August 29, 2023

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to First Grade! This year will be an exciting year in your child’s life. I am looking forward to sharing it with you.

 

Students will have many supplies to bring in and parents will not be able to enter the building to help them carry all their supplies. I have made a list of which supplies your child should bring in each day so that it is easier for them to carry it themselves.

 

On Tuesday, September 5^th please send in:

1 box of crayons**

1 pack of Crayola Crayons Twistable**

1 box of markers-fine line line**

1 box of markers-broad line**

1 pair of scissors

3 glue sticks

1 plastic box with removable lid (The Container Store-shoe box)

*Please have everything opened, out of the package, and labeled with your child’s name.

**Please save the extra boxes of markers and crayons for January at home.

On Wednesday, September 6^th please send in:

2 boxes of tissues (1 for homeroom and 1 for Art room)

*I will send Art supplies to Ms. Duffy each day

 

On Thursday, September 7^th please send in:

2 packs of Baby Wipes (1 for homeroom and 1 for Art room)

2 canisters of sanitizing wipes (1 for homeroom and 1 for Art room)

 

On Friday, September 8^th please send in:

2 rolls of paper towels (1 for homeroom and 1 for Art room)

 

On Monday, September 11^th please send in:

1 box of Hefty One-Zip Bags-Quart size (for homeroom)

1 pack of 3” x 5” index cards-unruled (for homeroom) 

 Thank you very much.

Enjoy the rest of your vacation and I will see you next week!

Yours,

Maureen Asaro

 October 1st

Hello Everyone,

We had a great day today!

They were wonderful in Mass.


I am sending home Test Folders today.
Please review the papers, correct papers (if I mark the paper Fix), empty the folder (keep all papers unless your child had to fix anything), sign the sheet in the folder (you can write a positive comment), and return the folder.

In the folder is  Fluency Check p. 22 

The first column lets you know your child sounded out or read the word correctly.

The second column let you know if they could read the word without sounding it out. They knew the word by looking at it.

Here are the Spelling words for next week:

1  in

2  fin

3  if

4  big

5  pig  

6  is

7  it

8  hit

9  sit

10 to

*Monday is Art Class. Please send in the Art supplies Ms. Duffy asked for each week.

**There are some problems with Google Classroom. I will still email until the problems are sorted out.

Have a great Weekend!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 September 30th

Hi Everyone,

I hope everyone is able to view my posts on Google Classroom.

If there are any problems please let me know.

I would like to start using only Google Classroom on Monday as our way of communicating.

Today we had a super day!

We:

   *Talked about and read words with Short o

   *went to Library and Computer class

   *talked about ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd. 4th,...14th)

   *added number sentences with 0

   *talked about The Blessed Trinity, prayer, and the Sign of the Cross

Today's HW is:

Reading-word list U1-L3 lines 1-5

Math-wkbk p. 11

Spelling-study for test tomorrow

Have a beautiful afternoon!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 Hi everyone,

What a beautiful day!

Today we:

   *reread the book What Is It?

   *wrote sentences about what we learned from the book about animals

   *went to Gym Class

   *wrote the beginning and ending sounds for short a words

   *wrote addition sentences

   *practiced the Sign of the Cross

   *read a story with rhyming text

   

Homework for today is:

Reading-word list U1-L2.3

Math-wkbk p. 10

Spelling-write sentences for words 6-10

*Tag Day tomorrow

**half day on Friday-No aftercare

I am sending this message and putting it on Google Classroom.

Let me know if you have any problems viewing it in your child's email or on your email throughGoogle Classroom.

Have a great afternoon!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 Hi Everyone,

We had a terrific day!

I am hoping Google Classroom will be ready for Monday. I will update you tomorrow.

Today we: 

   *wrote sentences using Short i words

   *used < + > to compare numbers

   *talked about addition sentence

   *went to Music Class

   *talked about God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit is the Blessed Trinity 

   *talked about squirrels and observing them

   *introduce our next text set about Rhyming stories

Homework for today:

Reading-word list U1-L2.1

Math-wkbk p. 9

Spelling-write sentences for words 1-5

*Thursday is a Fall Tag Day cost $2.00

**Half day Friday

***No aftercare on Friday

Have a wonderful evening.

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 Hello Everyone,

I hope you had a terrific weekend.

Today we:

   *work with Mr. Sites to use chrome books

   *matched short i words with pictures

   *went to Art Class

    *read about Jamaica and a boy named Russell

    *talked about numbers that come before, between, or after a number 1-12

    *talked about feelings

    *talked about Jesus being our brother and he is God's Greatest Gift to us

Homework for today is:

Reading-read and return the book What Do We Like?

Math-wkbk p. 8

Spelling-words 3 times

Have a lovely afternoon!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 Hello everyone,

We had a very good day.

