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Even though it was a short week we kept very busy! We had fun learning about Jan Brett. She has so many great stories. We will continue learning about her next week. We continued learning about Martin Luther King Jr.. We will continue our Math unit on place value. In Religion we are talking about the Eucharist. In Science we started our next unit of light and sound waves.
Today on your child’s spelling test you will notice a dictated sentence on the back. Each week I will dictate a sentence that includes many of the spelling words. This is a way for the students to see the words are not just words on a list, but words we should be using in our daily writing. I will mark a plus by each spelling word that is spelled correctly and a plus if they started the sentence with a capital letter and another if they remembered the punctuation at the end.
Catholic Schools’ Week is coming up very soon. We spend the week celebrating our school. One special way we celebrate is by going to Mass. Those with last names of M-Z need to return the permission slip to ride the bus to St. Leos for Mass on Wednesday, January 28th. Please return these forms next week so we can make sure everyone has someone to sit by. Those with last names of A-L will attend Mass on Tuesday, January 27th at St. Pius.
We do try to go outside for some recess each day. Our school policy is that we will go out if the “feel like” temperature is above 10 degrees. We may not stay out the whole recess, but we like to let the students run around and get some fresh air. Hats and gloves are also important to send each day.
Things to remember…
*There is no school Friday, January 16th and Monday, January 19th.
*Signed report cards and Portfolios need to be returned next week
*First grade is running low on Kleenex.
*100 Day collections should be sent to school by Friday, January 24th. The bag with
directions about our 100 Day collections went home yesterday.
Have a wonderful weekend! Stay Warm!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas break. It was so great to see their smiling faces this week. They all did a great job jumping back in this week. They all worked so hard.
This week we learned about Martin Luther King Jr. We will continue this next week. In Math, we will continue working on numbers to 120. We finished up our Space unit in Science. Be sure to ask your child about our trip to space today!!!! In our next Science unit we will be learning about sound waves and light waves.
This week we read a story called We Are All Wonders. The new year is a great time to remember what makes us each unique and special. We want to celebrate and be proud of ourselves. It is also a wonderful time to remember to be kind to each other and celebrate our differences! We will also start our next author study next week. We will be learning about the author illustrator Jan Brett. She has a very fun website that is fun to explore at janbrett.com. If your child writes to her either by email or written letter she will respond!
Monday your child will be bringing home their Portfolio and Report Card. You will need to go through the portfolios and report cards with your child then return all the materials and folders to school along with the signed report card. These should be returned by Thursday, January 15th.
I would like to remind you that we try to go out for recess each day. Please make sure your child has gloves and a hat. It is also a good idea to send boots. If your child wears boots please make sure they have shoes to wear in the school. If you have extra gloves that you would like to donate to our extra supply of gloves for those that forget theirs please send them with your child.
We have a lot of fun activities planned for the next few weeks. We will be doing an author study of Jan Brett, our 100th day is right around the corner as well as Catholic Schools Week. I have emailed a link for a sign up for the items we will use for these events. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Please mark your calendars for our Special Masses during Catholic Schools week. On Tuesday, January 27th students with last names beginning with A-L will attend Mass at St. Pius at 8:45. There will be donuts after Mass in the cafeteria. On Wednesday, January 28th students with the last name beginning with M-Z will attend Mass at St. Leos at 9:00. These students will ride a bus from school to St. Leos. You will meet them at St. Leos. Today if your last name begins with M-Z you will find a permission slip to ride the bus in your child’s Go folder.These are special Masses in which the students attend with their families. If you are not able to attend please see if a grandparent or family friend could attend with your child. If there is no one able to attend please let me know so that I can find another family for them to sit with as we don’t want any students wondering if someone is coming. If you have any questions please let me know. More information will be sent from the school with details about these mornings, but I just wanted you to have the dates marked on your calendar.
Things to remember…
*1D will be taking the Early Star Test on Wednesday.
*There is no school on Friday, January 16th. We will have our spelling test on
Thursday next week.
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We were also busy this week working on Christmas crafts. Thank you to all the parents who helped cut things out and help in the classroom. They are pretty excited to bring all the crafts home next week.!
That is not all we did this week. In Religion, we have been working on a special book about the real meaning of Christmas. In Math we started our unit on place value. We are learning about verbs. We wrote a story for our portfolios about me moving in with the students! They have a lot of fun things planned for me!
Christmas break begins Friday, December 19th at 12:00. We will resume classes on Tuesday, January 6th. I am sure you will be looking for things to fill your time during break, may I suggest working on tying shoes and zipping coats!!!!! We will be having a party on Friday. Thank you to those that signed up to send items for the party. Please send them by Friday Morning.
We will continue working on assessments next week as well as having fun! We will have a special list of spelling words next week. This list is for fun and will not be graded. Most of the work we do next week will be sent home daily. I will not be sending Friday folders home next week. There will be no newsletter.
We have quite a pile of school sweatshirts collected from the first grade hallway. When asked, none of the first graders will claim they are their sweatshirts. There are no names in the sweatshirts or we cannot read them. If you are missing a sweatshirt let me know or tell your child to look through the pile!!!
Before you throw away your Christmas cards please consider sending the religious pictures to school so we can use them next year for our stable projects.
I would like to wish you and your families a very blessed Christmas. I love hearing about your family traditions and all the excitement of this time of year. May you all have a safe and fun break! See you in 2026!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Can you believe it is almost Christmas? I know 24 first graders cannot wait. I love hearing about your Christmas traditions. We have been so busy this week. We had fun comparing Gingerbread stories.
Next week we will be busy with Christmas activities! We will be reading books and doing projects to get ready for Christmas. Things may be sent home daily so be sure to check backpacks! We will continue our space unit next week. We will finish it up when we return from Christmas break. We finished up our Math unit on Addition and Subtraction. We are moving on to exploring place values of numbers to 100. We will also be learning about verbs.
Our second quarter will end on December 19th. We will be spending some time next week writing a story for our portfolios. We will also be working on assessments for the quarter.
Here are some things to remember for the next week. . .
*Today you will find our last word list for this quarter. There is also a game to help practice these words. I will be testing the students on their ability to read these words in the next 2 weeks. Please take some time this weekend to practice these words. I included a list of all of the words in your child’s Friday folder.
*It is a dress down day on Friday, December 12th.
*Our school is raising money for eps. Each classroom has a baby bottle that we are trying to fill with change. Your child can bring change next week to fill our baby bottle.
Have a wonderful weekend! Let’s hope for warmer weather next week. We will try to go out for recess when we can so please send hats, gloves and a warm coat.
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We had another wonderful week in 1D. We had so much fun reading Mo Willems books. Drawings of the Pigeon keep showing up all over 1D. We talked about giving thanks to God in Religion. We continue working on relating addition and subtraction in Math. We learned about the first Thanksgiving in Social Studies.
Our food drive is still going on. We talked about how this was a way we can help people in our school parishes and our city. Thank you in advance for helping with this project. We will present this food at our Thanksgiving Mass on Tuesday morning. .
Next week is a short week. We have school on Monday and Tuesday. The rest of the week is off for Thanksgiving. Due to the short week there will be no spelling list next week. I will not be sending a newsletter or Friday folders next week.
When we return from Thanksgiving break we will spend the first week of December comparing Gingerbread stories. We will also begin many Christmas crafts and activities. We will be talking about Advent and Jesus’ birthday!
Our school is trying to restart the Junior Achievement program at our school. We need volunteers to teach the lessons. All the materials are ready for you and I will be in the room to help. I believe there are 5 lessons each about 30 minutes. If you are interested or your business is interested please let me know and I will get the information to the right person!
I would like to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. I feel like I know all of your families because your children tell me so much about your family traditions. Please have a safe and happy holiday. Enjoy your wonderful children. They are definitely on my list of things to be thankful for this year!
Things to remember…
*No school November 26 – 30.
*Tuesday, November 25th is a Dress Down Day. We will be attending a pep rally.
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We had another great week! We talked about giving thanks to God in Religion. We continue working on relating addition and subtraction in Math. We read a play in literature. In Science we finished up talking about the moon. Next week we will learn about the planets. In Social Studies we talked about Veterans this week. Next week we will be talking about the first Thanksgiving.
We will be doing our next author study next week! We will be learning about Mo Willems. He is the author of the Pigeon books and the Elephant and Piggie books as well as many other funny books. Be sure to ask your child about this author next week! He has a fun website at www.pigeonpresents.com . You can also check out Youtube and he has some videos that he teaches you how to draw some of his characters.
Our school will continue collecting canned vegetables next week. The food will be donated to our parish food banks. Thank you for helping.
We have a lot of fun projects planned for Christmas. There are a few items we will need. If you are able to send any of these it is much appreciated. We need Religious Christmas cards. We will be cutting the picture out so they can be new or used! We need buttons – small red and white buttons, and larger buttons of any color. Each child also needs about 12 empty toilet paper rolls. On December 8th and 9th in the morning we will be doing some Christmas crafts. I could use some volunteers to help on these mornings. There is a sign up sheet in your child’s Go folder today. We also need help cutting out items at home so if you can not help at school maybe you could help at home. Please return the form by Monday, November 24th.
Things to remember…
*Next week there will be no Challenge Spelling. We will be working on 3 letter blends.
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Wow! What a great week! 1D did an amazing job as the ministers at Mass this week! We Read a fantasy story about how animals made a boy late for school! We learned about St. Leo the Great this week. Next week we will be talking about Veterans in Social Studies. In Science we will continue talking about the Moon. We continued with our chapter on relating addition and subtraction in Math. We will be reading a play next week in literature. We will also be talking about characters and the traits that describe them.
