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WELCOME
TO
FIRST GRADE
(Last updated 01/30/12)
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Happy
Halloween from the 1st Grade |
First Grade School Supply List for the 2011 - 12
school year
Book bag or back pack ( regular size)
1 plastic snap lid
pencil box
safety scissors
box of crayons (16 pack
is enough)
1 or 2 glue sticks ( solid kind)
3 sharpened pencils (Please give your child new
sharpened pencils each week)
The above items should fit in the pencil box.
1 green folder with
bottom pocket
1 red folder with bottom pocket
1 box Kleenex
1 roll of paper towels
1 composition book
1 pink eraser
paint shirt ( an old adult t-shirt works)
July 2011
Dear Parents/Guardians of First Graders,
Welcome to a new school year! I am delighted to be
working with your child in first grade this year. I hope that the year will be
an exciting one for all of us. I am anxious to meet my students and am looking
forward to offering your child a positive experience in first grade. First grade
is a very important year and we will be setting the foundation in Reading, Math,
Phonics and Writing, skills that are going to be very important in your child’s
future. If at any time you have any problems or questions, please feel free to
write a note or call me at school.
Parents are the first teachers that the students meet.
In order to reinforce the daily school lessons, positive support from home and
family will help a student use and strengthen what he or she has learned. Your
child will receive a study sheet with the goals for the week and additionally
the study sheet will be posted on the St. Ursula site under teacher pages.
Parental involvement in the homework process conveys the importance of
education, and has been proven to increase literacy and development. So creating
a homework friendly environment will help your child excel. Your child should
spend 15 – 30 minutes a night on homework. The main purpose of homework is to
review the work that has been introduced in class, and to begin to develop good
study habits for the future. When your child is finished with their written
homework, you should encourage them to read. Reading just fifteen minutes a
night will help to improve your child’s vocabulary, comprehension and fluency.
The first graders will have snack time each morning
around 9:00. I will provide the snack on the first day. After the first day,
children are to bring their own snack each day. The snack may be food and /or
drink. It should be something they can eat in approximately 5 minutes such as
pretzels, fruit snacks, or granola bars. No cupcakes, please, they are too
messy.
Your help and support are needed in making your child’s
best year in school. I am looking forward to a great year! I consider it a
privilege and responsibility to be your child’s teacher this year and look
forward to working closely with you and your child.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Ranallo
Highlights from the 2011-12 school
year
See
all of the Halloween photos on the
School News page.
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Iceburgh
Surprises the 1st Grade! |
St.
Ursula's first grade are great
Penguin fans
and they were totally
surprised
when Iceburgh showed
up in their
classes. Iceburgh
worked a few
problems, spelled a
few words and
even sang and
danced for
the students.
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Catholic
Schools Week - Dividends for Life |
The first grade had plenty of fun and
plenty of activities the during Catholic
Schools Week.
Chrissy Spohn spoke to the first
grade
on Green Day about the
importance of NOT littering. The first
graders made a litter bug from
recycled materials.
The 100th day. The first graders
are
reading to help reach the school
goal
of 100 books.
On Hat Day, the students were
permitted to pick their favorite hat and
wear
it for the day. First grade also
enjoyed a game day.
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First
Grade Learns about Hearing Disabilities |
The first grade learned many
things about those who are deaf and
how to communicate through
American Sign Language. Mrs.
McTighe, a teacher at the Western
Pennsylvania School for the deaf,
came into our classroom for a
special lesson.
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Gingerbread
Houses - Yummy Fun! |
First, Second and Third grades visited
the National Aviary on November 23. Each of
the grades had an instructional class. There
they learned about the habitats of the birds,
their eating habits, and much more. The
students enjoyed the penguin encounter
where they had a chance to crawl through
the tunnels for a closer look.
STUDY SHEET for FIRST GRADE
– January 30
Religion
–
Jesus
chooses the Apostles to help spread the
Good News and Jesus calls us today to be Apostles.
Phonics
– -r
controlled, er, ir, ur
Contractions
Reading
–
Draw Conclusions
practice these sight words each night
know done push
wait visit
Monday
read A Big Day for Mom
Tuesday
read Sam Can Fly
Wednesday
read I’m a Caterpillar
Thursday
read A Visit to a Butterfly Garden or Butterflies
Grammar
verbs am, is
, are, was and were
Math
– addition facts to 18
Spelling
her first bird
girl burn were
shirt fur hurt
sir visit done Catholic
Math
Facts. The children should begin memorizing math facts. Each week we will
work on
memorizing a group of addition facts. They will have a quiz on Friday.
They
will receive a grade of 1 - 4 on the facts quiz, 4 being perfect. They are
working on
speed and accuracy. They are timed for one minute and receive a
score for
both timed and untimed. I will record the grade for the untimed.
(For +2 facts
use the count up strategy).
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Book Adventure – The children must complete the January goal of 4 books by
Tuesday and prize day is Wednesday.
Wednesday is
the 100th day of school.
Please send
in the $7 for the Jump Zone field trip on Thursday.
Highlights from the 2009-10 school year
First Grade is Fun! - First grade is showing
off their Christmas Scarves
First grade had gobs of fun making their gingerbread houses
Our first graders shined at their Christmas concert
First grade had plenty of fun with their turkey races
St. Ursula School
Visits St. Paul's Cathedral and the Carnegie Library
Last summer Pope Benedict XVI announced that the Church would
dedicate this year in honor of St. Paul the Apostle. To participate in this
celebration, the students from St. Ursula visited St. Paul's Cathedral in
Oakland for a special Mass. After Mass the students toured the cathedral. After
the tour of the cathedral, the students had lunch outside the Carnegie Library
and then toured the library.
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