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 

10 / 2 / 2026

💡ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Please bring "Frog and Toad" by Thursday, October 15th, if you haven't yet. Thank you!
• We are doing an Animal Report during the second quarter to be due in January. More information about this will be given during the Parent-Teacher Conferences. 
• Sign-up link for the Parent-Teacher Conferences on October 12-13 through this link:  https://archwaychandler.configio.com/

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

• Friday, October 2nd - Early dismissal at 12:30
• October 5th - 9th - No school (FALL BREAK)
• Monday-Tuesday, October 12th-13th - Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 19th - 23rd - Hearing and Vision Screening
• October 24th: Trunk or Treat (4:30–6:30 pm)
• October 27th: Picture Retakes
• October 28th: Classical Character Day
• November 8th: Mother Son Kickball (12 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.)

💡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 will read about "The Dog in the Manger and The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing" next week.  Additionally, we will kick off our Frog and Toad Series by the end of the week.  

In Grammar, we continued to talk about nouns - common and proper, 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 were proud to see our scholars recite their poems!

 

📕 READING: Thank you to our first quarter parent reading volunteers! We still have slots for the month. We need volunteers every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11:15 - 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.

 We practiced 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 f, l, s after a single vowel that says its short sound 

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

 Key:

                                                       new rules covered 

                                                   rules covered this week

         rules covered in the past

📕 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. Next week, we will study about how pharaohs were wrapped in strips of cloth and buried in pyramids. 

📕 SCIENCE: We finished our unit on Sun, Moon, and Stars with a test. We will begin our new unit on Plant and Animal Survival after fall break.

Happy Fall Break! Stay safe and have fun.

1st Grade Team