As the weather begins to change please make sure your child has a jacket or sweatshirt (labeled with their name) for recess. It is also a good idea to put a hat and gloves in their backpack. We try to go outside each day while the weather allows. Thank you for your help in this!
Things to remember…
*Our school will be having a food drive. First grade is asked to bring canned vegetables. We will collect November 10 – 21. The items will be donated to our parish food banks. More information will be coming to you from our Student Council.
*Today your child is bringing home a special project to disguise a turkey. Please try to have these returned by Wednesday, November 12th.
*If you have not returned your child’s portfolio with all the papers in it please do so Monday.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
It was another great week in 1D. We had so much fun learning about Eric Carle. We did many projects that will be displayed at school for a couple weeks. Next week is a short week, but we have lots planned.
Due to the short week we will not have a new spelling list next week. I will not be sending home Friday folders or sending a newsletter. Remember there is no school Thursday and Friday. Thursday is Parent Teacher Conferences. I look forward to seeing all of you during your assigned time.
On Thursday, October 30th Conferences will be from 9:00- 6:30. I will be in 1D during this time. Please come at your designated time. I hope to visit with all of you then. We will be limited to about 10 minutes per conference. I have many back to back conferences so we will have to stick to the 10 minutes and need to start each conference on time. If you have any questions, please let me know.
We have been learning about Baptism in Religion. We have been talking about the sun in Science. We will be talking about the moon in the next couple of weeks. It is helpful if the first graders try to watch the moon to see the phases. In Social Studies we are learning about elections. We talk a lot about the process of voting and will even have a voting booth set up to vote on what movie the first graders will watch.
1D will be the ministers at Mass on Wednesday, October 5th. Every student will have a job during Mass. We will be in the choir, greaters, gift bearers, and readers. You are all invited to attend Mass. Mass begins at 8:30.
Things to remember…
*Bold – School fundraiser is this Saturday, October 25th.
*No School on Thursday, October 30th, and Friday, October 31st
*Last day to wear uniform shorts is Wednesday, October 30th
*Please send an empty candy wrapper for a special project.
Have a great weekend!!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
It was a wonderful week in 1D. Our Fall Collages turned out amazing. We had so much fun creating Noun Town. We learned all about nouns this week. We also worked on some assessments for our first quarter. Next week we are going to spend the whole week learning about the author/ illustrator Eric Carle. We try to plan a week each month to learn about an author. Eric Carle is a very well known author. We will be spending a lot of time learning about his art style, collage. Be sure to ask your child about this author next week. We will wrap up our week with a special project of texture painting. Please see the note in your child’s Go folder with more of the details.
We will be starting our next Science unit on space. One of our topics is the moon and the moon phases. It is a lot of fun to watch the moon and see the changes. So for the next month or so if you are able to take a second to look at the moon and note the changes it is very helpful! In Religion we finished up our Creation books. We will be talking about Baptism next.
On the school calendar, you will notice that report cards are to be sent home on Monday, October 20th. First grade does not send report cards the first quarter. There will be one sent the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarter. We spend so much time during the first quarter reviewing and screening the students that we feel our portfolios show more of their growth during this quarter. I will share your child’s portfolio with you at conferences on October 30th. Today you will find the conference note with your scheduled time in your child’s Go Folder. Please return the bottom portion of the note to confirm the time works for you.
We have a special project that requires each student to bring a candy wrapper. I don’t need the candy, just the candy wrapper. Please send these by Monday, October 27th.
Things to remember…
*The school fundraiser is next weekend!
*We will be attending Mass on Wednesday, October 22nd.
Enjoy your weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We had a great pumpkin week. Even though we had crummy weather on Monday the first graders had a blast. The whole bus ride back to school they talked about all the fun they had. It was so fun learning about pumpkins all week. Next week we will read a story about a little boy who collects things from nature while on a walk with his mom. We will be doing a special project on Wednesday to go along with this story. Yesterday there was a note in your child’s go folder with the details about this project. Fall collections should be sent to school on Tuesday, October 14th. Please send as much as you can. We share the extra items with classmates. Next week we’ll be learning about nouns. We will be creating our very own Noun Town. We will be working on our Creation books in Religion. In Math we will continue working on addition and begin talking about subtraction. We will also spend some time doing some assessments next week.
Parent Teacher Conferences are right around the corner. Friday I will send a note with your scheduled time. I look forward to seeing you all on October 30th. As was stated at our parent meeting, we do not send a paper report card for the first quarter in first grade. We spend so much time evaluating students and reviewing during the first quarter we did not feel the report card was needed. Your child does have a portfolio with work to show their progress this quarter. When we meet for conferences we will go through your child’s portfolio and their work this quarter.
It is hard to believe but next Friday marks the end of the first quarter. I am not sure where the time has gone. Each week we worked on eight high frequency words. In your child’s Friday folder you will see a list of all of the words we have worked on this quarter. We made a review game called Fumble that may help with your review! Please take some time this weekend to review the words. Your child will be asked to read these words next week.
Remember that we try to go out for recess each day. Please make sure your child has a jacket.
Things to remember…
*No School Monday, October 13th
*School Fundraiser is Saturday, October 25th.
*Our class book will be available to purchase as well as breakfast with me or being the teacher for the day.
*Don’t forget I need help with ideas for my Halloween costume for this year. These papers are due on Tuesday, October 14th
*Friday, October 17th is an optional dress down day. Your child can dress down for $1 or more.
Enjoy the weekend
Miss Buttell
Dear Families
We had a great pumpkin week. We will continue exploring pumpkins next week! It was so fun learning about pumpkins all week. Next week we will be using the pumpkins we get at Valas to do some science and math experiments.
Monday is our field trip to the Vala’s Pumpkin Patch. Your child can dress down on Monday. Please remember no sandals, backless shoes, sleeveless shirts. Watch the weather. It is usually cooler out there in the morning. We will plan to go rain or shine! Your child needs to bring a completely disposable lunch and drink. There is a note in your child’s Go folder with all of the details for Monday!
Next week we will continue our Social Studies unit on Citizenship. This week we finished up our health unit in Science. Then, we will be talking about the sun, moon, and stars in Science. In Math we will continue our unit on addition and subtraction.
Things to remember…
*No School Friday, October 3rd.
*Watch for a note in your child’s Go folder next week about conferences. It will have a scheduled time for your conference. If the time does not work please let me know right away so we can find a time.
*Wednesday we will be attending the grades K-4 Mass.
*Watch for a special Homework assignment coming home on Tuesday, October 7th. I need help picking a Halloween costume!!!! We will make a class book out of your costume suggestions!
*Our School Fundraiser is Saturday, October 25th.
Have a wonderful long weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We had a great week comparing versions of the Three Little Pigs. Who knew there were so many versions!!!! We talked about being a good citizen in Social Studies. In Science we talked about eating healthy food. In Religion we will be talking about God’s creation. We finished up our Number Sense unit in Math and we are moving onto addition and subtraction.
Next week is PUMPKIN WEEK!!! We will be learning about pumpkins all week. Thank you so much to those that volunteered to send items for our pumpkin taste test. Please send those items on Monday, October 29th. We will be learning about the life cycle of pumpkins. We will be tasting pumpkin items. This is all to get us ready to go to the pumpkin patch on Monday, October 6th.
If you have not returned the permission slip and $16 for our trip to the pumpkin patch please send it on Monday. Watch for more information about our trip to come home next week. Your child will need to bring a disposable lunch on Monday, October 6th. Hot lunch will not be available that day.
Today you will find a form in your child’s go folder asking for you to pick times you are available for parent teacher conferences. These forms are due Monday, September 29th. Parent Teacher Conferences are Thursday, October 30th.
Things to Remember…
*We will be attending Mass on Wednesday, October 1st
*There is no school on Friday, October 3rd. Spelling test will be Thursday, October 2nd
*Our school Fundraiser, BOLD is Saturday, October 25th at Creighton Prep
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Wow! What a week! We had fun reading a nonfiction story about ants. We also read a fiction story about ants. We had to decide if we would step on the ant or not!
Here is what we will be working on next week…
Religion – We wil be talking about God our Loving Father.
Literature – We will be reading and comparing versions of the Three Little Pigs
Science – We will be talking about keeping healthy. This week we talked about taking care of our teath. Next week we will be talking about eating healthy food.
Math – We will finish up our unit on Number sense and begin our next unit on addition and subtraction
Social Studies – We will continue working on our Citizenship unit. We will also be learning about Johnny Appleseed. We will list ways he was a good citizen.
We worked on publishing our books about our special items this week. As we finish them I will be sending them home in your child’s Go Folder next week. When they come home you get to read them and sign the back and then return them to school so the students can read each others books. You will get them all back at the end of the year.
Remember as the weather begins to change that we go out for recess two times as day and jackets may be needed. Also, it is always a good idea to label your child’s clothes with a name. It is amazing where sweatshirts and jackets turn up!
Our field trip to Vala’s is right around the corner. Watch for permission slips in your child’s Go Folder on Monday. Please fill in the permission slip and send it back with payment as soon as you can. More information will be sent next week about this trip. If you are planning to volunteer on the field trip I need the form returned by September 24th
Don’t forget there is no school tomorrow, Friday, September 19th..
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Wow! What a week! We read a story about a Squirrel that went on an adventure in the city! We started writing stories about our special items during Writers’ Workshop. We learned about washing our hands in Science and following rules in Social Studies.
Here is what we will be working on next week…
Religion – We will be talking about ways to praise God.
Literature – We will be reading a nonfiction and fiction story about ants.
Science – We will be talking about using soap when we wash our hands.
Math – We will continue our unit on number sense. We will also begin Guided Math. The students will be rotating around the room while working in small groups to learn math skills.
Social Studies – We will continue talking about being a good citizen.
The date for our upcoming field trip to Vala’s Pumpkin patch is Monday, October 6th. A note came home this week asking for parent volunteers to help on the field trip. You must have safe environment training in order to volunteer for this event.
Today you will find your child’s word list pages. These are the high frequency words we have been working on this week. Attached to the packet are some flash cards. These are for you to continue practicing at home. At the end of the quarter I will test your child on their ability to read the words.
You will also find your child’s first spelling test in the Friday folder. You will notice a couple markings. There will be a + /10. This is the number of words they spelled correctly. You will also find a HW written in the top right corner. This is their handwriting grade. I will be looking for letter size, letter formation, and general neatness. You will see an M- most of the time, P- part of the time, or N- not yet. If you have any questions please let me know.
There is no school next Friday, September 19th. So next week’s spelling test will be on Thursday. Please make sure your child’s name is on their sweatshirts. They are easily mixed up!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Wow! What a week! It may have been a short week but we were very busy! We had so much fun reading a boy that brought his stuffed bear to school. Be sure to ask your child about this story. In Science we have been talking about staying healthy. We talked a lot about germs this week. In Social Studies we continued our unit on Citizenship. This week we talked about rules and why we have rules. In Religion, we talked about our church community. Next week we will be talking about the Bible. In Math, we continued working on numbers. We talked a lot about number lines this week.
Today you will find a note in your child’s Go folder requesting a special item to be sent to school on Tuesday, September 9th. We will use this item to help us write our first Writers’ Workshop story. Please see the note for more details.
Next week we will begin Spelling. Your child will bring home a list of words to practice on Monday. The test will be on Friday. There will be a note sent on Monday with more details and suggestions for how to practice the words at home.
Today you will find our word list packet of high frequency words. We practice reading these words all week. On Thursday we practiced writitng the words and wrote sentences with the words. We also made flashcards with the words. We learned to play a game called ZAP! Your child will help you with the rules.
Things to remember…
*Tuesday, September 9th is Picture Day. This is a dress up day. We will take pictures before lunch! No Jeans can be worn.
*Don’t forget we go to the library on Mondays. Books are due each Monday.
*St. Leo Parish festival is this Sunday from 11-6.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
What a week! It was a packed week. We went to Mass on Wednesday! We read about Superheroes. We talked about how we could be a superhero in our classroom and school. We also read a book about a bear who loves books!
Here are some of the things we were working on this week and will continue next week. In Social Studies we are talking about being a good citizen. In Science we are learning about staying healthy. We have been exploring numbers in Math using graphs.
Remember…
*There is no school on Friday, August 29th or Monday, September 1st.
*We will attend Mass on Wednesday, September 3rd.
*Friday, September 5th is a Dress Down Day. Money raised on this day will support our Parish festivals
*School pictures are on Tuesday, September 9th.
*Our first field trip will be to Vala’s Pumpkin Patch on Monday, October 6th. Mark your calendars. More information to come!!!!
I hope you all have a wonderful long weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Well, we survived our first full week. It was a great week and everyone worked so hard. We spent a lot of time this week learning the procedures for first grade.
Next week will be a busy, but short week! There is no school on Friday, August 29th. The grades k-4 parent meetings will be held Tuesday, August 26th. The meeting will be held in 1D beginning at 7:00. I will spend some time telling you about our day in first grade. I hope you are able to attend.
I am sending this newsletter in hard copy and I am also sending it in an email. If you did not receive the email please let me know. I may have your email address entered incorrectly.
Things to remember…
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Welcome to 1D! We are in for a fun school year! I look forward to learning and growing together this year. Here are just a few items that will help our year go smoothly. Please know that things may change as the year goes on. I will do my best to keep you informed.
Please make sure your child has a water bottle each day.
On Fridays, your child will be bringing home their work in their Friday Folders. Please review the activities that are sent home with your child so you have an idea what we are working on in the classroom. This is also an excellent review for him/her. The folders should be emptied and returned to school on Mondays so we can begin filling them again!!
In addition to the “Friday Folder” your child also has a “Go Folder” This folder will remain in your child’s backpack and daily notes will travel to home and to school in this folder. There will be reminder notes, special notes from the office that needs to go home that day, and homework. Please plan to check this folder every day. There will be many days when it is empty! If you need to send a note to the office or to me, please send it in the “Go Folder”. Your child should have this folder in his/her backpack every day!
Please be sure that all school materials and items of clothing are clearly marked with your child’s name. This way if something is misplaced we can return it to the correct owner. This includes sweaters, sweatshirts, and girls’ jumpers. You would be amazed at how easily sweatshirts get mixed up!
For one week during the year, your child will be the “Important Person” for our class. Your child will bring home a checklist of things to bring and some questions to answer the week prior to his/her turn. Your child’s things will be on display for the entire week and they will have a chance to tell the rest of us about themselves. We also have an artist of the week. This student gets to decorate the board with their artwork. A note will come home the week before to let you know it’s your child’s turn. They will display their work and tell us about it during the week!
Birthdays are announced over the intercom in the office. Treats are welcome, but not required, on your child’s birthday. There are 24 students in our class. If your child’s birthday ends up on a weekend they will be announced the Friday before. Weekend birthdays can either send treats Friday or Monday. Summer birthdays are announced in May, but as long as you let me know ahead of time, you can celebrate anytime. When you are deciding on a treat please keep in mind that your choice should be easily distributed and easily cleaned up! If you have questions about what to bring please ask!! Donuts are a great treat. Cookies, or pre-packaged treats are also great ideas. Cupcakes with lots of frosting are not a great idea!!!
We plan to have multiple recess times each day. We do have some community recess equipment, but students can also bring toys from home. Toys from home must fit in your child’s backpack. If the toy has multiple pieces like Legos or Polly Pockets they should be in a ziplock bag.
It will be very important that I am able to be in contact with you this school year. Please fill in the attached sheet with your preferred emails and phone numbers.
Dates to Remember. . .
**Tuesday, August 26th – 7:00 – 8:30 pm 1st Grade Parent Meeting
We spend a great deal of time at this meeting letting you know what your child does in school. This time can be used to answer some of your questions. This will also give you the opportunity to meet the parents of your child’s new friends. I hope to see you there!! We will meet in 1D for this meeting
I know I have thrown a lot of information at you at one time. Please do not hesitate to ask questions whenever they come up! It is easy to get a hold of me by note, phone (402-551-6667), or email [email protected] .
Sincerely,
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
What a week! Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Memories and Munchies. They all worked so hard on their Readers’ Theaters. I am so proud of them all. Spirit week was a lot of fun. We ended the week with our School Race For Education. I think the snow cones were the highlight of the afternoon.
Next week we will begin finishing things up and cleaning out our desks. Please check your child’s backpack each night. Your child should be able to tell you what should be left at home. It is very helpful if your child’s backpack is cleaned out each evening.
This week we talked a lot about Mary. We participated in the Living Rosary and May crowning on Tuesday morning. Next week we will have our last Spelling list. Today was our last Math Facts test. That doesn’t mean you cannot continue to practice those facts all summer long!!!!
We finished up our last list of high frequency words this week. You will find a list of all of our words from this quarter in your child’s Go Folder. Please spend some time practicing these words. I will be testing your child on their ability to read these words on Tuesday. Thank you for your help in this!
Monday, May 12th we will be going on our field trip to the zoo. Be sure to look in your child’s Go folder there is a paper with details about Monday. It is a dress down day and all the students need to bring a disposable lunch. I am so thankful to the parents who signed up to help with our field trip. There was a note sent on Thursday to all the volunteers.
We have lots of fun things planned for our last days together. Here are some dates to mark on your calendar. Next Friday, May 16th, will be a special Morning in First grade. We will hold our annual Science Olympics. This is a morning to explore Science! Thank you to the volunteers that signed up to help with the Olympics. There is a note for the volunteers in your child’s Go folder with more information. Thank you to everyone who signed up to send items for the Olympics. If you signed up you can send those any day next week.
Dates to remember…
*Tuesday May 20th, will be a special day in First grade. We will be celebrating our growth in reading by having a day of reading. Your child can bring a sleeping bag, pillow and books. A note with more information will be sent next week.
*First grade cleaning day will be Wednesday, May 21st.
*1st grade Fun Day will be Thursday, May 22nd.
*The last day of school is Thursday, May 23rd. (This is an 11:00am dismissal)
I would like to wish all of the mothers a very Happy Mother’s day. As we worked on our Mother’s Day projects this week I loved hearing them talk about their moms and grandmas. I hope you have a wonderful day. You all deserve it!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We had a great Mission Day today. It was so much fun to spend the morning and afternoon recess with our 7th grade buddies. We spent time working on our Readers’ Theaters that we will be performing on Wednesday, May 7th at our Memories and Munchies. We talked about the Holy Spirit in Religion. We continue working on counting change in Math. Next week we will be talking about getting data from graphs!
We will be learning about Mary, Mother of Jesus next week. May is the month of Mary. Tuesday we will be attending the living Rosary and crowning Mary in the Church. We will also be attending Mass on Friday, May 9th with our 7th Grade Buddies.
Things to remember…
*There is no school on Friday, May 2nd
*Zoo day is Monday, May 12th. If you have not returned your permission slip and $15 please do so on Monday.
*Wednesday, May 7th Memories and Munchies in 1D beginning right at 2:35.
*Friday, May 9th is our Race For Education event. We will be walking/running in the afternoon. Please make sure your child has a water bottle on Friday. It is a dress down day.
*Friday, May 16th we will have Science Olympics from 8:30 – 11:00. Thank you to all the parents who signed up to help. If you didn’t sign up and want to please let me know. I will be sending a link to a sign up genius that has supplies we need for the Olympics. We appreciate your help in this!
*Library books need to be returned next week. We will not send home the final report card until books are returned.
*Check backpacks each night as we finish things up we will begin sending home supplies and books.
*Next week will be our last Math Facts test!
Enjoy the weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We had another great week in 1D. We continued learning about Fables. We finished up our Math unit on time and measurement and started our Money unit. You can help with this unit by counting money at home. Pull out your change and start counting, identifying the coins, and telling you their value.
Next week is a short week due to Easter Break. I will be sending home a spelling list and math facts on Monday, but we will not test on either of these until the week after Easter which is also a short week. There is no school Thursday April 17 – Tuesday, April 22nd. Due to the short week next week I will not be sending home Friday folders or sending a newsletter.
When we return from Easter we’ll be learning about our next author and illustrator, Janet Stevens. We will be working on Money and Maps and learning about Earth day.
Important Upcoming Dates in 1D
*We will be attending the Stations of the Cross with our 7th grade buddies on Tuesday, April 15th
*Wednesday, April 16th is a dress down day. We will be attending a Pep Rally and basketball games.
*Thursday, May 1st Mission Day We will begin our Mission day with a donut party with our 7th grade buddies. I will be sending out a sign up genius for this party. If you are able to send donuts or juice boxes please sign up.
*Wednesday, May 7th Memories and Munchies. This will be a special afternoon in 1D. We will be celebrating our year with a special program in our classroom. We call it Memories and Munchies. This will be a short program in our classroom from 2:35 – 3:25. More information will come.
*Monday, May 12th is our field trip to the zoo. Next week I will send a form home asking for volunteers for our field trip.
*Friday, May 16th First Grade Science Olympics Next week there will be a sheet that is sent home asking for volunteers for this fun morning. You must have the safe environment training. Watch for more information to come soon!
Have a wonderful weekend! I would like to take this time to wish you all a Blessed Easter. I hope you have a wonderful time with your families during this break!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Wow! The first and third graders did an amazing job at the program last night. I don’t know about you, but I cannot get the special Row your boat song out of my head!
We were busy with the program this week, but we found time to read a Fable about a fox and a stork. Next week we will continue reading fables. We will finish talking about light waves next week in Science. In Social Studies we will begin our Maps unit. In Math we will be finishing up our unit on time and measurement. Next up… Money!!!! This is a skill you can work on at home too!!! We will work on counting change to the dollar!
Next week is the Book Fair. You should have received emails about this and a flyer with a note was sent home earlier this week. 1D will be going to the book fair on Monday afternoon during our library time. You are welcome to send money with your child. It is helpful if your child has an idea of what they want to buy. There are times that the book fair is open for family shopping.
Important Upcoming Dates in 1D
*Wednesday, April 9th 1D will be ministers at Mass. Mass begins at 8:30.
*Wednesday, May 7th will be a special day in 1D. We will have a small program in our classroom celebrating all we have learned in first grade. We will do a few Readers’ Theaters and share our favoirte memories. I call this program Memories & Munchies, so of course after the program we will have some munchies!!!! This will be held in 1D the afternoon of May 7th. More information will be coming soon!
*Monday, May 12th Field Trip to the Zoo
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
What a week! We had so much fun reading a story about friends who help each other. The friends take a trip to the pond. You should check out the brochures we made for the pond! In Math we have been working on telling time to the hour and half hour. You can always work on this at home! In Science we have been learning about sound waves. We will talk about light waves next! We continue working on our Stations of the Cross books. We also completed the Circle of Grace curriculum this week. Your child brought home a picture of a trusted adult they feel safe with and thought they could go to them if they needed help. Please look this over and if there is another adult you think they should have chosen, talk to them about it.
Next week is a busy week for first grade! It is program week!!!!! We will be practing with the 3rd graders on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday we will perform for part of the school. Wednesday first graders should wear their program outfits. They should wear a blue shirt and blue pants. They can wear blue jeans, but no other color of jeans. Thursday we will perform another matinee for the rest of the school and Grandparents and Grandfriends are invited. First grade should wear their blue shirts and pants again! Thursday night we will perform for parents. For the evening show the first graders will come to 1D at 6:40. You will then head to the gym to get a seat. Please take their jackets with you. We will not return to the classroom after the show. I will get them to the gym for the performance. They should wear their blue again Thursday night. If you have any questions please let me know.
There are some important dates coming up for 1D. I wanted to share those dates with you so you can mark your calendars…
*Tuesday, April 1st is the first day uniform shorts can be worn.
*Week of April 6th is Book Fair Week We will go to the book fair as a class on Monday, April 7th. Your child can bring money to buy books that day. Watch for an email with more of the details!
*Wednesday, April 9th 1D will be ministers at Mass. All will have a job at Mass
*Monday, May 12th is our field trip to the zoo.
If you have not returned your child’s portfolio and report card
please send it on Monday.
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Happy Spring! Today marks the end of the 3rd quarter. Tuesday, March 25th your child will bring home their portfolio and report card. It is so hard to believe we only have 1 quarter left this year. We spent a lot of time this week working on assessments for this quarter. I cannot wait for you to read the stories your children wrote about catching a leprechaun. It will be in your child’s portfolio.
We continued our Math unit on Geometry and Fractions. We will finish it up right after Spring break. Next we will be working on telling time and measurement. We will be working on telling time to the hour and half hour. In Religion we have been learning about Lent.
Things to Remember…
*Next week is Spring Break! There is no school Monday, March 10-14.
*Our next field trip is set for Monday, May 12th to Henry Doorly Zoo. Mark your calendars if you would like to help with small groups on this day.
*Don’t forget to move your clocks ahead this weekend!
Have a great Spring Break! weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear families,
What a week! I hope you all enjoyed the extra long weekend! I am not sending home Friday folders today because there is nothing to send home!!!! Next week we’ll be learning about our next author/illustrator Kevin Henkes. Be sure to ask your child about him next week. One of the projects we will do with this author requires a baby picture. This picture will be glued to a book. Please send the pictures by Tuesday, February 25th. There is also a homework assignment that goes along with this author in your child’s Go Folder. Your child should decorate the top of the paper with their name. You get to print at the bottom how you picked their name. Please return these by next Friday, February 28th. We will continue our unit on geometry and fractions in Math. In Religion we will be learning about the Holy Spirit and preparing for Lent. In Social Studies we will be learning about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Today your child will be bringing home a packet with labels for our upcoming Race for Education. Directions are on the packet. Labels need to be returned by Friday, March 7th. If you have any questions let me know.
Our school will be having a paper drive from February 24th to March 7th. Any reams of paper you can send are greatly appreciated.
One of our school goals for the past few years has been to increase Math fluency. We want students to know their math facts consistently. Beginning February 24th your child will bring home a strip of facts that they need to practice for the week. There is a note attached for you to sign each night they practice. The last day we have school each week we will take a test on those facts. If the student passes the test they will get a new fact strip for the next week. If they do not pass the test they will have the same strip to practice for another week.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
What a week! It was a fun week celebrating the 100th day of school. We finished up our unit on American symbols. Next week we will begin learning about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. In Science, we will continue learning about sound waves. In Math we will finish up our chapter on numbers to 120 in Math. Next we will begin our unit on Geometry and Fractions. We will be working on writing great sentences next week. We will be doing lots of Valentine activities..
Next week is a short week. We will have a noon dismissal on Thursday, February 13th. Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held Thursday afternoon. If you are scheduled for a conference a note is in your child’s Go folder on Monday with your scheduled time. If you have any questions or the time does not work please let me know.
We are running low on a couple supplies in 1D. We have had a lot of runny noses lately and our Kleenex supply is running out. We are also out of paper towels.
Next week we will be attending a special program on Tuesday, February 11th. We get to see the Symphony. We have had the Symphony come it the past and it is always an amazing show. You received an email about this and requesting students to make an instrument out of recycled materials. If you have not already please send these on Monday. We will also be going to the 5th Grade Wax Museum on Wednesday, February 12th. The fifth graders research and prepare a presentation about a famous scientist or leader. We get to walk around and listen to the presentations. We are asked to bring quarters to put in the student’s cups to activate the speeches.
Don’t forget…
*Valentines should be brought on Thursday, February 13th.
*There is a noon dismissal on Thursday, February 13th.
*No School Friday, February 14th and Monday, February 17th. We will have our spelling test on Thursday, February 13th.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Wow what a week! It was a great Catholic Schools Week. We will begin learning about American Symbols in Social Studies. We will continue talking about sound in Science. In Math, we will be working on numbers to 120. This has helped us get ready to celebrate our 100th day on Monday, February 3rd. Just a reminder that in first grade we do not dress up on the 100th day. If you have not sent your collection of 100 items please do so on Monday.
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. I hope your child has been working on their valentines for their classmates. Please make sure the Valentines have their classmates’ names on them. It makes it so much easier to pass them out when their names are on the cards. Remember your child does not need to make or bring a box. We will be decorating a bag at school to collect our valentines. We will be celebrating Valentine’s day on Thursday, February 13th .
Today you will find a conference request form in your child’s Go Folder. This set of conferences is by request, either teacher or parent. Please mark the form and return it by Wednesday, February 5th. Please make sure to write a time, and form of conference. If you have any questions, please let me know.
One skill we are working on in 1D is tying our shoes. Any help you can provide at home is greatly appreciated!
Have a great weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families
Even though it was a short week we kept very busy! We read a story about a superhero dog. We continued learning about Martin Luther King Jr.. We will continue our Math unit on place value. In Religion we are talking about the Eucharist.
Next week we’ll be learning about our next author/ illustrator, Jan Brett. She has a wonderful website www.janbrett.com . She is also really good about emailing or writing back to you if you write to her.
Today on your child’s spelling test you will notice a dictated sentence on the back. Each week I will dictate a sentence that includes many of the spelling words. This is a way for the students to see the words are not just words on a list, but words we should be using in our daily writing. I will mark a plus by each spelling word that is spelled correctly and a plus if they started the sentence with a capital letter and another if they remembered the punctuation at the end.
Catholic Schools’ Week is coming up very soon. We spend the week celebrating our school. One special way we celebrate is by going to Mass. Those with last names of A-L need to return the permission slip to ride the bus to St. Leos for Mass on Tuesday, January 28th. Please return these forms next week so we can make sure everyone has someone to sit by. Those with last names of M-Z will attend Mass on Wednesday, January 29thThis week another email was sent from Ms. Drvol asking for students to help with the mass ministries. You do not need to sign up for a job at Mass, but if you and your family are interested please please fill in the Google form by January 21st.
We do try to go outside for some recess each day. Our school policy is that we will go out if the “feel like” temperature is above 10 degrees. We may not stay out the whole recess, but we like to let the students run around and get some fresh air. Hats and gloves are also important to send each day.
Things to remember…
*There is no school Friday, January 17th and Monday, January 20th.
*Signed report cards and Portfolios need to be returned next week
*First grade is running low on copy paper. If you are able please send reams of paper
*100 Day collections should be sent to school by Friday, January 24th. The bag with
directions about our 100 Day collections went home yesterday.
Have a wonderful weekend! Stay Warm!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas break. It was so great to see their smiling faces this week. They all did a great job jumping back in this week. They all worked so hard.
Next week we’ll be learning about Martin Luther King Jr. In Math, we will be working on numbers to 120. We finished up our Space unit in Science. Be sure to ask your child about our trip to space today!!!! In our next Science unit we will be learning about sound waves and light waves.
This week we read a story called We Are All Wonders. The new year is a great time to remember what makes us each unique and special. We want to celebrate and be proud of ourselves. It is also a wonderful time to remember to be kind to each other and celebrate our differences!
Monday your child will be bringing home their Portfolio and Report Card. You will need to go through the portfolios and report cards with your child then return all the materials and folders to school along with the signed report card. These should be returned by Thursday, January 16th.
I would like to remind you that we try to go out for recess each day. Please make sure your child has gloves and a hat. It is also a good idea to send boots. If your child wears boots please make sure they have shoes to wear in the school. If you have extra gloves that you would like to donate to our extra supply of gloves for those that forget theirs please send them with your child.
We have a lot of fun activities planned for the next few weeks. We will be doing an author study of Jan Brett, our 100th day is right around the corner as well as Catholic Schools Week and Valentines day. I have emailed a link for a sign up for the items we will use for these events. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Please mark your calendars for our Special Masses during Catholic Schools week. On Tuesday, January 28th students with last names beginning with A-L will attend Mass at St. Leos at 9:00. These students will ride a bus from school to St. Leos. You will meet them at St. Leos. Today if your last name begins with A-L you will find a permission slip to ride the bus in your child’s Go folder. On Wednesday, January 29th students with the last name beginning with M-Z will attend Mass at St. Pius at 8:45. These are special Masses in which the students attend with their families. If you are not able to attend please see if a grandparent or family friend could attend with your child. If there is no one able to attend please let me know so that I can find another family for them to sit with as we don’t want any students wondering if someone is coming. If you have any questions please let me know. More information will be sent from the school with details about these mornings, but I just wanted you to have the dates marked on your calendar.
Things to remember…
*1D will be taking the Early Star Test on Monday
*There is no school on Friday, January 17th
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We were so busy this week working on Christmas crafts. Thank you to all the parents who helped cut things out and help in the classroom. They are pretty excited to bring all the crafts home next week.!
That is not all we did this week. In Religion, we have been working on a special book about the real meaning of Christmas. In Math we finished up our chapter on relating addition and subtraction! We are learning about verbs. We wrote a story for our portfolios about me moving in with the students! They have a lot of fun things planned for me!
Christmas break begins Thursday, December 19th at 12:00. We will resume classes on Monday, January 6th. I am sure you will be looking for things to fill your time during break, may I suggest working on tying shoes and zipping coats!!!!! Due to the short week next week I will not be sending a newsletter or Friday Folders next week.
Even though next week is a short week it will be busy. We will be getting together with our 7th grade buddies to play board games. We will be keeping the games they brought for Board Games and Bubblegum today to use with our 7th grade buddies. We will also have a small party to celebrate in 1D. Hot Cocoa and cookies!
It is hard to believe, but next week is the end of the first semester. I cannot believe how fast this year is going. Last week your child brought home a game called Splat! This can be used to practice our high frequency words for the 2nd quarter. I also sent home the list of words last week. I will be testing them on their ability to read these words Monday week.
Before you throw away your Christmas cards please consider sending the religious pictures to school so we can use them next year for our stable projects.
I would like to wish you and your families a very blessed Christmas. I love hearing about your family traditions and all the excitement of this time of year. May you all have a safe and fun break! See you in 2025!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Can you believe it is almost Christmas? I know 19 first graders cannot wait. I love hearing about your Christmas traditions. We have been so busy this week. We had fun comparing Gingerbread stories.
Next Monday is a big day for 1D. We will be the ministers at Mass. Every student has a job at Mass. You are all welcome to attend. Mass will begin at 8:30.
Next week we will be busy with Christmas activities! We will be reading books and doing projects to get ready for Christmas. Things may be sent home daily so be sure to check backpacks! We will continue our space unit next week. We will finish it up when we return from Christmas break. We finished up our Math unit on Addition and Subtraction.
Our second quarter will end on December 19th. We will be spending some time next week writing a story for our portfolios. We will also be working on assessments for the quarter.
Here are some things to remember for the next week. . .
*Today you will find our last word list for this quarter. There is also a game to help practice these words. I will be testing the students on their ability to read these words in the next 2 weeks. Please take some time this weekend to practice these words. I included a list of all of the words in your child’s Friday folder.
*It is a dress down day on Friday, December 13th.
*Friday December 13th we will be having Bubblegum and board games. More information will come from the office about this. You can begin planning a board game to bring. When choosing a game please keep in mind that games with lots of pieces are not always the easiest to keep together. Please make sure your child’s name is on the game.
Have a wonderful weekend! Let’s hope the nice weather returns next week.
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We had another wonderful week in 1D. We read a story about a pet hen. This story reminded me of the story of The Little Red Hen. So we spent the week comparing versions of this story. We talked about giving thanks to God in Religion. We continue working on relating addition and subtraction in Math. We learned about the first Thanksgiving in Social Studies.
Our food drive is still going on. We talked about how this was a way we can help people in our school parishes and our city. Thank you in advance for helping with this project. If you are able, please send non-perishable food items byTuesday, November 26th We will present this food at our Thanksgiving Mass on Tuesday morning. . In addition to the food drive the first graders are going to have a diaper drive. We will be collecting packages of diapers the first week of December. A note was sent home yesterday in your child’s Go Folder with more information.
Next week is a short week. We have school on Monday and Tuesday. The rest of the week is off for Thanksgiving. Due to the short week there will be no spelling list next week. I will not be sending a newsletter or Friday folders next week.
When we return from Thanksgiving break we will spend the first week of December comparing Gingerbread stories. We will also begin many Christmas crafts and activities. We will be talking about Advent and Jesus’ birthday!
I would like to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. I feel like I know all of your families because your children tell me so much about your family traditions. Please have a safe and happy holiday. Enjoy your wonderful children. They are definitely on my list of things to be thankful for this year!
Things to remember…
*No school November 27 – 29.
*Tuesday, November 26th is a Dress Down Day. We will be attending a pep rally. First graders are supposed to wear green for the pep rally.
*1D will be the minister at Mass on Monday, December 9th.
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We had another great week! We talked about giving thanks to God in Religion. We continue working on relating addition and subtraction in Math. We learned about the first Thanksgiving in Social Studies. We had so much fun learning about Mo Willems. I keep finding Pigeons drawn all over the place!!!! Be sure to ask your child about this author/illustrator.
Our school is doing a nonperishable food drive beginning next week. We talked about how this was a way we can help people in our school parishes and our city. Thank you in advance for helping with this project. If you are able, please send non-perishable food items next week. We will present our collections at Mass before Thanksgiving. During Mass we will bless the food. In addition to the food drive our school is also collecting money for EPS. Both of these collections will run from November 18 – 26th!
We have a lot of fun projects planned for Christmas. There are a few items we will need. If you are able to send any of these it is much appreciated. We need Religious Christmas cards. We will be cutting the picture out so they can be new or used! We need buttons – small red and white buttons, and larger buttons of any color. Each child also needs about 12 empty toilet paper rolls. On December 9th and 10th in the morning we will be doing some Christmas crafts. I could use some volunteers to help on these mornings. There is a sign up sheet in your child’s Go folder today. We also need help cutting out items at home so if you can not help at school maybe you could help at home. Please return the form by Monday, November 25th.
Things to remember…
*1D will be the ministers at Mass on Monday, December 9th. Mass will begin at 8:30 I hope many of you will be able to attend. All the 1D will have parts in this Mass.
*Next week there will be no Challenge Spelling. We will be working on 3 letter blends.
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Wow! What a great week. We had fun sharing our favorite shoes this week! We learned about St. Leo the Great this week. Next week we will be talking about Veterans in Social Studies. In Science we will continue talking about the Moon. We continued with our chapter on relating addition and subtraction in Math. Next week we will be talking about the first Thanksgiving.
We will be doing our next author study next week! We will be learning about Mo Willems. He is the author of the Pigeon books and the Elephant and Piggie books as well as many other funny books. Be sure to ask your child about this author next week!
As the weather begins to change please make sure your child has a jacket or sweatshirt (labeled with their name) for recess. Thank you for your help in this!
Things to remember…
*Our school will be having a food drive. We will begin collecting nonperishable food items in the next few weeks. The items collected will be donated to food banks during the holiday season. More information will be coming to you from our Student Council.
*First grade will also be doing a diaper drive right after Thanksgiving. . More information to come later.
*1D will be the ministers at Mass on Monday, December 9th. Every student will have a job at Mass. I hope many of you will be able to attend.
*Yesterday your child brought home a special project for disquizing a turkey. Please try to have these returned by Wednesday, November 13th.
*If you have not returned your child’s portfolio with all the papers in it please do so Monday.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
It was another great week in 1D. We had so much fun learning about Eric Carle. We did many projects that will be displayed at school for a couple weeks. Next week is a short week, but we have lots planned.
Due to the short week we will not have a new spelling list next week. I will not be sending home Friday folders. Remember there is no school Wednesday – Friday. Wednesday is Parent Teacher Conferences. I look forward to seeing all of you during your assigned time.
On Wednesday, October 30th Conferences will be from 9:00- 6:30. I will be in 1D during this time. Please come at your designated time. I hope to visit with all of you then. We will be limited to about 10 minutes per conference. I have many back to back conferences so we will have to stick to the 10 minutes and need to start each conference on time. If you have any questions, please let me know.
When we return to school we will be reading a story about favorite shoes and how sad it is when we outgrow them. We will be making a class book about our favorite shoes. Your child can wear (if they fit our uniform policy) or bring their favorite shoes on Wednesday, November 8th. They can bring sports shoes, flip flops, sandals, boots, etc. Again if they do not fit with our school uniform they can just bring the shoes in a bag. There will be a time during the morning to wear these shoes and write about them.
We have been learning about Baptism in Religion. We have been talking about the sun in Science. We will be talking about the moon in the next couple of weeks. It is helpful if the first graders try to watch the moon to see the phases. In Social Studies we are learning about elections. We talk a lot about the process of voting and will even have a voting booth set up to vote on what movie the first graders will watch.
Things to remember…
*No School on Wednesday, October 30th, Thursday, October 31st, or Friday, November 1st.
*Last day to wear uniform shorts is Tuesday, October 29th
*Please send an empty candy wrapper for a special project.
Have a great weekend!!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
It was a wonderful week in 1D. Our Fall Collages turned out amazing. We had so much fun creating Noun Town. We learned all about nouns this week. We also worked on some assessments for our first quarter. Next week we are going to spend the whole week learning about the author/ illustrator Eric Carle. We try to plan a week each month to learn about an author. Eric Carle is a very well known author. We will be spending a lot of time learning about his art style, collage. Be sure to ask your child about this author next week. We will wrap up our week with a special project of texture painting. Please see the note in your child’s Friday folder with more of the details. We will be starting our next Science unit on space. One of our topics is the moon and the moon phases. It is a lot of fun to watch the moon and see the changes. So for the next month or so if you are able to take a second to look at the moon and note the changes it is very helpful!
On the school calendar, you will notice that report cards are to be sent home on Monday, October 21st. First grade does not send report cards the first quarter. There will be one sent the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarter. We spend so much time during the first quarter reviewing and screening the students that we feel our portfolios show more of their growth during this quarter. I will share your child’s portfolio with you at conferences on October 30th.
We have a special project that requires each student to bring a candy wrapper. I don’t need the candy, just the candy wrapper. Please send these by Monday, October 29th.
Things to remember…
*The school fundraiser is this weekend!
*We will be attending Mass on Wednesday, October 23rd. After Mass we will be doing a decade of the rosary. We do this once a month.
Enjoy your weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We had a great pumpkin week. We could not have asked for a better day for our field trip on Monday. It was so fun learning about pumpkins all week. Next week we will be reading a story about a little boy who collects things from nature while on a walk with his mom. We will be doing a special project on Tuesday to go along with this story. Yesterday there was a note in your child’s go folder with the details about this project. Fall collections should be sent to school on Monday, October 14th. Next week we’ll be learning about nouns. We will be creating our very own Noun Town. We will be working on our Creation books in Religion. In Math we will continue working on addition and begin talking about subtraction. We will also spend some time doing some assessments next week.
Parent Teacher Conferences are right around the corner. Yesterday I sent a note with your scheduled time. If you have not already done so, please return the bottom portion of the note to confirm your time. I look forward to seeing you all on October 30th. As was stated at our parent meeting, we do not send a paper report card for the first quarter in first grade. We spend so much time evaluating students and reviewing during the first quarter we did not feel the report card was needed. Your child does have a portfolio with work to show their progress this quarter. When we meet for conferences we will go through your child’s portfolio and their work this quarter.
It is hard to believe but today marks the end of the first quarter. I am not sure where the time has gone. Each week we worked on eight high frequency words. In your child’s Friday folder you will see a list of all of the words we have worked on this quarter . We made a review game called Fumble that may help with your review! Please take some time this weekend to review the words. Your child will be asked to read these words next week.
Remember that we try to go out for recess each day. Please make sure your child has a jacket.
Things to remember…
*School Fundraiser is Saturday, October 19th.
*Our class book will be available to purchase as well as breakfast with me or being the teacher for the day.
*Don’t forget I need help with ideas for my Halloween costume for this year. These papers are due on Monday, October 14th
Enjoy the weekend
Miss Buttell
Dear Families
We had a great pumpkin week. We will continue exploring pumpkins next week! It was so fun learning about pumpkins all week. Next week we will also be reading a story about a little boy who collects things from nature while on a walk with his mom.
Monday is our field trip to the Vala’s Pumpkin Patch. Your child can dress down on Monday. Please remember no sandals, backless shoes, sleeveless shirts. Watch the weather. It is usually cooler out there in the morning. Your child needs to bring a completely disposable lunch and drink. There is a note in your child’s Go folder with all of the details for Monday!
It is so hard to believe we will be at the end of the First Quarter on Friday, October 11th. We will be spending some time next week working on end of the quarter evaluations.
Next week we will continue our Social Studies unit on Citizenship. This week we finished up our health unit in Science. Then, we will be talking about the sun, moon, and stars in Science. In Math we will continue our unit on addition and subtraction.
Things to remember…
*No School Friday, October 4th.
*Watch for a note in your child’s Go folder next week about conferences. It will have a scheduled time for your conference. If the time does not work please let me know right away so we can find a time.
*Wednesday we will be attending the grades 1-4 Mass.
*Watch for a special Homework assignment coming home on Tuesday, October 10th. I need help picking a Halloween costume!!!! We will make a class book out of your costume suggestions!
*Our School Fundraiser is Saturday, October 19th.
*Friday, October 11th is an optional dress down day to help support our school fundraiser.
Have a wonderful long weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We had a great week learning about corn. We tasted a lot of popcorn this week. We were pretty divided on what was the favorite flavor. One thing was pretty clear though, Cinnamon was not a favorite!!! We popped our own popcorn and wrote about making popcorn. We are working on retelling using the words First, Next, Then, and Last. Be sure to ask your child about this.
Next week is PUMPKIN WEEK!!! We will be learning about pumpkins all week. Thank you so much to those that volunteered to send items for our pumpkin taste test. We will be learning about the life cycle of pumpkins. We will be tasting pumpkin items. This is all to get us ready to go to the pumpkin patch on Monday, October 7th.
Next week we will begin our unit on addition in Math. We will be talking about God’s creations in Religion. In Science we will be wrapping up our health unit. Then it is onto learning about The Sun and Moon. In Social Studies we will continue learning about being good citizens.
If you have not returned the permission slip and $14 for our trip to the pumpkin patch please send it on Monday. Watch for more information about our trip to come home next week. Your child will need to bring a disposable lunch on Monday, October 7th. Hot lunch will not be available that day.
Things to Remember…
*Due to the Grandparent Mass for grades 3-5 on Wednesday, October 2nd we will be attending Mass on Thursday, October 3rd
*There is no school on Friday, October 4th.
*Our school Fundraiser is Saturday, October 19th at Creighton Prep
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Wow! What a week! We had fun reading a nonfiction story about ants. We also read a fiction story about ants. We had to decide if we would step on the ant or not!
Here is what we will be working on next week…
Religion – We will be talking about ways to praise God.
Literature – We will be reading a nonfiction story about corn. My favorite kind of corn is popcorn so we will be tasting various kinds of popcorn and graphing our favorites!
Science – We will be talking about keeping healthy. We will be talking about taking care of our teath and eating healthy food.
Math – We will finish up our unit on Number sense and begin our next unit on addition and subtraction
Social Studies – We will continue working on our Citizenship unit. We will also be learning about Johnny Appleseed. We will list ways he was a good citizen.
You will find our 2nd list of high frequency words in your child’s Friday folder. Please save these cards to continue practicing the high frequency words. Your child will be asked to read these lists of words at the end of the quarter.
Remember as the weather begins to change that we go out for recess two times as day and jackets may be needed. Also, it is always a good idea to label your child’s clothes with a name. It is amazing where sweatshirts and jackets turn up!
Our field trip to Vala’s is right around the corner. Watch for permission slips in your child’s Go Folder on Monday. Please fill in the permission slip and send it back with payment as soon as you can. More information will be sent next week about this trip.
Don’t forget our School Fundraiser will be Saturday, October 19th.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Wow! What a week! We read a story about a runaway hat and two friends working together to get the hat back! We made a puppet show that your child can use to retell this story. We started writing stories about our special items during Writers’ Workshopl
Here is what we will be working on next week…
Religion – We will talk about the Bible.
Literature – We will be reading a nonfiction story about ants.
Science – We will be talking about using soap when we wash our hands.
Math – We will continue our unit on number sense. We will also begin Guided Math. The students will be rotating around the room while working in small groups to learn math skills.
Social Studies – We will continue talking about being a good citizen.
The date for our upcoming field trip to Vala’s Pumpkin patch is Monday, October 7. Please watch for a note to come home next week asking for volunteers. You must have safe environment training in order to volunteer for this event.
Today you will find your child’s word list pages. These are the high frequency words we have been working on this week. Attached to the packet are some flash cards. These are for you to continue practicing at home. At the end of the quarter I will test your child on their ability to read the words.
You will also find your child’s first spelling test in the Friday folder. You will notice a couple markings. There will be a + /10. This is the number of words they spelled correctly. You will also find a HW written in the top right corner. This is their handwriting grade. I will be looking for letter size, letter formation, and general neatness. You will see an M- most of the time, P- part of the time, or N- not yet. If you have any questions please let me know.
There is no school tomorrow, Friday, September 13th Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Wow! What a week! It may have been a short week but we were very busy! We had so much fun reading the alphabet story about school. Be sure to ask your child about this story and the other interesting ABC books we read this week. In Science we have been talking about staying healthy. We talked a lot about germs this week. In Social Studies we continued our unit on Citizenship. This week we talked about rules and why we have rules. In Religion, we talked about our church community. Next week we will be talking about the Bible. In Math, we continued working on numbers. We talked a lot about number lines this week.
Today you will find a note in your child’s Go folder requesting a special item to be sent to school on Tuesday, September 10th. We will use this item to help us write our first Writers’ Workshop story. Please see the note for more details.
Next week we will begin Spelling. Your child will bring home a list of words to practice on Monday. The test will be on Thursday. There will be a note sent on Monday with more details and suggestions for how to practice the words at home.
We have our first field trip planned for Monday, October 7th. I will be asking for parent volunteers to help on this trip. In order to volunteer you must have the Safe Environment Training. I believe there is a Training session planned for September 12th. You will need to register through Archomah.org
Things to remember…
*Tuesday, September 10th is Picture Day. This is a dress up day. We will take pictures before lunch! No Jeans can be worn.
*Don’t forget we go to the library on Mondays. Books are due each Monday.
*There is no School on Friday, September 13th.
*We will be attending a Presentation from Smart Gen Society about being safe online. There is also a parent meeting on Monday September 9th at St. Leos at 7:00. They have presented to the teachers in the past and it is very informative. I hope you can attend.
*St. Leo Parish festival is this Sunday from 11-6.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
What a week! It was a packed week. We went to Mass on Wednesday! We read about Superheroes. We talked about how we could be a superhero in our classroom and school. We also read a book about a bear who loves books!
Here are some of the things we were working on this week and will continue next week. In Social Studies we are talking about being a good citizen. In Science we are learning about staying healthy. We have been exploring numbers in Math using graphs.
Remember…
*There is no school on Monday, September 2nd
*We will attend Mass on Wednesday, September 4th.
*Friday, September 6th is a Dress Down Day. Money raised on this day will support our Parish festivals
*School pictures are on Tuesday, September 10th. Order forms are in your child’s Go Folder today.
*Our first field trip will be to Vala’s Pumpkin Patch on Monday, October 7th. Mark your calendars. More information to come!!!!
I hope you all have a wonderful long weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Well, we survived our first full week. It was a great week and everyone worked so hard. We spent a lot of time this week learning the procedures for first grade.
Thank you to everyone who attended our first grade parent meeting last night. If you were unable to attend you will find a packet of information that was passed out at the meeting in your child’s Friday folder. I will also be emailing the slide show we used at the meeting. On some of the slides there are links you can click on to get more information. If you have any questions please let me know.
We are so lucky to have extra support in our school to help students both struggling and to challenge themselves. Our resource teachers are available to pull small groups of students who are struggling with a concept in Reading/Phonics or Math. Sometimes this is just a one time review of a phonics lesson they are struggling to understand or could be more often. In your child’s Friday folder you will find a permission form allowing your child to participate in this. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. The forms need to be returned by Friday August 30th.
I am sending this newsletter in hard copy and I am also sending it in an email. If you did not receive the email please let me know. I may have your email address entered incorrectly.
Things to remember…
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Welcome to 1D! We are in for a fun school year! I look forward to learning and growing together this year. Here are just a few items that will help our year go smoothly. Please know that things may change as the year goes on. I will do my best to keep you informed.
Please make sure your child has a water bottle each day.
On Fridays, your child will be bringing home their work in their Friday Folders. Please review the activities that are sent home with your child so you have an idea what we are working on in the classroom. This is also an excellent review for him/her. The folders should be emptied and returned to school on Mondays so we can begin filling them again!!
In addition to the “Friday Folder” your child also has a “Go Folder” This folder will remain in your child’s backpack and daily notes will travel to home and to school in this folder. There will be reminder notes, special notes from the office that needs to go home that day, and homework. Please plan to check this folder every day. There will be many days when it is empty! If you need to send a note to the office or to me, please send it in the “Go Folder”. Your child should have this folder in his/her backpack every day!
Please be sure that all school materials and items of clothing are clearly marked with your child’s name. This way if something is misplaced we can return it to the correct owner. This includes sweaters, sweatshirts, and girls’ jumpers. You would be amazed at how easily sweatshirts get mixed up!
For one week during the year, your child will be the “Important Person” for our class. Your child will bring home a checklist of things to bring and some questions to answer the week prior to his/her turn. Your child’s things will be on display for the entire week and they will have a chance to tell the rest of us about themselves. We also have an artist of the week. This student gets to decorate the board with their artwork. A note will come home the week before to let you know it’s your child’s turn. They will display their work and tell us about it during the week!
Birthdays are announced over the intercom in the office. Treats are welcome, but not required, on your child’s birthday. There are 19 students in our class. If your child’s birthday ends up on a weekend they will be announced the Friday before. Weekend birthdays can either send treats Friday or Monday. Summer birthdays are announced in May, but as long as you let me know ahead of time, you can celebrate anytime. When you are deciding on a treat please keep in mind that your choice should be easily distributed and easily cleaned up! If you have questions about what to bring please ask!! Donuts are a great treat. Cookies, or pre-packaged treats are also great ideas. Cupcakes with lots of frosting are not a great idea!!!
We plan to have multiple recess times each day. We do have some community recess equipment, but students can also bring toys from home. Toys from home must fit in your child’s backpack. If the toy has multiple pieces like Legos or Polly Pockets they should be in a ziplock bag.
It will be very important that I am able to be in contact with you this school year. Please fill in the attached sheet with your emails and phone numbers.
Dates to Remember. . .
**Thursday, August 22nd – 7:00 – 8:30 pm 1st Grade Parent Meeting
We spend a great deal of time at this meeting letting you know what your child does in school. This time can be used to answer some of your questions. This will also give you the opportunity to meet the parents of your child’s new friends. I hope to see you there!!
I know I have thrown a lot of information at you at one time. Please do not hesitate to ask questions whenever they come up! It is easy to get a hold of me by note, phone (402-551-6667), or email [email protected] .
Sincerely,
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
What a week! Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Memories and Munchies. They all worked so hard on their Readers’ Theaters. I am so proud of them all. We had a great week. Our Zoo field trip was amazing. We had great weather. Spirit week was a lot of fun. We ended the week with our School Race For Education. I think the snow cones were the highlight of the afternoon.
Next week we will begin finishing things up and cleaning out our desks. Please check your child’s backpack each night. Your child should be able to tell you what should be left at home. It is very helpful if your child’s backpack is cleaned out each evening.
This week we talked a lot about Mary. We participated in the Living Rosary and May crowning on Tuesday morning.
Next week we will have our last Spelling list. Today was our last Math Facts test. That doesn’t mean you cannot continue to practice those facts all summer long!!!!
We finished up our last list of high frequency words this week. You will find a list of all of our words from this quarter in your child’s Go Folder. Please spend some time practicing these words. I will be testing your child on their ability to read these words on Tuesday. Thank you for your help in this!
We have lots of fun things planned for our last days together. Here are some dates to mark on your calendar. Next Friday, May 19th, will be a special day in First grade. We will be celebrating our growth in reading by having a day of reading. Your child can bring a sleeping bag, pillow and books. A note with more information will be sent next week.
Dates to remember…
*Monday May 20th, will be a special day in First grade. We will be celebrating our growth in reading by having a day of reading. Your child can bring a sleeping bag, pillow and books. A note with more information will be sent next week.
*First grade cleaning day will be Tuesday, May 21st.
*1st grade Fun Day will be Wednesday, May 22nd.
*The last day of school is Thursday, May 23rd.
I would like to wish all of the mothers a very Happy Mother’s day. As we worked on our Mother’s Day projects this week I loved hearing them talk about their moms. I hope you have a wonderful day. You all deserve it!
