📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration!
- Please make sure they have utensils in their lunchboxes, if needed.
- Reminder about lunch drinks - please no glass bottles, soda cans, Kool-Aid, or fountain drinks. Thank you.
- As we are coming closer to the end of the school year, I ask that families be aware of a few challenges to morning drop off on the North side. There has been an increase in student drivers who need to park in the uncovered spaces near the Warner entrance. The spaces in front of the academies are for visitors and volunteers. The covered spaces are reserved for faculty and staff. If you wish to walk your student to the building, I ask that you enter from Alma School and temporarily park in front of the Archway Chandler entrance and drop off your student. Thank you for your partnership in this matter. Sincerely, Mrs. Brady
Thank you to our parent reading volunteers! We still have slots for the month. We need volunteers every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11:10-11:45. Check your teacher's page below for the reading volunteer signup.
Mrs. Aguayo
Mrs. Santiago
Ms. Baines
💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK
Reading / Literature: This week, we continued Elmer and the Dragon's adventures as we read book 3 - The Dragons of Blueland. We also practiced reading dialogues and writing summaries.
Poetry:
The Village Blacksmith
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Under a spreading chestnut-tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands,
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
His hair is crisp, and black, and long;
His face is like the tan;
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate'er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man.
Week in, week out, from morn till night,
You can hear his bellows blow;
You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,
With measured beat and slow,
Like a sexton ringing the village bell,
When the evening sun is low.
And children coming home from school
Look in at the open door;
They love to see the flaming forge,
And hear the bellows roar,
And catch the burning sparks that fly
Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
He goes on Sunday to the church,
And sits among his boys;
He hears the parson pray and preach,
He hears his daughter's voice
Singing in the village choir,
And it makes his heart rejoice.
It sounds to him like her mother's voice
Singing in Paradise!
He needs must think of her once more,
How in the grave she lies;
And with his hard, rough hand he wipes
A tear out of his eyes.
Toiling,—rejoicing,—sorrowing,
Onward through life he goes;
Each morning sees some task begin,
Each evening sees it close;
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night's repose.
Math: We wrapped up our unit on shapes this week.
History: In this week's study of the Western Exploration, we learned more about Lewis and Clark, and Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who accompanied them in their expedition.
Science: The scholars are very interested in space! We started learning about the moon and why it has different phases. We also read a story about a young girl who dreamt of being an astronaut. She had to fail a couple of times, but still worked hard and never gave up until she finally reached her dream.
Happy weekend!
1st Grade Teachers