Thanksgiving Day by Lydia Maria Child

Thanksgiving Day

Lydia Maria Child

Over the river, and through the wood,

To grandfather’s house we go;

The horse knows the way

To carry the sleigh

Through the white and drifted snow.

Over the river, and through the wood—

Oh, how the wind does blow!

It stings the toes

And bites the nose

As over the ground we go.

Over the river, and through the wood,

To have a first-rate play.

Hear the bells ring

“Ting-a-ling-ding”,

Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day!

Over the river, and through the wood

Trot fast, my dapple-gray!

Spring over the ground,

Like a hunting-hound!

For this is Thanksgiving Day.

Over the river, and through the wood,

And straight through the barn-yard gate.

We seem to go

Extremely slow,—

It is so hard to wait!

Over the river and through the wood—

Now grandmother’s cap I spy!

Hurrah for the fun!

Is the pudding done?

Hurrah for the pumpkin-pie!

*Practice for one minute each night

While the whole poem should be practiced, students will only be expected to have two stanzas memorized for recitation.

Week 12!

Greetings 1A families,

Happy Monday! Last week we got to celebrate winning the box top competition for quarter 1! The scholars of 1A turned in over 700 box tops! Aaron Daddy and Kylie Casey were our top two winners and received special prizes for their extra hard work.

Here are some pictures of the celebration! 

A special thank you to our class parents for all of their dedication to the box top project!

It's also my pleasure to share that Miss Adlee Adami has received our virtue award for the month of October! Thank you for your great Honesty, Adlee! 

This week is our readathon and we're looking forward to a day of celebrating reading! Have a wonderful weekend!

Homework
Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute)
phonograms: ea, ch, oo, ay, ai, ew, ui, er, th, ei

Monday: put, each, soon, came, Sunday, show, Monday, moon, yet, find and math wkbk. pg. 87-89

Tuesday: give, new, letter, take, Mr., Mister, after, thing, what, than and math wkbk. pg. 93-95

Wednesday: no homework  

Thursday: All Words 1X and math wkbk. pg. 99-101

Friday: Practice phonograms and math wkbk. pg. 105-107

Announcements
Read-a-thon Celebration: Please visit the link below to sign -up to help with our readathon celebration! We love class volunteers and donations! 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094aaba72eabf94-class3

Winter Concert: Our Winter Concert is quickly approaching! It will be at Higley Center for the Performing Arts on November 14^th.  Students’ attire for our performances is NOT school uniform. Gentlemen are expected to wear a plain white collard 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 first 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!

Buddy Walk Arizona: Consider joining the Buddy Walk Arizona event in support of an Archway Arete student! Please see the link below for additional information. The team name is "Anthony ArmStrong"
https://dsnetworkaz.org/events/buddy-walk/

Rocket Math: Rocket math sheets are sent home every Monday. Please make sure to practice these sheets for 1 minute each night. These sheets do not need to come back to school. If your child fills in all the answers with pencil, consider spending the time saying the answers orally or creating flash cards for the next night. 

Academics
Poem: Thanksgiving Day by Lydia Maria Child   Idiom: Never Leave Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today
*While the goal will be to memorize the whole poem, scholars will only be assessed on two stanzas

Spalding: 
Monday: put, each, soon, came, Sunday, show, Monday, moon, yet ,find
Tuesday: give, new, letter, take, Mr., Mister, after, thing, what, than
Wednesday: no homework 
Thursday: All Words 1X
Friday: Practice phonograms 

Grammar: We will practice identifying nouns and verbs, create sentences using these parts of speech, and learn how to distinguish between the two.We will have a noun/verb quiz on Thursday.

Math: We will learn various strategies when adding two digit numbers including “making ten”, adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number and subtracting from a two-digit number

Literature: We will continue to enjoy and respond to Frog and Toad are Friends. We will finish the book on Friday!

History:  This week in history we will begin our world religions unit. On Monday we will introduce what religion means and where it comes from. On Wednesday and Friday we will look closely at Judaism and the story of Moses.

Science:   We will review all that we have learned about oceans this quarter including sanity and density, ocean zones, sea animals and plants, and coral reefs. There will be an oceans test on Thursday. An optional review will be sent home on Tuesday. 

Week 11!

