Week 16

3 Students passed levels +1 through +10 in Bubblegum math this week! Way to go!

1B scholars were inspired by their accomplishment and are working hard to join them.  Keep practicing your math facts! 

Scholars tried their hand at measuring a very stretchy and tasty item today: gummy worms! 

Greetings 1B Families,

What a wonderfully full week it has been! From an amazing concert on Wednesday to measuring fun today, the 1B scholars are sure seeking the beauty and goodness in their learning! Next week will be no exception.  Please see below for some special events happening next week.

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I wanted to extend my gratitude to you, our wonderful parents! Thank you for all you do to support our class, our school and your child's learning.  I am grateful that you share your precious children with me each day and that I can be a part of the learning journey. May you have a blessed Thanksgiving holiday.

With gratitude,
Shannon Dawson

Homework

 Nightly: Read for 15 min. using the book bags and bubblegum math practice for 2 minutes.

Please have your child practice our monthly poem for 1 minute each night. A copy of the poem will be sent home or find it here!

Phonograms to practice: phonograms cards 27-70

Monday: review phonogram cards and Test B

Tuesday: R&R- Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break!

Calendar

Monday, November 25th: Students will enjoy a performance from the Phoenix Symphony from 9 am-10 am. 

Tuesday, November 26th: Egypt celebration  from 12:30 pm -2 pm (more information below).

Wednesday, November 27th- Friday, November 29th: Thanksgiving Recess

Announcements

Egypt Celebration: As we head into Thanksgiving break, we will spend Tuesday afternoon from 12:30-2 celebrating all the things we learned during our Egypt unit a few weeks ago. We would love to have you join us! Please sign-up here if you are interested in participating! 

Class Spelling Bee Winners:

We conducted our class spelling bee this week! All of the scholars worked very hard and should be proud of their participation in this event.

We are proud to announce that the winners of our 1B spelling bee are Kade  and Janelle. Kade will move on to compete in the school spelling bee with his/her 1st-5th grade peers. Student 2 will attend as a runner up.

The school spelling bee is on Friday, January 10th at 5pm in the MPR. All are welcome to attend this event but only the 1st place winners from each section will perform in the school spelling bee.

Please reach out to Ms. Modisett (bmodisett@archwayarete.org), Arete's Spelling Bee Coordinator, with any questions or concerns.

Academics 
Idiom: Never Leave Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today

Poetry: Thanksgiving Day by Lydia Maria Child

*Students will only recite 1/2 of the poem. (recitations on Monday, 11/25)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ5bB4TvZrI

Spalding: Because of the two day week, we will not learn any new words. We will use our Spalding time on Monday and Tuesday for phonogram review and handwriting practice. 

Grammar/Writing: We will use this time for class poetry recitations and review of our monthly idioms/proverbs and virtues. 

Math: We will continue to explore measurement and capacity and will wrap up with a test on Tuesday.

Literature: We have finished reading Frog and Toad Together and will finish up the book with a quiz and a literature response.

week 15

Greetings 1B families ,

Our class greatly enjoyed learning about shapes this week including taking part in a shape scavenger hunt shown above.

Next week, we are looking forward to our winter concert and sharing all of the wonderful songs that we have been working so hard on.  Please see below for important details pertaining to the evening.

Have a wonderful weekend! See you Wednesday!

In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,
Shannon Dawson

Calendar

Week of November 18th: Class Spelling Bee

Wednesday, November 20th: Winter Concert

Wednesday, November 27th- Friday, November 29th: Thanksgiving Recess

Homework

 Nightly: Read for 15 min. using the book bags and bubblegum math practice for 2 minutes.

Please have your child practice our monthly poem for 1 minute each night. A copy of the poem will be sent home or find it here!

Phonograms to practice nightly: au, aw, ea, ey, th, ow, oo, ay, ai, or

Monday: was, that, his, led, lay and wkbk page 134-131

Tuesday: apple, ate, author, bread, brown and Test B

Wednesday: dog, eats, fast, food, jump and wkbk. page 150-153

Thursday: Review all words and phonograms 1x and wkbk. pg. 154-156
Friday: Read for 15 minutes 

Announcements
Spelling Bee Information

Dear Parents, 

It is my pleasure to announce that Spelling Bee season is upon us! Your child will be participating in a class Spelling Bee during the week of November 18th. Please use the word list sent home with them on Friday to study and make sure to read over the Spelling Bee letter for important dates and details. It is not mandatory for your child to study at home, however we recommend that all children participate in the class bee! Please reach out to me at any time if you have questions or concerns.

-Miss Modisett (bmodisett@archwayarete.org)

Our Winter Concert
THIS WEDNESDAY, November 20th! It will be at Higley Center for the Performing Arts: 4132 E Pecos Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85295. Please have your kindergartners at Higley Center for the Performing Arts by 4:45pm and 1st and 2nd graders there at 5:00pm.

