Week 19

Greetings 1C Families,

Only a few days left before winter break but they are filled with many exciting activities.  Please see the announcements below for some important info. before we head off for break! 

In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,

Sarah Kaye


Calendar
December 18th & 19th: Half Days; Dismissal beginning at 11:45am.
December 19th: World Religions Celebration with class book exchange; please visit this link to help out!
December 20th-January 4th: No school; Winter Break- Happy Holidays!
January 7th: School Resumes


Homework
Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute)
*Poetry recitation on Monday! 
Monday: Phonogram practice sheet
Tuesday: Read for 15 minutes and practice rocket math only!
Wednesday: No homework. Have a wonderful winter break!

Announcements
Class Book Exchange: We will have a class book exchange on December 19th in the morning. Please have your child bring a wrapped book (used or new) and will receive a new (to them) book in return!
Desk Cleaning: As we prepare for the new year, our wonderful cleaning crew will be cleaning the insides of desks.  I know in other classes parents are providing bags to put supplies into. In 1C Mrs. Miller and I will be providing the bags, so it is a little easier on you!
Thank you!: Thank you to all who took the time to complete the homework survey.  We appreciate your feedback!
Lost and Found: The lost and found will be cleared out over break. Please stop by the MPR for any missing sweaters, water bottles, etc.
Book Bags: Book bags will not be sent home this week.  Although there is not assigned homework, break is a great time for some free reading!

Academics
Poem: Table Manners by Gelett Burgess- Recitations on Monday and Tuesday
Idiom: The More The Merrier!
Spalding: This week we will not have spelling words. Students will be assessed on all 70 phonograms, half on Monday and half on Tuesday.
Please make sure to practice the phonograms over the weekend and on Monday night in preparation. Practice sheets will be sent home on Friday, 12/14 and on Monday, 12/17.
There will be no book bags sent home this week.
There will be no grammar/writing this week due to the half days.

Math: On Monday, we will practice our sorting and graphing skills with jelly beans.  On Tuesday, we will build a snowflake with various shapes.  We will also take part in various holiday math games.

Literature:  We will conclude our Frog and Toad book series by making a Toad puppet to remember all of his adventures with Frog. We will also read the African American folktale “Brer Rabbit Gets Brer Fox’s Dinner”.

History: This week we will be finishing up our Mexico unit with a review, a story and a craft! 

Science: This week we will conduct a holiday themed science experiment and practice following the steps of the scientific method. We will make a hypothesis and observe what happens when candy canes are placed in different liquids such as water, salt water, and vinegar. 

World Religions Party

Next week Wednesday, December 19th is our class world religions party. Below is the link to the signup genius.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c4ca5ab28a7fc1-world

Thank you for your help!!

Holiday Book Exchange

Dear Parents,

I'm excited to announce that our classroom will be holding a holiday book exchange this holiday season! As you know, reading is so important and what better way to ring in the holiday season than celebrating with a new book? Your child should bring in a book (wrapped in some sort of wrapping paper!) to exchange with another student. If you need ideas of where to find a book, check out the following:

• Local book store or department store
• Thrift store
• Home
• Scholastic book order

If you are exchanging a used book, Please make sure it is gently used. Remember, this will be a brand new book to another child!

Please bring in a wrapped book by 12/19. Let me know if you have any questions or if you need help bringing in a book for the exchange.

Thank you,

Sarah Kaye

Week 18

Greetings 1C Families!

Our Archway Arete library has officially launched and we had our very first visit yesterday! It was such a joy to watch the student's faces beam with excitement as they selected a book! There is an orange slip of paper stating when the book is due (a 3 week time period). Students are welcome to turn-in their book before the 3 week mark.  We are looking for volunteers to help students check out books.  Sign up here to serve! Our next class library visit will be on January 18th from 8-:115.

Have a wonderful week! 

In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,

Sarah Kaye

Calendar
December 18th & 19th: Half Days
December 19th: World Religions Celebration
December 20th-January 4th: No school; Winter Break
January 7th: School Resumes

Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute)

phonograms: oo, ch, or, ph, gu, g, f, ar, p, r

Monday: wind, wind (a toy), print, air, fill, along, lost, name, room, hope and wkbk pg.154-156

Tuesday: same, glad, with, mine, chair, forgot, guess, hang, meat, mouse and wkbk pg. 157-159

Wednesday: phone, store, supper, through, toe, became, brother, rain, keep, start and wkbk pg. 160-162

Thursday: Review all words and wkbk pg. 163-166

Friday: Review phonograms and wkbk. pg. 167-170

Announcements
Class Book Exchange: During our world religions celebration on December 19^th, we will have a class book exchange. Your child is welcome to bring a wrapped book (used or new) and will receive a new (to them) book in return!

Winter Dress Code: Winter dress code has begun! Shorts are longer permitted and girls must wear tights or knee socks with dresses.  Pants must be worn with belts.  Also, please ensure that your child wears black sneakers for P.E. (Monday and Thursdays).  Thank you!