Miss Buttell 
Dear Families,
We had a great Mission Day yesterday. It was so much fun to spend the morning and afternoon recess with our 7th grade buddies. We spent time working on our Readers’ Theaters that we will be performing on Wednesday, May 8th at our Memories and Munchies. We talked about the Holy Spirit in Religion. We continue working on counting change in Math. Next week we will be talking about getting data from graphs!
Monday, May 6th we will be going on our field trip to the zoo. Be sure to look in your child’s Go folder there is a paper with details about Monday. It is a dress down day and all the students need to bring a disposable lunch. I am so thankful to the parents who signed up to help with our field trip. There is also a note in your child’s Go folder for the parent volunteers.
Next week is also Spirit week. Please refer to the email sent with the details for each day. We will end Spirit week with the Race For Education on Friday, May 5th. Please make sure your child has a water bottle for race day!
We will be learning about Mary, Mother of Jesus next week. May is the month of Mary. Tuesday we will be attending the living Rosary and crowning Mary in the Church.
Things to remember…
*Zoo day is Monday, May 6th – dress down, bring a lunch and drink
*Wednesday, May 8th Memories and Munchies in 1D beginning right at 2:35.
*Library books need to be returned this week. We will not send home the final report card until books are returned.
*Check backpacks each night as we finish things up we will begin sending home supplies and books.
*Next week will be our last Math Facts test!
Enjoy the weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
It was another wonderful week in 1D. We practiced counting money. We learned about the author/illustrator Janet Stevens. Next week we will be reading a story about maps. We have been learning about them in Social Studies too! In Science we will be learning about ways to take care of the Earth.
Next Monday is our Science Olympics. Be sure to ask your child about this on Monday. The students will move through 10 Science stations. There are lots of hands-on activities at each of the stations. It is one of my favorite days! I am so glad that we are able to do this again this year! Thank you to everyone who sent supplies and those that are coming to help on Monday morning.
Wednesday, April 24th is a big day for 1D. We will be the ministers at Mass on this day. Mass begins at 8:30. I hope many of you can attend!
Here is what we are working on …
Religion – The Holy Spirit is our helper.
Literature – We will be learning about our place on a map.
Math -We will continue counting money! You can always help with this by counting and sorting coins at home!
Social Studies – We will be learning about maps
Science – We will be talking about taking care of the Earth
Watch for the Zoo permission form to be in your child’s Go Folder Monday. These need to be returned by Friday, May 26th. There will also be a form for volunteers for the zoo to fill out. Students are not able to use zoo passes for field trips. If you have any questions please let me know. We will be going to the zoo on Monday, May 6th
Please mark your calendars for our upcoming Memories and Munchies. This will be held in 1D on Wednesday, May 8th from 2:35 – 3:25. The students will perform 4 readers theaters and tell about their favorite memories of first grade. I hope you will all be able to attend.
Our School Mission day is Thursday, May 2nd. We will be spending most of the day with our 7th grade buddies learning about how we can take care of our school, community, and Earth. We would like to start this day with donuts and juice with our 7th grade buddies. A sign up genius was sent yesterday asking for help sending donuts and or juice for this day. Thank you for your help with this!
Remember there is no school tomorrow April 19th.
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
We had another great week in 1D. We continued learning about Fables. We finished up our Math unit on time and measurement and started our Money unit. You can help with this unit by counting money at home. Pull out your change and start counting, identifying the coins, and telling you their value.
Thank you so much to everyone who signed up to help at our upcoming Science Olympics or signed up to send supplies. If you signed up to send an item please send it by Wednesday, April 17th. Those that volunteered to help on the day of the Olympics we will see you Monday, April 22nd at 8:30. You will need to check into the office before coming to the first grade hallway
Next week we’ll be learning about our next author and illustrator, Janet Stevens. Be sure to ask your child about her books next week.
Important Upcoming Dates in 1D
*No School Friday, April 19th
*Monday, April 22nd Science Olympics
*Wednesday, April 24th 1D will be ministers at Mass. Mass begins at 8:30.
*Thursday, May 2nd Mission Day
*Monday, May 6th Field Trip to the Zoo
*Wednesday, May 8th Memories and Munchies. This will be a special afternoon in 1D. We will be celebrating our year with a special program in our classroom. We call it Memories and Munchies. This will be a short program in our classroom from 2:35 – 3:25. More information will come.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. We had a busy but short week. We read a Fable this week about a fox and a stork. Next week we will continue reading fables. We finished up talking about light waves this week. Monday we will be learning about the Solar Eclipse. It has been decided that we will not be outside for recess on this day due to us not having appropriate eyewear. In Social Studies we will begin our Maps unit. Earlier this week your child brought home a note asking for help with our upcoming Science Olympics. We are still in need of volunteers to help at school during the Olympics on Monday, April 22nd from 8:30 – 11:00. You also received an email with a sign up genius for supplies for this event. There are still some items needed.
Next week we will be celebrating Teacher and Staff appreciation. On Friday, April 12th we would like to celebrate our amazing Teacher Assistants, Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Baldwin. They do so much to help all of us every day. We will make a special project for them in school. Hopefully your child can also take some time before Friday to write a note, make a picture, or bring a small gift to celebrate our awesome TAs.
Important Upcoming Dates in 1D
*Thursday, April 11th is our special Mass with Grandparents or Grandfriends. Mass will begin at 8:30. We will meet our special guests in the Church. Following Mass there is a reception in the school cafeteria.
*Friday, April 12th is an Optional Dress Down day. The money donated will support our parish festivals.
*Friday, April 12th Celebrate our Amazing TAs
*Monday, April 22nd Science Olympics
*Wednesday, April 24th 1D will be ministers at Mass. Mass begins at 8:30.
*Monday, May 6th Field Trip to the Zoo
I will not be at school on Monday and Tuesday next week. I will have access to email.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Wow! What a great week! We had fun seeing the 2nd and 4th grade musical. We read a fun story about friends who help each other out on their way to the pond. We created brochures for the pond. In Math we worked on telling time to the hour and half hour. We continued working on our Stations of the Cross books.
Last Friday marked the end of the third quarter. I cannot believe we are in our last quarter! Monday your child will bring home their portfolio and report card. Please take some time to go through the portfolio with your child. You will find their report card in the portfolio. Please sign the report card and return it along with everything in the portfolio to school by Wednesday, March 27th. If you have any questions please let me know.
Next week is a short week due to Easter Break. I will be sending home a spelling list and math facts on Monday, but we will not test on either of these until the week after Easter which is also a short week. Due to the short week next week I will not be sending home Friday folders or sending a newsletter.
Things to remember…
*There is no school Thursday, March 28th – Tuesday, April 2nd for Easter Break
*We will be attending the Stations of the Cross with our 7th Grade Buddies on Tuesday, April 26th.
*School resumes on Wednesday, April 3rd
*School shorts may begin to be worn on Wednesday, April 3rd.
Have a wonderful weekend! I would like to take this time to wish you all a Blessed Easter. I hope you have a wonderful time with your families during this break!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
Happy Spring! Today marks the end of the 3rd quarter. Monday, March 25th your child will bring home their portfolio and report card. It is so hard to believe we only have 1 quarter left this year. We spent a lot of time this week working on assessments for this quarter. I cannot wait for you to read the stories your children wrote about catching a leprechaun. It will be in your child’s portfolio.
We finished up our Math unit on Geometry and Fractions. Next we will be working on telling time and measurement. We will be working on telling time to the hour and half hour. In Religion we will continue working on our Stations of the Cross book. In Literature next week we will be reading about two friends who help each other out. We will continue talking about sound waves in Science.
In addition to all of that we will also complete our Circle of Grace program. This is a program that is required for all archdiocese schools. You will find a note in your child’s Friday folder with more information. If you have any questions you can send them to me or contact our school office.
Things to Remember…
*We are attending Mass on Wednesday, March 20th.
*Thursday, March 21st is Rock your Socks to support World Down Syndrome Day. Students can wear fun socks with their school uniform.
*Our next field trip is set for Monday, May 6th to Henry Doorly Zoo. Mark your calendars if you would like to help with small groups on this day.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Buttell
Dear Families,
What a week! We had a very busy week! Can you believe we are almost to the end of the 3rd Quarter? I don’t know where the time is going? We had so much fun learning about Kevin Henkes. Lilly seems to be a favorite character! We continued working on our Math Unit on Geometry and Fractions. When we return from Spring Break we will finish it up and then begin working on Time and Measurement. We continued talking about Lent and we began our Stations of the Cross books.
Next week is spring break. I hope you enjoy the week. School will resume on Monday, March 11th. I hope you all stay safe and we all get healthy. We have had a lot of kids sick in the last 2 weeks. Our Kleenex supply is running low again!
As we experienced this week Nebraska weather can be all over the place. We plan to go out to recess each day. Sometimes the earlier recess a coat is required and the afternoon recess just requires a sweatshirt or long sleeves. Maybe just throw a sweatshirt in the backpack!
Thank you for helping with our Math Fluency project. A new list will be sent home on Monday, March 11. This doesn’t mean you can’t continue practicing math facts while we are on break.
Things to remember…
*No School March 4-8
*End of 3rd Quarter is Friday, March 15th
*Daylight Savings begins 3/10/24
Have a wonderful spring break!
Miss Buttell
My name is Shannon Buttell. This is my 29th year teaching at St. Pius X / St. Leo School. All of those years have been in first grade. I love seeing their personalities and excitement for reading and writing develop during the year. Outside of school I love reading and cheering on my favorite teams, the Creighton Bluejays and the Chicago Cubs!