Students’ attire for our performances is NOT school uniform. Gentlemen are expected to wear a plain white dress shirt, black pants, black socks and black closed toed shoes. Solid dark colored vests and ties are optional for gentlemen. Ladies are expected to wear a white top, black skirt, black tights and black closed toed shoes.

Please visit aretek-2music.blogspot.com or email jweddle@archwayarete.org for questions regarding the concert!

Academics

Idiom: Never Leave Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today

Poetry: Thanksgiving Day by Lydia Maria Child

*Students will only recite 1/2 of the poem. (recitations on Monday, 11/25)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ5bB4TvZrI

Spalding: We will learn 15 new words this week. On Thursday, we will review all 15 words. On Friday, we will have a test on all 15 words and 10 phonograms.

Phonograms to practice nightly: au, aw, ea, ey, th, ow, oo, ay, ai, or

Monday: was, that, his, led, lay

Tuesday: apple, ate, author, bread, brown

Wednesday: dog, eats, fast, food, jump

Thursday: Review all words and phonograms 1x

Math: We will wrap up with our unit on shape, review skills learned in first grade and will move on to measurement at the end of the week.

Literature: We will continue to read and finish “Frog and Toad Together”.

Grammar/Writing: This week we will read and write about passages from The Trumpet of the Swan. We will also practice reading and writing the 4 types of sentences: statements, commands, questions, and exclamations.

Science: Students will learn about the states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. They will be able to observe a couple of fun observations with liquids and gases.

History: We will learn about another world religion, Christianity. Students will learn about their place of worship, key symbol, and different holiday celebrations. 

Week 14

Greetings 1B families, 

We enjoyed having our furry friends join us in class today!

I hope that you enjoy the long weekend. To all of our military families, thank you for your service!

In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,
Shannon Dawson

Announcements

Spelling Bee Information
Dear Parents, 

It is my pleasure to announce that Spelling Bee season is upon us! Your child will be participating in a class Spelling Bee during the week of November 18th. Please use the word list sent home with them on Friday to study and make sure to read over the Spelling Bee letter for important dates and details. It is not mandatory for your child to study at home, however we recommend that all children participate in the class bee! Please reach out to me at any time if you have questions or concerns.

-Miss Modisett (bmodisett@archwayarete.org)

Concert Information from Ms. Weddle: 

Our Winter Concert is quickly approaching! It will be at Higley Center for the Performing Arts on November 20 ^th.  Students’ attire for our performances is NOT school uniform. Gentlemen are expected to wear a plain white dress shirt, black pants, black socks and black closed toed shoes. Solid dark colored vests and ties are optional for gentlemen. Ladies are expected to wear a white top, black skirt, black tights and black closed toed shoes. Please have your first graders at Higley Center for the Performing Arts by 5pm.

Please visit aretek-2music.blogspot.com or email jweddle@archwayarete.org for questions regarding the concert!

Concert Attire Information

The PSO normally has a uniform exchange to help families with putting together concert attire, but they needed to move the date of the exchange for the Prep's awesome playoff game! Unfortunately the exchange is now after the concert, Nov. 20th. If you would like to use the uniform exchange, please email Deanna Carpenter at uniformexchangepso@gmail.com 

The dress attire for the concert will be as follows:

Boys: Black pants, white dress shirt, black dress shoes, and black socks.  Hair should be combed neatly.

Girls: Black skirt, white top, black tights, and black dress shoes. Hair should be pulled away from the face with no distracting adornment. Please follow the Archway Arete dress code for guidelines on jewelry.

Calendar

Monday, November 11th: No school, Veterans Day

Week of November 18th: Class Spelling Bee

Wednesday, November 20th: Winter Concert

Wednesday, November 27th- Friday, November 29th: Thanksgiving Recess

Homework

 Nightly: Read for 15 min. using the book bags and bubblegum math practice for 2 minutes.

Please have your child practice our monthly poem for 1 minute each night. A copy of the poem will be sent home or find it here!

Phonograms to practice nightly: th, er, ou, or, ur, ar, ough, ir, sh, sish

Phonograms to practice nightly:  th, er, ou, or, ur, ar, ough, ir, sh, si

Monday:  No School
Tuesday: them, other, baby, well, about and wkbk. pg. 127-128
Wednesday: men, man, for, ran, run and wkbk. pg.129-131
Thursday: Review all words and phonograms 1x and wkbk. pg. 131-133

Friday: Please read a book of your child's choice for 15 minutes. 

Academics

Spalding: Because of Veteran's Day on Monday, we will only learn 10 new words this week. On Thursday, we will review all 10 words. On Friday, we will have a test on all 10 words and 10 phonograms.
Phonograms to practice nightly:  th, er, ou, or, ur, ar, ough, ir, sh, si

Monday:  No School
Tuesday: them, other, baby, well, about
Wednesday: men, man, for, ran, run
Thursday: Review all words and phonograms 1x
Grammar/Writing: This week we will read narrative passages about Davey Crockett and Sacagawea and write sentences about both historical figures. We will also observe a classical painting called The Gleaners by Jean Francois Millet and identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and, adverbs within the painting. We will use our observations to practice forming complete sentences. 

phonograms:  th, er, ou, or, ur, ar, ough, ir, sh, si

Math: This week is all about shapes. Students will recognize, describe, sort and makes patterns with 2 and 3 dimensional shapes.

