Week 24!

Field day was a huge success!  Thank you to all the parents who donated items and joined us for this amazing day! Students showed great sportsmanship and tried their very best. Way to go 1A! 2-4-6-8 Sparta is so great! 

We have a quieter, shorter week next week and we are looking forward to Great Hearts day later this month. 

Announcements

A Bargain for Frances: Please have your child bring in their copy of A Bargain for Frances by Russell Hoban by Monday, February 5^th.  Books can be purchased from Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble if needed. 

Great Hearts Day;A Day for Friendship: Wednesday, 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. Teachers are planning interactive and fun activities centered around these topics, and time will be set aside for students to create hand-made Great Hearts Day cards for their classmates.  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 bring store-bought valentines, candy, or gifts to school. Thank you for partnering with us.

Academics

Math: This week we will be working with tens and ones and practicing our place value skills. We will add and subtract within two digits particularly when it comes to adding "10 More" and "1 More" and subtracting "10 Less" and "1 Less

Poem: The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson  Idiom: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away 

Writing:  Students will be able to understand the basic conventions of a proper sentence and rewrite a model sentence.  We will read and write about sections of "The Light Princess" by George MacDonald. 

Grammar:  This week we will start a new unit on adjectives! Adjectives are words that describe a noun. Students will practice identifying and using different describing words in sentences. Students will draw descriptive pictures and identify the unique details of their pictures in order to create their own adjectives. 

Literature: We are excited to begin reading “A Bargain for Frances” this week.  Students will practice their reading skills and fluency while practicing comprehension skills.  Please ensure that your child has brought in their copy of this book to use in class.

Spalding:  Since we have no school on Friday, there will only be 20 words and students will take their spelling test on Thursday. 

Monday: knife, mouth, oak, peach, pole, queen, rope, season, sign, space

Tuesday: wagon, what, window, catch, catcher, kitchen, butcher, black, warm, unless

Science: We are continuing our study of The Body! This week we will focus on our Nervous System as well as our Five Senses. Students will be taking an interactive and in depth look at our brain and our five senses at work. Our scholars will also practice writing skills while writing about their Five Sense.

History: This week we will begin our unit on early explorers.  Our first explorer that we will discover is Christopher Columbus.