9 / 27 / 2024



💡ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Please bring "Frog and Toad" books after Fall Break if you haven't yet. Thank you!
  • We are doing an Animal Report in January. More information about this will be given during the Parent-Teacher Conferences. 
  • Sign-up link for the Parent-Teacher Conferences on October 7-8 through this link:  https://archwaychandler.configio.com/



💡DATES TO REMEMBER

  • September 30 - October - No school (FALL BREAK)
  • Monday-Tuesday, October 7-8 - Parent Teacher Conferences
  • Monday, October 21 -  Class Egypt Party (organized by parent volunteers) 
  • Wednesday, October 30 - Classical Character Day
  • November 26 - Field Trip at the Phoenix Zoo (we need 10 parent chaperones for each class)



💡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 scholars empty it at home)


2. 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 LEARNED THIS WEEK 


📕 LITERATURE / GRAMMAR: We finished our Owl at Home series, and started Aesop's Fables! We retold the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" through a reader's theater. We also read about "The Dog in the Manger and The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing" Next week, we will kick off our Frog and Toad Series.  
In Grammar, we continued to talk about nouns, and practiced story narration.

 


📕 SAYINGS: 

  • Wolf in sheep's clothing  
  • Practice makes perfect.
  • If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
  • Fish out of water

  

📕 POETRY: We are proud to see our scholars recite their poems this week!

 


📕 READING: Thank you to our first parent reading volunteers! We still have slots for the month. We need volunteers every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 12:30-1:00. Check your teacher's page on top for the reading volunteer signup. 

Sight Word Bookmarks will be on a ring in your child's reading bag or in a binder sleeve. We will be testing for sight word knowledge once a week. During this time, we will be moving students to the next sight word list if they have mastered the previous one. (Please do not mark off sight words at home- we will do this in class). 








📕 SPALDING: Continue practicing at home the phonograms they haven't mastered yet. Check out the Spalding resources on this website to review letter formations, spelling/Spalding rules and phonogram list.

 

We practiced jobs of silent final e:

                Job 1: Silent final e jumps over the consonant and makes the vowel say its name.

                Job 2: English words don't end in u or v.

                Job 3: c and g will say their second sound.

                Job 4: Every syllable needs a vowel.

                Job 5: No job (silent final e does not do anything, it just has to be there).

       

         rule 4: Vowels say their name at the end of a syllable

                  rule 17: Double f, l, s after a single vowel that says its short sound 

rule 18: "ay" is used to say a at the end of a base word 

rule 19: i and o will say their name if followed by two consonants


📕 MATHEMATICS:  Students were able to identify addition equations and subtraction equations for a given number number bond (Fact Families). They also learned how to compare numbers through subtraction. 
 
📕 HISTORY: We learned about Pharaohs and the everyday people and made puppets for them. We found out that camels are what they used to travel in the desert as well. We also studied about how pharaohs were wrapped in strips of cloth and buried in pyramids. 

📕 SCIENCE: For our habitats this week, we learned about living things found in salt water and freshwater habitats. We also finished our discussion on deserts, and did our first animal study about Gila monsters.


Have a good fall break!

1st Grade Team