Week 38 May 23-27, 2016
We did it! We made it to our last week and with smiles on our faces. I am looking forward to my last few days with your children. Here is an overview of the week ahead.
Homework: We will have the students take home their pink Spalding Books and select 10 words to write down each night. On Friday, we will have an in-class spelling bee, giving everyone an opportunity to spell the words they practiced.
Monday and Tuesday: These are full days of learning. We will practice math concepts we have learned, and read many short stories in both literature and in history. In science we will continue to study plant and animal life in the oceans of the world.
Dismissal is 2:45 Monday and Tuesday
Wednesday: This is a fun day! We will be traveling around the first floor visiting each classroom, which will be set up as one of the seven continents. Our class will represent South America. Each room will have snacks for the students and a passport book they will be able to keep.
Thursday: Students may bring a bag from home to take their desk items home today. We will work hard to clean out our desks, and then review for our spelling bee!
Friday: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! We will have our in class spelling bee, sign our yearbooks, and have a little going away party. I have plenty of juices left over from Frontier Days and popcorn for all. You may send something in if you wish, but I have enough for everyone!
Classes will be dismissed at 11:45 on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday - These are half days!
Please let me know if you would like to hire a tutor for the summer. The school has many teachers who are willing to work with your students.
Have a wonderful, restful, and safe summer!
Thanks for the memories!
Congratulations to my second graders! You are equipped to do well next year!
Love,
Mrs. Sipe
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Week 37 May 16-20, 2016
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! From the bottom of my heart! We had such a successful Frontier Day Event. It would not have happened without all of you helping to make it so special. We had the attention of all Archway, and even a special visitor came and remarked about how happy all the children were here! At the end of the day Mr. Gillingham came up to me and thanked me for taking the time and effort to make this such a special day. I told him without our wonderful parents none of this would be possible!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! From the bottom of my heart! We had such a successful Frontier Day Event. It would not have happened without all of you helping to make it so special. We had the attention of all Archway, and even a special visitor came and remarked about how happy all the children were here! At the end of the day Mr. Gillingham came up to me and thanked me for taking the time and effort to make this such a special day. I told him without our wonderful parents none of this would be possible!
This week we will continue to read our short stories and act them out in individual plays.
In History we will read Historical Biographies of Amelia Earhart and Henry Ford. We will make airplanes and have own assembly line production!
In science we will continue to investigate the oceans of the world, including animal and plant life. They really enjoy this unit.
For spelling we will review words from previous lists. I want to make sure they can spell the daily words such as days of the week, months of the year etc. to prepare them for next year.
In math we will finish off the year studying money and making change. We have our little classroom store, and then we have an actual store for them to purchase items with their 1B bucks they earned.
Parents ....if you have not already purchased your child's kits, please follow the link below to purchase your kits for next year. The window for this is about to close and you will not be able to do this later!!!!
Have a great week!
Sunday, May 8, 2016
WEEK 36 May 9-13, 2016
We had a wonderful week carving our keelboats, cutting apples to dehydrate, and creating our cereal box book reports! It's amazing that we accomplished all this and completed Dibels testing too!
Next week will be the end of the year Singapore Assessments. Please make sure your students are getting their rest so they can do their best.
Next Friday is our Famous Frontier Day at Archway! The news is already spreading abroad and there are many excited students ready to participate. Check the sign-up in case there are any items missing that we need. We are still in need of "dress up" clothes for our photo booth...especially boy shirts.
THANK YOU!!!!!! Parents for the wonderful gifts I received this week. I am so honored to be your child's teacher, with or without gifts! Hopefully we have created first grade memories to last a lifetime!
It is time to return all the readers and chapter books. I hope your child will continue to read all summer long to keep their skills sharp for second grade.
ELA
Spelling
Monday: teacher, November, subject, April, history, study, himself, matter, use, thought.
Tuesday: person, nor, or, January, mean, vote, court, copy, been, be
Wednesday: act, yesterday, among, question, quest, doctor, size, December, dozen, there
Thursday: Write words once with markings to prepare for the test on Friday.
Literature:
This week we will be reading about the Adventures of Pinocchio, and creating our own puppet theater.
History
Students will continue to learn about westward expansion and the benefit to the United States. We will be able to discuss the importance of having Sacagawea on the journey with Lewis and Clark, and what her contributions were.
Science
Students enjoyed their Ocean unit so much, we decided to visit this unit again. This week we will study the zones and the various animals that live in each one.
Math
In our final weeks of math we will continue to review past concepts and have our weekly class store.
Virtue of the month - WISDOM
Never, no never did Nature say one thing and Wisdom say another. Edmund Burke
Have a great week and email me with any concerns you may have!
We had a wonderful week carving our keelboats, cutting apples to dehydrate, and creating our cereal box book reports! It's amazing that we accomplished all this and completed Dibels testing too!
Next week will be the end of the year Singapore Assessments. Please make sure your students are getting their rest so they can do their best.
Next Friday is our Famous Frontier Day at Archway! The news is already spreading abroad and there are many excited students ready to participate. Check the sign-up in case there are any items missing that we need. We are still in need of "dress up" clothes for our photo booth...especially boy shirts.
THANK YOU!!!!!! Parents for the wonderful gifts I received this week. I am so honored to be your child's teacher, with or without gifts! Hopefully we have created first grade memories to last a lifetime!
It is time to return all the readers and chapter books. I hope your child will continue to read all summer long to keep their skills sharp for second grade.
ELA
Spelling
Monday: teacher, November, subject, April, history, study, himself, matter, use, thought.
Tuesday: person, nor, or, January, mean, vote, court, copy, been, be
Wednesday: act, yesterday, among, question, quest, doctor, size, December, dozen, there
Thursday: Write words once with markings to prepare for the test on Friday.
Literature:
This week we will be reading about the Adventures of Pinocchio, and creating our own puppet theater.
History
Students will continue to learn about westward expansion and the benefit to the United States. We will be able to discuss the importance of having Sacagawea on the journey with Lewis and Clark, and what her contributions were.
Science
Students enjoyed their Ocean unit so much, we decided to visit this unit again. This week we will study the zones and the various animals that live in each one.
Math
In our final weeks of math we will continue to review past concepts and have our weekly class store.
Virtue of the month - WISDOM
Never, no never did Nature say one thing and Wisdom say another. Edmund Burke
Have a great week and email me with any concerns you may have!
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Week 35 May 2-6, 2016
I hope everyone had a restful three days! We have a lot to look forward to this week. Students will be creating a book report project using cereal boxes. This is an advanced skill, but I think they will do a great job. If you haven't sent an empty cereal box in yet, please do asap so we may put our project together this week.
PLEASE! Check out the sign-up genius for our supply list and volunteer help for the Frontier Day Event on May 13. It will be here before we know it!
In math we will be studying money! Students will be able to recognize $1, $5, $10, $20 money increments, and also learn to make change. To make this a fun activity we will create a store in the room. We have cash registers already, bags and money. All we need now are empty containers from your pantry to help stock our store! We will work on this along with completing review segments for our end of the year assessment.
ELA
We will continue to read Pooh stories this week and work on our Cereal Box Book Report Projects.
Spelling:
Monday: pair, pear, pare, prove, heard, hear, inspect, itself, always, something
Tuesday: expect, need, thus, woman, women, young, fair, fare, dollar, evening,
Wednesday: plan, broke, feel, sure, sugar, least, sorry, press, God, god
Science:
This week we will learn about the life of Thomas Edison. Students will be making their personal lap book about his life.
History:
Students will complete their Ft. Boonesborough and begin a study of the Louisiana Purchase and it's affect on the United States. They will learn about two famous explorers, Lewis and Clark. We will study plants, animal tracks, and make our own personal journals to collects data in.
Here are some pics of our Daniel Boone project.
This month's virtue focus will be on wisdom.
We learn from our mistakes and think before we act. We look to the great thinkers of the past for guidance on making good choices.
Have a great week!
I hope everyone had a restful three days! We have a lot to look forward to this week. Students will be creating a book report project using cereal boxes. This is an advanced skill, but I think they will do a great job. If you haven't sent an empty cereal box in yet, please do asap so we may put our project together this week.
PLEASE! Check out the sign-up genius for our supply list and volunteer help for the Frontier Day Event on May 13. It will be here before we know it!
In math we will be studying money! Students will be able to recognize $1, $5, $10, $20 money increments, and also learn to make change. To make this a fun activity we will create a store in the room. We have cash registers already, bags and money. All we need now are empty containers from your pantry to help stock our store! We will work on this along with completing review segments for our end of the year assessment.
ELA
We will continue to read Pooh stories this week and work on our Cereal Box Book Report Projects.
Spelling:
Monday: pair, pear, pare, prove, heard, hear, inspect, itself, always, something
Tuesday: expect, need, thus, woman, women, young, fair, fare, dollar, evening,
Wednesday: plan, broke, feel, sure, sugar, least, sorry, press, God, god
Science:
This week we will learn about the life of Thomas Edison. Students will be making their personal lap book about his life.
History:
Students will complete their Ft. Boonesborough and begin a study of the Louisiana Purchase and it's affect on the United States. They will learn about two famous explorers, Lewis and Clark. We will study plants, animal tracks, and make our own personal journals to collects data in.
Here are some pics of our Daniel Boone project.
Happy Birthday to Honor
We learn from our mistakes and think before we act. We look to the great thinkers of the past for guidance on making good choices.
Have a great week!
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Week 34 April 25-29, 2016
Please remember we have this Friday as an R&R day off! We'll come back ready and refreshed to finish the race!
The first grade classes have been preparing ideas for our Frontier Day to be held Friday, May 13 from 8-10:30. We have plans for Frontier games, foods, crafts, and a costume photo booth! A sign-up for items will be sent early this week. In the meantime, start collecting dress-up items for the period (1800's) if you have any we could borrow.
All of our history from this point on will be about the theme of Westward Expansion. We will focus on Daniel Boone this week. He is an exciting historical figure who really made his mark in the history books. We will make Daniel Boone dolls, and create a mock Ft. Boonesborough. They are going to love it!
ELA
Spelling:
Monday: thunder, except, ant, aunt, capture, else, bridge, offer, suffer, center
Tuesday: front, run, running, rule, carry, chain, death, learn, wonder, check
Wednesday: Practice writing 20 words once with markings in preparation for the test on Thursday.
Reading:
Our reading this week will will be Pooh stories.
Questions and writing activities will be in reference to these stories.
We will have our final Reading Group this Tuesday. A BIG THANK YOU! to Mrs. Bruns for her faithfulness all year. The students love reading groups and looked forward to their Tuesdays with her!
MATH
Students will be able to subtract a two-digit number in two steps, subtract the tens and subtract the ones. We will be practicing this quite a bit until the end of May. Thank you parents for helping them understand their math homework. They are doing great!
SCIENCE
Through a variety of activities and readings, students will be able to identify materials in which currents can and cannot flow. They will understand how conductors and insulators work.
Thank you parents for aiding your children with their circuits. They love sharing their creations and it really inspires MORE creations to arrive daily!
INTEGRITY: We are practicing this virtue on a daily basis in 1B. Students are able to recognize whenever this virtue appears, and they applaud the student(s) using this virtue. In a day when it is easy to lie, cheat, and steal, it is refreshing to see students who are learning to be conscientious about the benefits of this virtue in their daily lives.
I hope you have a wonderful week, and remember you may email me anytime with your questions or concerns.
Please remember we have this Friday as an R&R day off! We'll come back ready and refreshed to finish the race!
The first grade classes have been preparing ideas for our Frontier Day to be held Friday, May 13 from 8-10:30. We have plans for Frontier games, foods, crafts, and a costume photo booth! A sign-up for items will be sent early this week. In the meantime, start collecting dress-up items for the period (1800's) if you have any we could borrow.
All of our history from this point on will be about the theme of Westward Expansion. We will focus on Daniel Boone this week. He is an exciting historical figure who really made his mark in the history books. We will make Daniel Boone dolls, and create a mock Ft. Boonesborough. They are going to love it!
ELA
Spelling:
Monday: thunder, except, ant, aunt, capture, else, bridge, offer, suffer, center
Tuesday: front, run, running, rule, carry, chain, death, learn, wonder, check
Wednesday: Practice writing 20 words once with markings in preparation for the test on Thursday.
Reading:
Our reading this week will will be Pooh stories.
Questions and writing activities will be in reference to these stories.
We will have our final Reading Group this Tuesday. A BIG THANK YOU! to Mrs. Bruns for her faithfulness all year. The students love reading groups and looked forward to their Tuesdays with her!
MATH
Students will be able to subtract a two-digit number in two steps, subtract the tens and subtract the ones. We will be practicing this quite a bit until the end of May. Thank you parents for helping them understand their math homework. They are doing great!
SCIENCE
Through a variety of activities and readings, students will be able to identify materials in which currents can and cannot flow. They will understand how conductors and insulators work.
Thank you parents for aiding your children with their circuits. They love sharing their creations and it really inspires MORE creations to arrive daily!
INTEGRITY: We are practicing this virtue on a daily basis in 1B. Students are able to recognize whenever this virtue appears, and they applaud the student(s) using this virtue. In a day when it is easy to lie, cheat, and steal, it is refreshing to see students who are learning to be conscientious about the benefits of this virtue in their daily lives.
I hope you have a wonderful week, and remember you may email me anytime with your questions or concerns.
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Week 33 April 18-22, 2016
I hope everyone had a great week. Please be sure to note the Fine Arts Event on Friday April 22. We will be showcasing the artwork and French performances of your children!
The evening will be divided into two sessions. Please note the schedule of your session below.
SESSION 1: Families with last names A-L
5:30 -5:35 Welcome over Intercom
5:35 - 5:45 French Club performs in MPR
5:50-6:15 K-5 French Class Video/Workshop 1
Art Room. Workshop 2 Outdoor
Classroom
6:15-6:40 K-5 French Class Video/View Artwork
6:40-6:50 Intermission
SESSION 2 Families with last names M-Z
6:50-6:55 Welcome over Intercom
6:55-7:05 French Club performs in MPR
7:10-7:35 K-5 French Class Video/Workshop 1
Art Room.
Workshop 2 Outdoor Classroom
7:35-8:00 K-5 French Class Video/View Artwork
This is time well spent, and a worthwhile event. Your children are so proud of what they have accomplished this year!
ELA
Spelling:
Monday:color, contains, day, daily, freeze, eagle, fancy, fly, forest, gentle
Tuesday: noise, grow, holes, hotel, iron, live, living, monkey, myself, pencil
Wednesday: vein, pie pull, so, sow, sew, steam, thread, tried, try
Thursday: Write each word once with markings to prepare for the test tomorrow.
SCIENCE
Students will discuss and illustrate how electric currents work, and describe the flow of electricity.
We have had a great time admiring the circuit boards and electrical experiments the students have brought in. Learn by doing! I think that will be the motto of my class from now on!
HISTORY
Please have your children recite the preamble to the Declaration of Independence. We have enjoyed studying the concepts of independence.
We will be reviewing what we have learned these last couple of weeks, in preparation for their unit this week.
This was our last group to perform the Pilgrim adventure across the Atlantic.
MATH
We are having a lot of fun in math. They are finally learning and practicing vertical addition. We talk about the importance of lining up the ones and the tens place when adding.
HOMEWORK:
Monday: Wkbk pages 163-166
Tuesday: Wkbk pages 167-168
Wednesday: Wkbk pages 169-170
Thursday: Wkbk pages 171-174
Virtue of the month - INTEGRITY
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you! -
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
P.S.
Out newest bundle one month old!
I hope everyone had a great week. Please be sure to note the Fine Arts Event on Friday April 22. We will be showcasing the artwork and French performances of your children!
The evening will be divided into two sessions. Please note the schedule of your session below.
SESSION 1: Families with last names A-L
5:30 -5:35 Welcome over Intercom
5:35 - 5:45 French Club performs in MPR
5:50-6:15 K-5 French Class Video/Workshop 1
Art Room. Workshop 2 Outdoor
Classroom
6:15-6:40 K-5 French Class Video/View Artwork
6:40-6:50 Intermission
SESSION 2 Families with last names M-Z
6:50-6:55 Welcome over Intercom
6:55-7:05 French Club performs in MPR
7:10-7:35 K-5 French Class Video/Workshop 1
Art Room.
Workshop 2 Outdoor Classroom
7:35-8:00 K-5 French Class Video/View Artwork
This is time well spent, and a worthwhile event. Your children are so proud of what they have accomplished this year!
ELA
Spelling:
Monday:color, contains, day, daily, freeze, eagle, fancy, fly, forest, gentle
Tuesday: noise, grow, holes, hotel, iron, live, living, monkey, myself, pencil
Wednesday: vein, pie pull, so, sow, sew, steam, thread, tried, try
Thursday: Write each word once with markings to prepare for the test tomorrow.
SCIENCE
Students will discuss and illustrate how electric currents work, and describe the flow of electricity.
We have had a great time admiring the circuit boards and electrical experiments the students have brought in. Learn by doing! I think that will be the motto of my class from now on!
HISTORY
Please have your children recite the preamble to the Declaration of Independence. We have enjoyed studying the concepts of independence.
We will be reviewing what we have learned these last couple of weeks, in preparation for their unit this week.
This was our last group to perform the Pilgrim adventure across the Atlantic.
Just a heads up! We will be finishing the year with a Westward Expansion Event. Please start collecting old clothing of the era (Daniel Boone Days) if you have some that we may borrow. Also, does anyone have the horseshoe game that we may use for our games of the era? A sign-up genius will be soon arriving for more complete details. I just thought I would let all of you know now.
MATH
We are having a lot of fun in math. They are finally learning and practicing vertical addition. We talk about the importance of lining up the ones and the tens place when adding.
HOMEWORK:
Monday: Wkbk pages 163-166
Tuesday: Wkbk pages 167-168
Wednesday: Wkbk pages 169-170
Thursday: Wkbk pages 171-174
Virtue of the month - INTEGRITY
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you! -
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
P.S.
Out newest bundle one month old!
Have a wonderful week!
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Week 32 April 11-15, 2016
Friday is a Half Day!
Parents, that you for replenishing some of our supplies, but we are still in great need of red pencils, and regular pencils!
Congratulations to everyone for a successful Spring Concert! It is exciting to see how much the students have matured, and were able to stand tall on stage for three beautiful songs!
I'm sorry, I had more pictures but my phone has been giving me a hard time!
ELA
We begin reading Sam the Minuteman this week so if you have not sent your book in, please make sure you do that tomorrow.
I apologize for not having the spelling list to give you today. I was out Friday and was unable to get the list from Ms. Spriggs.
HISTORY
This week we will be studying famous American symbols, such as the Statue of Liberty, the Bald Eagle, Washington D.C., the Capital, and the Liberty Bell.
SCIENCE
We will continue our study of electricity within various types of circuits. Students love this unit! Many have brought in circuit boards and different
mechanical things they have made at home. This makes learning so much more fun!
MATH
We will continue to focus our attention on adding two digit numbers without renaming, using vertical algorithms.
Monday: Workbook pages 155-156
Tuesday: Workbook pages 157-160
Wednesday: Packet
Thursday: Workbook pages 161-162
We have been really looking at the virtue of Integrity this week. We have discussed that it is easier to maintain your integrity, that it is to regain it! We have been having conversations about honesty, and what it is that makes a person choose to be dishonest. They have some very interesting ideas! Basically, they realize that it is fear that makes people choose to be dishonest. It is a pleasure to have such great thinkers in my classroom! Parents, you are doing a great job!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Friday is a Half Day!
Parents, that you for replenishing some of our supplies, but we are still in great need of red pencils, and regular pencils!
Congratulations to everyone for a successful Spring Concert! It is exciting to see how much the students have matured, and were able to stand tall on stage for three beautiful songs!
ELA
We begin reading Sam the Minuteman this week so if you have not sent your book in, please make sure you do that tomorrow.
I apologize for not having the spelling list to give you today. I was out Friday and was unable to get the list from Ms. Spriggs.
HISTORY
This week we will be studying famous American symbols, such as the Statue of Liberty, the Bald Eagle, Washington D.C., the Capital, and the Liberty Bell.
SCIENCE
We will continue our study of electricity within various types of circuits. Students love this unit! Many have brought in circuit boards and different
mechanical things they have made at home. This makes learning so much more fun!
MATH
We will continue to focus our attention on adding two digit numbers without renaming, using vertical algorithms.
Monday: Workbook pages 155-156
Tuesday: Workbook pages 157-160
Wednesday: Packet
Thursday: Workbook pages 161-162
We have been really looking at the virtue of Integrity this week. We have discussed that it is easier to maintain your integrity, that it is to regain it! We have been having conversations about honesty, and what it is that makes a person choose to be dishonest. They have some very interesting ideas! Basically, they realize that it is fear that makes people choose to be dishonest. It is a pleasure to have such great thinkers in my classroom! Parents, you are doing a great job!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
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