Greetings 1A Families,

I hope that you all enjoyed the long weekend! Thank you for taking the time to meet with me last week during parent-teacher conferences.  I am grateful for our fruitful conversations as we work together to support your child.

This week will be a quieter week as we gear up for the book fair on Saturday and read-a-thon the following week!

Homework

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

phonograms: a, e, p, s, u, ch, ck, ee, er, ng

Monday: No School!

Tuesday: plant, planted, cut, song, sing, sang, sung, winter, stone, free and math workbook pg. 77-79

Wednesday:  lake, lace, page, nice, end, fall, went, back, away, paper and math workbook pg. 80-82

Thursday: Read and write all 20 words and 6.1 Test B

Friday: Math workbook pg. 83-86

Announcements

Frog and Toad are Friends: We have begun reading Frog and Toad are Friends.  Please ensure that your child brings in their copy. Thank you!

Read-a-thon Costumes: In celebration of Read-a-thon, students are welcome to dress-up at a storybook character or a historical figure.  Please have your child return their costume proposal.

Read-a-thon Celebration: An email will be sent out this week with ways to get involved during read-a-thon! Thank you in advance for your help! 

Academics

Poem: The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess  Idiom: Practice Makes Perfect 

phonograms: ee, ck, or, e, th, wh, t, oo, ow, ng

Spalding: This week we have 20 words. Spelling Test on Friday!

Monday: No School!

Tuesday: plant, planted, cut, song, sing, sang, sung, winter, stone, free

Wednesday:  lake, lace, page, nice, end, fall, went, back, away, paper

Writing: Our copy work and narration exercises come from Peter Rabbit.

Grammar: We will review verbs this week and practice sorting nouns and verbs.

Spalding: Please see below the spelling words for this week. We will only have 15 words this week to allow for reteaching and review of our spalding progress to set us up for a successful quarter 2! Please practice saying the phonograms each night.

Math: We are now moving on to two-digit numbers! Students will build on from ten to make two-digit numbers 11-20. We will have a test on Friday.

Literature: This week we will read the next 2 chapters of Frog and Toad are Friends. Students will respond to comprehension questions and compare the two friends from the story.

History:  This week in in History we will be finishing our Ancient Egyptian chapter. There will be a bingo review on Wednesday, and the test on Friday. A review sheet will be sent home on Wednesday. 

Science:   We will begin to study oceans this week! The class will complete an experiment to see which objects sink and float in fresh and salt water. We will also demonstrate how currents move through the ocean. 

Week 10!

Welcome back 1A Families,

I hope that fall break was filled with some wonderful memories for you and your children! I had some wonderful moments with family and friends and am feeling refreshed and ready to jump into second quarter with your sweet scholars. On top of that, I'm looking forward to meeting with all of you this week. See you soon!

Homework

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

phonograms: ee, ck, or, e, th, wh, t, oo, ow, ng

Monday: No Words. Handwriting Practice for lowercase letters a-z and math wkbk. pg. 61-64

Tuesday: We will have just 5 words today: rides, ride, tree, sick, got and math wkbk. pg. 65-68

Wednesday: north, white, spent, foot, feet, blows, blow, block, spring, river and math wkbk pg. 69-72

Thursday: Review all 15 words and Test B

Friday: Math wkbk. pg. 73-76

Announcements

Frog and Toad are Friends: We will begin our next book on Friday.  Please ensure that your child brings in their copy. Thank you!

Read-a-thon: In celebration of Read-a-thon, students are welcome to dress-up at a storybook character or a historical figure.  Costumes proposals will be sent home this week. 

Parent-Teacher Conferences: I look forward to meeting with you during conferences.  Please review your child's Quarter 1 checklist to ensure that we can discuss any questions you may have.

Academics

Poem: The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess  Idiom: Practice Makes Perfect 

phonograms: ee, ck, or, e, th, wh, t, oo, ow, ng

Writing/Grammar: This week we will read sections of The Frog Prince by The Grimm Brothers. We will practice answering comprehension questions using full sentences and we will practice writing complete sentences about the story. 

Spalding: Please see below the spelling words for this week. We will only have 15 words this week to allow for reteaching and review of our spalding progress to set us up for a successful quarter 2! Please practice saying the phonograms each night.

