Week 27!

Good Evening!

Or rather should I say, good night! I apologize about the untimeliness of my post this weekend. It's been a busy yet fun weekend with the color fun run and lots of things to get done at home.

Special Note:  Mrs. Trahan and I are happy to welcome Dean of Academics, Cassie Mason, to the first grade team!   Mrs. Sipe will not be returning to Archway Arete, but we wish her well and are thankful for all of her good work.  Mrs. Mason will be taking over as lead teacher for the remainder of the year, and we look forward to her contributions to the first grade team. 

 

Study Hall Change: Trimester 3 after school room assignments have begun. All first grade students will now be in Mrs. Raya's classroom (1C) for study hall, as it is1B's turn to host Athenaeum. These room assignments will complete our scheduled rotation for the year. Mrs. Raya will lead students in their Spalding homework and will provide the opportunity for students to quietly complete their math homework until they are called into the MPR.

Here is what we will be learning this week:

Science:

This week we will begin our unit on Earth Science. We will learn about the four layers of the Earth:  the crust, mantel, outer core, and inner core. We study how volcanos and geysers are formed and the effects that they have on the areas around them. We will also make lava and watch it erupt from a model of a volcano!

Math:

This will be an exciting week in math as we begin to introduce the foundational concepts of multiplication! We will practice creating and identifying both equal and unequal groups and discover how we can transition from long addition sentences to multiplying two numbers together in order to find the answer. 

 

History: 

In History, we are learning about the Aztecs and Incas. We will discuss the legend that told the Aztecs where to settle and see how this symbol is still used today. We will also discuss how the Aztecs were known for being powerful warriors, as well as learn about the calendar they came up with. We will begin learning about the Incas at the end of the week, learning where their civilization occurred and how they kept records.

Literature: 

This week we will continue to read about our tricky, little spider, Anansi. We will read Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rockand Anansi and the Talking Stick. We will discuss what virtues Anansi needs to work on and if he learned his lessons.

Spalding: 

29 words this week, test on Friday!

Monday: dead, leave, early, close, close, flower, flour, nothing, ground

Tuesday: lead (the way), led, lead (pencil), such, morning, however, mind, shall, alone, order

Wednesday: third, push, point, within, body, field, belongs, cheese, earn, edge

Phonograms to practice: dge, ea, ear, ed, ie, ir, oi, or, ou, ow

 

Writing: 

copy work and narration exercises from A Christmas Carol

 

Grammar: 

This week we will be reviewing all of the parts of speech we have learned so far (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) and classifying sentences. We will have a mini assessment on Thursday.

 

Idiom: 

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away!”

 

Poem: 

“The Swing” by Stevenson – Please be prepared to recite on Friday!