Week 16

I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had a fun and educational Ancient Egypt celebration last week. Thank you to everyone who was able to volunteer or donate to help make our afternoon such a success. We are looking forward to an exciting week of learning!

Coming up:

Literature: We will finish Frog and Toad Together this week by reading chapter 5:  The Dream.  We will discuss the main characters of the book. There will be a short comprehension check for this book on Friday.

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises from Today is Monday and Old Mother Hubbard.

Grammar: We will be learning about the four types of sentences this week – statements, commands, questions, and exclamations.

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

Poem: Table Manners by Burgess

Math: This week we will begin a new unit on measurement! We will be working with length and weight. We will practice weighing and measuring different objects and comparing them from shortest to longest and lightest to heaviest. We will continue to review key math skills this week such as creating and identifying shapes and addition and counting. 

Science: We will review and wrap up our ocean unit. Then, we will begin our unit about matter by learning about solids, liquids, and gasses.

History: On Monday, the scholars will learn about Ramadan.  We will review and compare all 3 world religions and will finish the unit with a test on Friday.

Week 15

Some baby tortoises visited our classroom on Monday!

Dear 1C families,

We enjoyed a wonderful performance by our scholars last week at our concert. They have worked very hard in music preparing for the concert and they did a wonderful job.

We have a short week ahead with no school on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. On Tuesday we will have our Ancient Egypt Celebration! You can still sign up here to volunteer or bring something in:

Ancient Egypt Celebration

We have our Fall Festival coming up tomorrow from 11-2! I'll be there and I'm looking forward to seeing many of you. If you're able to help, please sign up here:

Fall Festival

Monday morning we will be treated to a performance by a few members of the Phoenix Symphony.

This week in 1C:

Literature: This week, we will read chapter 4, “Dragons and Giants” from Frog and Toad Together. We will discuss the importance of having courage and look for examples of Frog and Toad showing that virtue.

Spalding: There will not be a spelling test this week, due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Instead, please practice your phonograms. We will take a graded WPR (written phonogram review) on Tuesday in class.

Writing: copy work and narration exercises from The Trumpet of the Swan.

Grammar: We will play a noun and verb review game.

Math:  This week we will wrap up our unit on shapes by taking a chapter quiz. We will also review all that we have learned throughout the quarter so far about addition, subtraction, and counting and will end the week by taking a cumulative test. 


History:  Next week we will continue to study the religion of Islam as we learn about the story of Muhammed.

Week 14

I hope that everyone had a great 3 day weekend! We have a great week ahead with our concert on Wednesday night. 

This week in 1C:

Literature: This week we will be starting Frog and Toad Together. Please bring in your books on Monday. We will read chapters 1 and 2 this week and discuss different virtues found in each chapter.

 

Spalding: We have 30 words this week and will test on Friday! 

 

Monday: noon, think, sister, cast, card, south, deep, inside, blue, post

Tuesday: town, stay, grand, outside, dark, band, game, boat, rest, east

Wednesday: son, sun, help, hard, race, cover, fire, wire, tire, age

Phonograms to study: d, g, n, r, s, ar, ay, ea, ee, oa

 

Writing: We will do copy work and narration exercises from Davey Crockett and Sacagawea.

 

Grammar: We will find noun, verbs, and describing words in the painting The Gleaners.

 

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

 

Poem: “Thanksgiving Day” – We will recite one stanza (of each student’s choice) on Friday!

Math:  This week we will begin a very new and exciting unit on shapes. We will learn all about the many different attributes of 2D and 3D shapes. We will practice identifying, sorting, and creating shapes throughout the entire week. We will continue to review and practice our addition and subtractions concepts and skills. 

Science: This week we will continue to study oceans and learn about the many fish that live there.

History: We will continue our unit on world religions as we learn about the story of Christmas and the parable of the good Samaritan.  On Friday, we will learn about the symbols of Islam including the Koran, mosque and the crescent and the star.

 

Week 13

On Tuesday, we had a fun day exploring literature at our Read-a-thon! Thank you to all of the parents who were able to send in supplies or come in to help and make our celebration so fun! We have a short week ahead with no school on Friday. 

Winter Concert, November 15th: Our Winter Concert is quickly approaching! It will be at Higley Center for the Performing Arts on November 15th.  Students’ attire for our performances is NOT school uniform. Gentlemen are expected to wear a plain white collared shirt, black pants, black socks and black closed toed shoes. Solid dark colored vests and ties are optional for gentlemen. Ladies are expected to wear a white top, black skirt, black tights and black closed toed shoes. Please have your first graders at Higley Center for the Performing Arts by 5:00pm.

This week in 1C:

Literature: : In Literature, we will be finishing up Frog and Toad Are Friends. We will chapter 5, “The Letter”, and write a friendly letter to a friend. On Wednesday, we will take a quiz to check for comprehension of this book. Please bring in Frog and Toad Together by the end of the week to begin reading when we get back from the 3-day weekend

Spalding: This week we have 20 words. Spelling Test on Thursday!

Writing: Our copy work and narration exercises will come from Charlotte’s Web.

Grammar: This week is a review week in Grammar. We will do a noun “Read Around the Room” activity, “Proper Versus Common Noun Scoot” game, an editing worksheet, and review how to classify sentences.

Poem: “Thanksgiving Day” by Lynda Maria Child 

Idiom: “Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today.” Meaning: Get your work done as soon as possible! 

Math: This week we will finish up our first unit on adding and subtracting numbers within 20. We will continue to review how to "count on" and "count back". We will practice making 10 first in order to count on and complete addition problems. We will create addition and subtraction stories. There will be a unit test on Friday along with a cumulative review test. 

Science: This week we will dive a little deeper into our ocean unit as we learn about sharks and whales. 

History: In history, we will continue our world religions unit.  On Monday, we will learn about Hanukkah and make a menorah! On Wednesday, we will be introduced to our second world religion, Christianity.  We will learn about the Christian symbols the church, bible and the cross.