Today we:

    *thought about how to write words with Short i

    *went to Computer Class

    *wrote addition number sentences to go with pictures

    *wrote numbers in counting order from 0-12

    *made cards for our priests

    *read a book Jamaica's Find

    *did a practice Spelling test

Homework for today:

Reading-HFW (high frequency word) list 2

Math-wkbk p. 7

Spelling-study for test tomorrow

Have a terrific afternoon.

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 Hello Everyone,

Today was a wonderful day.

Today we:

   *learned about Short i and read words with Short i

   *went to Music Class

   *read a book about a principal who wanted students to go to school everyday of the week, holidays, and all summer

   *talked about numbers one more and one fewer than numbers 1-12

   *wrote addition number sentences

   *discussed the special gifts God gave us and that he will love us ALWAYS

   *talked about friends and what makes them feel good or sad

Today's homework is:

Reading-word list paper U1-L2 lines 1-5

Math-wkbk p. 5

Spelling-write sentences for words 1-5 (If your child needs help spelling words you may help them. Ex.: I am at the park. They may need help with the word 'park.' Remind them that a sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period if it is a telling sentence.)

*Your child will have a Short Vowel Detective paper in their HW folder. We are going to be looking for Short a (like in apple) words this week. We will write some in school. See if you can find some words in books you read to them, books they read, and other places where they are seeing printed words with a Short a sound. They do not have to do this all in one night. They do not have to fill in every line. They just need to be looking and listening for Short a words around them. I will collect it on Monday. We will be doing this every week but with a different sound.

Thank you for all your help.

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

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 Hi Everyone,

It was so good to see you last night.( I know many parents were in other classrooms for older children. I sent home the papers I gave out last night for you.)

Your children really enjoyed your notes. ( If you weren't able to be here I wrote a note to your child.)  

Today was a great day. Everyone was really participating and following directions!

We:

   *read and wrote short a words

   *solved word problems and found extra information that we didn't need to answer the question

   *used a part-part-whole workmat and counters to solve addition problems

   *had a terrific World Language lesson with Senora Alise

   *talked about God's creations

   *some students went to music lesson

   *saw some fantastic Show and Tell items

Spelling Words for next week:

1  at

2  hat

3  sat

4  bat

5  cap

6  tap

7  map

8  am

9  ham

10 jam

Have a fantastic weekend!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 Hi Everyone,

 

Today we:

    *wrote words with short a

    *reviewed numbers 6-9

    *talked about addition stories

    *read two books about Elizabeti

    *talked about the communities we belong to

    *talked about what we would see and do in our Religion book

Homework today:

Reading-HFW(high frequency word) list lesson 1

Math-wkwbk p. 3

*picture day tomorrow

**Back-to-School Night tomorrow

Have a great afternoon!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 Hi Everyone,

Today we:

  *read a story with short a words and high frequency words

  *reviewed numbers 5 and 0

  *discussed God wants us to love, forgive, and help others

  *talked about our classroom community

Homework for today:

Reading-word list U1-L1 lines 5-7

Math-wkbk p. 2

Have a great afternoon!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 Hello Everyone,

I hope you had a great weekend!

Today we:

   *talked about and read short a words

   *read a book called First Day Jitters (it had a surprise ending)

   *reviewed numbers 1-4

   *talked about their favorite food, song, movie, and book

   *took a walk and enjoyed the beautiful day God gave is

   *great listening and behavior-keep up the great work

Homework:

Reading-word list U1-L1 lines 1-4

Math-wkbk p. 1 only (p2 is for tomorrow)

*gym Wed.

**picture day paper in folder for Thursday

***Back-to-School Night is Thursday 

Thank you for all the supplies!!

Have a great afternoon!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 Hi Everyone,

Wow!! We had an amazing day!!

We went to church together and everyone was complimented by Father Christian for their wonderful behavior.

After lunch some students had their trial lesson for a half hour.

Later we had ice pops, got tattoos, and played outside. It was a beautiful afternoon. Thank you to all the helpers who made our day special.

*Please send in hand sanitizer, 1 paper towels and 1 freezer bag. Thank you for all your supplies 

Have a fantastic weekend!

Remember our Patriots.

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 Hi Everyone,

Tomorrow is a full day. 

Please be sure to send a lunch and discuss with your child what is their lunch and what is their snack.

They have a chance to drink at three different times during the day---morning recess, lunch, and in the afternoon. Please be sure they have a drink for these times.

We will not do Show and Tell tomorrow because we are going to Mass and are having a Pep Rally.

*Dr. Valenti said they are still accepting lunch orders tomorrow. Please send in the order form and let me know if your child is having lunch next week.

**Individual Picture Day next Thursday.  Back-to-School Night is next Thursday night.

Have a great afternoon!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 Hi Everyone,

Today was an even better day than yesterday.  😊

*We went to an assembly about music lessons. There is a flyer in their HW folders. If you are interested in a trial lesson please sign up using the program's website fundamentalmusicinstruction.com or fill in the form I will send home tomorrow. 

**If you are ordering lunch for your child from RPM dining services, please send in forms and payment tomorrow. You can not order lunch daily like our previous lunch program it has to be ordered the previous week on Thursdays. Menus and order forms were in your School Packet and are also available in the Main Office. If you could let me know if your child ordered lunch each day, I would appreciate it. (Maybe you could circle the days your child will be having lunch on the menu page and send/make a copy for me.)

***Please send in 2 packs of Baby Wipes and 2 canisters of Sanitizing Wipes tomorrow.

(I will send supplies to Mrs. Duffy.)

*Friday  is a full day of school. Please send in snack and drink for morning recess, lunch and drink for lunch, and a drink for in the afternoon. 

Have a wonderful afternoon!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 Hi Everyone,

Welcome back! I hope you have a great summer!

We had a terrific day today. 

Here are a few important notes for you.

*School begins at 8:00, the first day is always later for the Lower School to allow Dr. Valenti to be at both school buildings for opening day.

*Students will enter the building using the front door. They will go right to the cafeteria. (Parents are not allowed to walk them into the cafeteria due to Covid safety rules.)

*Tomorrow is Gym Class.  Please have your child wear their gym uniform and sneakers.

*I will put important information on my Blog. (Until Google Classroom is up and running)

* Please make sure your child has extra masks. (One for in their backpack and one to keep in their school box.)

*Please send in 2 boxes of tissues and 2 cans of Lysol spray tomorrow.

I will send supplies to Ms. Duffy. 

Thank you very much!!

Yours,

Maureen Asaro

 

Hello Everyone,

 

I hope you are all enjoying the last week of vacation.

 

This year students will have many supplies to bring in and parents will not be able to enter the building to help them carry all their supplies. I have made a list of which supplies your child should bring in each day so that it is easier for them to carry it themselves.

 

On Tuesday, September 7^th please send in:

1 box of crayons

1 box of markers 1 pair of scissors

glue sticks

1 plastic box with removable lid

 

*Please have everything opened, out of the package, and labeled with your child’s name.

**Please save the extra boxes of markers and crayons for January.

On Wednesday, September 8^th please send in:

2 boxes of tissues (1 for homeroom and 1 for Art room*)

2 Lysol Disinfectant Sprays (1 for homeroom and 1 for Art room*) 

*I will send supplies to Ms. Duffy

 

On Thursday, September 9^th please send in:

2 packs of Baby Wipes (1 for homeroom and 1 for Art room*)

2 canisters of sanitizing wipes (1 for homeroom and 1 for Art room)

*I will send supplies to Ms. Duffy

 

On Friday, September 10^th please send in:

2 bottles of hand sanitizer (1 for homeroom and 1 for Art room*)

*I will send supplies to Ms. Duffy.

 

 

On Monday, September 13^th please send in:

2 rolls of paper towels (1 for homeroom and 1 for Art room*)

1 box of Hefty One-Zip quart size freezer bags

*I will send supplies to Ms.Duffy

 

Thank you very much!

I am looking forward to seeing you next week!

 

Yours,

Maureen Asaro

 March 5, 2021

Hello Everyone,

Today was wonderful day.

We read another Dr. Seuss book  and talked about long vowel sounds vs short vowel sounds.

Short vowel sounds can be heard in apple, egg, iguana, octopus, or umbrella. 

Long vowel sounds can be heard in ape, ear, ice, ocean, or unicorn.

Please check that your child has a clean mask in their backpack and ask them if they have one in their box here at school.

I am going to stop posting here on Blogger. From today on  I will put all messages on Google Classroom. 

Here are the Spelling words for the week of March 8th:

1 with

2 bath

3 path

4 math

5 thin

6 than

7 then

8 this

9 that

10 there

Next week will be our school Book Fair.  

Your child have the opportunity to choose books to buy. (This a great way to support our school library.) You can pay with ewallet, check, or cash. I was able to view the books and there is a great selection!

Have a nice weekend!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 March 3, 2021

Today we read another Dr. Seuss book, talked about cvc (short vowel) words and cv (long vowel) words. counted by 5s to 100, counted and filled in a 100 chart counting by 2s, put numbers in order from least to greatest and found the range of the numbers by subtracting the greatest number from the least number, discussed   Lent, and stated making kites.

Today's HW is:

Spelling-sentences for words 6-10

Math-wkbk p 73

Phonics-read word list U4-L14 again

Have a beautiful afternoon!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro

 February 26, 2021

Wow, can you believe February is almost over?

Hopefully there will be more sun and less snow.

It was a wonderful day!

We worked on illustrating their personal narrative, had a Spelling test, practiced sight words, went to the Stations of the Cross with Kindergarten (in the cafeteria), saw some wonderful Show and Tell items, and celebrated Leonardo's birthday.

Spelling word for next week:

List #17

1 ship

2 shop

3 shelf

4 fish

5 dish

6 wish

7 flash

8 crash

9 rush

10 give

Have a super weekend!

Yours,

Mrs. Asaro