💡ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Classical Character Day - October 29th - Classical Character Day 25-26.docx Classical Character Day Form 25-26.docx
💡DATES TO REMEMBER
- Monday, October 20th - Egypt Party (organized by room parents/parent volunteers)
- Tuesday, October 21st - Picture Retakes
- Friday, October 24th - Classical Character permission slips due
- Saturday, October 25: Trunk or Treat (4:30–7:00 pm)
- Wednesday, October 29th - Classical Character Day
- Tuesday, November 11 - NO SCHOOOL (Veteran's Day)
- Saturday, November 15: Mother Son Kickball (12 pm)
- Tuesday, November 25th - Field Trip at the Phoenix Zoo (We need 10 parent chaperones for each class. Sign up coming on October 20th.)
- November 26 to 28 - Thanksgiving Break
- December ?? - Winter Concert
- December 16-18 Half-Day 12:30 Dismissal
- December 19-31 No School: Winter Break
💡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 reading "Frog and Toad are Friends". We started reading "Frog and Toad Together", continued practicing how to retell and make oral summaries, and answering comprehension sheets.
📕 POETRY
October's Party
by George Cooper
October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
The leaves by hundreds came
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
📕 SAYINGS:
- Let the cat out of the bag.
- Wolf in sheep's clothing
- Practice makes perfect.
- If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
- Fish out of water
📕 READING: Thank you to our parent reading volunteers! We still have slots for the month. We need volunteers every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11:10-11:40. 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.
📕 MATHEMATICS: We started our unit for numbers 0 to 20. We recognized the numbers and how to write the number word. We learned how 11 to 20 is shown in a ten frame, and how to compare and order them.
📕 HISTORY: We learned about Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh who had a great contribution to Ancient Egypt. We also wrapped up this unit and can't wait for our culminating activity with our class parents and volunteers on Monday!
📕SCIENCE: This week we did an experiment with our senses and related that to what sensory parts do animals have and how animals sense and respond to things.
Have a good weekend!
1st Grade Team