Week 28

Announcements: First Grade will be taking a field trip to the Desert Botanical Gardens this Friday, March 8th! We will travel by charter bus and depart Archway Arete at 8:15am and return to the school approximately at 1:00pm. On the day of the field trip, please have your child bring a completely disposable sack lunch, and a disposable water bottle. Please contact me regarding any specific dietary or medical needs. 

Calendar

March 8^th: First grade field trip to the Desert Botanical Gardens; please wear regular uniform. 

Monday, March 11- Monday, March 18^th: Spring Break 

Tuesday, March 19^th: School Resumes



Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 minutes, practice poem (1 minute), practice rocket math (1 minute)Phonograms to practice: wh, w, th, ea, ee, ey, ch, h, or, ar

Monday: before, know, no, were, where, there, here, dead, leave, early and WB pg. 80-81

Tuesday: close, close, flower, flour, nothing, ground, lead, led, lead, such and WB pg. 82-83

Wednesday: Review all 20 words and test B

Thursday: WB pg. 84-85

Friday: No homework; have a wonderful spring break!


Academics

Poem: Sing a Song of People by Lois Lenski  Idiom: A.M. & P.M. 

Spalding: Due to the field trip on Friday, we will only have 20 words this week and our Spelling Test will be on Thursday!

Monday: before, know, no, were, where, there, here, dead, leave, early

Tuesday: close, close, flower, flour, nothing, ground, lead, led, lead, such

Phonograms: wh, w, th, ea, ee, ey, ch, h, or, ar

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises will be from How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell and The Happy Hollisters by Jerry West. We will also review abbreviations.

Grammar: Students will be assessed on all 70 phonograms throughout the week. We will also practice writing complete sentences (capital letter, punctuation mark, noun, verb) both prompted from the board and unprompted with only a topic and/or question given. 

Math: We will continue to work with equal groups as we turn them into multiplication equations.  It is common for this new skill to be confused with addition (i.e. a student writing 3X4=7). Please take the time to show your child the differences. This is a great time to use manipulatives at home!

Literature:  We will finish reading Sam the Minuteman.  This selection is historical fiction and takes place during the battle of Lexington and Concord.  Some mature topics regarding war, injury from battle and death are briefly mentioned.   We encourage families to read and review these topics with their children.  Thank you!

History: This week we will learn about slaves and the Puritan colonies.  After the break we will do a review and take an assessment.

Science: This week we will start a new unit in science! We will be learning all about rocks and their different forms including sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous.