Week 37

1C students and families sure know how to make a teacher feel loved and appreciated!!! Thank you all so much for all of the beautiful flowers, sweet notes, staff lunches and sweet treats all week long. We sure felt spoiled and am so thankful for such wonderful Arete students and families. Thank you for all that you do to make Arete a great place to teach and learn!

Scholars had a wonderful time this week finishing My Father’s Dragon. Many of the students gave the book a big hug when we were finished!  On Friday, we celebrated this exciting story with lollipops in honor of Elmer and the many items in his knapsack. 


With just two weeks left, we will continue to earnestly seek the truth, beauty and goodness that our learning have to offer!


Homework for the week of 5/14 

Nightly: read for 15 minutes, phonograms to practice- qu, ei, ey, e, i, ck, c, k, ch, ti

Poem: My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson Idiom: Hit the Nail on the Head

Monday: question, quest, doctor, size, December, dozen, there, their, they're, tax and Test B

Tuesday: number, October, reason, fifth, baking, bake, bowl, cheap, cheerful, chicken and math wkbk. pg. 182-183

Wednesday: driving, drive, echoes, echo, fairy, knock, leather, linen, mixture, nationand math wkbk. pg. 184-183

Thursday: Review all words and math wkbk. pg. 187-188

Friday: math wkbk. pg. 189-190

Calendar

May 23^rd-May 25^th: Half Days

May 25^th: Class Party and Last Day of School

Announcements

Clubs: The final day of clubs was Friday, May 11 (exception: K-1 Art).

Academics

Math: This week we will begin our last unit in math to learn about money! We will learn about the values of coins and bills and practice using them to create and compare different amounts of money.  We will also begin working on our end of year cumulative math exam. Students will work on this a little bit each day and will be guided through the process and review the topics from the beginning and middle of the year. 

 Poem: My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson Idiom: Hit the Nail on the Head

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 from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl and "Socks" by Beverly Cleary 

Grammar:  This week we will continue to write complete sentences using proper grammar, capital letters, and punctuation marks.

Spalding: 

Monday: question, quest, doctor, size, December, dozen, there, their, they're, tax

Tuesday: number, October, reason, fifth, baking, bake, bowl, cheap, cheerful, chicken

Wednesday: driving, drive, echoes, echo, fairy, knock, leather, linen, mixture, nation

phonograms: qu, ei, ey, e, i, ck, c, k, ch, ti

Literature: We will read The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Tale of Peter Rabbit and In Which Pooh Invents a New Game and Eeyore Joins In. Students will complete various comprehension skills for each story.  This week will also be our last week of reading groups.  Thank you to all of the parents who have committed their time and talent to our reading groups this year.  We are so thankful for you!

Science: This week we are finishing up astronomy with a solar system project and we will be doing an overview of electricity on Thursday!

History: Next week will be all about our lovely state, Arizona!  We will learn about various state symbols, the state flower, state bird and the 5 C’s of Arizona.  As students learn about state 48, they will compile their knowledge into a state project to take home on Friday.

Week 36

It was such a joy to watch your children perform at the concert this week!  All of their hard work paid off and they did a marvelous job!
We are looking forward to enjoying the Phoenix Symphony on Monday morning. The rest of the week will be spent seeking the truth, beauty and goodness in our various subjects!  We will finish “My Father’s Dragon” and enjoy one of Elmer’s favorite snacks on Friday! J 
Homework for the week of 5/7 

Nightly: read for 15 minutes, phonograms to practice- ou, ough, ee, ea, ey, ar, or, s, z, si 

Poem: My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson Idiom: Hit the Nail on the Head 

Monday: sure, sugar, least, sorry, press, God, god, teacher, November, subject and math wkbk. pg. 167-169

Tuesday: April, history, study, himself, matter, use, thought, person, nor, or and math wkbk. pg. 170-172

Wednesday: January, mean, vote, court, copy, act, been, be, yesterday, among and math wkbk. pg. 173-175

Thursday: Review all words and math wkbk. pg. 176-178

Friday: math wkbk. pg. 179-181

Calendar

May 7^th- May 11^th: Teacher Appreciation Week

May 23^rd-May 25^th: Half Days

May 25^th: Class Party and Last Day of School 

Announcements

Clubs: The final day of clubs is Friday, May 11 (exception: K-1 Art).

A Note from our French Teachers: 

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The summer is fast approaching, and with it the end of the school year! While we in the French team are excited for the break, we’re even more eager to gear up for next year—and a major part of gearing up is taking care of our books. 

Unlike other class materials, which go home with our scholars, the French activity book will live on campus during the summer. In the next five weeks, we will be labeling and collecting these books for safekeeping. We want our Les Loustics program, which serves students for 2 consecutive years, to be ready and waiting for scholars when they return. During the summer, we invite scholars and families to use their French notebooks and online resources to review all material taught throughout the year.

If you plan to move to another Great Hearts Academy, especially one which follows the Les Loustics program, please contact the French team by email before the end of May to request your books. If you plan to change school networks, or if your child will not be using Les Loustics level 1 or 2 at their academy, we ask kindly that you donate it to Arete where it will surely serve a child in need. Thank you for your understanding and your cooperation in this matter.

The French Teachers,

Madame Gebara and Monsieur Gaudin

Academics

Math: This week we will be working on building our subtraction skills! We will learn about and practice the process for subtracting a one digit number from a two digit number and subtracting one two digit number from another two digit number. 

Poem: My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson Idiom: Hit the Nail on the Head

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 from " King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". 

Grammar:  This week we will review how to write a complete sentence using a capital letter and punctuation marks as well as different parts of speech that we have learned about this year including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, and articles.

Spalding: 

Monday: sure, sugar, least, sorry, press, God, god, teacher, November, subject

Tuesday: April, history, study, himself, matter, use, thought, person, nor, or

Wednesday: January, mean, vote, court, copy, act, been, be, yesterday, among 

phonograms: ou, ough, ee, ea, ey, ar, or, s, z, si 

Literature: We will finish reading My Father’s Dragon and Elmer will finally meet the dragon! We will wrap up our reading on Friday by creating our own Wild Island map.

Science: This week in science we will be finishing up the last planet on our journey, Neptune. We will also be learning about astronauts and what life is like in outer space. Next week we well have our astronomy review and assessment.

History: We will explore various United States symbols this week including the Liberty Bell, the White House and the Bald Eagle.  On Friday, we will use the toilet paper rolls we have been collecting for a special activity!