10 / 23 / 2026

We are looking forward to our Egypt Party on Monday, October 26th.

💡ANNOUNCEMENTS

**Especially for our first grade's girl parents - A lot of your daughters love doing cartwheels at recess. Just as a reminder, please make sure they are wearing shorts under their dresses/skirts and that the shorts cover their underwear. Thank you for your attention to this.** 

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

• Saturday, October 24th: Trunk or Treat (5:00–7:00 pm)
• Monday, October 26th: Egypt party
• October 27th: Picture Retakes
• October 28th: Classical Character Day
• November 8th: Mother Son Kickball (2 pm)
• November 11th: No school (VETERAN'S DAY)
• November 24th - Field Trip at the Phoenix Zoo (We need 10 parent chaperones for each class. Please sign up on Configo if you are able to help.)
• November 25 to 27 - Thanksgiving Break
• December 9th - Winter Concert
• December 15-17 Half-Day / 12:30 Dismissal 
• December 18-31 No School: Winter Break
• January 1-5 No School: Winter Break
• January 4-5 - Parent Teacher Conferences - invitation only (no students)
• January 6 - Animal Report due

Scholars who wish to bring candy in their lunches, we recommend that they do not eat candy for snack and only 1 piece during lunch. Thank you!

💡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 scholars empty it at home)

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 finished up the first book from the Frog and Toad series this week. We also started reading "Frog and Toad Together" - the second installment of the Frog and Toad series. We also continued practicing how to retell and make oral summaries, and answered questions from the comprehension packets.

 

📕 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. 

📕 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 - 11:45. 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.

 

     Jobs of silent final e:

                rule 7:  Job 1: e jumps over the consonant to make the vowel say its name

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

                             Job 3: e makes the g say /j/ and c say /s/

                             Job 4: Every syllable needs a vowel

                             Job 5: e has no job

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

                 rule 5:  i and y may say /i/ (long sound)  

                 rule 6:  y, not i, is used at the end of an English word

rule 8:    /er/ can be found in "Her first nurse works early."

rule 17: Double l, f, and s when following a single vowel. 

 

rule 18: Use 'ay' to say 'a' at the end of a base word, never alone 

 

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

rule 26: Capitalization proper nouns. 

 Key:

                                                       new rules covered 

                                                   rules covered this week

         rules covered in the past

 

📕 MATHEMATICS:  We started a new chapter in math. We recognized the numbers 0 - 20 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. We reviewed more of our numbers 11 to 20 and had a chapter test. Please continue practicing tens and ones at home. 

  

 

   📕 HISTORY:  This week 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 the culminating activity with our  class parents and volunteers on Monday!    

 

 📕 SCIENCE: This week we talked about the different body structures of birds, dogs, and turtles. We learned how their body parts help them survive in different ways. The scholars also identified the different plant parts. Additionally, they were given a plant diagram to label, and read about specific ways the unique parts of a plant help it grow and survive. 

Have a good weekend!

1st Grade Team 

10 / 16 / 2026

💡ANNOUNCEMENTS

 - Classical Character Day - October 28th 

    

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

• Monday-Tuesday, October 12th-13th - Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 19th - 23rd - Hearing and Vision Screening
• October 24th: Trunk or Treat (5–7 pm)
• October 26th: Egypt party
• October 27th: Picture Retakes
• October 28th: Classical Character Day
• November 8th: Mother Son Kickball (2 pm)
• November 11th: No school (VETERAN'S DAY)
• November 24th - Field Trip at the Phoenix Zoo (We need 10 parent chaperones for each class. Sign up coming to Configio on October 19th.)
• November 25 to 27 - Thanksgiving Break
• December 9th - Winter Concert
• December 15-17 Half-Day / 12:30 Dismissal 
• December 18-31 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 our unit on Aesop's Fables. Ask your child if they remember the moral to "The Goose and the Golden Egg" or "The Milkmaid and Her Pail." Additionally, we started reading the first book of the series of Frog and Toad, "Frog and Toad Are Friends". Frog was such a patient friend of Toad's. We learn a lot from their friendship. We practiced reading aloud answering questions in a comprehension packet. 

 

 📕 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. 

📕 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.

 **Because of a short week, we reviewed a lot of phonograms and had some fun playing phonogram bingo and Sparkle using spelling words. 

📕 MATHEMATICS:  The scholars reviewed subtraction concepts. We begin next week with a test on subtraction (chapter 3) and a cumulative test as well. Then we will start our unit for numbers 0 to 20. We recognized the numbers and how to write the number word.   

 

📕 HISTORY:   We learned about the gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt and the Egyptian writing called hieroglyphics! Ask your child if they remember the paper the Egyptians used for writing. ;)                  

📕SCIENCE: This week we started a new unit - Plant and Animal Survival. Scholars were challenged to think about how animal and plant parts are used similarly to humans. Investigation was done on physical traits that enable plants and animals to survive, grow, and meet their needs. Scholars also identified certain animals, body parts, and what the parts are used for.

Have a good weekend!

1st Grade Team