Author Archives: Lisa Gearen

First Grade News for the week of January 30th to Febraury 3rd

By Lisa Gearen | Published: January 29, 2012
Religion:  This week in Religion we will be preparing and practicing for the all school Mass.   We will also be concluding our chapter about Baptism. Reading:  This week’s story is “The Kite” featuring Frog and Toad.  If your child has any Frog and Toad books in their library they are welcome to bring them to [...]
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First Grade News for the week of January 23rd to 27th

By Lisa Gearen | Published: January 22, 2012
Religion:  This week in the first graders will continue learning about the sacrament of Baptism.  We will be meeting with one of the Priests to stage a pretend ceremony.  By doing this the students will be able to see all aspects of Baptism and will also have the opportunity to ask questions about the sacrament. [...]
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First Grade News for the week of January 16th to 20th

By Lisa Gearen | Published: January 13, 2012
Religion:  We will be learning about the sacrament of Baptism.  The students will be learning that when they received this sacrament they became members of the Catholic Church.  We will be learning about the different things that are said and done during the ceremony.   Please send in a picture of your child on the day of [...]
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First Grade News for the week of Jan 9th to 13th

By Lisa Gearen | Published: January 7, 2012
Happy New Year and Welcome Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Religion:  We will be learning about three very important roles in the Catholic Church this week.  The first role we will be learning about is that of an Apostle.  The students know that an Apostle was a follower of Jesus when he was alive.  They will now learn that [...]
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First Grade News for the Week Of December 19th to 22nd

By Lisa Gearen | Published: December 18, 2011
This week we will be doing many activities centered around the holiday season.  Over break please ask your child how their markers, crayon, scissors and colored pencils are holding up.  These items make GREAT stocking stuffers. Religion:  We will continue talking about the meanings behind this very special time of year. Reading:  The students will [...]
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First Grade News for the Week of December 12th to 16th

By Lisa Gearen | Published: December 11, 2011
Religion:  This week the students will continue to learn about the Christmas  season and the symbolism behind the celebrations.  Reading: We have come to the end of the third book in our reading series.  This week the students will review the skills taught throughout the book.  They will also read Christmas stories and do projects that will enhance the enjoyment. Spelling and [...]
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First Grade News for the week of December 5th to 9th

By Lisa Gearen | Published: December 5, 2011
Religion:  This week the students will learn about the Christmas  season and the symbolism behind the celebrations.  We will also talk about the journey that Mary and Joseph took before Jesus’ birth.    Reading: Our story this week is ” Kids Have Fun”    The skills that  we will be working on are:  Three letter blends scr, spl, thr,  and where they [...]
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First Grade News for the Week of Nov. 28th to Dec. 2nd

By Lisa Gearen | Published: November 27, 2011
Religion:  This week the students will learn about the season of Advent.   We will talk about Advent being the start of the Church year and that it is also known at the season of waiting for Christ’s birth.   The students will discover what each candle on the Advent wreath represents.  The first purple candle stands for hope that Christ was [...]
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First Grade News for the week of Nov 14th to 18th

By Lisa Gearen | Published: November 12, 2011
Religion:  This week the students will be discovering what it means to be a member of a parish family.  They will learn that as a parish we come together to celebrate God’s love for us.    During this chapter we will also be discovering who the people are that run a parish and what their specific jobs [...]
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First Grade News for the Week of Oct. 31st to Nov. 4th

By Lisa Gearen | Published: October 30, 2011
Religion:  The first graders will host an all school Mass on Tuesday, November 1st celebrating All Saints Day at 9:00 am.  Please join us if your schedule allows.  In addition to hosting the Mass we will continue with the Second Step curriculum.  This week we will identify our feelings while dealing with different types of situations.  As [...]
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First Grade News for the Week of Oct 24th to 28th

By Lisa Gearen | Published: October 23, 2011
St. Cletus will be honoring RED RIBBON week. The activities for the week are as follows: Monday, October 24th:  Shade out drugs.  The students are encouraged to wear their craziest sunglasses to school.  Tuesday, October 25th:  All students are encouraged to bring in a red labeled food item for the food pantry. Wednesday, October 26th:  Red [...]
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First Grade News for the Week of October 17th to 21st

By Lisa Gearen | Published: October 16, 2011
Religion:  The first graders will begin working with the  Second Step curriculum.  This curriculum, has the class working on their empathy towards others, controlling  impulses, learning to problem solve and anger management.   Much of the work that the class will be doing with this program will be whole class discussion and role playing. Also this week the first graders will be [...]
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First Grade News for the week of October 10th to 14th

By Lisa Gearen | Published: October 10, 2011
Religion:  The first graders wil begin the week attending an all school Mass on Tuesday at 9:00 am.  If your schedule allows pleas join us at Mass.  As the week proceeds the class will learn about those who were followers of Jesus and believed He was the son of God.  We will learn about the different ways these followers were [...]
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First Grade News for the Week of Oct 3rd to 7th

By Lisa Gearen | Published: September 30, 2011
Religion:  The first graders will talk about the Church Year.  Throughout the Church year each season is represented by certain colors.  Purple for Advent and Lent.   White for Christmas, Three Days and Easter.   Green for Ordinary time which comes two times during the year, after Christmas and Easter.        Reading: This week our story will be “Too [...]
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First Grade News for the week of September 26th thru 30th

By Lisa Gearen | Published: September 24, 2011
Religion:  The first graders will talk about the many people who wanted to be followers of God.  We will talk about what it means to make new friends and keep the ones we have had for years.  As we do this we will talk about the things we like about these people.    Lastly we will talk about the Commandments [...]
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