Week 25

I apologize for my absence this week, my daughter Charlotte had a procedure earlier in the week and then was diagnosed with the flu. We are on the mend and ready for a wonderful week!  I hope you and your scholars enjoyed the long weekend! The Archway Arete staff enjoyed a day of professional development and concluded the day by watching a Shakespeare performance!

We are looking forward to the week ahead and celebrating the virtue of friendship on Wednesday!
Homework

Nightly: read for 15 minutes, phonograms to practice- th, ui, ew, sh, l, oa, oe, er, g, y      

Poem- The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson  

Monday: clothing, clothes, clothe, began, begin, begun, able, gone, go, done, do and math workbook pages 57-58

Tuesday: suit, track, watch, dash, fell, fight, buy, by, stopping, stop and math workbook pages 59-60

Wednesday: walk, talk, chalk, grant, soap, news, new, small, smaller, smallest and math wkbk pages 61-62

Thursday: Review all words for the Spalding test, math wkbk. pages 63-64

Friday: R&R weekend- no homework

Calendar

Wednesday, February 14^th: Great Hearts Day

Monday, February 19^th: No School, President’s Day

Friday, February 23^rd: Archway Arete Movie Night

Saturday, March 3^rd: Arete Spring Fest 

Announcements

Class Supplies- With more than half of the school year behind us, we are running a bit low on dry erase markers, Dixon Ticonderoga No. 2 pencils and Kleenex. We would be grateful for any of these item donations. Thank you!
Great Hearts Day;A Day for Friendship: Wednesday, February 14th is Great Hearts Day! We have reserved this special day to focus on the virtue of friendship and celebrate the traits that make a great-hearted student. Archway Arete strives to cultivate a rich, academic environment rooted in the classical tradition. This many times requires popular culture to be left at the door. On that note, students will not be permitted to bring store-bought valentines, candy, or gifts to school. *Our class celebration will take place from 11:50-1:00. If would are interested in joining us and helping out, please email our room mom, Gina Berson, or myself.
Academics

Math: This week we will be working with tens and ones and practicing our place value skills. We will add and subtract within two digits particularly when it comes to adding "10 More" and "1 More" and subtracting "10 Less" and "1 Less

Poem: The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson  Idiom: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away 

Writing:  Students will be able to understand the basic conventions of a proper sentence and rewrite a model sentence.  We will read and write about sections of "Winnie The Pooh" by A.A. Milne and "A Child's Geography of the World" by V.M. Hillyer

Grammar:  This week we will continue to work on defining and using adjectives. Adjectives describe a noun (person, place, or, thing). We will study a painting called "Parade" by Jacob Lawrence. We will look at the colors, people, and feelings of this painting. 

Literature: We will continue to read A Bargain for Frances as we  compare the characters, make predictions and respond to comprehension questions.

Spalding:  

Monday: clothing, clothes, clothe, began, begin, begun, able, gone, go, done, do

Tuesday: suit, track, watch, dash, fell, fight, buy, by, stopping, stop 

Wednesday: walk, talk, chalk, grant, soap, news, new, small, smaller, smallest

Science:

History: This week we will continue our early explorers unit as we learn about the conquistadors and Hernan Cortez.