Week 21  January 16-20, 2017


This Tuesday is our field trip to the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa.  We will depart the school at 8:15 and arrive back at approximately 2:00.  Parents, if you are chaperoning or just meeting us at the museum you may not take your child home.  Students must return to the school.  Then if you choose, you may check them out at the front office.
Parents who are not chaperones may come to the museum at 10:00 when it opens.  You may stay in the group your child is assigned to for the duration of the field trip if you like, but they must stay with their group.
Also, students who were sent home with head lice must be checked by the nurse before re-entering the classroom.
Please have your child's lunches in throw away bags with their name on it.  I will bring water and snacks for them.




This week in 1B:

Literature:

We will continue our study of fairy tales with Rapunzel and The Frog Prince.  Students are diligently working in their packets and completing creative writing assignments.  We will continue to recognize the specific elements of fairy tales in the stories we read.

Writing:

Students will continue working on the conventions of a proper sentence.  We will be reading excerpts from Tom Sawyer and retelling the important details of the story.

Grammar:

This week we will introduce a new part of our grammar puzzle, the tiny articles A, an, and the.  Students will learn to recognize these in their writing projects.

Spelling:

Because this is a short week with the holiday and the field trip, students will have only 10 words to learn.

 Wednesday: move, delay, pound, behind, around, burn, camp, bear, bare, clear

Thursday:  Write words once with markings
Friday: Test

History:

This week we will continue to study the Islam religion and the regions where this religion is practiced.  We will look at the Five Pillars of this belief system and match the vocabulary to a foldable.

Science:

This week we will continue to study the human body by learning about the muscular system. Students will learn how our muscular system helps us move. We will learn about the three types of muscles. Skeletal muscles are used to move around, smooth muscles control the organs in the body, and cardiac muscle pumps our heart.

Math:

This week we will continue to practice our subtraction facts with numbers within 20.  Students will also create simple picture graphs using 1-1 representation.

Homework:

Wednesday: Workbook pages 21-22

Thursday: Workbook pages 23-24

Friday: Workbook pages 25-26

Virtue of the month:  Humility

"Kind words conquer."  ~Tamil (Asian Indian)

I am so excited for the week ahead!  Have a great weekend!