Thank You Parents!

Happy Readathon Day 1C families!

I just wanted to give a big THANK YOU to all of the parents who volunteered their time and supplies to the readathon this week, it was a big success. I especially wanted to thank our room moms for staying late yesterday to decorate our classroom door so beautifully! Thank you for making the day so special and memorable for all the kiddos. Everyone had a lot of fun making their crafts and reading so many beautiful stories. Be sure to Check out the blog next week for some pictures of the great day!

Appreciatively,

Sarah Kaye

Week 12

Greetings 1C families,

This week is the readathon and we're looking forward to a day of celebrating reading! Have a wonderful week!

In the pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,

Ms. Kaye

Calendar
Wednesday, October 31st: Read-a-thon (please see below for additional information)
Friday, November 2nd: Half Day 
Monday, November 12th: No school in observance of Veteran's Day
Wednesday, November 14th: Winter Concert. Please see the announcement below.
Wednesday, November 21st - Friday, November 23rd: Thanksgiving Recess 

Homework
Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute)
phonograms: ea, ch, oo, ay, ai, ew, ui, er, th, ei

Monday: put, each, soon, came, Sunday, show, Monday, moon, yet, find and math wkbk. pg. 87-89

Tuesday: give, new, letter, take, Mr., Mister, after, thing, what, than and math wkbk. pg. 93-95

Wednesday: no homework  

Thursday: All Words 1X and math wkbk. pg. 99-101

Friday: Practice phonograms and math wkbk. pg. 105-107

Announcements
Read-a-thon Costumes: In celebration of Read-a-thon, students are welcome to dress-up as a storybook character or a historical figure.  Please have your child return their costume proposal.
Read-a-thon Celebration: Please visit this link to sign -up to help with our readathon celebration! 
Winter Concert: Our Winter Concert is quickly approaching! It will be at Higley Center for the Performing Arts on November 14^th.  Students’ attire for our performances is NOT school uniform. Gentlemen are expected to wear a plain white collard shirt, black pants, black socks and black closed toed shoes. Solid dark colored vests and ties are optional for gentlemen. Ladies are expected to wear a white top, black skirt, black tights and black closed toed shoes. Please have your first graders at Higley Center for the Performing Arts by 5:00pm.
Please visit aretek-2music.blogspot.com or email jweddle@archwayarete.org for questions regarding the concert!
Academics
Poem: Thanksgiving Day by Lydia Maria Child   Idiom: Never Leave Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today
*While the goal will be to memorize the whole poem, scholars will only be assessed on two stanzas.Spalding: 
Monday: put, each, soon, came, Sunday, show, Monday, moon, yet ,find
Tuesday: give, new, letter, take, Mr., Mister, after, thing, what, than
Wednesday: no homework 
Thursday: All Words 1X
Friday: Practice phonograms 

Grammar: We will practice identifying nouns and verbs, create sentences using these parts of speech, and learn how to distinguish between the two.We will have a noun/verb quiz on Thursday.

Math: We will learn various strategies when adding two digit numbers including “making ten”, adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number and subtracting from a two-digit number

Literature: We will continue to enjoy and respond to Frog and Toad are Friends. We will finish the book on Friday!

History:  This week in history we will begin our world religions unit. On Monday we will introduce what religion means and where it comes from. On Wednesday and Friday we will look closely at Judaism and the story of Moses.
Science:   We will review all that we have learned about oceans this quarter including sanity and density, ocean zones, sea animals and plants, and coral reefs. There will be an oceans test on Thursday. An optional review will be sent home on Tuesday. 

Week 11

Greetings 1C Families,

I hope that you all enjoyed the long weekend! Thank you for taking the time to meet with me last week during parent-teacher conferences.  I am grateful for our conversations as we work together to support your child.

This week will be a quieter week as we gear up for the book fair on Saturday and read-a-thon the following week!

In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,
Sarah Kaye

Calendar
Monday, October 22: No school 
Saturday, October 27th: Book Fair at Barnes and Noble at Dana Park.  Ms. Dawson will be reading at 12:45pm-1:00pm.  
Wednesday, October 31st: Read-a-thon (please see below for additional information)
Friday, November 2nd: Half Day 

Homework
Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute)
phonograms: a, e, p, s, u, ch, ck, ee, er, ng

Monday: No School!

