1st Grade Mrs. O'Connor
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Welcome to 1A!
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Important Dates
Monday, 1/4: Classes Resume
Friday, 1/8: First Friday Virtual Mass 9AM
Monday, 1/18: Martin Luther King, Jr. No School
Week of 1/31: Catholic Schools Week
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Teacher ContactI make every effort to stay in communication with parents and check my email daily.
I check my email at least twice a day. I always check in the early morning before school and at the end of the day. My email is doconnor@stdots.com .
You can always call the school office at 610-789-4100 to relay a message.
If you send in a note with your child, please make he/she aware that they have a note for me so that I will receive it.
Absences
If your child is absent, please call the school before 8:30 a.m. Leave a message that includes your child’s name, grade, homeroom number, and reason for absence and check the Attendance policy for further information. -
Announcements:
Skills this week:
ELA: Our new story is Life in the Forest. This is an expository text that tells facts about real places. We will distinguish between the sound of long u and the sound of long e spelled u_e and e_e. This week we will blend and read words with inflected ending -ed. We will continue to work with our transition words of first, next and last in our writing. Review singular and plural nouns, and the author's purpose when reading a story.
Math: Continue Chapter 6 on Place value to 100. The lessons will be 6.3 to 6.6. Students will use tens and ones to identify the places value of a number.
Religion: We will begin Unit 2 in our Religion book. In Chapter 8, the students will learn that Jesus had many followers. We will listen to and discuss the story of Jesus calming the storm at sea. The students will also learn that Jesus taught us to pray the Lord's Prayer.
Science: We will begin our unit on arctic animals. We will learn about the polar bear this week.
Please take some time to review math facts with your child this week and use the websites listed below to help with fact fluency.
Pirate MathWe will begin our Pirate Math Program in class this week! First grade curriculum requires that all first graders demonstrate mastery of addition and subtraction facts within sums to twenty. This memorization must be done through consistent and regular practice at home.
Below are websites you can visit to help your child learn and memorize their math facts.
http://www.aaamath.com/add.htm#topic6
http://mrnussbaum.com/speedmath/
http://www.mathplayground.com/
http://www.aplusmath.com/
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/math/mc_minutes.cfm?grade=2&sp=student
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Please check the Weekly Communications/Upcoming Reminders page under Parent Resources often during the school year for the latest updates on school happenings. Also, don't forget to read Mrs. Tomasetti's Principal's Newsletter which is released every Thursday during the school year.
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Room 1 has lunch from 11:40am -12:00pm and recess from 12:00-12:20pm
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Specials Schedule
Computers: Monday 1:45PM
(Library: Wednesday 1:15PM)
Art : Thursday 9:00AM
Music: Thursday 10:45AM
Gym: Friday 1:30PM
(Please make sure to wear gym uniform.)
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Homeroom Parent Representatives
Our Homeroom Parent Representitive for the 2019-2020 school year is Jennifer Corcoran and the Homeroom Assistants are Kelly Gust and Julia Stell. They will be reaching out to you via email during the school year to coordinate volunteers and special events on my behalf. For further information regarding some of these events please check the Homeroom Parent Representative pages.