Monday: No Words. Handwriting Practice for lowercase letters a-z 

Tuesday: We will have just 5 words today: rides, ride, tree, sick, got 

Wednesday: north, white, spent, foot, feet, blows, blow, block, spring, river and

Thursday: Review all 15 words 

Math: We will learn position words, direction words and ordinal numbers this week! We will wrap-up the week with a test over what we have learned. 

Literature: During the beginning of the week, we will read two versions Little Red Riding Hood.  The second version is the Chinese version, Lon Po Po. We will end the week by beginning to read our second book Frog and Toad are Friends.  Please ensure that your child brings their copy to school by Friday, October 19^th.

History:  This week in history we will be continuing out journey through ancient Egypt. We will be learning about pyramids, mummies and ancient Egyptian writing. 

Science:   We will begin to study oceans this week! The class will complete an experiment to see which objects sink and float in fresh and salt water. We will also demonstrate how currents move through the ocean.

Quarter 1 Conferences

Dear Parents,

I write to with you much excitement as we are approaching one of my favorite times of the year, parent-teacher conferences! I can’t believe it is already the end of the 1st quarter. We have had a lot of fun in 1A and learned so very much! Please sign up for a conference below so that Mrs. Moore and I can share all the growth we have seen in your child this quarter and so that we may come together as a team to continue to best support your scholar in 1st grade throughout the remainder of the year. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Please reach out with any questions, comments, or concerns. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f4ea5a72da7f58-quarter5

Please also see below the link to sign up for a conference with the specialist teachers.

Specials conferences are optional. We recommend scheduling a conference only if a parent has a particular question, concern or love for one of our Specials. Parents will meet with K-1 Specials teachers in the Archway Art Room. Conferences will last 15 minutes.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A4AACAB23A6F94-k1specials

With Love,

Ms. Modisett 

Week 9

Greetings 1A Families,

Week 9 marks the last week of the first quarter!  1A scholars have worked so hard and have learned so much already.  We are looking forward to a wonderful week before fall break.  Let's finish the quarter strong!

Homework

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

Phonograms: y, ou, th, ay, au, ea, oo, ee, sh, f

Monday: baby, well, about, men, man, for, ran, run, was ,that and math wkbk. pg. 57-58

Tuesday: his, led, lay, apple, ate, author, bread, brown, dog, eat and math wkbk. pg. 59-60

Wednesday: fast, food, jumpy, sleep, wash, yellow, nine, face, miss and Test B

Thursday: Review all 29 words and Test B 

Friday: No homework- Fall Break  

Announcements

Frog and Toad are Friends: We will begin our next book after Fall Break.  Please ensure that your child has their copy by then.  Thank you!

Parent-Teacher Conferences Sign-Up: Parent-Teacher conference sign-up link will be posted and emailed to you on Wednesday, October 3rd at 7:30 am. 

Academics

Poem: The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess  Idiom: Practice Makes Perfect 

Writing/Grammar: This week we will read sections of The Frog Prince by The Grimm Brothers. We will practice answering comprehension questions using full sentences and we will practice writing complete sentences about the story. 

Spalding: 

Please see below the spelling words for this week. We will have 29 words this week. Please practice saying the phonograms each night.

Monday: baby, well, about, men, man, for, ran, run, was ,that and math wkbk pg. 57-58

Tuesday: his, led, lay, apple, ate, author, bread, brown, dog, eat and math wkbk pg. 59-60

Wednesday: fast, food, jumpy, sleep, wash, yellow, nine, face, miss and Test B

Thursday: Review all 29 words and Test B 

phonograms: y, ou, th, ay, au, ea, oo, ee, sh, f

Math: We will continue to learn various strategies for subtraction including counting back, using adjacent numbers and memorization of math facts.  We will take a cumulative test on Thursday and a subtraction test on Friday. 

Literature: We will finish Owl at Home this week! On Friday, we will share about our favorite part and create our own owl.  Our next book will be Frog and Toad are Friends.  Please ensure that your child brings this book to school after fall break.

History:  This week we will be begin our chapter on Ancient Egypt. We will learn where Egypt and the Nile River are located on the map, and what a Pharaoh is. We will also learn about the importance of King Tut and why he was important. 

Science: This week we will learn more about the importance of the many plants and animals found in rain forests. We will learn how we can help protect this habitat. We will learn what it means when animals become endangered or extinct. We will also study some common types of dinosaurs and discuss how they may have become extinct.