Tuesday: plant, planted, cut, song, sing, sang, sung, winter, stone, free and math workbook pg. 77-79

Wednesday:  lake, lace, page, nice, end, fall, went, back, away, paper and math workbook pg. 80-82

Thursday: Read and write all 20 words and 6.1 Test B

Friday: Math workbook pg. 83-86

Announcements
Frog and Toad are Friends: We have begun reading Frog and Toad are Friends.  Please ensure that your child brings in their copy. Thank you!
Read-a-thon Costumes: In celebration of Read-a-thon, students are welcome to dress-up at a storybook character or a historical figure.  Please have your child return their costume proposal.
Read-a-thon Celebration: An email will be sent out this week with ways to get involved during read-a-thon! Thank you in advance for your help! 

Academics
Poem: The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess  Idiom: Practice Makes Perfect 

phonograms: ee, ck, or, e, th, wh, t, oo, ow, ng

Spalding: This week we have 20 words. Spelling Test on Friday!

Monday: No School!

Tuesday: plant, planted, cut, song, sing, sang, sung, winter, stone, free

Wednesday:  lake, lace, page, nice, end, fall, went, back, away, paper

Writing: Our copy work and narration exercises come from Peter Rabbit.

Grammar: We will review verbs this week and practice sorting nouns and verbs.

Spalding: Please see below the spelling words for this week. We will only have 15 words this week to allow for reteaching and review of our spalding progress to set us up for a successful quarter 2! Please practice saying the phonograms each night.

Math: We are now moving on to two-digit numbers! Students will build on from ten to make two-digit numbers 11-20. We will have a test on Friday.

Literature: This week we will read the next 2 chapters of Frog and Toad are Friends. Students will respond to comprehension questions and compare the two friends from the story.

History:  This week in in History we will be finishing our Ancient Egyptian chapter. There will be a bingo review on Wednesday, and the test on Friday. A review sheet will be sent home on Wednesday. 
Science:   We will begin to study oceans this week! The class will complete an experiment to see which objects sink and float in fresh and salt water. We will also demonstrate how currents move through the ocean. 

Week 10

Welcome back 1C Families,

I hope you all had a wonderful fall break, filled with a lot of rest, friends and family! On the first day of my trip to Chicago, I came across this beautiful pumpkin in the park, what a wonderful start to fall break. I'm excited to start the second quarter and meet with you all this week!

In the pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,
Ms. Kaye

Calendar
October 15th- 19th: Half days for Parent-Teacher Conferences. Dismissal begins at 11:45am. 
Monday, October 22: No school 
Saturday, October 27th: Book Fair at Barnes and Noble at Dana Park.  Ms. Dawson will be reading at 12:45pm-1:00pm.
Wednesday, October 31st: Read-a-thon (please see below for additional information)

Homework
Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute)
phonograms: ee, ck, or, e, th, wh, t, oo, ow, ng

Monday: No Words. Handwriting Practice for lowercase letters a-z and math wkbk. pg. 61-64

Tuesday: We will have just 5 words today: rides, ride, tree, sick, got and math wkbk. pg. 65-68

Wednesday: north, white, spent, foot, feet, blows, blow, block, spring, river and math wkbk pg. 69-72

Thursday: Review all 15 words and Test B

Friday: Math wkbk. pg. 73-76

Announcements
Frog and Toad are Friends: We will begin our next book on Friday.  Please ensure that your child brings in their copy. Thank you!
Read-a-thon: In celebration of Read-a-thon, students are welcome to dress-up at a storybook character or a historical figure.  Costumes proposals will be sent home this week. 
Parent-Teacher Conferences: I look forward to meeting with you during conferences.  Please review your child's Quarter 1 checklist to ensure that we can discuss any questions you may have.

Academics
Poem: The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess  Idiom: Practice Makes Perfect 

phonograms: ee, ck, or, e, th, wh, t, oo, ow, ng

Writing/Grammar: This week we will read sections of The Frog Prince by The Grimm Brothers. We will practice answering comprehension questions using full sentences and we will practice writing complete sentences about the story. 

Spalding: Please see below the spelling words for this week. We will only have 15 words this week to allow for reteaching and review of our spalding progress to set us up for a successful quarter 2! Please practice saying the phonograms each night.

Monday: No Words. Handwriting Practice for lowercase letters a-z 

Tuesday: We will have just 5 words today: rides, ride, tree, sick, got 

Wednesday: north, white, spent, foot, feet, blows, blow, block, spring, river and

Thursday: Review all 15 words 

Math: We will learn position words, direction words and ordinal numbers this week! We will wrap-up the week with a test over what we have learned. 

