

We are learning our prayers and songs for Mass.We are learning to behave properly and respectfully in church, which is God's house. We will continue to test individually for the Sign of the Cross, the Angel of God, Blessing Before and After Meals prayer and the Glory Be. We say the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be each day as we pray the rosary. Please take time together as a family to pray a part of the rosary. It is a powerful practice!!

The Children's Rosary Club is every Wednesday at 3:15pm in church. Everyone is invited to participate. Moms, dads, aunts, grandparents can attend with their kindergartener. Just walk to church from the pavilion with your child. Please take advantage of this beautiful opportunity to pray with your child. Jesus hears the prayers of children FIRST. 

In Social Studies we are learning about the 7 continents and the 5 oceans that make up our world. They are: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America and Antarctica. The 5 oceans are: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Southern Ocean. We will be making our own map of the world.

In Science we will be learning about the changing seasons as we enjoy winter in New Orleans!! We will learn about hibernation as animals prepare for winter, too.

We are working very hard to write our whole name correctly ON THE LINE, starting every letter from the top. Keep up the good work in completing all of our homework correctly, on time, too.  It is the St. Edward way.

 We will continue testing ALL of our students individually for letter recognition, consonant sounds, short vowel sounds, number recognition (1-100), shapes(circle, square, rectangle, triangle), Groups 15-22 sight words, prayers  and writing our whole name correctly on the lines. We will master these important skills so that we will be successful first grade eagles. It is always a very busy and exciting time!! Go, Eagles!!!

 All children not picked up promptly by 3:15pm each day will be brought to Aftercare. There is a fee for Aftercare. Please be prompt at Pavilion Pick-up!! You can even come as early as 2:50pm.

There is NO running in the pavilion!  There is NO playing in the grassy area. This is VERY dangerous. Adults are so busy visiting with other adults that they are NOT supervising their own children. Please be respectful of our school rules. Thank you so much for you cooperation at dismissal!! Go, Eagles!!!