Week 25

Happy Monday 1C families,

I hope you all had a relaxing weekend! We are looking forward to Great Hearts day on Thursday and invite any parents who would like to help out to join us from 1:30-2:30.  We also ask that your child brings in a Ziploc baggie full of their favorite snack (no nuts please) to be used in a “friendship mix”! Please see below for some more important announcements concerning the rest of the day.  Have a great week!

In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,

Sarah Kaye

Calendar

February 14^th: Great Hearts Day (please see the announcement below)

February 18^th: No school in observance of President’s day

February 22^nd: Library visit

Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute)Phonograms to practice: ar, th, v, t, h, ui, ew, a, l, aw

Monday: black, warm, unless, clothing, clothes, clothe, began, begin, begun, able Math: WB. 58-59

Tuesday: gone, go, done, do, suit, track, watch, dash, fell, fight Math: WB 60-61

Wednesday: buy, by, stopping, stop, walk, talk, chalk, grant, soap Math: WB 61-62

Thursday: Review all words Math: Great hearts day Math wkst

Friday: no homework R and R

Announcements

Great Hearts Day: A Day for Friendship - Thursday, February 14th is Great Hearts Day! We have reserved this special day to focus on the virtue of friendship and celebrate the traits that make a great-hearted student. Teachers are planning interactive and fun activities centered around these topics, and time will be set aside for students to create hand-made Great Hearts Day cards for their classmates.  Archway Arete strives to cultivate a rich, academic environment rooted in the classical tradition. This many times requires popular culture to be left at the door. On that note, students will not be permitted to bring store-bought valentines, candy, or gifts to school. Instead, please have your child bring a sandwich sized Ziploc filled with their favorite snack (no nuts please) to be used in a special "Friendship mix"!
Thank you for partnering with us.


Academics

Poem: The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson Idiom: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Poem: The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson Idiom: An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

Spalding: Spelling test on phonograms and all 29 words on Friday!

Monday: black, warm, unless, clothing, clothes, clothe, began, begin, begun, able 

Tuesday: gone, go, done, do, suit, track, watch, dash, fell, fight

Wednesday: buy, by, stopping, stop, walk, talk, chalk, grant, soap

Phonograms: ar, th, v, t, h, ui, ew, a, l, aw

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises will be from Winnie-The-Pooh by A.A. Milne and A Child's Geography of The World by V.M. Hillyer.

Grammar: This week we will observe the painting "Parade" by Jacob Lawrence. We will practice using adjectives to describe the details of this painting including it's colors, unusual figures, and how it makes us feel as the audience. 

Math: This week we will continue to add and subtract 10s and 1s. Near the end of the week we will begin to rename when adding!

Literature:  We will finish reading A Bargain for Frances and begin The Stories of Anansi the Spider  on Friday.

History: This week we will begin our unit on early explorers.  Our first explorer that we will discover is Christopher Columbus.

Science: We will continue to explore the various systems of the body.