10/3-10/7 Homework & Reminders

Dear first grade families,

Blessed Friday! Here is all the information that you and your child will need for the week of 10/3-10/7.  I ask that you please read all of the information I post or email along with all of the attachments. I am being asked questions that are covered in detail by the e-mail and posts that I have put out.

 If you miss out any emails, you can check out my school blog; http://www.stanthonygardena.org/first-grade/

Email fonts

I received emails from 2 parents stating that my emails can’t be read because of the font I use. I use a Times New Roman font, which is the default. I’m not sure why its cursive to some email recipients, I apologize about that but I’m not sure how to fix it. If you are not able to read my emails, please refer to my blog, http://www.stanthonygardena.org/first-grade/

Monday, Oct 3^rd

I will be coming in to school after lunch on Monday due to my post op appointment. Mrs. Veronica Patel will be covering for me in the morning. The Shea Family will be on campus on Monday, Oct. 3 for Ribbon Cutting. 

ALL SCHOOL MASS ON TUESDAY, OCT. 4^TH- FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS

Our All-School mass this week will be on Tuesday, October 4^th instead of Friday. Students MUST come to school with their COMPLETE Formal Mass uniform.

Progress Reports

Our Parent Teacher Conference will be on the week of Oct. 10-14^th, I will send reminders regarding your chosen appointments with me. During this time, I will be discussing your child’s progress reports and STAR test results. With that being said, any missing/incomplete homework will reflect on your child’s grades. Please check Gradelink if your child is missing any homework and reach out to me directly if you have any concerns or questions. Please keep in mind that the progress report is just a snapshot of where your child is at right now. Final Grades will be given at the end of the 1st trimester.

MATH HOMEWORK PAGES

I’m noticing some of our first graders are not following instructions on their Go Math homework pages. Please make it a habit with your child of reading the instructions before answering their homework pages. Not following instructions will lose half a point for each number that they don’t follow. The daily math homework pages assigned is a continuation of our math instruction in the classroom, I want to make sure that students fully understand the lessons well before doing their homework at home.

Homework
Please make sure to follow the daily assignment on our homework weekly list that will be sent on Monday. Kindly sign the homework list and your child’s behavior chart daily

• Math- Please see homework weekly list (Please avoid doing advance pages)
• Reading- 2 Raz-kids’ books (listen, read, record & quiz)
• Word Study- 2 Word Study decodable on Seesaw (listen, read, record & highlight words with short a, e, i, o
• 4 Sight words notebook activities- Week 6 (Students must use their OCTOBER menu, choose DIFFERENT activities every day)

Week 6

1. at
2. be
3. this
4. have
5. from
6. or

TESTS
Students will be tested weekly on Word Study/Phonics & Fluency/Sight Words every Friday. Parents can help their child by reviewing the topics we learned for that week.

• Word Study- Words with short / a, e, i, o/
• Sight Words- Week 6
• Vocabulary- Lesson 4
• Comprehension- Lucia’s Neighborhood

Saint Plate Project & Report DUE on Oct 31^st.

Instructions, template and report sheet was sent home Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 (1 month of prep for project.

Each student received the following materials:

1. Ziploc with number
2. Report instructions & rubric
3. Report sheet
4. Saint stencil
5. Paper plate

Please read the instructions below.

Saint Plate Project

1. With the help of a parent, student will research about their assigned Saint (catholic.org, usccb.org)
2. Complete the attached report sheet. (Paper plate & Ziploc will also be provided)
3. Include a photo or drawing on report sheet.
4. Cut out the report and glue them onto one side of the plate provided.
5. Using the stencil, create your Saint on the other side of the plate.
6. Students will bring their project to school and submit on Oct. 31^st.

* Please involve your child in making their own projects. *

Attached below are some example projects from the previous class.

Please use these as a reference, the reporting will be done in the classroom not on Seesaw.

Sample 1

Sample 2

Sample 3

Sample 4

Sample 5

Sample 6

Dress-Up

On November 1st, Students may come to school dressed up as ANY Saint.

Saint costumes do not need to be elaborate! Students will process in Mass with the school in their costumes. Costumes should go over your child’s school uniform, as we will be changing in the classroom after Mass. This will be part of their Religion participation grade. 

Oct 17^th House for Hermit Crab- Ocean Institute fieltrip, Dana Point, CA

I will be sending permission slips for our upcoming fieldtrip. Our fieldtrip is sponsored by Mr. Charlie Steinmetz! Our fieldtrip bus is also partially funded by Catholic Education Foundation, they paid $650 for our bus. We still have & $115 that we need to collect to pay for the whole bus cost, due to additional hours. We will be collecting $5.00 for each student. (The extra money will be added to our first-grade funds) All payments will be collected with the permission slip and waiver slip. Please put the exact amount in the envelope and write your child’s name on it.

Our Class will work on writing thank you letters to all our sponsors that made our fieldtrip possible! Our sponsors are the following generous people and programs.

• Mr. Charlie Steinmetz
• Ocean Institute: Adopt a school program
• Big Yellow Bus c/o Catholic Education Foundation Program

Gradelink
Kindly download our Gradelink app and turn on your notifications. Your emails should be linked on Gradelink so you can receive any grade updates. If you need your Gradelink code, you may contact the office.

Uniforms & Accessories

Please refer to our Parent-Student handbook for any uniform policies. I’m still seeing some first graders not wearing the correct and complete uniform.
3 uniform infraction will equal to detention and this affects the Work Habits grade and Citizenship

UPCOMING EVENTS
School calendar can be found (clicking here)


Please don’t hesitate to email me if you have any questions/ concerns.

Thank you & God Bless!


Warmly,
Ms. Martinez