12 / 8 / 2023

📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Winter Concert was a blast. We're so proud of our scholars! Thank you all for your support.
• Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration! 
• The clothing drive is extended until next week, December 13th.
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💡DATES TO REMEMBER

• December 13 - 15 - Half days
• December 15 - Cookie Decoration Party (check with your class parents how you can help!)
• December 16 to Jan 4th - Winter break
• January 2 to 3 - Winter conferences by invitation only
• January 4 - Deadline for Animal Reports 

💡REMINDERS:

1. Please double check your child's uniform to make sure they still have the right length.

2. The scholars should bring the following daily:

• Water bottle with name
• Healthy and dry snacks in front pocket
• Take Home folder (please make sure it is emptied out at home)

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

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 LEARNED THIS WEEK 

 📕 LITERATURE / GRAMMAR: 

We continued to read about Jonathan and his journey at Hemlock Mountain. We haven't seen the bears just yet, but he got Aunt Emma's big iron pot! We practiced reading with expression and pacing.

We have been learning about subjects / predicates, kinds of sentences, and nouns. This week, we have introduced pronouns.

📕 SAYINGS: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

 

📕 POETRY: Please have your child practice these poems at home.

The Pasture by Robert Frost
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;

I'll only stop to rake the leaves away

(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):

I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.

I'm going out to fetch the little calf

That's standing by the mother. It's so young,

It totters when she licks it with her tongue.

I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.

The Goops (Table Manners) 

by Gelette Burgess 

 The Goops they lick their fingers,

And the Goops they lick their knives;

They spill their broth on the tablecloth—

Oh, they lead disgusting lives! 

 

The Goops they talk while eating, 

And loud and fast they chew; 

And that is why I’m glad that I 

Am not a Goop--are you? 

Rope Rhyme 

by Eloise Greenfield 

 

Get set, ready now, jump right in 

Bounce and kick and giggle and spin 

Listen to the rope when it hits the ground 

Listen to that clappedy-slappedy sound 

Jump right up when it tells you to

Come back down, whatever you do 

Count to a hundred, count by ten

Start to count all over again

 

That’s what jumping is all about

Get set, ready now, 

Jump

right 

out!

The Caterpillar 

by Christina Rossetti 

Brown and furry 

Caterpillar in a hurry; 

Take your walk

To the shady leaf, or stalk.

May no toad spy you, 

May the little birds pass by you; 

Spin and die,

To live again a butterfly. 

October’s Party 

by George Cooper (Stanza 1 only)

 

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.

📕 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 11:10-11:45. Check your teacher's page below for the reading volunteer signup.

Mrs. Aguayo 

https://signup.com/go/zJZazGK

Mrs. Santiago 

https://signup.com/go/yPrHdtQ

Ms. Baines 

https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/85643710095/false?popup=true#/invitation

📕 SPALDING: sh is used at the beginning or end of a base word (rule 13)

📕 MATHEMATICS: We reviewed how to solve word problems:

Part + Part = Missing Whole

Whole - Part = Missing Part

1. Adding to find the missing whole

2. Subtract to find the missing part

3. Adding to find the bigger number comparison problems

4. Subtracting to find the smaller number in comparison problems

5. Subtracting to find the difference incomparison problems

We'll have our test on Word Problems on Monday.

 

📕 HISTORY: We learned about why Jews celebrate Hanukkah. It reminds them to be faithful in worshipping their God. We also learned about Christianity and how it is based on Jesus Christ, the promised Savior of the Jews and the rest of humankind. We read how Christians celebrate his birth on Christmas. Next week, we'll learn about the last major religion, Islam.

📕 SCIENCE:   We reviewed the body systems through a flip book, and discussed how to keep our body healthy. Check out the healthy plates they made! 

1st Grade Teachers

12 / 1 / 2023

📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS

• We want to send all our thanks to all those who chaperoned during our field trip and those who contributed to the Medieval Faire!! The scholars had good memories, thanks to you!
• Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration! 
• Winter Concert is coming up next week. Please see Mrs. Carpenter's email regarding the reminders.

