Next week (9/4) our class webpage will only be on Schoology.

Welcome to the 2023-2024 School Year!  
This page was last updated on 8/25/2023.

I am so happy to be teaching your child this year!  If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me at:  tdelaney@stwillschool.org .

Many have asked what we need in the classroom.  Here are some ideas!  AMAZON LINK  :)
 

2023-2024 First Grade Specials Schedule
Monday* - Mass and Music
Tuesday** - P.E.
Wednesday - Latin and Science Lab
Thursday - Art and Computer
Friday - Library

*Mass on Mondays - Be sure to send your child to school in dress uniform!
(For boys that means khaki PANTS.  Girls should always have a sweater and criss-cross tie every day except P.E. day.)

**P.E. on Tuesdays - Be sure to send you child to school in P.E. uniform!

Please do not forget:  The students need a snack and water EVERY day (even 1/2 days)

Water bottles need to be a flip top!

Click here for  Uniform Requirements

Mark your calendar:
Monday -    School Mass
Tuesday -   
Wednesday -   
Thursday -  
Friday -  Noon Dismissal - NO AFTERCARE

September 4th (Monday) - Labor Day - No School!

Click here for SWOY Calendar

Student of the Week:

Student of the Week / August 28th:  Mrs. Delaney

September 5th:  Mrs. Pico

September 11th:  Luana A.
(Schedule for the 2023-2024 year is linked below.)

Some things we will be working on this week:
Religion:  Creation
Math:  K-Review
Language Arts/Phonics:  K-Review
Social Studies:  Rules / Rights and Responsibilities
Science:  What is science?


August/September Recitation:  
Students will have until September 30th to recite the following:

Sign of the Cross 
(Using their right hand)

In the name of the Father (touching their forehead) 
And of the Son (touching the center of their chest)
And of the Holy Spirit. (touching their left shoulder, then the right shoulder)
Amen

Our Father 
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary 
Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed are thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.
Holy Mary Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death
Amen.

WTW/Spelling:

Nightly homework:  See inside the WTW @ HOME Composition Notebook.
Spelling quiz in sorts = 2 pts each
(Word spelled correctly, 1pt / Word under correct sort header, 1/pt)
Sentence Dictation = 10 pts
(Each word spelled correctly; sentence begins with a capital letter; spaces between each word; proper ending punctuation.)

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Below are the words your child is responsible for on their weekly assessment. 
Feel free to challenge them by asking additional words that follow their sort pattern!
Practice a sentence dictation too!

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**Whole Group:  This week everyone will have the same spelling words and be learning the expectations for our word work (WTW/spelling).  This will be a practice week, but still with classwork and homework expectations.**

Beginning Consonants b, m, r, s
mop / bed / map / six
Sentence Dictation:  Dad has a cap in a bag.
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Red Group:  See above.
Sentence Dictation:  

Green Group:  See above.
Sentence Dictation:  

Blue Group:  See above.
Sentence Dictation: 

Yellow Group:  See above.
Sentence Dictation:  

Reading: 
M-F Read nightly and complete reading log.  (See Take Home folder.)
Check for take home readers to be practiced and read to parent / signed and returned.

Math:
Check for workbook pages that will come home in the Homework Folder. 
These pages reinforce what we are covering in class and are to be completed and returned the next day.
Please practice math facts - using flash cards, playing cards and dominos!
Math Links:  Card Games / Dominos / Flash Cards / IXL 

September Virtue and Saint:
Faith  - Believing in God and all He has revealed. 
St. Martha - Feast Day:  July 29th

Prayer:  St. Martha, you took care of Jesus as a friend in your home and knew He was God.  Help us to be close to Him too, and strengthen our faith. 
Amen
St. Martha, pray for us.

At Home Sight Word Program:
(This program has not yet begun!)  
The students will review the words with us in class and then take the sheet home to practice.  Once they are able to read each word fluently (without having to sound it out) they will read the list to you for your signature!  The students will bring the signed sheet in and read the words to us!  Upon successful reading of sight words to us, we will give them a new list and classroom money!  Each list will build upon the previous list. (Meaning the words on sheet 1 will appear again on sheet 2, and so on.)
The students love earning extra class money!  Don't forget to sign the bottom of the page - indicating that your student is ready to read to us!

Dolch Sight Word Lists:  Link

Handwriting:
Practice writing the letters of the alphabet (upper case and lower case).
Remember to always start at the top and pull down.
Here is a LINK for the letters Aa - Zz