A few announcements:
1. On the evening of May 5th, our first graders will have the opportunity to join the prep side in their annual Astronomy Night. The even will begin at 7:30. Students will be able to use telescopes out on the field, try on astronaut space suits, and participate in many engaging activities led by our prep students and teachers. This is an evening you wont want to miss! There is no fee, nor RSVP, just come as you are able.
2. Our spring concert is fast approaching and will take place on May 3rd! If you have any questions please contact Miss Weddle at jweddle@archwayarete.org, or see my blog post from last week for more information.
3. This Friday, 4/28, from 7:50-9:50 a.m., we will have our parent volunteer breakfast to show our appreciation for your service to our staff and students this school year. This event will be held in the archway MPR. We hope to see you there :)
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4. We will begin reading My Father's Dragon tomorrow in class. Please send in your child's copy asap.
Coming up this week:
Literature: This week we will begin our last Classics to Keep book, My Father’s Dragon! We will be introduced to Elmer Elevator and see him begin his journey to the island!
Spalding: There are 29 words this week, with our spelling test on Friday!
Monday: pie, pull, sew, sow, so, steam, thread, thunder, tried, try, vein (11 words)
Tuesday: except, aunt, ant, capture, else, bridge, offer, suffer, center, front
Wednesday: running, run, rule, carry, chain, death, learn, wonder (8 words)
Phonograms to practice: a, au, c, ie, u, s, t, th, v, w
Writing: This week’s excerpts come from the story Socks by Beverly Cleary.
Idiom: Land of Nod
Poem: “My Shadow” by Stevenson
History: In History, we will continue our study of the American Revolution and take a short quiz on Friday. Students will learn about the events at Lexington and Concord, discuss the importance of the Declaration of Independence, and compare the original American flag to the flag we have today.
Science: We will begin this week by looking at models of the movement of the moon around the Earth and the Earth around the sun. We will look closer at why we experience day and night, and how the Earth moves during a day and a year. We will also begin to learn more about the other planets, starting with Mercury.
Math:
This week we will practice ordering and comparing numbers within 100 by identifying the "ones" and "tens" within two digit numbers. We will also be "counting on" and "counting back" by "ones" and by "tens" in order to recognize when one number is "greater" or "smaller" than another.
