Kindergarten
Mrs. Krueger

As Kindergarten looks forward to our trip to the pumpkin farm and Halloween this month, we continue to work hard every day.

In Religion we are learning about why WE are gifts from God. Students will realize that they are each different and special because of the talents and feelings God has given them. We will also discuss the important gift of family that God has blessed us with.

We have mastered letters C, O, and G, and have started Letterbook A. We will be moving onto letters D and S during the month and will soon be blending our letter sounds so we can begin reading words. We will also begin learning how to print our last names.

We will start working on numbers in Math this month. By the end of October we will be able to count, read, recognize, represent and name examples of 0 through 5. We will be introduced to ordinal numbers from first to fifth to show positions as well.

 We will discover plants and animals that live on land, and plants and animals that live in water. We plan on going to the Science Lab to do an experiment with our 8th grade buddies this month.

We will kick off Social Studies by comparing the city and the country, and brainstorming about transportation in both areas. As the month goes on, we will learn about our planet, Earth, and its characteristics. We will be using our globe to help identify land and water.

We also plan to do some fall finger painting and make some boo-tiful Halloween crafts. We look forward to a fun-filled and busy October!

 

First Grade Lessons at a glance for the month of October

Religion:   October Saints  

                 Baptism

                 Caring for God's creation

                 Special gift's we thank God for 

 

Reading:   Each week we have a different reading story

                  and words to learn. Tips to help your child read:

                 Read a loud to your child, create an alphabet

                 of pictures, surround your child with reading

                 material, take a trip to the library and make it fun! 

 

Math:       We will make addition and subtraction flash cards.

 

Spelling:   We just had our first spelling test on Friday Oct.

                  3rd. The students will get a new list of spelling

                 words to study and be tested on them each week

                 on Friday.

 

Language Arts:  We will be learning about nouns, proper nouns,

                         plural nouns and abbreviations.

 

Social Studies:  We will be reading about communities and

                          historical places in our Country.

 

Science:   We will be reading about animal habitats and how

                animals live and protect themselves.

 

We are looking forward to going in the science lab with the

8th graders this month. We are also looking forward to our

Halloween party. Thank you for visiting our website.

 

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      Religion - We are baptized into the new life of Christ, the love of 

                          God, and the life of the Church. We will also identify the 

                          signs of the sacrament of Baptism. We will also make

                         Halloween cards for the nursing home patients.

 

      Reading - We will work on the following stories: Henry and Mudge,

                           Carry Go, Bring Come,

                           and The Sun Is Always Shining Somewhere.

 

       Phonics - We will be working primarily on short vowels.

 

      Spelling - We will be working on short and long vowels, a big review

                          test and consonant clusters. 

 

     Language - What makes up a sentence and sentence ending marks -

                          periods, question marks, exclamation points

 

          Math - We will be working on place value, less than / greater than

                         and teen addition facts through 18.

 

      Science - We will be studying dinosaurs and their many different

                          charactertistics and fossils. the children will also be

                          making their own fossils and measuring them.

 

Social Studies - We will be studying different types of communities - rural,

                           suburbs, etc., different types of transportation and ways

                           to communicate. 

During October the 3rd graders will:

• Complete an Election Booklet that uses vocabulary and procedures to help follow and understand America's election process.

• Begin a Social Studies unit of map skills that uses presidential history for its foundation.

• Animal groups and habitats will be covered in Science.

• CURSIVE HANDWRITING WILL BEGIN.

• In the story "Meet An Underwater Explorer" we will go to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean and then "EEK", a Japanese folktale will provide opportunities for cause and effect discussion.

• In continuing our Religion Unit on "ONE", we will be focusing on our domestic church, the kingdom of God on Earth, and the four types of prayer. The lives of St. Martin of Tours and St. Therese of Lisieux will be shared.

• Beginning our 3rd chapter in Math, the class will be active in a current national concern, money. Then it's inot regrouping skills for addition and subtraction of larger numbers.

WOW, what a busy month!

There might also be some pumpkins, black cats, and witches.

Happy Halloween!

Mrs. Kolpak suggests these helpful websites:

Reading

www.kids-learning-zone.com

Dear Fourth Grade Parents / Guardians,

The Fourth grade students are off to a great school year! They have been working really hard and learning new things everyday! Here are some of the main concepts and topics we will be focusing on throughout the month of October:

• Language Arts:

  Nouns and writing that compares Sentences and Personal narrative

• Mathematics:

  Add and subtract whole numbers Multiplication and Division Basic Facts

• Reading:

  Sarah, Plain Tall- analyze character. Setting and making inferences Seal Journey - Main idea and supporting details and using photographs to make written information clearer.

• Religion:

  The Commandments and God's Covenent Our Father and in Heaven

• Science:

  Energy from plants Ecosystems

   

Just a few reminders: The "Book It" reading program started October 1. For the month of October, each student's goal is to read 300 pages. Please keep track of the number of pages your child reads.

Tutoring begins on October 8, 2008 from 2:45 -3:15. If your child would like to stay after school for tutoring he/she needs to bring a note from home.

On October 21, 2008, the fourth grade class will be leading the 8:30 mass. Please come and join us and I hope to see you there!

