Week 23

Greetings 1B Families,

Happy 100^th day of school! We enjoyed 100 days of learning with a special snack, 100 day collections and more.

Next up is field day on Friday, 1/31! Please read the announcement below for all the needed information. Thank you!

We will begin reading A Bargain for Frances next week.  Please ensure that your child brings their copy to school.  Thank you!

In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,

Shannon Dawson

Field Day

Athletic Field Day is Friday, January 31st from 8:30-11:00 for K-2 classes and from 12:00-2:30 for grades 3-5!  Each year classes are assigned a Greek City State for their team.  This year, your child’s team is Corinth, and our team color is yellow. Please sign up here to volunteer for our class here. Volunteers for field day events are also needed. Please sign up using the following link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b4aa8af28a2fc1-field to help with the events.  We need a few volunteers for class to help with donating a cooler and snacks.  

Lunch: Please have lunch in your classroom at 11:00.  There will be no school lunch.  Please have students bring a lunch from home.

Athletic Field Day Attire

Please have your child wear a yellow color t-shirt that day.  Students may decorate their shirts with their team name and/or symbol of their Greek City State.   Students should wear athletic clothing free of pop culture references.  Sports team and brand logos are acceptable on clothing.  Athletic shoes are mandatory (any color).  Hats and sunglasses may be worn.  Sunscreen must be applied at home.  Please see pg. 52 in the family handbook for more detailed information.

Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 min. using the book bags and bubblegum math practice for 2 minutes, practice poem ( I Know all the Sounds that the Animals Make by Jack Prelutsky; recitation on 1/30)

Phonograms to practice nightly: oo, or, th, er, ar, ou, ee, v, z, t

Monday: zoo, zip, zero, seven, forget, happy, noon and test B

Tuesday: think, sister, cast, card, south, deep, inside and wkbk. pg. 38-40

Wednesday: review all words (test on Thursday due to Field Day) and wkbk. pg. 41-43

Thursday: Wkbk. pg. 44-46

Friday: read for 15 minutes

Calendar

Friday, January 31^st: Athletic Field Day; more information to follow

Friday, February 7th: No school; teacher in-service

Academics 

Idiom: Let The Cat Out of The Bag

Poetry: I Know All The Sounds That The Animals Make by Jack Prelutsky  (Recitations Begin 1/30)

Spalding: Due to Athletic Field Day, we will learn 14 new words this week. On Wednesday we will review all 14 words. On Thursday, we will have a test on all 14 words and 10 phonograms.

Phonograms to Practice Nightly: oo, or, th, er, ar, ou, ee, v, z, t

Monday: zoo, zip, zero, seven, forget, happy, noon

Tuesday: think, sister, cast, card, south, deep, inside

Grammar/Writing: This week we will read and write about passages from The Light Princess by George Macdonald. This week we will being learning about adjectives. We will learn how to identify an adjective and how to use it to describe a noun. 

Math: This week students will continue to expand their number sense for numbers over 20 as they describe the amount of tens and ones as well as 1 more, 1 less, 10 more and 10 less.

Literature: We will begin reading A Bargain for Frances. Please ensure that your child brings their copy to class. Thank you!

 History: We will continue our study of the Aztec civilization. The scholars will learn about farming, Aztec leaders, Emperor Moctezuma, and the capital city of Tenochtitlan. 

 Science: