Week 12

Our fourth annual Read-a-thon will take place on Tuesday, October 31st. Students have the option to come to school dressed as their favorite classical literary character, scientist, or historical figure. Costumes need not come directly from the grade level curriculum, though they must be classically aligned. If you have not had a chance, please send costume ideas to your classroom teacher for approval this weekend. Be sure that costumes allow students to engage in regular school day activities such as recess, lunch, and P.E., as well as curricular instruction. (No violent symbols or weapons of any kind will be permitted on campus.)

On Saturday, October 28th from 1-5 p.m., Barnes and Noble in Dana Park will be holding a book fair for Archway Arete that will include a scavenger hunt, arts and activities, and story time with Archway teachers. We are looking forward to spending time with our Arete community, so please stop by if you can!

Please remember to send a water bottle with your child every day. Also, please make sure that your child has two snacks in addition to what you would like them to eat for lunch.

This week in 1C:

Literature: Tuesday is our Read-a-thon! We will be exploring all kinds of books and doing many after-reading activities. We can’t wait to see what literary or historical character everyone dresses up as! We are continuing Frog and Toad Are Friends and will read chapters 3,4, and 5 this week.

Spalding: 20 words this week – Test on Friday! (over Monday’s and Wednesday’s words)

Monday: take, Mr., Mister, after, thing, what, than, its, his, her, it’s

Wednesday: very, or, thank, dear, west, sold, told, best, form

Phonograms to practice: i, m, o, t, w, ew, oo, or, ow, er

Writing: Our narration and copy work exercises come from “Caddie Woodlawn”.

Grammar: We will be playing games to review nouns and verbs!

Poem: “Thanksgiving Day” (Select 1 stanza to practice and memorize!)

Idiom: “Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today.”

Math: This week we will continue working on addition with numbers up to 20. We will also begin working on subtraction with numbers up to 20. During the read-a-thon we will read math themed books and discuss different ways to count, add, and subtract. There will be no test this week. 

Science:  This week we will continue to study oceans. Students will explore coral reefs and learn about many of the plants and animals that find a home there. They will find the Great Barrier Reef on the map and learn about what makes it special. It is more than 1400 miles long, more than 1500 species of fish live there, and it can be seen from space!

History: This week we will begin our world religions unit.  First, we will learn what religion is and why it is important to people.  Then, we will learn about the Jewish religion. We will learn about the Torah, Synagogue, Star of David and Moses.

In the World History and Geography section of our Core knowledge Curriculum, we introduce children to not only ancient civilizations but also to topics in the history of world religions.  Many people who contributed to the Core Knowledge curriculum agreed that religion is a shaping force in the history of civilization and thus should be a part of what our children know about.  In introducing children to the history of world religions, we focus on major symbols, figures, and stories. Our goal is to be descriptive, not prescriptive, and to maintain a sense of respect and balance.  As we share about the symbols, figures, and stories, I mention to our scholars that these are practices and beliefs of the people of that religion. If you practice one of our studied religions please feel free to send in any symbols to share.