11 / 6 / 2026



📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration! 
  • Happy Veteran's Day! We are grateful to those who served our country!
💡DATES TO REMEMBER
  • 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

💡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 started our new unit on folktales with the west African tale "All Stories are Anansi’s" and the African American tale "The Knee High Man". We also are continuing to distinguish the difference between common and proper nouns. 
 
📕 POETRY 
 
 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!

 

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: 

  • Do unto others what you would have them do unto you. 
  • It could always be worse. 
  • 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 25: /ck/ may be used only after a single vowel that says its short sound 

rule 26: Capitalization proper nouns.

rule 28: ed has three sounds and its added to form a past tense of regular verbs 

rule 29: Divide words between double consonants within a base word. 

 Key:

                                  new rules covered 
                                rules covered this week
         rules covered in the past

 Students will practice 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: The students learned the different ways to add and subtract. Here are some video resources to help you know how we teach it in class:


📕 HISTORY:   In our new unit on the Americas, we learned about the beginning of farming and how it helped grow a civilization. We started with the Mayan civilization, learned about Maya Math and created a stelae which they used to record special events. 



📕 SCIENCE:   Scholars explored how the structure and function of animal senses allow them to sense and respond to their surroundings by participating in an investigation using their own senses. Ask your child what they saw - same or different, what they tasted - sour or sweet, what they heard, what they felt and what they smelled. Scholars also identified how cats and horses use their own senses to interact with the world.


Have a wonderful weekend!

First Grade Teachers





10 / 30 / 2026





Thank you for your help at the Egypt Party and for providing all the supplies! The scholars had an enjoyable time. :)

💡DATES TO REMEMBER
  • 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: This week we finished up the second Frog and Toad book in the series and started the last book - "Frog and Toad All Year". These two friends show us a great example of true friendship and the importance of not taking yourself too seriously.

         ðŸ“• POETRY 

 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!

 

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: 

  • It could always be worse. 
  • 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 25: /ck/ may be used only after a single vowel that says its short sound 

rule 26: Capitalization proper nouns.

rule 29: Divide words between double consonants within a base word. 

 Key:

                                           new rules covered 
                                          rules covered this week
         rules covered in the past

 Students will practice 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:  This week we finished up chapter 4 with a test on Friday. Next week we start chapter 5. Students will learn strategies on how to add numbers 11 to 20 by counting on and making a ten. You can help your child by practicing numbers that make a 10! 
 
Here's a fun one you can use with playing cards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYywjIm--uo.
 
 ðŸ“• HISTORY:   Before digging deep into our unit on the Early Civilization of Americas, we learned how the first people could have probably moved to the America from Asia. We also talked about what it was like to be a hunter and a gatherer then.

 
 
 ðŸ“• SCIENCE: Scholars were introduced to biomimicry while comparing external structures of animals and plants to learn that people use objects that are like those parts to help them accomplish similar things. The scholars drew objects humans use that are like helpful body parts animals have. We also read about what specific plant parts are and their particular purposes.

 

Have a good weekend!

1st Grade Team 






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