Mrs. McVeigh Room 122

Hello, Room 122 Parents!

Here are our curriculum highlights for the week, as well as any announcements that are related to first graders.

This week in:

Religion

We will continue our study of Unit 1/ "Jesus Teaches Us About God's Love". This week, we will begin Lesson 4/"Jesus Works Among the People". We will learn that Jesus helps all those in need.

All week we will be collecting jars of peanut butter and jelly to help those less fortunate than us.

Math

The Chapter 2 Test was quite challenging. I guided your children through it and was so proud of them for giving it their best try. We briefly began Chapter 3/"Subtraction Facts and Strategies Within 10". We will continue in Chapter 3 and subtract from 7 and 8.

Reading/Spelling

We will continue in Module 2/"My Family, My Community". In this module, children will read to discover their place in the world by exploring how they fit within their family and their local community. It is important that they feel a sense of belonging to both. This module describes communities as special places to live. It explains how the people who live there, including family members, work together to make it better for everyone.

We will review the short i sound and focus on the short o sound.

Our grammar skill this week will be adjectives. We also learn the word "antonym".

In Fundations this week, we will finish in Unit 2. In Unit 2, we have learned to tap out words that can be tapped out. We were introduced to "Trick Words", which are words that cannot be tapped out and will be memorized by sight. Some of these words will be the same as our reading High-Frequency Words. This week's Trick Words are: as has. The Word of the Day is quit. We will take the Unit Test towards the end of the week and then begin Unit 3, which focuses on digraphs.

If you have any questions about the curriculum, please reach out to me.

Have a great week,

Lisa McVeigh

Announcements:

Monday, October 13-This a Teacher Professional Development Day and there is no school for students.

Tuesday, October 14 -This ia a Spirit Day. Children may wear their school sweat pants or shorts along with a CJF gym shirt or Spirit Day shirt. Cookies will be sold for $1 to be eaten at snack or lunch.

Friday, October 17-Mrs. Albright, the School Counselor will visit our room to talk with us about October's Virtue, Responsibility.

Notes:

We will be collecting peanut butter and jelly all this week to help feed those that are less fortunate than us.

Raffle Baskets for the annual Fall Fundraiser will be on display during lunch recess time so that the children can place their raffle tickets in the baskets of their choice. Raffle tickets must be purchased in advance and filled out at home.

If possible, please put your child's snack separate from their lunch, so they can easily put it into a basket for easy distribution at snack time. Only one snack should be eaten at snack time and water should be the only drink.

Can you please put your child's name on everything. It is especially important to have it on sweatshirts and sweaters. Thanks...it really helps!!!

Meet the Teacher:

Hello, Cardinal John Foley Families,

My name is Lisa McVeigh. I am very happy to be a member of the faculty and staff at Cardinal John Foley School for the 2025-2026 school year. I have been teaching for many years, most of them as a first grade teacher. I have also taught 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade and kindergarten.

I received my bachelor's degree from West Chester University in elementary education with a concentration in early childhood. Shortly after, I earned a masters degree in reading from Saint Joseph's University. Following the obtaining of my masters degree, I continued to take many education courses to further my knowledge in education.

I live in Havertown with my husband and 2 adult children. When I am not at school teaching, I love spending time at the beach, cooking, reading and dancing!

I look forward to participating in the many wonderful things that are a part of Cardinal Foley School!

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