Week 25

Greetings 1B Families,

It has been a wonderful week in 1B!  The scholars enjoyed making a model of blood today and I’m sure that they will be excited to tell you all about it tonight!

Friday, February 14th is Great Hearts Day! We have reserved this special day to focus on the virtue of friendship and celebrate the traits that make a great-hearted student. We are planning interactive and fun activities centered around these topics. Archway Arete strives to cultivate a rich, academic environment rooted in the classical tradition. This many times requires popular culture to be left at the door. On that note, students will not be permitted to bringstore-bought valentines, candy, or gifts to school. Thank you for partnering with us. We will be making a friendship mix.  Please have your child bring in a sandwich baggie of their favorite, nut-free cereal!

Have a wonderful long weekend!

In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,

Shannon Dawson

Homework

Nightly: Read for 15 min. using the book bags and bubblegum math practice for 2 minutes, practice poem (The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Phonograms to practice nightly: er, ea, ay, sh, ci, ti, ai high, ch, ee

Monday: help, hard, race, cover, fire, wire, tire and math wkbk. pg. 53, 54

Tuesday: age, gold, read, read, red, fine, cannot and math wkbk. pg. 59-61

Wednesday: May, may, line, left, ship, train and math wkbk. pg. 62-64

Thursday: Review all words and wkbk. 65-66

Friday: Read for 15 minutes

Calendar

Friday, February 7^th: No school; teacher professional development

Friday, February 14^th: Great Hearts Day. Please find information mentioned above

Monday, February 17^th: No school; President’s day

Academics 

Idiom: An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

Poetry: The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson

Spalding: We will learn 20 new words this week. On Thursday, we will review all 20 words. On Friday, we will have a test on all 20 words and 10 phonograms.

Phonograms to practice nightly: er, ea, ay, sh, ci, ti, ai high, ch, ee

Monday: help, hard, race, cover, fire, wire, tire

Tuesday: age, gold, read, read, red, fine, cannot

Wednesday: May, may, line, left, ship, train

Grammar/Writing: This week we will read and write about passages from Tom Sawyer and The Velveteen Rabbit. We will observe the classical painting Parade by Jacob Lawrence. We will identify adjectives within the painting and use them to practice writing detailed and descriptive sentences. 

 Literature: We will continue reading and responding to A Bargain for Frances.

Math:  We will continue to explore place value as we identify the tens and ones in a given number as well as add a two-digit number to a one digit number without regrouping.

 History: We will finish our study on the Inca civilization. 

Science: Students will continue learning more about the human body and its systems!