Week 1

Hi there 1B Families,

Mrs. Kiss and I loved meeting all of you on Meet the Teacher night!  Our classroom has been empty all summer and we are excited to have it filled with the smiling faces of your children on Monday morning! 

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I hope you have a restful weekend and are ready for a great year in first grade.  See you Monday! 

Looking forward to a wonderful school year,
Ms. Dawson 


Announcements

Daily Snacks: We will have two snacks a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Please make sure these snacks are packed separately in the front pocket of your child’s backpack. We recommend snacks that are hearty and healthy such as fruits, vegetables, and crackers, to fuel your child all day long. Please send in a water bottle each day for your child, especially during the hot summer months! 

Family Questionnaire: Thank you to those who have filled out the family questionnaire.  I have enjoyed reading your responses.  If you have not had a chance to please take a moment to complete it here.


Homework
Nightly: Please your child select a book of their choice to read with you for 15 min. Nightly reading log and book bags will begin in a few weeks. Please have your child practice our monthly poem for 1 minute each night. A copy of the poem will be sent home.
Monday: Spalding Handwriting page and Math workbook pages 7-8    (math workbook will be sent home with your child each night) 
Tuesday: Spalding Handwriting page and Math workbook pages 9-10
Wednesday: Spalding Handwriting page and Math workbook pages 11-12   
Thursday: Spalding Handwriting page and Math workbook pages 13-14
Friday: Please read a book of your child's choice for 15 minutes. 

Calendar
Monday, August 5th: The First Day of School!
Friday, August 9th: Archway Arete Meet and Greet. Please see family newsletter for more information
Tuesday, August 27th, 8:00 am: First Grade Coffee Shop conversation in Arete library

Academics
Poem for August: The Caterpillar by Christina Rosetti
Idiom: "Sour Grapes" Meaning: This idiom refers to something a person decides is not worth having only after they find out they cannot have the desired object.
As the school year goes on, we will spend time in class practicing and discussing our poems and idioms. Sometimes we will read books and complete activities, other times we might recite as a class. 
Grammar/ Writing: Scholars will be participating in copy work from Little House in the Big Woods and will discover the basic components of a sentence.

Spalding: We will be practicing proper letter formation for single letter phonograms.  We will review how to sit as a spalding scholar, how to hold our pencil, and how to join in and participate. 

Math: This week we will count, read and write numbers 1-10 to build our number sense foundation.

Literature: We will learn what a fable is and enjoy reading A Boy who Cried Wolf, A Dog in the Manger and The Fox and the Grapes.

Science: We will explore the scientific method as we use it to observe apples and complete an experiment!
History: This week will study maps and how to use them.