Mrs. Colleen Koch

ckoch@holycrossacademypgh.org School Office - 412-364-7171 School Address - 307 Siebert Road Pgh. PA 15237

Please contact me via email or by calling the School Office. Conferences will be scheduled when requested. Communication is essential! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Welcome to Room 109! First Grade is awesome!

A little about me.....

Hello! I am so happy to be your child's teacher this year! I have been teaching in the Diocese for 31 years. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Sociology and a Master's Degree in Elementary Education from Duquesne University. My husband and I have two wonderful children (and a wonderful son-in-law!) and a very spoiled dog! I am looking forward to an amazing year with my first graders!

CHOOSE KINDNESS!

Room 109 Reminders

1. Please send a note if your child is going home from school a different way - car rider instead of bus; after school care instead of car rider.

2. Mass is celebrated every Friday, unless otherwise noted. Please make sure your child is wearing a white polo shirt.

3. Please label jackets, sweaters, lunch boxes, and backpacks.

4. Please send an excuse when your child is absent.

5.Please send a healthy snack for your child each day.

Mrs. Koch's Google Classroom

Homework

Mon. 3/30 - No Homework!
Tues. 3/31 - No Homework!
Wed. 4/1 - No Homework! Happy Easter!
Thurs. 4/2 - No School
Fri. 4/3 - No School

Review high-frequency words:
Smart Start
I like do to you he can go a has this is my look little where here play the we are me she with for and have see said was

Unit 1
does not school what down out up very be come good pull fun make they too jump move run two

Unit 2
again help new there use three could live one then eat no of under who want all day her call walk many by place around

Unit 3
way now today some why away green grow together should pretty water any from happy once so upon ago boy girl how old people done soon every after work buy

Unit 4
about animal carry eight give our into blue or small other because find food more over start warm caught flew know laugh listen were found hard near woman would write

Unit 5
four none only large put round another full climb through poor great began better guess learn right

This week's high-freq. words:

Spelling words-
No spelling test this week

Every night you should be reading! Our goal is 1000 books! Total at the end of Feb. - 647!

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What's Happening This Week: 3/30- 4/3

Religion - Good Friday

Phonics - Review R-controlled Vowels: ar, or, er/ir/ur

Reading - Readers Theater - Fairy Tales

Grammar - Review Adjectives

Math - Data & Graphs; 2-Digit Addition

Science - Light

Social Studies - Inventors

REMINDERS!

1. If your child's dismissal procedure is the same each day, one note at the beginning of the year is sufficient. However, if your child is doing something different -car rider instead of bus rider, bus rider instead of car rider, please send in a note that day.

Flexible Instruction Day Assignments
are listed on my Google Classroom.

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Special Classes

Monday - Music

Tuesday - Spanish

Wednesday - Gym; Library

Thursday - Computer

Friday - Art

March Calendar
3/2 - Read Across America Day
3/6 - Mass;Northland Library Visit; Fish Fry
3/11 - PTG meeting
3/13 - Mass; Fish Fry
3/18 - Athletic Association mtg.
3/19 - Carnegie Museum Visit
3/20 - Mass; Northland Library Visit;
Living Stations;Fish Fry
3/26 (Thursday) - Mass
3/27 - No School - In-Service; Fish
Fry
4/1 (Wednesday) - Mass
4/2-4/6 - Easter Break
4/7 - School resumes

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