Continue to practice the mutiplication facts from 0-12.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact the school office or send a note with your child. Thanks for all of your ongoing support and cooperation!

Thanks,

Miss Pietruszynski

Websites for 4th Graders:

Math: www.eduplace.com/math

Religion: www.blestarewe.com

www.nwf.org/kids

 

Happy Fall! October brings many wonderful activities and events to fifth grade.

In Social Studies, we are working on our exciting unit of Native Americans. We will learn about the cultures, traditions, history, and the present day situations of the Native Americans of the Southwest, Woodlands, Plains, and the West. As we study this unit we will be learning through pictures, books, and hands-on craft activities. The students always seem to enjoy the various projects we create in this unit.

As we move ahead with our grammar skills in English, we will be working through the writing process to publish a personal narrative. We will also continue to learn about verbs and their tenses.

In Math, we will be busy multiplying and dividing whole numbers. Please keep practicing your basic mutiplication and division facts as they are the basis of all math work this year.

We will continue to grow closer to God and Jesus as we begin to take a closer look at our seven sacraments in Religion class. We will study the sacraments of Matrimony and Holy Orders, the sacraments of service, this month. As many of you may know, I will be celebrating the sacrament of Matrimony on October 25th. This will be a great opportunity for the students to learn about and witness one of our seven sacraments.

Just a reminder that tutoring will be cancelled for Wednesday, October 22nd and October 29th. Tutoring sessions will resume on Wednesday, November 5th.

I would like to wish everyone a Happy and Safe Halloween!

 

In October, the sixth grade "S.O.S" ("S.imply O.utstanding S.tudents") are celebrating that it's the month of the Rosary.

Apple Munching, Popcorn Popping, Pretzels, Magic and Halloween.

We will be learning more about:

the Rosary Mysteries

the different civilizations of the Fertile Cresent

Greek roots and suffixes of our words

the differences among simple, compound and complex sentences

types of nouns

our last year to participate in "Book It!" sponsored by Pizza Hut

monsters of the Greek myths

and

perfecting our performance of the traditional and much anticipated

Pumpkin Carols!

 

October is an outstanding time in sixth grade at Our Lady of the Ridge!

Here are Sister Mary Kathleen's website picks:

English and Reading:

www.eduplace.com/kids/hme

Religion:

www.webelieveweb.com

 

It's hard to believe it's October already. the seventh grade is learning and reviewing many things. We are looking forward to another buddy project with our first grade buddies. We are so excited to begin our computer program as well.

In Math this month we are learning how to analyze data and to use number patterns, fractions and percents. We enjoy doing Mind Jogger activities and math games at the board.

In reading we are continuing to study both fiction and nonfiction stories. Many of the stories we read are about children and we talk about how their lives are similar to ours. The students well be completing a "sandwich" book report this month.

In English we are discussing the various verb forms. We write sentences with the different forms and work on the exercises in class. We will also be studying modifiers.

In our spelling/vocabulary books we do Jeopardy questions, spelling bees and sentences to review our vacabulary words, definitions as well as synonyms and antonyms.

In the 6th grade our math topics for this month are statistics, graphing data and adding and subtracting decimals. We discuss how statistics relate to our every day lives.

In the 8th grade our math topics are proportions and percents. We will also be doing statistics and analyzing data this month. We are reviewing graphing on a coordinate plane and will create Halloween pictures using ordered pairs.

In the 8th grade reading series we are studying fiction as well as nonfiction. The students are learning about foreshadowing and flashbacks. the students have a book jacket book report due at the end of this month.

     Science is keeping us on the go this October. Our studies concern forces and motion. Arm wrestling contests will demonstrate balanced and unbalanced forces. There will be running races and car races. After measuring distance and time, we will calculate and graph speed and acceleration. We will challenge gravitational acceleration by designing and testing containers to protect eggs falling from great heights. There will be a lot of work and a lot of thinking, but it should be fun.

  In Social Studies, we will examine the Western expansion and the Great Awakening. Trains, cowboys, prospectors adn ghost towns! There are so many interesting things to learn. Our class will be divided into groups for an independent study project. This way we can do an in depth study of one area of our history and develop more mature study habits at the same time. To strengthen our knowledge of geography, we will be placing countries on blank maps of North and South America. Of course, we will continue to research the presidential candidates and perepare for our mock election.

  Encouraged by our first writing attempt, our personal narratives, we will continue to hone our compostion skills in English. Initially we will examine each part of speech, beginning with nouns and verbs. Then we will endeavor to craft comparison/contrast essays.

  Our Math classes are intese to perpare us for high school entrance exams. Not only is there new material to learn, but there is also review on concepts already taught. Reading class has us examining the short story. There are so many elements to study: plot, setting, characterization, and climax. We should be well prepared for literature classes in high school.

  Religion class centers on preparation for Confirmation. We are doing service hours: being good stewarts of time by helping our family, parish and community. Choosing our Confirmation names is a big responsibility. We will be researching our saints. The, at the end of October, we will dress as our saints and relate their lives to the other students in our school.

  Eight grade is certainly a busy year, but we are loving every minute of it. 

      

Mrs Stein says, "Follow these links!"

Science:

www.bretoned.ca/science/junrstrt.htm

www.usgs.gov/education

www.funbrain.com