8 / 25 / 23

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

• Mon, August 28th - start of Spalding Homework
• Fri, September 1st - Early dismissal at 12:30
• Mon, September 4th - No school (Labor Day)
• Tue, September 5th - start of Reading Bags (leveled reader and sight words/comprehension cards)
• Wed, September 6th - Start of Reading Volunteers
Friday, October 6th - Half dismissal at 12:30
• October 9-17 - No school (Fall Break)
• October 16-17 - Parent Teacher Conferences, No Students

💡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)

*Your child may use the small backpack-shaped checklist of the things they need to bring to help them pack their things. 

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 listened to the tales of Hansel and Gretel, Rumplestiltskin and Puss this Boots. We learned how to sequence stories

📕 SAYINGS: "Fish out of water" 

📕 POETRY: 

Don’t Worry if Your Job is Small (Mighty Oak)

by Anonymous

Don't worry if your job is small, 

And your rewards are few. 

Remember that the mighty oak, 

Was once a nut like you.

 

 

Hope 

by Langston Hughes

Sometimes when I’m lonely,

Don’t know why,

Keep thinkin’ I won’t be lonely

By and by.

📕 READING: We will welcome parent volunteers on Sept. 6th. Use your teacher's sign-up to volunteer to read with the students (see link in your teacher's page on top). Please send your child's reading bag by Monday August 28th if you haven't done so. 

📕 SPALDING: We have been learning our first phonograms until ea. Check out the Spalding resources on this website to review letter formations, spelling/Spalding rules and phonogram list.

Next week, we will start with our Phonograms test on Friday, and Spelling Test of the 30 words we will learn next week. Kindly guide your child in their Spalding Homework. 

📕 MATHEMATICS: We practiced how to show numbers 1-10 in number bonds! We are having a Chapter Test next week about writing, ordering, and comparing numbers, as well as and showing them into number bonds.

📕 HISTORY: We learned what History is and some words we need to know as we study history. We created a vocabulary foldable about that. We also learned about timelines and created our own timeline of past, present and future. Then, We went back in time talked and all the way to Mesopotamia, the oldest ancient civilization. We learned about its geography and why the Tigris and Euphrates rivers were important for their civilization.

📕 SCIENCE: We continue to learn about the different states of matter by conducting experiments on solid, liquid and gas. We observed how water changes state when it boils and melts. We also learned how an ooblek changes its state through force. We practice writing our observations in our science journals.  

8 / 18 / 2023

Thank you for coming to the Curriculum Night! 

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

• Mon, August 21st - start of Math Homework
• Mon, August 28th - start of Spalding Homework
• Fri, September 1st - Early dismissal at 12:30
• Mon, September 4th - No school (Labor Day)
• Tue, September 5th - start of Reading Bags (leveled reader and sight words/comprehension cards)
• Wed, September 6th - Start of Reading Volunteers
• Friday, October 6th - 
  Half dismissal at 12:30
• October 9-17 - No school (Fall Break)
• October 16-17 - Parent Teacher Conferences, No Students

💡REMINDERS / THINGS TO BRING (if you haven't yet)

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)

*They brought home a small backpack-shaped checklist of the things they need to bring. 

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 ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK 

📕 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! 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.

📕 READING: We will welcome parent volunteers on Sept. 6th. Use your teacher's sign-up to volunteer to read with the students (see link in your teacher's page on top). Please send your child's reading bag by Monday August 28th if you haven't done so. 

📕 SPALDING: We have been learning 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.

📕 HISTORY: We talked about our state, our country, and the rest of the continents in the world! We wrapped up our Geography unit and finished our Me on the Map books. 

📕 SCIENCE: We are learning about the states of matter. Students created a foldable with the different states of matter. They sorted items into categories of either a solid, liquid, or gas. We talked about atoms as a smallest part of matter.

Have a great weekend!

1st Grade Team 

8/11 / 2023

The first week of school has been outstanding! :) 

We are having a lot of fun getting to know your children. 

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

• Tuesday, August 15th - Picture Day
• Wednesday, August 16th,  6:30 to 8 pm- CURRICULUM NIGHT (Parent Night only)
• Homework procedures and expectations will also be explained this time.
• Friday, September 1st - Early dismissal at 12:30
• Monday, September 4th - No school (Labor Day)

💡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)

*They brought home a small backpack-shaped checklist of the things they need to bring.

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)
• Parent questionnaire
• Literature books (Owl at Home, 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 / LITERATURE: 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.

For the first unit in Literature, we read some fairy tales and practiced how to retell the stories. This week, we read Rapunzel and The Princess and the Pea.

📕 MATHEMATICS: We started this week with an assessment of their math skills. Our first lesson was reviewing how to count on to 10 or count back from a number as well as telling number stories. We sent home a letter about this chapter so you know how we teach our math skills in class. We are also having Math homework in first grade. This will be explained further during our curriculum night.

📕 HISTORY: In the first two weeks of the year, we start with a unit on Geography. Students read the book Me on the Map where they learn about how maps work. This week we drew maps of our house, street and town, and we studied about our state of Arizona. You can help reinforce this at home by studying the map of your community.

📕 SCIENCE: Students learned "What is Science" and the Four Domains of Science - process, physical, life and earth science. The class applied Process Science and the Scientific Method to the "Egg experiment". Ask them about the experiment! They also planted some seeds today and see how these will grow over the next days in order for them to get a gist of what Life Science is all about!

Thanks so much for all you do. As always, please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great weekend!

1st Grade Team 

Welcome Back to School!

The first day of school was a blast! We are all so excited to get to know the children more. 

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

• Tuesday, August 15th - Picture Day
• Wednesday, August 16th,  6:30 to 8 pm- CURRICULUM NIGHT (Parent Night only)
• Friday, September 1st - Early dismissal at 12:30
• Monday, September 4th - No school (Labor Day)

💡REMINDERS / THINGS TO BRING (if you haven't yet)

1.  Water bottle with name

2. Reading bag 

3. Parent questionnaire

4. Other school supplies

5. Healthy and dry snacks 

💡WHAT WE LEARNED 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 out the school website.

📕 SCIENCE: Students read "First Day Jitters" and made their own jitter juice. They practiced their observation and other skills in performing an experiment.

📕 LITERATURE: The students have enjoyed reading and discussing two favorite Back-To-School stories by Kevin Henkes. After reading Wemberly Worried, we created a class quilt about our feelings on the first day of school. 

Please have your child bring their class literature books if you haven't yet (Owl at Home, My Father's Dragon, Bears on Hemlock Mountain).

We learned a lot today how to perform classroom procedures and be more independent in packing, unpacking and taking care of their supplies. We hope you could follow it up at home too. They will also bring home Take Home folders so be sure to check them every day to see if they have work or letters to keep at home or send back to class. 

Thanks so much for all you do. As always, let us know if you have any questions or concerns. It is going to be a great week ahead!

1st Grade Team