Week 37

Good Morning 1C families,

Thank you for making teacher appreciation week so special! I appreciation all of the thoughtful gifts and kind words I received. 

In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness, 

Sarah Kaye


Announcements

Book bags: *Please note that this will be our last week of using our red leveled reader book bags for homework. Please turn all books back in by Friday, May 17th. Thank you! 

Tutoring: This week is the last week of tutoring.

Reading groups and Math Groups: This week is the last week for reading groups and math groups. Thank you to each parent who has taken the time out of your busy lives to help us in the classroom!!

Homework Survey: Please take a moment here to share your thoughts on this year’s homework policy. Your thoughts are valuable as we try to seek the best for our students and families. Thank you!

PSO Survey:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfs3gqBF0kc0rdyzpLP6sqTsnoi4iSRHAM_OEQUsdlPM0N5DA/viewform

Calendar

Wednesday, May 22^nd- May 24^th: Half Days

Friday, May 24^th: Last day of school





Homework

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

Phonograms: ough, ar, r, wr, or, er, qu, ei, wor, ee

Monday: himself, matter, use, thought, person, nor, or, January, mean, vote and Test B

Tuesday: court, copy, act, been, be, yesterday, among, question, quest, doctor and WB pg. 182-183

Wednesday: size, December, dozen, there, their, they're, tax, number October, reason and WB pg. 184-186

Thursday: Review all words and WB pg. 187-188

Friday: Read for 15 min 


Academics

Spalding: We will have 30 words this week and the Spelling Test will be on Friday!

Writing: Copy work and narration exercises will be from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and Socky by Beverly Cleary. 

Grammar: Students will work to write, correct, and complete grammatically correct sentences using great detail and illustrating their writing where necessary. 

Literature: This week we will be sampling different stories including selections from Winnie the Pooh, the Pied Piper and The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Math: We will be wrapping up double digit addition and begin a unit of money.  We will also be taking our end of the year math assessment and math facts assessments.

History: Next week will be all about our lovely state, Arizona!  We will learn about various state symbols, the state flower, state bird and the 5 C’s of Arizona.  As students learn about state 48, they will compile their knowledge into a state project to take home on Friday.

Science: This week we will wrap up our unit on Astronomy with a quiz and some crafts. On Monday an optional astronomy review sheet will be sent home to prepare for the upcoming quiz on Tuesday. On Thursday students may make their own solar system crown and 3D space objects.