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 

9 / 20 / 24

💡ANNOUNCEMENTS

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

• September 25 - Kingdom Meeting (wear Kingdom colors)
• Friday, September 27 - Early dismissal at 12:30
• 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) 

• Monday, October 23 - 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've just finished The House at Pooh Corner. We learned a lot about friendship and little lessons about life from those friends! After Pooh and his friends, we met Owl at Home. We will find out more about him next week!

 

In Grammar, we have been studying how to write proper nouns of places specifically our cities, the different states of America, and our street names. 

📕 SAYINGS: 

• Wolf in sheep's clothing 

• Practice makes perfect.

• If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
• Fish out of water

  

📕 POETRY: Next week, students will recite one of these poems in front of the class with a group. We will check for memorization, tone, clarity of voice and stance.

 

Flint 

by Christina Rossetti 

An emerald is as green as grass,

A ruby red as blood;

A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;

A flint lies in the mud.

A diamond is a brilliant stone,

To catch the world's desire;

An opal holds a fiery spark;

But a flint holds fire.

Work (Work While You Work) 

by Anonymous   

Work while you work,

Play while you play,

This is the way 

To be happy each day.

All that you do,

Do with your might,

Things done by half 

Are never done right.

Hearts Are Like Doors 

by Anonymous 

Hearts, like doors, will open with ease,

To very, very little keys,

And don't forget that two of these

Are "Thank you, sir" and "If you please!"

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: 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:  We started our unit on Subtraction and discussed when to use them to take away and take a part. You may continue the discussion at home. They will have a check up test next week.

 

📕 HISTORY: We opened our unit on Ancient Egypt, studied its geography--and the fact that it's home of the longest river in the world! We created a foldable of the Nile. Have your child use the crocodile cut-out to tour you along the Nile! We also learned about Ancient Egyptian Farming. 

📕 SCIENCE: We learned about forests and the different tree types, compared different trees and their characteristics. Students learned where the Sequoia National Forest is on the US map. We created a foldable with different types of trees. This week we talked about Desert Habitats and the living and non living things that are part of this habitat.

Have a good weekend!

1st Grade Team 

9 / 13 /24

💡ANNOUNCEMENTS

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

• Friday, September 20th - 
  Early dismissal at 12:30 (Teacher In-Service)
• September 25th - Kingdom Meeting (wear Kingdom colors)
• Friday, September 27th - Early dismissal at 12:30
• September 30th - October 8th - No school (FALL BREAK)
• Monday-Tuesday, October 7th-8th - 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 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 continue our series on The House at Pooh's Corner. We read the chapter about Tigger not climbing trees, another about Pooh's invented game,  and another about Christopher Robin's notice.

We are starting our Owl at Home reading next week. Please bring them to the class if you haven't done it yet!

 

 

📕 SAYINGS: 

• Practice makes perfect.

• If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
• Fish out of water

  

📕 POETRY: The students practice reciting and memorizing these every week. They will do a poetry recitation in front of the class on the last week of the quarter.

Flint 

by Christina Rossetti 

An emerald is as green as grass,

A ruby red as blood;

A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;

A flint lies in the mud.

A diamond is a brilliant stone,

To catch the world's desire;

An opal holds a fiery spark;

But a flint holds fire.

Work (Work While You Work) 

by Anonymous   

Work while you work,

Play while you play,

This is the way 

To be happy each day.

All that you do,

Do with your might,

Things done by half 

Are never done right.

Hearts Are Like Doors 

by Anonymous 

Hearts, like doors, will open with ease,

To very, very little keys,

And don't forget that two of these

Are "Thank you, sir" and "If you please!"

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: 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: We introduced the rest of the 69 phonograms this week. 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 practiced addition facts. We learned about "true statements" in Math. Students reviewed addition concepts and they will take a test on Monday. Our next unit is on subtraction within 10. 

 

📕 HISTORY: We wrapped up our journey into the ancient world of Mesopotamia. We made our pop up ziggurat booklets and listened to the story about King Gilgamesh.  

 

📕 SCIENCE: Students learned about safety rules to practice around electrical devices and electricity. This week we started our Habitats unit. Students will create a portfolio with all the habitats we will learn. 

1st Grade Team