11 / 1 / 2024


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💡DATES TO REMEMBER

  • Monday, November 11 - NO SCHOOL (Veteran's Day)
  • Saturday, November 23 - Medieval Faire (11:00am-2:00pm)
  • Tuesday, November 26 - Field Trip at the Phoenix Zoo (we need 10 parent chaperones for each class)
  • November 27 to 29 - Thanksgiving Break
  • December 6 - Winter Concert
  • December 16 - submit animal written report and poster board (optional)
  • December 17-19 Half-Day 12:30 Dismissal 
  • December 20-31 No School: Winter Break
  • January 8 - Animal Report

💡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 African tale "All Stories are Anansi’s" and the African American tale "The Knee High Man". We also are learning how to write exclamatory sentences.

 

 
📕 POETRY 
 

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. 


 

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! 

📕 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 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.

 

       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

         rule 25:  ck is used after a single vowel that says its short sound.

sick

block 


rock, back, neck


                      Rule 28: ed has three sounds and is added to form the past tense of regular verbs.

 

rule 26:  Capitalize proper nouns. 

rule 29:  divide words between double consonants


ap ple

lit tle

 



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:  Students learned two strategies how to add numbers 11 to 20 by counting on and making a ten. You can help your child practicing numbers that make a 10!

Here's one you can use with playing cards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYywjIm--uo
 
📕 HISTORY: 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: We introduced students to the Human Body unit! Students created a foldable with a general introduction of the human body and its systems. Students learned about the skeletal system! They reviewed how bones are the framework of our body, how they help us move, and how they protect our organs.

Have a good weekend!

1st Grade Team 






10 / 25 / 24




Thank you for your help at the Egypt Party! The scholars had an enjoyable time :)

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

  • Saturday, October 26 - Trunk or Treat
  • Wednesday, October 30 - Classical Character Day (wear classical character costume)
  • Monday, November 11 - NO SCHOOL (Veteran's Day)
  • Saturday, November 23 - Medieval Faire (11:00am-2:00pm)
  • Tuesday, November 26 - Field Trip at the Phoenix Zoo (we need 10 parent chaperones for each class)
  • November 27 to 29 - Thanksgiving Break
  • December 6 - Winter Concert
  • December 16 - submit animal written report and poster board (optional)
  • December 17-19 Half-Day 12:30 Dismissal 
  • December 20-31 No School: Winter Break
  • January 8 - Animal Report
Scholars who wish to bring candies next week, 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 started reading "Frog and Toad Together", continued practicing how to retell and make oral summaries, and answered comprehension sheets

 

📕 POETRY

 

 

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. 


 

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! 

📕 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 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.

 

       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

         rule 25:  ck is used after a single vowel that says its short sound.

sick

block 


rock, back, neck


 

rule 29:  divide words between double consonants


ap ple

lit tle

 



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:  We reviewed more of our numbers 11 to 20 and had a Chapter test. Please continue practicing tens and ones at home. 


 
 
 

 

📕 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.


 
📕 SCIENCE: We are getting closer to end our Habitats Unit. This week students learned about food chains. We discussed about producers, consumers, and decomposers. Also, we talked about herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. 
📕 MATHEMATICS:  We started our unit for numbers 0 to 20. We recognized the 

Have a good weekend!

1st Grade Team