Monday, January 7, 2019

Week 20

Happy New Year 1C Families! 




I hope that you and your family had a wonderful time over the break. I enjoyed visiting family in Colorado!

This quarter we have made a few changes to our homework routine so please take a moment to review the changes in the “announcements” portion of this post.

Finally, I wish you all a happy new year! I am so excited to get back into the swing of things and see what this new year has in store.

In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,

Sarah Kaye 



Calendar

January 7th: School Resumes

Homework

*Please read the about the homework changes under the announcements portion.

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

Monday: mail, male, female, eye, I, glass, party, upon and math wkbk pg. 7-8
Tuesday: two, twin, twice, twelve, twenty, between, they, would, could, should and math wkbk. pg. 9-10
Wednesday: any, many, city, only, where, week, weak, first, sent, cent and math wkbk. pg. 13-14
Thursday: write all words 1 time and Test B

Friday: read for 15 minutes (book of your choice) 

Announcements

Homework Change
Thank you for taking the time to complete the latest homework survey.  We looked carefully at the numeric data and anonymous comments and had good conversation as a team.  Every child is unique and homework experiences vary widely, but there are occasional patterns in these surveys that help us to adjust our homework assignments.  With this in mind, we are going to make a few adjustments in the third quarter that will hopefully make the homework experience more joyful without sacrificing good learning.  We will continue to discuss as a team and will send another survey near the end of third quarter.  Beginning January 7th, parents and students can look forward to the following changes:
 1.  Spalding words will only need to be written once using the scholar’s best handwriting. As always it is crucial that parents read the words aloud to their child. Students will also write one sentence using one or more Spalding words.
       2.  Math homework will take place Monday- Thursdays. There will not be any math homework on Fridays.
Academics
Poem: I Know The Sounds That The Animals Make by Jack Prelutsky  Idiom: Fish Out of Water

Spalding: This week we have 28 words Spelling Test on Friday!

Monday: mail, male, female, eye, I, glass, party, upon

Tuesday: two, twin, twice, twelve, twenty, between, they, would, could, should

Wednesday: any, many, city, only, where, week, weak, first, sent, cent

phonograms: ai, ey, ar, w, t, ou, sh, wh, ea, ir

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises will be from Master of all Masters and Aesop's Fables.

Grammar: Students will observe Diego Rivera's painting of La Piñata. We will identify nouns, verbs, and adjectives that exist within this painting. We will write a full sentence about this painting based on observations made throughout the week.

Math: This week is all about comparing and ordering numbers. We will compare by using the phrases “__ more than” “__less than” and we will also compare by subtracting.
Literature:  We will be reading a variety of fairy tales this week including Sleeping Beauty, Frog Prince, Rumpelstiltskin, and Hansel Gretel.  As we read each fairy tale, we will also work to identify various story elements.  We will also learn how to use the decoding skill “stretchy snake” to help us become fluent readers!  

History: This week in history we will be studying the ancient culture of the Maya.  We will learn about the cities they built in the rain forest, their ancient writings and other aspects of their everyday culture.
Science: This week we will begin a new unit on the human body! We will start by learning about the skeletal system. The class will be able to explain the different functions of the skeletal system. We will also put together and label our own skeletal system using q tips!

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