Week 13  November 7-11
Winter Uniform Dress Code Update 
Due to warmer temperature, students may wear the summer dress code until Thursday, November 10th (there is no school on Friday). Beginning Monday, November 14th, students will be required to follow the winter dress code. Pants will be required or skirts must be worn with tights or long socks.  
 Picture Retakes

Please note that picture retakes are on November 18th, not November 8th, as was previously scheduled.  

Parents, please remember that if you want to retake your child's picture you must return the picture folder previously given to you.

Ask me about:
Ask me what the three states of matter are.
Ask me about the process of mummification.
Ask me about Howard Carter and what he discovered in 1922.
Ask me about my favorite fable which was read in the classroom.

This week in 1B:

Literature: In Literature, we will be finishing up Frog and Toad Are Friends. We will reread chapter 4, “A Swim,” and read and discuss chapter 5, “The Letter”. On Thursday, we will take our first comprehension check over this book. Please bring in Frog and Toad Together by the end of the week to begin reading when we get back from the 3-day weekend!

 Spalding: There are only 20 words this week due to the shortened week. We will test on Thursday!

 Monday: far, gave, alike, add, brave, corn, dance, dinner, doll, egg

Tuesday: fruit, looks, pick, rich, zoo, zip, zero, seven, forget, happy

Phonograms to practice: c, d, p, v, z, ar, ear, er, or, ui

Writing: Our copy work and narration exercises this week come from The Saturdays.

 Grammar: We will be working with adverbs this week! We will review the adverb jingle and discuss its function in sentences. We will also learn how to identify adverbs in sentences, using the question and answer flow.

 

Idiom: “Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today.”

 

Poem: Thanksgiving Day – We will recite one stanza (of their choosing) the following week!

 

Math:

In math this week we will review how to add and subtract numbers within 20 using our "count back", "count on", and "making 10" strategies. On Wednesday we will have our second round of math centers and we will get up close and personal and use our hands to grow our math skills. At the end of the week we will have our Unit 6 Chapter 2 test and introduce geometrical shapes!

 

Homework:

Mon:105-107

Tues: 111-113

Wed:6.2 Test B

Thurs: 120-122

Fri:125-127

History:

Students will learn about how the farmers of the Nile River valley transported their crops to communities along the Nile River.  They will learn how reed boats were made and watch an educational video on the life of the Nile River then, and now. We will also learn how the papyrus tree was used to make paper.

Science:

This week in science we will be discovering more about the different states of matter. We will find solids, liquids, and gas in the classroom and discuss the differences between them. We will also make observations about balloons that are filled with air, water, and ice. The class will practice the steps of the scientific method by conducting an experiment using a bottle, baking soda, vinegar, and a balloon. We can’t wait to see what happens when we put those together!


Virtue of the month: Courage
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.     ~Winston Churchill


Have a wonderful week!