Week of March 15

First Grade News and Notes

* This Friday already marks the end of the third quarter! 

* Spring break is next week!

Look What's Happening This Week

Monday: Spanish

Tuesday: Music, Art

Wednesday: Spanish, P.E. 

Thursday: P.E., Library Religion Quiz CCC Q. 38-39

Friday: Music Spelling Test 19, History Test

Look What We're Learning This Week

Phonics: diraphs ey & ph, syllable division (vc'/c), soft g, sight words America, animal, change, danger, strange, stranger

Math: ordering events by time, subtracting a number from 10, identifying dozen and half dozen, measuring distances using feet

Religion: The Sorrowful Mysteries

History: Early Explorers and Settlers

English: Special Nouns

Spelling Words

off                 acorn

boy                 Friday

hiding             elbow

turtle             hurt

disturb          *many

survive          *any

Curt burned his hand on the hot car.

The burn hurt and felt like fire.

Religion Questions

Q. 38 How did Jesus suffer? 

             Jesus was crowned with thorns, He carried His Cross, He was crucified, and He died (CCC 572, 596, 619).

Q. 39 Why did Jesus suffer?

Jesus suffered to atone for our sins, and to open again the gates of heaven (CCC 615).