Week 25!

Week 25 is sure to fill our hearts with lots of love and fun! We are so excited to celebrate Great Hearts day this Wednesday, 2/14! 

A few notes on the special day:

We have reserved this special day to focus on the virtue of friendship and celebrate the traits that make a great-hearted student. 1A will be celebrating by attending an all school assembly, reading and discussing about what makes a great friend with our 4th grade buddy class, having a class party where we will read, write, craft, and eat together,  and exchanging hand made cards (made during the school day in class) for one another. 

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.

*Please look out for an email/blog post  on Monday regarding parent volunteering opportunities. 

Math: This week we will continue to work with two digit numbers. We will practice identifying tens and ones. We will learn how to add a one digit number to a two digit number. We will count on and count back to add and subtract two numbers within 40.

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 "Winnie The Pooh" by A.A. Milne and "A Child's Geography of the World" by V.M. Hillyer

Grammar:  This week we will continue to work on defining and using adjectives. Adjectives describe a noun (person, place, or, thing). We will study a painting called "Parade" by Jacob Lawrence. We will look at the colors, people, and feelings of this painting. 

Spalding: 

Monday: clothing, clothes, clothe, began, begin, begun, able, gone, go, done, do

Tuesday: suit, track, watch, dash, fell, fight, buy, by, stopping, stop 

Wednesday: walk, talk, chalk, grant, soap, news, new, small, smaller, smallest

Literature: We will continue to read A Bargain for Frances as we  compare the characters, make predictions and respond to comprehension questions. 

 

History: This week we will continue our early explorers unit as we learn about the conquistadors and Hernan Cortez.

Science: This week we will continue to learn about the human body. We learn how to take good care of our bodies through exercise, rest, cleanliness, and a good diet.