Literature: We will continue to read Frog and Toad Together.  Please ensure that your child has their copy at school.  Thank you!

History: This week we will continue our study of the Three World Religions. Students will continue to learn about Judaism and learn about the special holidays this religion celebrates.  

Science: The students will complete their unit on oceans, finishing up by learning about an ocean food chain. They will then start a unit on matter, becoming familiar with the three states of matter. 

Week 13

Greetings 1B Families,

As you can probably gather from the pictures above, we had a wonderful day celebration Readathon this week! Scholars enjoyed an assembly, buddy reading with 4B and many books and activities during our class celebration.  Thank you to all those who helped and to our class mom, Melissa, for decorating our classroom and arranging the crafts for us! What a great day!

Thank you to those who completed the homework survey! The results guide us as we aim to be as effective as possible.  Please note our first grade homework guidelines. 15 minutes is allotted for nightly reading and 15-25 minutes for all other homework (Spalding and math).  If you find that homework is taking longer than this, please let me know. Please also reach out with any questions or concerns regarding homework needs. Thank you!

Have a wonderful weekend!

In the pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,
Shannon Dawson

Announcements
 Concert Information from Ms. Weddle: 

Our Winter Concert is quickly approaching! It will be at Higley Center for the Performing Arts on November 20 ^th.  Students’ attire for our performances is NOT school uniform. Gentlemen are expected to wear a plain white dress shirt, black pants, black socks and black closed toed shoes. Solid dark colored vests and ties are optional for gentlemen. Ladies are expected to wear a white top, black skirt, black tights and black closed toed shoes. Please have your first graders at Higley Center for the Performing Arts by 5pm.

Please visit aretek-2music.blogspot.com or email jweddle@archwayarete.org for questions regarding the concert!

Concert Attire Information

The PSO normally has a uniform exchange to help families with putting together concert attire, but they needed to move the date of the exchange for the Prep's awesome playoff game! Unfortunately the exchange is now after the concert, Nov. 20th. If you would like to use the uniform exchange, please email Deanna Carpenter at uniformexchangepso@gmail.com 

The dress attire for the concert will be as follows:

Boys: Black pants, white dress shirt, black dress shoes, and black socks.  Hair should be combed neatly.

Girls: Black skirt, white top, black tights, and black dress shoes. Hair should be pulled away from the face with no distracting adornment. Please follow the Archway Arete dress code for guidelines on jewelry.

Calendar
Tuesday, November 5th: Picture Retakes
Monday, November 11th: No school, Veterans Day
Wednesday, November 20th: Winter Concert
Wednesday, November 27th- Friday, November 29th: Thanksgiving Recess

Homework

 Nightly: Read for 15 min. using the book bags and bubblegum math practice for 2 minutes.

Please have your child practice our monthly poem for 1 minute each night. A copy of the poem will be sent home or find it here!

Phonograms to practice nightly: th, ou, ea, ow, er, ear, oo, ch, ck, sh

Monday:  then, house, year, to, I and math wkbk. pg. 108-110

Tuesday: as, send, alone, lone, one and math wkbk. pg. 111-113

Wednesday: has, some, if, how, her and math wkbk. pg. 114-117

Thursday: Review all words and phonograms 1x and Test B

Friday: Please read a book of your child's choice for 15 minutes. 

Academics

Idiom: Never Leave Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today

Poetry: Thanksgiving Day by Lydia Maria Child

*Students will only recite 1/2 of the poem. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ5bB4TvZrI

Spalding: We will learn 15 new words this week. On Thursday, we will review all 15 words. On Friday, we will have a test on all 15 words and 10 phonograms.

Phonograms to practice nightly: th, ou, ea, ow, er, ear, oo, ch, ck, sh

Monday:  then, house, year, to, I

Tuesday: as, send, alone, lone, one

Wednesday: has, some, if, how, her

Thursday: Review all words and phonograms 1x

Grammar/Writing: This week we will read narrative passages from Charlotte's web and write sentences about the story. We will finish up our unit on Nouns and Verbs and take an assessment on Thursday. 

History: We will wrap up our unit on ancient Egypt and begin our study of Three World Religions starting with Judaism.  

Science: This week we identify the parts of a fish and learn some facts about different ocean creatures.

Math: We will continue to learn strategies and practice two-digit subtraction.  We will have a test on Friday and will begin learning about shapes!

Literature: We will finish the last few chapters of Frog and Toad are Friends! We will begin Frog and Toad Together on Friday.  Please ensure that your child has their copy of the book at school.