Week 13!

We had a wonderful time celebrating the Readathon last Wednesday.  It was so fun to see the students dressed up in their creative costumes!  After the grand opening of our school's library, we enjoyed our afternoon in a world full of color inspired by the author, Eric Carle! Students listened to 4 different books and completed corresponding activities including making a “chameleon” out of slime, planting a seed to grow, creating clouds, and eating yummy pancakes. Thank you to all of the parents who helped make this day such a wonderful experience for our class! Please enjoy some pictures of the read-a-thon posted at the end of this blog! 

Now that a new month is upon us, we will focus on the virtue of courage as we continue to work together as a team to seek the truth, beauty and goodness of our learning!

Homework

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

phonograms: ie, ey, i, e, oo, ui, ew, ck, ch, o

Monday: its, his, her, it's, very, or, thank, dear, west, sold and math wkbk. pg. 108-110

Tuesday: told, best, form, far, gave, alike, add, brave, corn, dance and math wkbk. pg. 111-113

Wednesday: dinner, doll, egg, fruit, looks, pick, rick, zoo, zip, zero and Test B

Thursday: All Words 1X and wkbk. pg. 114-117

Friday: Practice phonograms and wkbk. 118-120

Announcements

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!

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: its, his, her, it's, very, or, thank, dear, west, sold

Tuesday: told, best, form, far, gave, alike, add, brave, corn, dance

Wednesday: dinner, doll, egg, fruit, looks, pick, rick, zoo, zip, zero

Thursday: All Words 1X

Friday: Practice phonograms 

Grammar: We will review all we have learned about action verbs, common, and proper nouns in preparation for a grammar assessment on Friday. Nouns can be people, places, things, or sometimes, ideas. Proper nouns tell about a specific person or place with a name and have a capital letter. Common nouns can refer to any type of person or place. Action verbs are always something that you do like stand, sit, or smile. 

Writing: We will read and write about sections of Charlotte's Web. Students will answer questions about the story in complete sentences both orally and in their writing notebooks.

Math: We will continue to practice and develop strategies to subtract within twenty. We will complete this unit with a cumulative test on Thursday and a chapter test on Friday.  Please review the test B with your child to help support and misunderstandings of the concept they may have. 

Literature: We will finish reading Frog and Toad are Friends and we will begin reading the second book in the series Frog and Toad Together on Friday. Please ensure that your child brings their copy to school.  

History:  This week we will be learning about the religion of Christianity. We will go over the story of Jesus including when he was born and how he died. On Friday we will review Christianity and Judaism and see what they have in common and how they are different.

Science:  This week we will learn all about Sharks and Whales. Students will be able to describe and differentiate between the two animals.