Eagle Excellence

In reading we are blending, spelling, writing and reading words with the short Aa, short Ii, short Oo and short Ee sounds. We are also reading our HIGH-FREQUENCY sight words. All students should have mastered Groups 1 through 7 or more Words Club sight words and are nearly ready for mastery of the next groups of words.  Our next Words Club  goal is mastery through Group 14 words by Christmas break(the end of the second quarter).

We will begin Chapter 7, ADDITION READINESS!!  We will be learning to join sets of objects to find how many in all. Our Math vocabulary includes our number words --- in all, joining, plus sign, +, equals sign, =, part, ,part, in all, vertical addition, ten-frame!! We will be making sets of all sorts of things. We are also working on writing our numbers correctly from 1-50. 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!!

We are beginning a very special season in our church year. It is the season of ADVENT.  Advent means "coming."  Jesus is coming. We will be learning all about Advent. We will light our Advent wreath in the classroom each day. We will be learning special Advent songs and special names for Jesus. Advent is a time of waiting. We are waiting for Jesus to come.

November is the month of remembering all of our loved ones who are already in heaven. We will be praying for deceased family and friends all month in a special way. 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 November 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 and the Angel of God.  We are working on the Blessing before Meals prayer, too.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 the history of different Christmas customs and traditions. We will learn about St. Nicholas, the bishop of Myra.

In Science we will be learning about the changing seasons as we get ready for winter. 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 (all 26 capital and lowercase), consonant sounds, short vowel sounds, number recognition (1-50), shapes(circle, square, rectangle, triangle), Groups 8-14 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!!!