Lunch Snacks: We are thankful to our PSO for selling snacks during lunch for students to purchase.  Snacks are typically 50 cents each so we recommend students who wish to participate to bring 50 cents to one dollar with them  to school.  Thank you!  

Homework survey: In an effort to provide a fruitful homework experience for our scholars, we rely on the feedback of our families. Please find the homework survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiwa2O-PdfvbfEJ_tMkn7drot0erm-yOIA0LAgsO9lYdGibQ/viewform


Academics
Poem: Table Manners by Gelett Burgess  Idiom: The More The Merrier!

Spalding: This week we have 30 words Spelling Test on Friday!

Monday: wind, wind (a toy), print, air, fill, along, lost, name, room, hope

Tuesday: same, glad, with, mine, chair, forgot, guess, hang, meat, mouse

Wednesday: phone, store, supper, through, toe, became, brother, rain, keep, start

phonograms: oo, ch, or, ph, gu, g, f, ar, p, r

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises will be from two poems called "The Months" and "Bed in Summer".

Grammar: Students will observe Francisco Goya's painting of Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuniga. We will identify nouns, verbs, and adjectives that exist within this painting. 

Math: We will review various concepts that we have learned this year.  We will take our cumulative assessment on Friday.  
Literature:  We will finish reading Frog and Toad All Year and we will respond to what we have read. 
History:This week in History we will be learning about Mexico’s independence day and the important role Hidalgo played in Mexico’s independence. We will also be learning about how hunting and gathering turned to farming and settling in one place to form cities. 
Science: This week we will continue to learn about matter. We will conduct a melting experiment and observe how a substance can change states from a solid to a liquid by applying heat and pressure. We will talk a short quiz on Thursday to demonstrate what we have learned.

Week 17

Happy December 1C Families!

We conducted our class spelling bee last week! All of the scholars worked very hard and should be proud of their participation in this event. We are proud to announce that the winners of our 1C spelling bee are Ethan and Noble. Ethan will move on to compete in the school spelling bee with his 1st-5th grade peers. Noble will attend as a runner up. The school spelling bee is on Wednesday, January 9th at 6pm in the MPR. All are welcome to attend this event but only the 1st place winners from each section will perform in the school spelling bee.
 
In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,

Sarah Kaye

Calendar

December 18th & 19th: Half Days

December 19th: World Religions Celebration; more information to come!

December 20th-January 4th: No school; Winter Break

January 7th: School Resumes

Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute)

phonograms: y, wh, ir, or, ou, er, r, ay, ai, o

Monday: why, bill, want, girls, girl, part, still, place, report, never and math wkbk. pg. 139-143

Tuesday: found, side, kind, life, here, car, word, every, under, most and math wkbk. pg. 144-148

Wednesday: made, said, says, say, work, our, more, when, from  form and Test B

Thursday: Review all words and Test B

Friday:Review phonograms and wkbk. pg. 149-153


Announcements

Winter Dress Code: Winter dress code has begun! Shorts are longer permitted and girls must wear tights or knee socks with dresses.  Pants must be worn with belts.  Also, please ensure that your child wears black sneakers for P.E. (Monday and Thursdays).  Thank you!

Lunch Snacks: We are thankful to our PSO for selling snacks during lunch for students to purchase.  Snacks are typically 50 cents each so we recommend students who wish to participate to bring 50 cents to one dollar with them  to school.  Thank you!  

Homework survey: In an effort to provide a fruitful homework experience for our scholars, we rely on the feedback of our families. Please find the homework survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiwa2O-PdfvbfEJ_tMkn7drot0erm-yOIA0LAgsO9lYdGibQ/viewform


Academics

Poem: Table Manners by Gelett Burgess  Idiom: The More The Merrier!

Spalding: This week we have 30 words Spelling Test on Friday!

Monday: why, bill, want, girls, girl, part, still, place, report, never

Tuesday: found, side, kind, life, here, car, word, every, under, most

Wednesday: made, said, says, say, work, our, more, when, from  form

phonograms: y, wh, ir, or, ou, er, r, ay, ai, o

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises will be from The Saturdays.

Grammar: We will practice writing complete sentences. Complete sentences must have a capital letter, punctuation mark, a subject, and a verb. We will also practice how to write with abbreviations and titles of respect. 

Math: This week’s form of measurement is capacity! Students will compare the capacity of two containers as well as estimate and measure capacity using non-standard units of measurement. 

Literature:  We will journey through the four seasons with Frog and Toad as we read Frog and Toad All Year. Please ensure that your child has their copy at school to be read during class time.

History:  This week we will begin our unit on Mexico. The students will learn how to locate Mexico is relation to Canada and the United States. We will learn about the mix of Native American and Spanish heritage in Mexican culture as well as what tradition is and how a fiesta and piñata are important Mexican traditions.

Science: This week we will continue to learn about matter. We will study closely the different relationship between solids, liquids, and gasses. Scholars will complete two different experiments and observe chemical reactions such as evaporation and condensation.