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Updated April 23, 2010
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boy_girlWelcome to St. Matthew First Grade!

If you have questions throughout the year or concerns about your child please let me know.  You can contact me at my school email account.  It is jhansen@stmatt.net
In addition to sending home a Friday newsletter, you can find out upcoming events and information on this website.
Thank you for all that you do.  Mrs. Hansen

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”
Matthew 5:9

Religion

  We will be learning about Jesus’ Ascension and Pentecost.  The children show such excitement about learning the faith and growing closer to God.  It is truly a blessing to watch the love they have for our Lord.

Spelling List

  The children are doing a good job learning their spelling words each week.  I am also reminding the children to be sure to use what they have learned when they are writing in their journals and in other subject areas.   The test will be on Friday.
Be sure to practice a few minutes each day.  It is a good idea to practice both written and orally. 

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Bonus Words        
Science because coming Book Club
         

Reading

  Next week we will be reading a Reading A to Z story.  I will also be assessing individual students.  The change in the schedule is due to the Science Fair.  The following week we will continue with the next story in the reading book.

Math

  We are finishing Chapter 10 on addition and subtraction with numbers to 20.  We will be taking the chapter test at the beginning of the week. 

  The next chapter that we will begin is on money.  The class does a money activity during our calendar time each day.  The children will be practicing counting money with pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters with values to one dollar.  A great way to have your child work at home on this skill is giving them different groups of spare change.  They can sort the coins, count the value of the coins, make trades (5 pennies for a nickel) and other simple activities.

Social Studies

  It was Earth day this week.  We discussed different and simple ways of how to care for the Earth.  The children are enthusiastic about being green!
  We are continuing to work on using and creating maps.  The children truly enjoy learning about the United States and I am amazed of the facts they have learned.  I hope that they continue learning about our wonderful country.

Science

  Please remember to have your child bring his/her Science Fair project in on Tuesday.  On this day the children will share their projects with the class and the other two First Grade classes.  On Wednesday, the other grade levels are invited to come and visit the Science Fair.  Parents are coming on Thursday to see all the wonderful projects.  The scheduled time is 11:15AM - 12:00PM on Thursday.  I hope that everyone will be able to come.

"Class Photos"

Here is a link to the Animal PowerPoint show our class worked on this year in the Mac lab.


2009/10 Class Schedule

TIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
8:00 to 8:30 Morning Meeting Morning Meeting Morning Meeting Morning Meeting Mass
8:30 to 9:40  Reading  Reading  Reading  Reading Reading 9:00 to 9:40               
9:40 to 9:55 Recess Recess Recess Recess Recess
9:55 to 10:05 Bathroom Break Bathroom Break Bathroom Break Bathroom Break Bathroom Break
10:05 to 10:15 Snack Time Snack Time Snack Time Snack Time Snack Time
10:15 to 10:45 Handwriting Phonics Library Handwriting Phonics
10:15 to 11:15 Spelling Spelling Spelling Spelling Spelling
11:15 to 11:45 Math Math Math Math Math
11:45 to 12:10 Religion Religion Religion Religion Religion
12:15 to 12:45 Lunch & Recess Lunch & Recess Lunch & Recess Lunch & Recess Lunch & Recess
12:45 to 12:55 Bathroom Break Bathroom Break Bathroom Break Bathroom Break Bathroom Break
1:00 to 1:30 Science/Social Studies Computers 12:50-1:30 Spanish 1:00-1:30 Art 12:55-1:25  
1:30 to 2:00 Chorus Music Science/Social Studies P.E. 1:35-2:05 P.E. 1:25-1:55
2:00 to 2:15 Storytime Storytime Storytime Storytime Storytime
2:15 to 2:25 Clean Up and Prepare to Dismiss Clean Up and Prepare to Dismiss Clean Up and Prepare to Dismiss Clean Up and Prepare to Dismiss Clean Up and Prepare to Dismiss
2:30 Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal