Friday, June 12, 2020

9am --- STS End of Year School Mass 
Here is the link to watch the live stream.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKK_pUjhqKo

10am --- Google Meeting to say goodbye

I hope you and your families have a wonderful, safe and healthy summer!

Mrs. Novak

Thursday, June 11, 2020

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Google Meeting: today at 10am. Let's see what our fun theme is today!


Google Classroom:

• Please sign into google classroom (after our meeting) to find today's special work and our theme for the day. You just need to type directly into the file and then I will be able to see your work.
• I have also assigned books on this topic in Epic Reading for you to read about. (Don't peek until after our meeting ;)

Reading:

• Do Groundhog Book pages 178 & 179

Spelling:

• Do Cow Book page 120

Math: 

• IXL -- do 15 minutes  -- you choose any topics in math

Reminder:

• Tomorrow --- virtual mass at 9am (I am still waiting for link. I will post on tomorrow's blog.)
• Tomorrow --- final google meeting at 10am

Have a nice day!

Mrs. Novak

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Please update your child's attendance everyday. Thank you!

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Google Meeting: today at 10am. Let's see what our fun theme is today!


Google Classroom:

• Please sign into google classroom (after our meeting) to find today's special work and our theme for the day. You just need to type directly into the file and then I will be able to see your work.
• I have also assigned books on this topic in Epic Reading for you to read about. (Don't peek until after our meeting ;)

Reading:

• Do Groundhog page 177
• Read, Ben Franklin and His First Kite. It is in your student textbook pages 174-193.

Spelling:

• Do Cow Book page 119

Math:

• Chapter 12 test --- pages 577-578

This is a message from Mr. Dunnigan. Please take the survey listed below:

"This letter has been only sent out to the parishioners of St. Therese from Fr. Rick Kilcomons, pastor of St. Therese parish and school. Please know that our enrollment is healthy for next year, and we are planning to open in September.  Please [read the letter] take this very short survey and respond [comment on the survey].

In Christ, Tim Dunnigan"

Letter: https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/23092/documents/2020/6/ParishLetter_060920.PDF

Survey (also within letter): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B5JRC7G



Thank you,
Mrs. Novak

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

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Google Meeting: today at 10am!!  

Google Classroom:

• Please sign into google classroom (after our meeting) to find today's special work and our theme for the day. You just need to type directly into the file and then I will be able to see your work.
• I have also assigned books on this topic in Epic Reading for you to read about. (Don't peek until after our meeting ;)

Reading:

• Do Groundhog Book page 175
• Do Groundhog Book page 176

Spelling:

• Do Cow Book page 118

Math:

• Do pages 567-568 (more, less, or equally likely)
• Do pages 569-570 (arrangements)

Looking for more?
https://digital.emagazines.com/TIME_for_Kids_K/20200608/index.html?t=91614e4f-ccae-4b11-87a9-001f3b5dbd2d#p=1

Specials:

http://stsartclass.blogspot.com/

http://stsspanish.blogspot.com/

Thanks!
Mrs. Novak

Monday, June 8, 2020

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Good Morning First Graders!!


Google Meeting: today at 10am!!  

Reading:

• Please watch today's lesson:                  https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/prefixes-un-and-re/55411933/?s=cLxaJC&ref=appemail
• Do Groundhog book page 173
• Do Groundhog book page 174

Spelling:

• Do Cow book page 117

Math:

• Do pages 563-564 (problem solving)
• Do pages 565-566 (certain, possible, impossible)

Google Classroom:

• Please sign into google classroom to find today's special work.

Looking for more?

• Why is Mars red?  https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/red-mars?modal=extension-modal#slide-id-5363
• Wild Earth - A live safari every morning! WildEarth’s safariLIVE is an award winning,
  expert hosted LIVE safari, broadcast directly from the African wilderness into your home.   www.wildearth.tv/safarilive/

Have a great day!!

Mrs. Novak

Friday, June 5, 2020

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Happy Friday First Graders!!

** If you did not take the Alexander Graham Bell comprehension test or Social Studies Unit 6 test, please do so today. It is located in our google classroom. Thank you! **

Google Meeting: today at 11am (DIFFERENT TIME THAN USUAL). Please bring paper and pencil for the spelling test. Write your name on the top of the paper and numbers from 1-12. Please also bring your Blessings Jar to share with the class!

Reading:

• Listen as I teach to you when you should use the pronouns, I and me. https://youtu.be/BIW1XV_18Vg
• Google Classroom -- Pronouns I and Me questions are posted for you to answer today
• Do Groundhog Book page 170
• Today is National Donut Day! Hear the book Arnie the Doughnut being read to you.    https://www.storylineonline.net/books/arnie-the-doughnut/

Spelling:

• Test -- we will take our test in our google meeting at 10am. Please bring a piece of paper and pencil. Write your name on the top of the paper and numbers from 1-12.

Math:

• Listen to today's lesson: https://youtu.be/Jwv4JH-xVZ4
• Do pages 557-558 (one fourth)
• Do pages 559-560 (part of a set)
• IXL -- first grade -- math -- X. Fractions -- #5, 6, 7 (I have starred them)

Religion:

• Please listen to today's 2 short stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZhQzzNoldk&feature=youtu.be
• Blessings Jar Project -- we will share them in our google meeting today

Scholastic News:  "Palm Trees in the Wind" April Issue (went home after spring break)
https://sn1.scholastic.com/   Login as a student. Password is firstgradenovak

• Video: Parts of a Plant
• Video: Dance Break - Plants
• Vocabulary Word Slideshow
• Read or listen to newsletter and answer questions on last page
• Game: Build a Plant: Palm Trees in the Wind
• Optional Activity: Palm Tree STEM Challenge

Fun Challenge:

• This week's fun challenge board is posted in google classroom.

Looking for more to do this week?

• M & M's factory tour --- right here in NJ!                                             https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GtfkemNzG_I?controls=0

• What happens to our recycling?   https://nj.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.recycleplant/visiting-a-recycling-plant/

• Learn about different types of dances.   https://digital.emagazines.com/TIME_for_Kids_K/20200518/index.html?t=3f60596f-28e9-43ac-aea1-83593593ea55
• Why can't fish breathe on land?                                                                                       https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/fish-breathing?loc=mini-lesson-button#slide-id-9069

Specials: Please do these when you can during the week.

• Spanish: http://stsspanish.blogspot.com/
• Art: http://stsartclass.blogspot.com/
• Computer: http://stscomputers.blogspot.com/
• Gym: https://stsgym.blogspot.com/

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Novak

Thursday, June 4, 2020

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Good Morning First Graders! 

** If you did not take the Alexander Graham Bell comprehension test yesterday, please do so today. It is located in our google classroom. Thank you! **

Reading:

• Groundhog book pages 168 & 169
• Listen to me as I read to you about another invention made by The Wright Brothers:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WHoIFnPF6k&feature=youtu.be
• Read for 20 minutes

Writing:

• Tell about a great idea that you have. Write about your idea and how it would make everyday life easier or better. Write at least 3 sentences.

Spelling:

• Do Cow Book page 116
• Study the words using one way that we have done throughout the year or makeup your own way.
• Test tomorrow

Math:

• Please listen to today's lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLdtUXKVtl4&feature=youtu.be
• Do pages 553-554 (one half)
• Do pages 555-556 (one third)
• IXL -- first grade -- math -- X. Fractions -- #3 & #4 (I have starred these)

Religion:

• Please listen to today's 2 short stories: https://youtu.be/hrBtVTzNvdo
• Blessings Jar Project -- we will share on tomorrows google meeting

Social Studies:

• Test -- please take the Social Studies Unit 6 test located in our google classroom
• Do workbook page 70

Fun Challenge:

• This week's fun challenge board is posted in google classroom.

Looking for more to do this week?

• M & M's factory tour --- right here in NJ!                                             https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GtfkemNzG_I?controls=0

• What happens to our recycling?   https://nj.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.recycleplant/visiting-a-recycling-plant/

• Learn about different types of dances.   https://digital.emagazines.com/TIME_for_Kids_K/20200518/index.html?t=3f60596f-28e9-43ac-aea1-83593593ea55
• Why can't fish breathe on land?                                                                                       https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/fish-breathing?loc=mini-lesson-button#slide-id-9069

Specials: Please do these when you can during the week.

• Spanish: http://stsspanish.blogspot.com/
• Art: http://stsartclass.blogspot.com/
• Computer: http://stscomputers.blogspot.com/
• Gym: https://stsgym.blogspot.com/

Thank you,

Mrs. Novak

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

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Google Meeting: today at 10am. Senora Decker will meet with us this morning. 

Reading:

• Do Groundhog Book pages 167
• Re-read story, Alexander Graham Bell. If you would like to hear me read it to you, just click on this link: https://youtu.be/SuX_wey16cU
• Answer comprehension questions to the story, Alexander Graham Bell. You will find these questions posted in our google classroom. 
• Read for 20 minutes a book from home, Epic Reading or Raz Kids.

Spelling:

• Do Cow Book page 115
• Study the words using one way that we have done throughout the year or makeup your own way.
• Test on Friday

Math:

• Math test on pages 539-540
• Listen to Brain Pop Jr. about equal parts. 
• https://jr.brainpop.com/math/fractions/basicpartsofawhole/                                            Username: firstgradenovak Password: novak1
• Do pages 551-552

Religion:

• Please listen to today's 2 short stories:  https://youtu.be/1f9PLuEfiVc
• Blessings Jar Project -- we will share on Friday's google meeting

Social Studies:

• Open up your book to pages 264-265. Listen to me review it with you: https://youtu.be/79WcCDTHyOc
• Do workbook page 69
• Answer questions #1-4 on page 271

Fun Challenge:

• This week's fun challenge board is posted in google classroom.