Literature: During the beginning of the week, we will read two versions Little Red Riding Hood.  The second version is the Chinese version, Lon Po Po. We will end the week by beginning to read our second book Frog and Toad are Friends.  Please ensure that your child brings their copy to school by Friday, October 19^th.

History:  This week in history we will be continuing out journey through ancient Egypt. We will be learning about pyramids, mummies and ancient Egyptian writing. 
Science:   We will begin to study oceans this week! The class will complete an experiment to see which objects sink and float in fresh and salt water. We will also demonstrate how currents move through the ocean. 

Parent-Teacher Conference Sign-UP

Good Morning 1C Families,

Parent-Teacher conferences are just around the corner and will be held the week of October 15th. Please visit this link to select and sign-up for a 25 minute time slot for a conference with myself and Mrs. Miller. If there are any scheduling conflicts, please reach out and we will do our best to accommodate. First quarter checklists will be emailed beforehand on Friday, October 12^th. 

Specials conferences are optional. We recommend scheduling a conference only if a parent has a particular question, concern or love for one of our Specials. Parents will meet with K-1 Specials teachers in the Archway Art Room. Conferences will last 15 minutes. Please visit this link to sign-up for a conference with the specialists.

Mrs. Miller and I look forward to meeting with you soon!  Have a wonderful fall break!

Kind regards,

Sarah Kaye

Week 9

Greetings 1C Families,
Week 9 marks the last week of the first quarter!  1C scholars have worked so hard and have learned so much already.  We are looking forward to a wonderful week before fall break.  Let's finish the quarter strong!

In the pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,
Ms. Kaye

Calendar
Friday, 9/28: No school
October 8th-October 12th: Fall Break
October 15th- 19th: Half days for Parent-Teacher Conferences
Monday, October 22: No school 

Homework
Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute)
Phonograms: y, ou, th, ay, au, ea, oo, ee, sh, f

Monday: baby, well, about, men, man, for, ran, run, was ,that and math wkbk. pg. 57-58

Tuesday: his, led, lay, apple, ate, author, bread, brown, dog, eat and math wkbk. pg. 59-60

Wednesday: fast, food, jumpy, sleep, wash, yellow, nine, face, miss and Test B
Thursday: Review all 29 words and Test B 
Friday: No homework- Fall Break  

Announcements
Frog and Toad are Friends: We will begin our next book after Fall Break.  Please ensure that your child has their copy by then.  Thank you!
Parent-Teacher Conferences Sign-Up: Parent-Teacher conference sign-up link will be posted and emailed to you on Wednesday, October 3rd at 7:30 am. 

Academics
Poem: The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess  Idiom: Practice Makes Perfect 

Writing/Grammar: This week we will read sections of The Frog Prince by The Grimm Brothers. We will practice answering comprehension questions using full sentences and we will practice writing complete sentences about the story. 

Spalding: 

Please see below the spelling words for this week. We will have 29 words this week. Please practice saying the phonograms each night.

Monday: baby, well, about, men, man, for, ran, run, was ,that and math wkbk pg. 57-58

Tuesday: his, led, lay, apple, ate, author, bread, brown, dog, eat and math wkbk pg. 59-60

Wednesday: fast, food, jumpy, sleep, wash, yellow, nine, face, miss and Test B
Thursday: Review all 29 words and Test B 
phonograms: y, ou, th, ay, au, ea, oo, ee, sh, f 

Math: We will continue to learn various strategies for subtraction including counting back, using adjacent numbers and memorization of math facts.  We will take a cumulative test on Thursday and a subtraction test on Friday. 

Literature: We will finish Owl at Home this week! On Friday, we will share about our favorite part and create our own owl.  Our next book will be Frog and Toad are Friends.  Please ensure that your child brings this book to school after fall break.

History:  This week we will be begin our chapter on Ancient Egypt. We will learn where Egypt and the Nile River are located on the map, and what a Pharaoh is. We will also learn about the importance of King Tut and why he was important. 

Science: This week we will learn more about the importance of the many plants and animals found in rain forests. We will learn how we can help protect this habitat. We will learn what it means when animals become endangered or extinct. We will also study some common types of dinosaurs and discuss how they may have become extinct.