Thank you for coming to Curriculum Night!
💡DATES TO REMEMBER
- Mon, August 18th - start of Math Homework
- Mon, August 25th - start of Spalding Homework
- Friday, August 29th, Early dismissal at 12:30 (R&R Weekend)
- Monday, September 1st - No school (Labor Day)
- Wednesday, September 3rd - start of Reading Bags (leveled reader and sight words)
- Early dismissal at 12:30 (Teacher In-Service)Friday, September 19th -
- Friday, October 3rd - Early dismissal at 12:30
- October 6th - October 10th - No school (FALL BREAK)
- Monday-Tuesday, October 13th-14th - Parent Teacher Conferences
💡REMINDERS:
1. The scholars should bring the following daily:
- Water bottle with name
- Healthy and dry snacks in front pocket
- Take Home folder (please make sure they empty it at home)
*Next week, the students will bring home a small backpack-shaped checklist of the things they need to bring every day. These purple backpacks will be kept in their take home folders to remind them of their responsibilities. We let you know during Curriculum night when they will bringing homework (Spalding homework, reading bag and Math workbook).
2. Bring the following if you haven't yet:
- Reading bag from Kindergarten (If you're new to Archway, please purchase one from the school website: https://archwaychandler.configio.com/search)
- Parent questionnaire
- Literature books (Owl at Home, Bargain for Frances, My Father's Dragon, Bears on Hemlock Mountain, Frog and Toad)
3. Please review the Driveline procedure here: directionsforparentsdrivelin.docx We have also attached the file in the resources on the right side of this webpage.
💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK:
📕 READING: In September we will welcome parent volunteers into the classroom and begin daily reading and sight word practice at school and at home. Until then, we encourage you to continue reading with your child at home. If your child was at ACC in Kindergarten, please send in their reading bag. If you are new to the school, please order one through our school website (link above). Use your teacher's sign-up to volunteer to read with the students (see link on your teachers page).
📕 LITERATURE / GRAMMAR: We continued our Fairy Tales Unit with Jack and the Beanstalk and Sleeping Beauty. We've been learning how to write sentences in our blue journals, and retelling stories in our own words. Ask your child to retell the stories to you! It's amazing the recall they have. We have also been learning that nouns are names of persons, places, things or ideas. We differentiated common and proper nouns, and learned which one to capitalize.
📕 SPALDING: We have been learning/reviewing our first phonograms until 'oi'. Check out the Spalding resources on this website to review letter formations, spelling/Spalding rules and phonogram list.
📕 MATHEMATICS: We continued to learn about our numbers 1-10, particularly comparing them and telling what 1 less or 1 more that number is. You can help reinforce this at home by playing number guessing games or arranging items in tens frames.
📕 SCIENCE: We continued to study our unit about the sun, moon and stars. We talked about how the sun changes positions in the sky and how it appears to move from the east to the west.
Have a great weekend!
1st Grade Team