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.
