Week 38! Last Week :'( :')

Happy Monday 1A families,

It’s hard to believe that we have made it to the final week of school! Each day, we are going to do something special to round out the year! Please see the announcements below!

Thank you for sharing your child with me this year.  We have all learned so much from our time together and it has been a pleasure watching them grow.   Thank you for all of your efforts to support your child and our class during the course of the school year! I hope that you have a wonderful summer and I wish your child the very best. They will always have a very special place in my heart and I hope they come back to visit me as second graders! 

Announcements

Thursday: Please bring a bag for desk clean-out!

Thursday: Bring a Book! Please have your child bring one of their favorite books to read!

Friday: Classroom celebration! We will be playing some water games and enjoying pizza together! Please look out for more information from our class moms. 

Summer Work: Today I will be sending home some optional ideas/activities for summer review and 2nd grade readiness. I will also be offering one-on-one tutoring during June & July so please contact me via email if you are intersted, I'd love to work with your child! 

Calendar

Wednesday, May 22^nd- May 24^th: Half Days

Friday, May 24^th: Last day of school; class celebration at 9:40 am.

Spirit Wear!

Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute) 

Phonograms: th, ow, oe, oa, o

Monday: fifth, bake, baking, bowl, cheap, cheerful, chicken, drive, driving, echo, echoes and WB page 191-193

Tuesday: Review all words 1x and test B

Wednesday: WB pg. 194-196

Thursday: WB pg. 197-199

Friday: Have a wonderful summer! 

Academics

Spalding: We will have 11 words this week and the Spelling Test will be on Wednesday!

Monday: fifth, bake, baking, bowl, cheap, cheerful, chicken, drive, driving, echo, echoes

Tuesday: Review all words 1x 

Phonograms: th, ow, oe, oa, o

Writing/Grammar: We will do our recitations of My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson. We will also have a WPR of all 70 phonograms. We will also make a first grade memory book!

Literature: For our last story of the school year, we will read Pinocchio! Students will enjoy describing the characters and making a puppet at the end of the week.

Math: We will review what we have learned in math during first grade and complete a special math project.

History: This week in history we will be learning about voting in the United States.

Science: We will do some final outer space exploring!

Week 37!

Happy Monday 1A families,

Happy belated Mother’s day to all of the 1A mommas! I hope that you all had a wonderful day!

Thank you for showering me with teacher appreciation love last week! All of the sweet notes and thoughtful gifts were so kind! 

In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,

Announcements

*Please note that this will be our last week of using our red leveled reader book bags for homework. Please turn all books back in by Friday, May 17th. Thank you! 

Homework Survey: Please take a moment here to share your thoughts on this year’s homework policy. Your thoughts are valuable as we try to seek the best for our students and families. Thank you!

PSO Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfs3gqBF0kc0rdyzpLP6sqTsnoi4iSRHAM_OEQUsdlPM0N5DA/viewform

Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute) 

Phonograms: ough, ar, r, wr, or, er, qu, ei, wor, ee

Monday: himself, matter, use, thought, person, nor, or, January, mean, vote and Test B

Tuesday: court, copy, act, been, be, yesterday, among, question, quest, doctor and WB pg. 182-183

Wednesday: size, December, dozen, there, their, they're, tax, number October, reason and WB pg. 184-186

Thursday: Review all words and WB pg. 187-188

Friday: Read for 15 min 

Academics

Spalding: We will have 30 words this week and the Spelling Test will be on Friday!

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises will be from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and Socky by Beverly Cleary. 

Grammar: Students will work to write, correct, and complete grammatically correct sentences using great detail and illustrating their writing where necessary. 

Literature: This week we will be sampling different stories including selections from Winnie the Pooh, the Pied Piper and The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Math: We will be wrapping up double digit addition and begin a unit of money.  We will also be taking our end of the year math assessment and math facts assessments.

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.

Science: This week we will wrap up our unit on Astronomy with a quiz and some crafts. On Monday an optional astronomy review sheet will be sent home to prepare for the upcoming quiz on Tuesday. On Thursday students may make their own solar system crown and 3D space objects. 

Week 36!

Announcements

PSO Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfs3gqBF0kc0rdyzpLP6sqTsnoi4iSRHAM_OEQUsdlPM0N5DA/viewform

Calendar

Wednesday, May 9^th: Astronomy Night @ 7 pm

Wednesday, May 22^nd- May 24^th: Half Days

Friday, May 24^th: Last day of school

Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute) 

Practice phonograms: ay, ai, th, ee, ou, ough, eigh, ng, gn, kn

Spalding: We will have 30 words this week and the Spelling Test will be on Friday!

