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GO BLUEJAYS!!!
Mrs. Rybczynski - 1B
mrybczynski@stdomschool.org
January/February
Dear Parents,
Happy New Year and welcome to 2023! You should be seeing a huge amount of growth in your child academically. January and February are very busy months, filled with much academic work and many opportunities for your child to grow in his/her maturity and independence. We are blessed to be in an environment here, at St. Dominic’s School, which offers so many educational vehicles for success.
Looking Ahead:
January
WELCOME BACK!
1/3/23 – School reopens
1/6- 12:30 Dismissal, please remember your peanut free snack
Mission money due, please send in your donation in an envelope, no boxes need to be returned. If possible, please cash change in.
1/16– School Closed for students…Professional Development Day for Teachers
1/20- Progress Reports
1/29 - Catholic Schools Week
February
2/3- 12:30 Dismissal, please remember your peanut free snack
2/14– First Grade will celebrate Valentine’s Day…please send in Valentine’s Cards with no specific names on the envelopes…it makes distribution much easier!
2/20- President’s Day - School Closed
Curriculum:
In Religion, we will learn about:
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Jesus’ compassion for those who suffer
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Offerings we can make to be closer to God
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Praying the Rosary
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Bible Stories
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How much Jesus loves the children
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How everyone is our neighbor
In Language Arts, we will work on:
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Continue to work on fluency
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Soft c, soft g, -dge, long o, long u, long e, long a, long i
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Inflection endings –ed and –ing
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Structural analysis: CVCe syllables
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Finding text evidence in stories
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Continue working on present, past, and future verbs
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Is and are, was and were, has and have, go and do, see and saw
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Contractions with not
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Prefixes
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Open syllables
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Compound words
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Adverbs
In Math, we will work on:
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Counting with groups of 10 and leftovers
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Numbers made with tens
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Expanded forms
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Ways to make numbers
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1 more, 1 less; 10 more, 10 less
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Making numbers on a hundred chart
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Comparing numbers with <, >, =
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Ordering three numbers
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Study-study-study math facts to 12
In Social Studies, we will:
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Understand what community helpers are
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Discover symbols and traditions of the United States
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American symbols
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American documents
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American songs
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American heroes
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Our National holidays
In Science, we will:
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Continue discussions and understanding of the Earth…water and land
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Discover more about erosion, weathering, and natural resources
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Read picture graphs
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Curriculum related STEM Lab activities
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Learn about the weather…patterns in weather and how we use tools, instruments, or our senses to obtain information about the weather
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Understand the four seasons
Whew!! We will be very busy!!
The First Grade Teachers