Newsletter for August 17th - August 21st, 2026

Welcome! We are off to a great start! The children did a remarkable job last week. It's a time of adjustment and they will probably come home tired these first couple of weeks. I will be emailing you each weekend with a link to our weekly newsletter.  The newsletter will include a brief outline of the week's lessons and also additional information and reminders.  Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have.  During this first full week, we will continue to spend time each day practicing our daily routine and becoming familiar with our classroom and school rules.  

Here is a link to our classroom wish list:  Amazon Wish List

We will attend Mass for the first time on Wednesday.  It will be an All School Mass.  Our Mass days will be Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday.

Please remember to send your child's water bottle to school each day filled with water.  Thank you!

Here is a look at our week ahead in the classroom:

* I have also included some things to review and practice at home.

Religion:

The story of Creation

The Sign of the Cross 

Genuflecting

Learn and practice appropriate Mass behavior

Phonics :

Recognizing the the upper and lowercase letter and letter sound of L l.  (/l/ as in lion)

The Letter Oo will be introduced on Friday.  When learning vowels, we will learn the short sounds first. ( /o/ as in octopus) 

Recognizing the letters in our name & writing it correctly (begin with a capital letter and use lowercase for the remaining letters)

Printing the letter Ll 

Language Arts:

Story:  The Little School Bus

Genre: Animal Fantasy

Comprehension Skill: Characters

Grammar Skill: Nouns

Vocabulary Words: bus, van, car, bike

Sight Words: I, am

Amazing Words:first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth 

Rhyming 

Math: Module 1 - Numbers to 10

Attributes of Two Related Objects

Classify to Make Categories and Count

Recognizing numbers and sets 0-5

Writing numbers 0-5

*Please remember to check your child's green folder each night for math homework.

Social Studies

Rules help keep us safe

Writing a Social Contract

Friendship, Cooperation, Sharing

Science 

What is Science?

Discovering our Five Senses

Things to practice at home:

* writing first name beginning with a capital letter and using lowercase for the remaining letters

* recognizing captial and lowercase letters:  Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Pp, Nn, Aa and their sounds

* recognizing and writing numbers 0 - 10

* Making the Sign of the Cross correctly

* Knowing the Sign of the Cross Prayer

* Genuflecting

*practice tucking in shirts

 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Have a great week!

Ms. Johnson