Monday: inspect, itself, always, something, expect, need, thus, woman, women, young and WB pg. 167-169

Tuesday: fair, fare, dollar, evening, plan, broke, feel, sure, sugar, least and wb pg. 170-172

Wednesday: sorry, press, God, god, teacher, November, subject, April, history, study and wb. Pg. 173-75

Thursday: Review all words and wb. pg. 176-178

Academics

Spalding: We will have 30 words this week and the Spelling Test will be on Friday!

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises will be from Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. 

Grammar: This week we will be using all parts of speech learned so far this year to practice writing sentences on our own. Students will write complete sentences with a capital letter, punctuation mark, noun, and verb. Students will try to include as much detail as possible using adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, contractions, and transition words.

Literature: This week we will find out if Elmer Elevator is able to save the dragon and escape Wild Island as we finish this wonderful book!

Math: We will learn the process to subtraction double digit subtraction.  As your child completes their homework, please encourage them to be mindful to subtraction the ones and then the tens. Please ensure that your child practices their math facts for at least a minute each night to enhance math fact fluency. Thank you!

History: We will explore various United States symbols this week including the Liberty Bell, the White House and the Bald Eagle.

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.

Week 35!

Good Morning, Parents! 

I apologize for my lateness with this blog post. As your children may have mentioned, I was not at school last Friday or this Monday. Your children were in very capable and safe hands with Mrs. Moore. I was able to take those two days off to travel to Denver, Colorado with my partner, Noah, to pick up our new puppy, Q. Here are some pictures of her. I hope to bring her in briefly at the end of this week or the beginning of next to meet the class. 

I was so happy to come back this morning and truly missed all of your children! With just a few weeks left of school, the students are starting to feel the summer itch, however, we still have plenty of time for great learning! Please encourage and remind your child of the choices they can make to finish the year strong. Thank you!

Announcements

Red Book Bags: Due to my absence, red book bags were not sent home last night with leveled readers. Your children will be excused from last nights homework and the book bags will be sent home tonight.

Class Health: Strep Throat and Pink Eye have been reported in our classroom as of Friday & Monday, respectively. The students with these conditions are at home recovering. We will be keeping an extra special eye on your children at school and making sure to clean up our desks and areas to stay clean and healthy. We would appreciate any support you can offer at home as well in regards to their health and wellness.

Music Concert: Our Spring Concert is this week! It will be at Higley Center for the Performing Arts on May 1^st.  Students’ attire for our performances is NOT school uniform. Gentlemen are expected to wear a plain white dress 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 1st graders at Higley Center for the Performing Arts by 5:00pm.Please visit aretek-2music.blogspot.com or email jweddle@archwayarete.org for questions regarding the concert!

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Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute) 

Practice phonograms: th, ie, ei, au, aw, ch, sh, ey, i, y,

Monday: thread, thunder, try, tried, vein, except, ant, aunt, capture, else and math wb pg. 150-152

Tuesday: bridge, offer, suffer, center, front, run, running, rule, carry, chain and math wb pg. 153-155

Wednesday: no homework this night due to the spring concert 

Thursday: Review all words and Test B

Friday: Read for 15 minutes

Academics

Spalding: We will have 30 words this week and the Spelling Test will be on Friday!

Monday: thread, thunder, try, tried, vein, except, ant, aunt, capture, else

Tuesday: bridge, offer, suffer, center, front, run, running, rule, carry, chain 

Wednesday: death, learn, wonder, pair, pear, pare, check, prove, hear, heard

*no homework this night due to the spring concert 

Phonograms: th, ie, ei, au, aw, ch, sh, ey, i, y,

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises will be from The Nightingale and The Glow Worm poems by William Cowper as well as Sir Gawain and The Green Knight. 

Grammar: This week we will be learning about pronouns. A pronoun is a word that is used in the place of a noun. We will learn these pronouns: I, me, my, mine, you, your, yours, he, him his, she, her, hers, it, and its. We will practice reading them, identifying them, and using them in a sentence, both orally and written

Math: We will continue to explore numbers 1-100 as we identify 1 more, 1 less, 10 more and 10 less.  We will also work to manipulate numbers into various parts and order the numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest.

Literature: We will read chapters 4-5 in my Father’s Dragon as we retell and respond to what we have read.

History: We will continue to journey westward as we learn about Sacagawea’s influence on the Lewis and Clark expedition.  On Friday, we will make a lap book page to show what we have learned about Lewis and Clark.

Science: This week we will continue our exploration in to the solar system. We will be studying Saturn and Uranus this week. We will compare and contrast Saturn and Uranus to see how a day on their planet might be like in terms of time, temperature, size, and weather. 