Looking for more to do this week?

• M & M's factory tour --- right here in NJ!                                             https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GtfkemNzG_I?controls=0

• What happens to our recycling?   https://nj.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.recycleplant/visiting-a-recycling-plant/

• Learn about different types of dances.   https://digital.emagazines.com/TIME_for_Kids_K/20200518/index.html?t=3f60596f-28e9-43ac-aea1-83593593ea55
• Why can't fish breathe on land?                                                                                       https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/fish-breathing?loc=mini-lesson-button#slide-id-9069

Specials: Please do these when you can during the week.

• Spanish: http://stsspanish.blogspot.com/
• Art: http://stsartclass.blogspot.com/
• Computer: http://stscomputers.blogspot.com/
• Gym: https://stsgym.blogspot.com/

Have a good day!

Mrs. Novak

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

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Reading:

• Do Groundhog Book page 165
• Please open up your textbook to pages 142 & 143 and listen as I read them to you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG8W781XLlI&t=3s
• Do Groundhog book page 166
• One of the best ways to send someone a message is to use the telephone. We are going to read about the man who invented the telephone. Read story, Alexander Graham Bell, on pages 144-165.
• Watch Brain Pop Jr. about Alexander Graham Bell    https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/biographies/alexandergrahambell/                                        Username: firstgradenovak Password: novak1

Spelling:

• Do Cow Book page 114
• Study the words using one way that we have done throughout the year or makeup your own way.
• Test on Friday

Math:

• Please listen to today's lesson: https://youtu.be/V_NFrMFuOLE
• Do pages 529-530 (balance number sentences)
• Do pages 531-532 (missing operations)

Religion:

• Please listen to today's lesson: https://youtu.be/1HqJV0BW3Do
• Blessings Jar Project -- we will share on Friday's google meeting

Social Studies:

• Please open to pages 256-261 and listen to today's lesson: https://youtu.be/OOrh6Tv07x8
• Do workbook page 68

Fun Challenge:

• This week's fun challenge board is posted in google classroom.

Looking for more to do this week?

• M & M's factory tour --- right here in NJ!                                             https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GtfkemNzG_I?controls=0

• What happens to our recycling?   https://nj.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.recycleplant/visiting-a-recycling-plant/

• Learn about different types of dances.   https://digital.emagazines.com/TIME_for_Kids_K/20200518/index.html?t=3f60596f-28e9-43ac-aea1-83593593ea55
• Why can't fish breathe on land?                                                                                       https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/fish-breathing?loc=mini-lesson-button#slide-id-9069

Specials: Please do these when you can during the week.

• Spanish: http://stsspanish.blogspot.com/
• Art: http://stsartclass.blogspot.com/
• Computer: http://stscomputers.blogspot.com/
• Gym: https://stsgym.blogspot.com/

Have a good day!

Mrs. Novak

Monday, June 1, 2020

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Happy First Day of June!!

Reading:

• Do Groundhog page 163
• Open your textbook to pages 140-141 and listen to today's lesson:                       https://youtu.be/b6wo8z3uysk
• Do Groundhog book page 164
• Read for 20 minutes outside.

Spelling:

• This weeks spelling words are: saw, draw, crawl, straw, law, jaw, paw, lawn, yawn, hawk, through, science
• Do Cow Book page 113
• Study the words using one way that we have done throughout the year or makeup your own way.
• Test on Friday

Math:

• Please watch today's lesson: https://youtu.be/8Jwxxk-931c
• Do pages 525-526 (add and subtract mentally)
• Subtraction regrouping page to work on -- posted in google classroom

Religion:

• Please watch today's lesson: https://youtu.be/53ay5wYC2gc
• Weekly Project: The Blessings Jar (explained in today's video)

Social Studies:

• Please open your textbook to pages 252-253 and listen to today's lesson: https://youtu.be/rlX8FL68HYw
• Do Workbook pages 66 & 67

Fun Challenge:

• This week's fun challenge board is posted in google classroom.

Looking for more to do this week?

• M & M's factory tour --- right here in NJ!                                             https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GtfkemNzG_I?controls=0

• What happens to our recycling?   https://nj.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.recycleplant/visiting-a-recycling-plant/

• Learn about different types of dances.   https://digital.emagazines.com/TIME_for_Kids_K/20200518/index.html?t=3f60596f-28e9-43ac-aea1-83593593ea55
• Why can't fish breathe on land?                                                                                       https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/fish-breathing?loc=mini-lesson-button#slide-id-9069

Specials: Please do these when you can during the week.

• Spanish: http://stsspanish.blogspot.com/
• Art: http://stsartclass.blogspot.com/
• Computer: http://stscomputers.blogspot.com/
• Gym: https://stsgym.blogspot.com/

Have a lovely day!

Mrs. Novak