Week 7-Fall has Arrived!

We will turn over a new leaf this week in 1A as we welcome the first day of Autumn on Friday! Thank you for coming out last Wednesday for our math and reading night.  It was a pleasure collaborating with you all. Here's a snapshot of what is happening this week!

Announcements

Book Bags: Your child will bring home a book bag on Monday!  This book is to be read during your child's 15 minutes of nightly reading. The hope is that by the end of the week they are able to read the book fluently.  Please record their reading in the log provided in the bag. Please return the bag, book and log on Friday so a new book can be sent home the following Monday.

Owl at Home: We will begin reading Owl at Home this week. If your child hasn't done so already, please have them bring in their copy this week. 

Love and Logic Parent Night: September 27th from 6:00pm-8pm

No School: September 29th; teacher in-service 

In Academics

This month's virtue will encourage us to practice citizenship as we continue to seek truth, beauty and goodness. 

Literature: We are starting Owl at Home this week!  On Monday we will learn about the author and bit about owls to preview the book. We will begin reading on Wednesday! Please make sure your child has their book by Wednesday so they can follow along.

Spalding: We have 30 words as normal this week and will test on Friday.  Please make sure your child is including all markings on the words Monday-Wednesday. We have noticed quite a few homework assignments missing these. The markings let us know that your child understands the phonograms and sounds being said in each word. 

Writing: In writing, we have copy work and narration exercises from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Poem: “The Pasture” by Robert Frost

Idiom/Proverb: If at first you don’t succeed, then try, try again.

Math:   All of our hard work on addition over the past month has paid off because this week we get to begin learning about subtraction! We will practice taking numbers away, counting down, creating subtraction stories, and solving subtraction sentences. On Wednesday we will have math centers and will get to participate in some hands on activities (including using play dough and bowling) to practice subtraction. On Friday we will take a subtraction quiz and also complete a cumulative math test on Units 1-3 (addition and counting). 

History: We will continue to study the Mesopotamian culture as we explore their daily life, religion, the Hammurabi Code and the Epic of Gilgamesh. 

Science: This week in science we will review and wrap up our habitats unit. Then, we will be studying animals! We will begin by learning about food chains and the herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores that are a part of them. We will learn why all parts of a food chain are important.