Week 27  February 29-March 4, 2016

Friday, March 4th is a Half day!

The excitement of the week was the field trip to the planetarium!  We had a safe and fun day and learned many new details about space.

Great friends had a wonder-filled Great Hearts Day at the MCC Planetarium!


Be sure and check the dates in the margin for the next calendar events.

You may have heard your child discuss hygiene this week.  We have ALL been discussing the importance of keeping clean each day.  The days are getting hotter and the students sweat quite a bit.  There have been temptations among the students to make fun of some children in regards to this.  I am working very hard to make sure this does not happen!  As a class we discussed what we could do each day to make sure we are clean, and that our uniforms are clean as well.  The class decided that bathing or showering each day would be a great idea.  This is a thoughtful group of students.


ELA

Spelling:

Monday: cause, because, world, country, meet, meat, another, trip, tripped, list
Tuesday: people, ever, held, church, one, once, own, before, know, no
Wednesday: were, where, there, here, dead, leave, early, close, close, nothing

Dictation Sentences:
Monday: Elmer met a cat.
Tuesday: Mother did not want the cat.
Wednesday: He hid the cat downstairs.
Thursday: Before he knew it, she found him

This week we will begin reading our Father's Dragon book.  Please make sure your child has a copy to read.

Math

This week we will tell the times on the hour and at half past the hour.  We will relate the times on the hour to events of the day and sequence events according to time.

Homework:

Monday: Wkbk pages 115-117
Tuesday: Wkbk pages 118-122
Wednesday: Packet
Thursday: Packet
Friday: Wkbk pages 125-129

Science

Students will be able to understand the basic concepts of atoms.  We will have many fun projects that will accompany this unit!

History

Students will be able to explain England's reasons for the exploration of North America.  They will be able to recognize the difficulties of the founding of the Jamestown settlement, and the importance of Pocahontas.


"A friend in need, is a friend indeed!"


Have a wonderful week!

Week 26  February 21-25, 2016

I am looking forward to a wonderful week in 1B!  The students are very excited about the field trip on Wednesday.  I still have some parents that have not signed up.  Please make sure you do that immediately.  If you have not completed the contact sheet by Wednesday morning your child will be left to work in another classroom.  You also may go into the front office and fill in the sheet and pay.


ELA

Spelling:

Monday: father, anything, table, high, June, right, write, wrote, date, next
Tuesday: road, rode, tide, March, march, indeed, four, herself, power, wish
Wednesday: Field Trip
Thursday: Write words once with markings.
Friday: Test

Science

Students will be reviewing facts about all eight planets, and build their own comet.

History

Students will be able to explain how conquistadors came to the New World and claimed land.
Ask them about some facts they learned while studying Columbus last week.  I would be interested if they remembered that it was Amerigo Vespuci that discovered the New World, and that Columbus believed his whole life that he had discovered the Indies.

Math
Monday: Packet
Tuesday: Wkbk 109-110
Wednesday: Packet
Thursday: Wkbk 111-112
Friday:  Wkbk 113-114

Virtue of the Month - Friendship

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.    - Henry David Thoreau

Have a great week and please email me if you have any concerns.  Thank you parents for all your help this year. I am very blessed!

ATTENTION PARENTS

We have some more details concerning our planetarium field trip.

Although the planetarium is free of charge, we have a bus expense.  Each student will need to pay $10.00 to help with the cost.

Also, we need student contact information to be filled out before your student may go.  These items can be taken care of by using the link below.

PLEASE CLICK HERE

Please note chaperones, you will need to be in the classroom by 8:15 on Wednesday morning.   We will break into our groups and discuss the day ahead.  I will be bringing water bottles in case students need extra water.  We will be eating at Freestone park afterwards, so make sure your child has sunscreen on if you so choose.  The lunches you pack for them will remain on the bus while we are at the planetarium.  It will be a beautiful day out and we will return to the school by 12:30.  It is early release day so students will be out at 1:45.

Week 25  February 15-19, 2016

I hope everyone is having a nice R&R weekend!


Congratulation to Jordan for receiving the Humility award for January.  Our class is very proud of him!  He is a good friend to all and is always ready to lend a hand!

We had a fun week in 1B.  We learned about Mexico and practiced some Spanish words.  On Wednesday we made our piñatas!

 
ELA

Spelling:

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Fight, buy, by, stop, stopping, walk, talk, chalk, soap, new
Wednesday: news, small, smaller, smallest, war, summer, above, express, turn, lesson
Thursday:  Write 20 words for the test tomorrow.

Dictation sentences:
Tuesday: Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system.
Wednesday: Venus rotates counter clockwise on its axis.
Thursday: Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system.

Math

Tuesday:Wkbk pages 101-106
Wednesday: Packet
Thursday: Packet
Friday: No Homework

This week we will be learning about division of numbers.

Science

We will continue our study of the planets in preparation for our field trip on the 24th.

History

Students will begin studying early explorers, beginning with Christopher Columbus.


Friendship is our virtue for the month of February.  Students will practice being good friends to each other.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.    Lucius Annaeus Seneca


Have a wonderful week!

Week 24   February 8-12, 2016


Remember...We have Friday February 12, and Monday February 15 off. It is an R&R weekend so there is no homework!

Thursday, February 11 is our Great Hearts Day, and we will be celebrating the virtue of Friendship in the classroom. Please remember NOT to send Valentines that day. 
All week long we will be collecting NEW bath towels and washcloths for It's a New Leaf to distribute to needy families.

February 24 (Wednesday) will be our field trip day.  We already have the 6 parents we need for this event.  We will be going to the Mesa Community College Planetarium to have a grand finale of our month of studying space.  Afterwards, we will have lunch at a park and the students will be ready to go home at 1:45.
 
ELA

We will be reading Our Father's Dragon in a week.  If you have not purchased a copy for your child, please do so this week. Students may bring them to class as soon as they have them.

Spelling:

Monday: catch, catcher, kitchen, butcher, clothe, clothes, clothing, began, begin, beginning
Tuesday: able, go, gone, do, done, suit, track, watch, dash, fell
Wednesday: Practice 20 words for the test tomorrow.

Literature:
February is Black History Month, a time for remembering important people and events in history related to people from Africa.  It was started by college students in 1970.  The U.S. recognized it officially in l976 as part of the U.S. Bicentennial. President Gerald Ford encouraged Americans to, "seize the opportunity to honor the too often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history."
We will be reading biographies about Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King and discussing the events in their lives that lead to change.

History

We will continue our study of Mexico and it's contributions to America.  We will end our study by making a piñata for our Great Hearts Day Celebration.

Science

This week we will be exploring all the planets.  I really love how the students are keeping up their moon journaling.  It is not required, but those that are doing it are having a great time. On Friday we made Oreo Cookie phases of the moon. Ask them about it!

Math

This week we will work on multiplication facts by repeated addition.  We will also use rectangular arrays to illustrate multiplication facts and solve picture problems by multiplication.

Homework:

Monday: Wkbk pages 83-85
Tuesday: Wkbk pages 86-88
Wednesday:Wkbk pages 89-92
Thursday: Wkbk pages 93-100

Thank you for all the gifts and helping me celebrate my birthday last Monday.  I will put the gift card to good use!

I can recommend the conference by Dr. Charles Faye, the founder of the Love and Logic discipline curriculum.  I saw him in person last summer and it was very entertaining.  He uses a lot of examples and has great stories.  He can answer many of the questions you may have concerning the training and disciplining of your children.  The details are in the Newsletter you received this weekend from Archway.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another:  "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."

- C.S. Lewis

Have a wonderful week!