Week 34!

Happy Tuesday 1A families,

I hope that you enjoyed this nice, long weekend with your families! As we return, we are working hard to finish the year strong!

Announcements

Spring Concert: Our Spring Concert is quickly approaching! It will be at Higley Center for the Performing Arts on May 1^st.  Students’ attire for our performances is NOT school uniform. Gentlemen are expected to wear a white dress 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 and black closed toed shoes. Please have your 1^st graders at Higley Center for the Performing Arts by 5:00pm. THANK YOU to Mrs. Nicole Burns for putting on a concert clothing exchange. She has collected concert attire from students who have outgrown their concert clothes. If you would like to participate in the exchange by either donating concert uniforms or receiving articles of clothing, please contact Nicole at: nikki.burns@hotmail.com

Please visit aretek-2music.blogspot.com or email jweddle@archwayarete.org for questions regarding the concert!

Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute) 

Practice phonograms: ee, ow, oo, ew, ui, ie, ei, igh, oa, o

Tuesday: fly, forest, freeze, gentle, grow, holes, hotel, iron, live, living and math wb pg. 139-142

Wednesday: monkey, myself, notice, pencil, pie, pull, sew, sow, so, steam and math workbook pg. 143-146

Thursday: Review words and phonogram for spelling test and Test B

Academics

Poem: Rope Rhyme by Eloise Greenfield Idiom: Land of Nod

Spalding: We will have 20 words this week due to having no school on Monday and the Spelling Test will be on Friday!

Tuesday: fly, forest, freeze, gentle, grow, holes, hotel, iron, live, living 

Wednesday: monkey, myself, notice, pencil, pie, pull, sew, sow, so ,steam

Phonograms: ee, ow, oo, ew, ui, ie, ei, igh, oa, o

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises will be from The Jataka Tales by W.H.D. Rouse, The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India by W.H.D. Rouse, and The Sandpiper by Celia Thaxter.

Grammar: This week we will be learning about transition words. Students will learn that transition words are used to help connect ideas, sentences, and events together so that a story can be told. Transition words help stories have a clear beginning, middle, and end. We will practice using and identifying transition words in sentences.

Literature: We will read chapters 4-5 in my Father’s Dragon as we retell and respond to what we have read.

Math: We will continue to explore numbers 1-100 as we identify 1 more, 1 less, 10 more and 10 less.  We will also work to manipulate numbers into various parts and order the numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest.

History: We will begin our westward expansion unit.  Students will learn about Daniel Boone, The Louisiana Purchase and the Louis and Clark expedition.

Science: This week we will continue our exploration in to the solar system. We will be studying Mars and Jupiter this week. We will compare and contrast Mars and Jupiter to see how a day on their planet might be like in terms of time, temperature, size, and weather. 

Weel 33!

Happy Monday!

On Friday, we had the privilege of having Mrs. Shunk, our school’s counselor, teach us a mini-lesson on how to solve small problems. Small problems are when we feel annoyed or bothered and we can make a choice to solve the problem on our own.  She taught the students to take a moment to breath and calm down and then equipped them with several strategies such as ask the student politely to stop, count to ten, let it go or move. If a student has tried 2-3 strategies to solve their small problem and it continues, then it is time to have an adult help. Please review these helpful tactics with your child to help promote problem solving and peace in and outside the classroom. Thank you! Have a wonderful week!

Announcements

My Father's Dragon: Please have your child bring in their copy of My Father’s Dragon

Book Fair: Thank you to all who attended our Usborne Book Fair this week! It was a joy to see you and we are so thankful for your support. If you are interested in purchasing more Usborne books, please visit the link below.  This link will bring you to a unique page connected to our school and will be valid until April 19th. After your purchase, you will receive contact from our Usborne Representative, Mrs. Cleary, and she will refund you the shipping cost. Please email Ms. Modisett (bmodisett@archwayarete.org) with any questions! 

Spring Concert: Our Spring Concert is quickly approaching! It will be at Higley Center for the Performing Arts on May 1^st.  Students’ attire for our performances is NOT school uniform. Gentlemen are expected to wear a white dress 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 and black closed toed shoes. Please have your 1^st graders at Higley Center for the Performing Arts by 5:00pm. THANK YOU to Mrs. Nicole Burns for putting on a concert clothing exchange. She has collected concert attire from students who have outgrown their concert clothes. If you would like to participate in the exchange by either donating concert uniforms or receiving articles of clothing, please contact Nicole at: nikki.burns@hotmail.com

Please visit aretek-2music.blogspot.com or email jweddle@archwayarete.org for questions regarding the concert!

Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute) 

Practice phonograms: ea, ur, t, ch, ey, ay, eigh, ee, ai, y

Monday: please, pleasant, picture, pitch, pitcher, money, ready, omit, anyway, eight and math workbook page 130-132

Tuesday: breakfast, chance, climb, coffee, color, contains, day, daily, eagle, fancy and math workbook pg. 133-134

Wednesday: Review all 30 words and math workbook pg. 135-136

Thursday: No homework; R&R

Academics

Poem: Rope Rhyme by Eloise Greenfield Idiom: Land of Nod

Spalding: We will have 20 words this week and the Spelling Test will be on Thursday due to Good Friday!

Monday: please, pleasant, picture, pitch, pitcher, money, ready, omit, anyway, eight

Tuesday: breakfast, chance, climb, coffee, color, contains, day, daily, eagle, fancy

Phonograms: ea, ur, t, ch, ey, ay, eigh, ee, ai, y

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises will be from All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor.

Grammar: This week we will learn about and practice using contractions and compound words. A contraction is when two words are shortened in to one word using an apostrophe. A compound words is when two or more words the have their own meanings are combined to make one new word, often with a different meaning. 

Literature: We will continue to read My Father’s Dragon. Early on in the week, students will bring home a brown paper bag to fill with a few items that they would take with them on a journey to Wild Island!

Math: We will dive back into number sense as we explore numbers 50-100. Students will decompose numbers as they show how many tens and ones are in each number.

History: We will finish our unit on the American Revolution by playing a review game on Monday.  We will take a unit test on Wednesday. A review sheet will be sent home on Monday.

Science: This week we will begin a deeper exploration in to the solar system. We will start by studying Mercury and Venus. We will compare and contrast Mercury and Venus to see how a day on their planet might be like in terms of time, temperature, size, and weather. 

Week 32!

Good Morning!

We are looking forward to our book fair and French and Fine Arts night this week. If your child would like to purchase a book, please ensure that they bring money in a baggie or pouch labeled with their name. Thank you!

Announcements

-Please have your child bring in their copy of My Father’s Dragon

Sign-up to volunteer here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4EA5A72DA7F58-book

Greetings families,

Due to various scheduling conflicts, all P.E. classes will take place outside for the next several weeks. As the temperatures heat up, please send a water bottle to school with your child/ren.  We will be sure to give students water breaks during P.E. If your child requires sunscreen, please apply it before school starts. Students may also wear a hat (free of pop-culture) during P.E. Feel free to reach out to us with any questions. Have a great day and Go Chargers!

Best regards,

Coach Gethings and Coach Warren

Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute) 

Practice Phonograms Nightly: th, oo, ch, ui, ew, ng, ie, g, n, gn

Monday: true, truth, took, again, inform, both, heart, month, child, children and wb pg. 115-118

Tuesday: build, built, understand, follow, charge, member, case, while, also, return and wb pg. 119-122

Wednesday: No homework. Please attend Fine Arts and French Night

Thursday: review all words and math review sheet and Test B

Friday: Read for 15 minutes, practice rocket math and the poem

Academics

Poem: Rope Rhyme by Eloise Greenfield Idiom: Land of Nod

Spalding: We will have 30 words this week and the Spelling Test will be on Friday!

Monday: true, truth, took, again, inform, both, heart, month, child, children

Tuesday: build, built, understand, follow, charge, member, case, while, also, return

Wednesday: office, great, Miss, miss, who, died, die, change, changing, few

There will be no homework this night due to Fine Arts & French Night, we will spend extra time reviewing in class

Phonograms: th, oo, ch, ui, ew, ng, ie, g, n, gn

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises will be from Little House on The Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder and On The Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Grammar: We will review all parts of speech learned so far this year in preparation for a cumulative grammar test. This will include: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and articles. We will practice identifying these words, using them in speech, and writing them in sentences.  

Literature: We will finish our folk tales around the world unit and will begin to read My Father’s Dragon on Friday. Please have your child bring in their copy this week!

Math: This week we will be learning time to the hour and half hour. We will learn how to read a digital and analog clock as well as compare the length it takes to complete various activities. It may be fun to discuss with your child the times that your family does certain things and how to tell that time on the clock (i.e. dinner is at 5:30 pm).

History: This week we will learn about the birth of our country and the father of our country, George Washington. We will finish our unit on the American Revolution by learning about American symbols and our nation’s Capital. 

Science: This week we will continue with ourastronomy unit as we learn about the movement of Earth around the sun and the moon around the earth. We will also study each of the planets in our solar system.