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Friday, December 15, 2017

Week 19

Wow, I can't believe that we are wrapping up the first half of first grade this week! I have really enjoyed my time in 1C this year, and these last few weeks have really flown by. This class has been very hardworking, respectful, and excited to learn, and I will miss them. It has been wonderful to see all of the growth that our scholars have made so far and I can't wait to hear about how they do in the spring from Mrs. Chilson and Ms. Kaye. 

I hope that you all have a relaxing weekend and that everyone who has not been feeling well recovers quickly.
  
Thank you for a wonderful baby gift. The classical literature board books are a great addition to her library! 



World Religions Celebration: This Wednesday, our first grade scholars will rotate through all of the first grade classrooms to celebrate what we have learned about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We will be completing arts and crafts, playing games, and having snacks. If you would like to help out with the activities in our classroom you can sign up here.

Class Book Exchange: After our celebration on Wednesday, we will have a class book exchange! Please have your child bring a new or gently used book (non-pop culture) to school. Please wrap the book and try to choose a book that would be enjoyed by both boys and girls.  Thank you!

Field Trip: Our field trip to the Arizona Science Center will be January 19th!  We will leave at 8:30 and return at 2:00. Students will bring a lunch and we will eat at the Science Center. We will also see a Grand Tour of the Solar System at the Planetarium. We will accept the first five parents who would like to volunteer to be chaperones. Send me an email if you would like to help!  Permission slips were sent home today.

This week:  Monday will be a full day of school and Tuesday and Wednesday will be half days. Please send a grocery bag to school with your child this week. On Wednesday, we will put everything from his or her desk into one bag and hang it in the back of the classroom so that the room can be thoroughly cleaned over break. Reusable bags work great for this!


Coming up in 1C:

Literature: 
This week we will finish our Frog and Toad unit with an assessment on Monday.  Tuesday and Wednesday we will read stories about Br’er Rabbit.

Spalding: 
We will be reviewing and practicing important aspects of Spalding. We will practice handwriting, challenging phonograms, frequently used rules and markings, and active participation in every lesson. Homework will be handwriting practice and we will not have a spelling test this week.

Writing: 
We will be reading excerpts from The Railway Children.  Students will listen to passages and retell important details from the story.  We will also work on basic conventions of a proper sentence and rewrite model sentences.

Math: 
We will review addition and subtraction facts and strategies for problem solving.

History: 
This week we review what we have learned about Mexico and will finish by making our very own piñata!

Science: 
This week we will take a short quiz to check to for understanding of solids, liquids, and gases. Then, we will review the scientific method with a candy cane experiment! We will predict what will happen if we put candy canes in cups of vinegar, warm water, and cold water. After the experiment we will make observations about the effect of vinegar, warm water, and cold water on the candy canes.



Friday, December 8, 2017

Week 18


We had a great week of learning in 1C! Ask your child about the differences between a balloon with water and a balloon with ice in it. Also ask him or her what happened to the balloon when we mixed vinegar and baking soda.
Announcements

Please Label Items:  Please label all of your child’s items (sweaters, lunchbox, water bottle, etc.) so if they are lost, we can find their home quickly! We do not currently have any sweaters or water bottles in the classroom, so please check lost and found if you are missing any items.

Class Book Exchange: After our world religions party on 12/20, we will have a class book exchange! Please have your child bring a new or gently used book (non-pop culture) to school. Please wrap the book and try to choose a book that would be enjoyed by both boys and girls.  Thank you!

This week in 1C:

Literature:  Students will continue to read Frog and Toad All Year and will be able to retell the story while highlighting important details. We will discuss the virtues found in the book.



Spalding:


Monday: mine, chair, forgot, guess, hang meat, mouse, phone, store, supper


Tuesday: Through, toe, became, brother, rain, keep start, mail, male, female


Wednesday: eye, I glass, party, upon, two, twin, twice, twelve, twenty, between


Phonograms to practice:  b, p, s, t, w, gu, ng, oe, ough, ph



Poem:  Table Manners                  

Idiom: The more the merrier.
Writing:  Students will be able to understand the basic conventions of a proper sentence and rewrite a model sentence.  We will read and discuss different poems.

Grammar:  We will find noun, verbs, and describing words in Francisco Goya's painting of Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuniga.

Math: This week we will go back in time and begin reviewing the math content from the very beginning of the year. We will review all that has been learned from shapes to counting and subtraction to measurement. We will have a final units 1-10 cumulative review before break. 

History: In history, we will learn about how Mexico gained their independence from Spain.  On Wednesday, we will discover the ancient Bering Strait which led people from Asia to the Americas. On Friday, we will learn about hunters and gatherers and how farming led to the development of cities.

Science:  This week we will continue to learn about matter by learning about changes in states of matter. We will complete some interesting experiments in order to observe melting, freezing, evaporation, and condensation.

Sunday, December 3, 2017

Week 17

Announcements:

Please have your child bring in their copy of Frog and Toad All Year this week.

Class Book Exchange: After our world religions party on 12/20, we will have a class book exchange! Please have your child bring a new or gently used book (non-pop culture) to school. Please wrap the book and try to choose a book that would be enjoyed by both boys and girls.  Thank you!

This week in 1C:

Literature: This week we will be starting Frog and Toad All Year. Please bring in your books if you haven’t done so already! We will read chapters 1, 2, and 3 this week and discuss the virtues found in each chapter.

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

Monday: life, here, car, word, every, under, most, made, said, says, say

Tuesday: work, our, more, when, from, form, wind, wind (a toy), print, air

Wednesday: fill, along, lost, name, room hope, same, glad, with

Phonograms to study: f, h, k, w, y, ai, ar, ay, or, wor

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises from The Saturdays.

Grammar: We will review the four types of sentences, and learn about abbreviations..

Idiom: The more the merrier.

Poem: Table Manners by Burgess

Math: This week we will focus on measuring the capacity of objects. We will conclude with a test on Friday.

Science: This week we will learn about solids, liquids, and gases by completing some experiments!


History: We will study modern Mexico this week. Students will learn about the geography of Mexico and the influence of Native American and Spanish culture. Students will also learn about how Mexican fiestas are celebrated!