Mrs. Paquin

I am in my 40th year at Holy Childhood School. This has really been my home away from home, since I am a Holy Childhood graduate, as well as my father and daughter. I graduated from Blackburn College with a B.A. in Elementary Education and concentrations in Spanish and Psychology. It has really been a lot of fun seeing the children of my former students come through my classroom!!

My husband, Brett, and I have a daughter, Elizabeth, and son-in-law, Trevor. I am the proud grandmother of Liam and Samuel.

I enjoy reading, cooking, gardening, and spoiling my grandsons!

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Important Dates

MARCH

10th- St. Dominic Savio

14th- State accreditation

17th- St. Patrick’s Day- wear green- 1st grade presentation for kindergarten- Feeding God’s People

19th- St. Joseph’s Day

25th- The Annunciation

What We're Learning

MATH- we have been learning about addition of 2-digit numbers this week with no carrying. Next week we will work on subtraction of 2-digit numbers with no borrowing.

PHONICS/READING/WRITING – we have been working on r- controlled vowels- ar, er, ir, or and ur words. Next week we will start practicing words using digraphs- sh, ch, th, wh, wr, kn, gn,and ph,

PLEASE watch for proper formation and neatness of all letters/numbers as your child writes. Make sure letters are not started at the bottom. Watch for reversals and correct them as they occur. Have your child “pinch” the pencil, not write with their thumb wrapped around their first finger. I have noticed children needing to work on holding pencils correctly.

RELIGION- we have been reading about saints and special days for March. We are also watching short videos of the saints, the Annunciation, Pentecost and the Apostles as well as reading about each.

SOCIAL STUDIES- the class will learn about famous women of the United States for Women in History Month.

SCIENCE- we are reading about all types of weather and their causes.

Spelling

TEST- March 23rd

(Two more words have been added.)

Test words- corn, fork, short, sport, Lord, thorn, porch, order, fern, herd, Bert, jerk, hamster, letter, sister, verb

Bonus Words – Jerusalem and Apostles

Please practice words nightly. Be sure your child practices writing letters the correct size and no reversals. Every quarter 2 more words will be added to the list.

Go to spellingcity.com for some fun ways to practice spelling words.

Extra Activities

Please be sure that your child brings 2 snacks each day.

I will hand out Reading Counts prize coupons on Monday. Your child may use them for the next two weeks. Some have already earned special clothing coupons! Way to go 1st graders!!!!

I sent home the information about Reading Counts. Please reach out if you have any questions. Hopefully we will have some time with our Buddies to help take more tests. I would like 2 tests to be passed each week for now.

Check red folders and make sure your child completes their work in them and can hand it in the next morning.

PLEASE sign off in the planners only AFTER homework is COMPLETED. If there is a reason work could not be done please, please send me a note. If you need help with work let me know and it will be taken care of here at school. Help your children remember to bring back ALL of their work. Do not remove papers from their red folders unless you ask them if they should be brought back.

Set up a routine for your children to pack up their work, folders, planners, and snacks every evening. Make it part of their nightly chores. Do not wait to do it in the morning. Thank you!