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