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!

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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.