January

Newsletter for January 2018 = Important Dates & Reminders =


 * School Resumes**
 * Tuesday, January 2nd**
 * Half Day of School-Friday, January 19**
 * National Anthem-Saturday, January 27, 3:00 SFB Gym**


 * 5K goes to mass every week**

Out of uniform, dress for the weather, we will be outside!
 * [[image:5ksfb/k-bus-color.gif width="115" height="30"]]Field Trip**
 * Schlitz Audubon-Thursday, January 18**


 * [[image:5ksfb/Balloon-icon.png width="50" height="50"]]Happy Birthday To You...**
 * Finley-January 17**
 * Oliver-January 17**
 * Lauren-January 22 (actual Jan. 21)**
 * Owen-January 30 (actual Dec. 29)**
 * Marin-February 2 (actual Aug. 2)**
 * Mrs. Bewalda- February 3**

= From The Teachers' Desk = Happy New Year!! We hope that you had a safe, happy and relaxing Christmas break! Here is to a healthy and prosperous 2018! The following is the format for our newsletters each month. Below each important area is high-lighted with the individual skills we will focus on. = Reading/Writing = = Math = = = =** Religion **=
 * identify parts of a book
 * recognize that words are made up of letters and words make up sentences
 * on going review of letters we've already covered
 * blend sounds to decode words
 * draw conclusions and understand characters
 * sequence events of a story
 * understand that sentences start with a capital letter, words have spaces between them and end with a period
 * begin to write simple sentences using a noun and verb
 * begin adding adjectives to sentences
 * begin addition
 * show addition as adding to and as putting together (use expressions to represent addition)
 * use objects and drawings to solve addition word problems, and to find 10 from a given number
 * begin writing addition sentences (Algebra)
 * decompose numbers in more than one way and write equations using the number pairs
 * begin subtraction
 * continue practice of ordering numbers, and finding greater than, less than, or equal to a number
 * continue counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's
 * recall the Bible story, "God's Promise to Noah"
 * identify that the rainbow is a sign of God's promise to Noah
 * identify ways that they can show thier love for others
 * discover that when they share, they are showing thier love for God

= Handwriting = = =
 * continue to stress the use of a good pencil grip
 * lowercase vowels (u,i,e) and letters (l,k,y,j)
 * begin lowercase diver letters (p,r,n,m,h,b)
 * continued practice of numbers
 * practice letters, words, and sentences on HWT lined paper