Announcements for October 9th, 2020

Our Brick and Mortar scholars are enjoying their academics, specials classes, recess, and lunch! Based on the teachers’ interactions with the Distance Learning scholars, they seem to be happily engaged with the curriculum due to their thoughtful answers and conversations with their Zoom groups. We are proud of our first-grade Spartans!

Poetry

    We took a short break from poetry after reciting The Purple Cow, but, are back on course! We have a lovely poem titled The Swing, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Students were given a copy of the poem to bring home and a copy of the poem was uploaded to Google Classroom. The poem is comprised of three stanzas. If students focus on one stanza per week, they will have the entire poem ready for recitation in three weeks! Some students demonstrated their quick memorization skills by reciting the first stanza just one day after receiving the poem! Impressive!!!

The recitation date is October 28, 2020.

History

    We will continue with Ancient Mesopotamia and finish out the unit with gods and goddesses.

Science

    We will begin a new Unit on Stars, Moon and Sun.  Students will begin by learning about night and day.

    In Literature, we will be discussing fables. We are currently working on “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” 
    Next week, we will discuss, "The Sheep in Wolf's Clothing." I hope your scholars are enjoying the fables and activities that we are creating.

Math

    Our first-grade mathematicians will continue to learn three more “subtraction” strategies this last week before the Fall Break. They will learn the “count back,” “adjacent numbers,” and “make 10” strategies for subtraction. They will take the Unit 4, Ch. 2 test on Thursday and the Unit 4 Subtraction Cumulative Test on Friday. The first graders will learn the various words to describe positions of people and objects in their surroundings in Unit 5 when they return from their break.

Other Announcements

    Parents, please send a healthy snack and a water bottle (labelled clearly with their name) with your child every day, even if they are having a hot lunch. Healthy snacks are deemed as fresh fruit or vegetables. Granola bars, whole grain crackers, or popcorn are a healthy choice as well. Chips, cookies, chocolate, and sugary snacks such as Nutella or chocolate chip muffins will not be allowed. 

    All scholars should bring a GreatHearts sweater or cardigan to school. Some of the classrooms are quite cold and some students might need/want an additional layer to keep them comfortable. Please be sure to label your scholar's first and last name in the sweater or cardigan.

    We have one more week of classes, October 12-16, and then everyone will be on a well-earned Fall Break!

Swing Photo Source: https://toppng.com/adult-tree-swing-rope-PNG-free-PNG-Images_179604

Sheep Photo Source: https://www.pikpng.com/pngvi/hwJomi_adult-sheep-white-background-clipart/