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

• December 6 - Winter Concert
• December 13 - 15 - Half days
• December 15 - Cookie Decoration Party (check with your class parents how you can help!)
• December 16 to Jan 4th - Winter break
• January 2 to 3 - Winter conferences by invitation only
• January 4 - Deadline for Animal Reports 

💡REMINDERS:

1. Please double check your child's uniform to make sure they still have the right length.

2. The scholars should bring the following daily:

• Water bottle with name
• Healthy and dry snacks in front pocket
• Take Home folder (please make sure it is emptied out at home)

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

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 LEARNED THIS WEEK 

 📕 LITERATURE / GRAMMAR: 

We learned about The Best-Loved Doll and her great-hearted owner, Betsy. We also started reading the first two chapters of The Bears on Hemlock Mountain and learned about Jonathan and Uncle James. We are looking forward to whether or not Jonathan will see a bear on the mountain!

We conducted a narration and copywork assessment with the scholars today. We evaluated how well they can orally retell the story in complete sentences, and how they can copy sentences with the proper mechanics and good handwriting.

📕 SAYINGS: Sour grapes

 

📕 POETRY: We will assess their poetry recitation and memorization in the next 2 weeks

The Pasture by Robert Frost
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;

I'll only stop to rake the leaves away

(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):

I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.

I'm going out to fetch the little calf

That's standing by the mother. It's so young,

It totters when she licks it with her tongue.

I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.

The Goops (Table Manners) 

by Gelette Burgess 

 The Goops they lick their fingers,

And the Goops they lick their knives;

They spill their broth on the tablecloth—

Oh, they lead disgusting lives! 

 

The Goops they talk while eating, 

And loud and fast they chew; 

And that is why I’m glad that I 

Am not a Goop--are you? 

Rope Rhyme 

by Eloise Greenfield 

 

Get set, ready now, jump right in 

Bounce and kick and giggle and spin 

Listen to the rope when it hits the ground 

Listen to that clappedy-slappedy sound 

Jump right up when it tells you to

Come back down, whatever you do 

Count to a hundred, count by ten

Start to count all over again

 

That’s what jumping is all about

Get set, ready now, 

Jump

right 

out!

The Caterpillar 

by Christina Rossetti 

Brown and furry 

Caterpillar in a hurry; 

Take your walk

To the shady leaf, or stalk.

May no toad spy you, 

May the little birds pass by you; 

Spin and die,

To live again a butterfly. 

October’s Party 

by George Cooper (Stanza 1 only)

 

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.

📕 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 11:10-11:45. Check your teacher's page below for the reading volunteer signup.

Mrs. Aguayo 

https://signup.com/go/zJZazGK

Mrs. Santiago 

https://signup.com/go/yPrHdtQ

Ms. Baines 

https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/85643710095/false?popup=true#/invitation

📕 SPALDING: sh is used at the beginning or end of a base word (rule 13)

📕 MATHEMATICS: This week, we practiced how to solve word problems such as finding the missing part, missing whole and comparison problems. We learned how to represent the problem with our cube train/stack and the bar model. We'll have our test on Subtraction next week.

 

📕 HISTORY: We started our Three Major World Religions Unit. We learned that the major ones are Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which all started in the middle east in between ancient Egypt and ancient Mesopotamia. We recalled how the other two civilizations believes in many gods, but these three religions believed in only one God. We learned that the Jews’ holy book is the Torah which tells about Moses. We made a craft of Moses in the Rushes to remember how he was saved from being killed by the Pharaoh.

📕 SCIENCE:   We are still studying about the human body! We talked more about the digestive system and about healthy food. We explored our Circulatory System and how our hearts work. 

1st Grade Teachers

💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK 
📕 READING / LITERATURE:
We learned about The Best-Loved Doll and her great-hearted owner, Betsy. We also started reading the first two chapters of The Bears on Hemlock Mountain and learned about Jonathan and Uncle James. We are looking forward to whether or not Jonathan will see a bear on the mountain!
We learned about The Best-Loved Doll and her great-hearted owner, Betsy. We also started reading the first two chapters of The Bears on Hemlock Mountain and learned about Jonathan and Uncle James. We are looking forward to whether or not Jonathan will see a bear on the mountain!
📕 MATHEMATICS




1st Grade Teachers