Week 20  January 9-13, 2017


Welcome back everyone! I hope all had a wonderful break.
Thank you parents for my beautiful and yummy gifts.  Your kindness is most appreciated!
You have probably received your child's grades and may have some questions.  Please email me and we can set up a time for a conversation if you like.  Please remember the following guidelines for the grades below:

Students will receive the number 1-4 for different skills in each content area. For any skills not introduced yet (for example, time and money in math), there will be an “NA”. A 1 means the child needs a teacher’s full attention and continual support in order to be successful. A 2 means the child is able to complete the task, but still needs additional support. A 3 means the child shows proficiency in the skill but still benefits from occasional support. A 4 means that the child displays confident success without any further support than the original instructions.

I am excited for all the plans we have ready for the third quarter.  Our first event is the field trip next week, January 17, 2017 to the Arizona Museum of Natural History located in Mesa.   I have all the chaperones I need, but if you would like to attend the Museum, it will open at 10:00 a.m.  I would ask that if you would like to go through the museum with your child, please remain with the group he/she is assigned to and please do not go off on your own.  We have worked diligently coordinating our day, and with 124 people involved we would like to keep it as controlled as possible.  Thank you so much for helping with this.

This week in 1B:

Literature:

Idiom/Proverb: Fish out of water

Poem:  I Know All the Sounds the Animals Make by Prelutsky

 Spelling:

Monday: first, sent, cent, mile, seem, even, without, afternoon, Friday, hour, our  (11 words)

Tuesday: wife, state, July, head, story, open, short, lady, reach, better

Wednesday: water, round, cost, price, class, become, horse, care, try (9 words)

Thursday:  Write each word once with markings.

Friday:  Test

Writing:

Students will listen to passages out of A Child’s History of the World.  They will recognize basic conventions of a proper sentence and rewrite model sentences.

Grammar:

Students will review the basic parts of a sentence using the Shirley Jingles and review pages.

Literature:

This week we will begin our month long study of fairy tales with Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, and Hansel and Gretel.  Students will be introduced to the basic elements of a fairy tale, and use graphic organizers to identify characters, problems, and solutions in the stories.

History:

This week we will continue studying our third monotheistic religion, Islam.  Students will learn about the origins of the religion and about the prophet Muhammad who is recognized as the founder.  We will complete map labeling work of the countries in the Middle Easter where Islam began.

Math:

This week we will learn how to compare numbers within 20 and discover how to use the phrases "more than" and "less than" to describe a set of items. We will also review our subtraction and addition concepts by finding the difference and making pairs between many numbers. 

Homework:

Mon: WB: 7-8

Tues: WB 9-10

Wed: WB 13-14

Thurs: Unit 11 Test B

Fri: WB: 17-18

Science:

This week we will begin our unit on the human body by studying the skeletal system. Students will learn about the main functions of the skeletal system, and identify some major bones and joints. They will also read a story about a broken bone and learn how we can take care of our bones. We will also be creating models of the skeletal system using Q-tips.




Have a great week!