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.