Kids A-Z

Your child will be bringing home a note today about the online Kids A-Z reading program. The note includes login information. On the inside cover of your child's agenda, you will find his or her password. This is a great free program to promote and support reading skills.

Thanksgiving Food Drive

St. Rita School will once again be supporting the Debra Dynes Family House in our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. This organization works to meet the needs of families in our own community. If you would like to participate in our food drive, please send any non-perishable food items to the school with your child by Wednesday, October 5, 2016.

Suggestions for donated items include: canned tuna/meat, peanut butter, canned vegetables, pasta, cereal, crackers, soup and powdered milk. This activity will be meaningful for your child if he or she can participate in the selection or purchasing of the food.

Pizza and Subway Lunch Orders

       

1st Term Pizza and Subway Order Forms now available on Cash Online

DUE : FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14. NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

1. Click here to register or sign into your account and pay Cash Online. You can use debit or credit card. 

2.  Payment due: October 14. No late orders will be accepted after this date.

3. If you wish to pay by cash or cheque, please request an order form from the homeroom teacher  and return with funds by October 14.

Mark Your Calendar for 1st term food days. 

Pizza Tuesdays:

November 8, 15, 22, 29

December 13, 20

January 17, 24, 31

February 14, 21, 28

Subway Tuesdays:

November 1

December 6

January 10

February 7

Week of September 26

Curriculum Notes

Our word wall words for this week are:
     am
     is
     at
     look
     I

In math, we are continuing to work on different ways of representing 10, such as 10 frames, tally mark, and pictures.

Reminders

The Terry Fox Walk will take place on Thursday, September 29. Please return your child's permission form if you have not already sent it to school. Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to join us.

A reminder that homework assignments will be sent home on Mondays and are due back at school on Fridays.

Journals

We are learning about recount writing. Every Monday, we write and draw in our journals about the weekend. We are starting with one sentence and will work up to a five sentence paragraph by the end of grade 1.

Here are some examples:

Our Great Class

We have spent time reading stories and discussing what makes a great class. Here are our class rules and student ideas about what makes our class great.

Week of September 19

Thank you to those parents who were able to attend curriculum night. I appreciate you taking the time to come in and visit the class.

Curriculum Notes
This week we will be working on:

Literacy
We will be listening to stories and discussing the elements of narratives: the characters, setting, problem, main events and solution. We will also be beginning our journals. In phonics, we will be working on the short vowel a sound.

Math 
We are working on making combinations to equal values up to ten. We are also working on number words to 10.

Science
We have started our first unit on "Living Things." We are learning to identify living things (it can move by itself, it changes and grows, and it can reproduce) and what living things need (air, food, water, a place to live).

Visual Arts
We will start visual arts by looking at colours.

Scholastic book orders will be sent home every month. Feel free to send in an order if you are interested.

Homework folders and snuggle club books will also be sent home this week. Please help your child complete his or her homework and return the folder by Friday. On Fridays, students will have a spelling test to see if they have mastered this week's word wall words.

My Name

Students brought home a page today asking about their names. Please take a moment to fill in the information about your child's name and return it to school by Monday, September 19th. We will be sharing this information with the class. Thank you!

Week 2

The students are adjusting well to routines in grade 1. We have been reading stories about school and reviewing different ways to show numbers to 10.

Program Night
I hope everyone is able to come this Thursday, September 15 at 6:00 pm for Program Night.

Breakfast Program
St. Rita School has a breakfast program for students who are not able to have a healthy breakfast at home. If you think your child would benefit from participating in our breakfast program, please let me know.

Welcome Back to School!

I am very excited to be teaching your child this year. Grade 1 is a big transition from full day learning. I look forward to working together with you to make this a happy and successful year for your child.