Announcements for November, 20th 2020

We'd like to recognize these scholar-of-the-month recipients for their outstanding example of the virtue honesty.

1A: Autumn Alexander

1B: Jacob Black

1C: Monica Jackson

1D: Marcus Cherepes

History: 

    We are finishing our last 2 chapters in Ancient Egypt.  We will be covering the tomb of King Tut and the reign of Hatshepsut
 
Science:

    We are digging deeper in the patterns of the sun and daylight.  Next week we will cover how daylight and seasons are related.

Poetry: 

    We had our poetry recitation on Friday, November 20th! The scholars did an amazing job! Well done to them! We will be starting a new poem titled, There Once Was A Puffin, by Florence Page Jacques on Monday, November 30th and will recite that poem o January 14, 2021. Scholars will be expected to practice learning this poem at home.

Literature:

    I hope you have enjoyed the fables we have been reading.

    We will be exploring more about the book Owl at Home. Items for the craft needed:

• (2) White paper plates

• Blue Crayon

• Yellow Crayon

• Feathers

• Googley eyes

• Glue

• Scissors

We will be doing Owl at Home until next semester (January).
    Our next book will be Sam the Minute Man. We will start this book in January.

Math:

    This week our scholars will be learning about repeated patterns by describing the pattern and then continuing a pattern according to one or two attributes such as:
shape, size and color. They will also learn to fit matching pieces together to form a basic shape. On Wednesday (12/2) they will take the Unit 7, Ch. 1 test, study for a Units 1-7 Cumulative Test and take the Cumulative Units 1-7 Test on Friday (12/4). 

    The next few chapters will be short: Length, Weight and Capacity. 

    Please practice your math facts when you are able!
 
Other Announcements:

    Continue bringing labeled water bottles to school to drink out of during the day. Also, continue to bring labeled sweaters and coats for the cool mornings.
 
    Thank you for all the scholars dressing up for Literary Day, we had a fun day reading, parading and telling who we were as Literary characters!

Announcements for November 13th, 2020

Poetry 

    We are learning 'Thanksgiving Day' by Leanne Guenther. The Poetry Recitation will be on November, 20th. We have had very little time to practice in class, so please practice at home.

 History

    We will be taking a quiz on Tuesday on the chapters we have read thus far. To prepare, we will be playing a game of bingo on Monday.

Science

    In science, we will also be taking a quiz on the chapters we have explored thus far on Thursday.  To prepare, we will review on Wednesday with a word search.

Literature

    

    I hope you are enjoying the Fables we have been learning.

Next week will be our last Fable, “The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg.”

On Friday, we will be creating an egg craft.

Here are the items you will need:

Black Construction paper

Tissue Paper

Glue

Scissors

 After our Fables are completed, we will be reviewing Owl and Home!

I am super excited to explore this book in more detail.

Math 

    This week in math our scholars will wrap up our unit on numbers to 20 and take a quiz and cumulative test on Units 1-6. Our team encourages all our students to continue memorizing their math facts from 1-20 for speed and accuracy when completing math problems. We begin our unit on common shapes whereby the scholars will learn to recognize and name the four basic shapes: circle, triangle, rectangle and square. We will be using 2- and 3-dimensional shapes to identify their attributes such as size, shape, color and faces of these objects and group them according to their attributes. Students will be guided to deduce and describe salient features such as the number of corners and sides of the four basic shapes. The students will learn to form patterns to help identify the attributes of the shapes to form the pattern and manner in which the shapes are repeated in the pattern. By the end of the unit the scholars will have achieved knowledge of the features of the basic shapes which will help them learn how to fit together pieces to form required shapes. In January, our first grade scholars will be creating a 3-dimensional object with basic shapes for their scholar’s special project. More information to come!

 

Announcements

    Students must have a labeled water bottle each day for school as they are not allowed to drink from the water fountains due to Covid-19.

 

Sweaters, water bottles, lunch boxes, hair bows and bands, backpacks and other personal items need to have scholars’ names on them. Thank you!

 

Literary Character Day is next Friday, November 20! Your scholar will have the opportunity to dress up as their favorite literary character from one of the classic books listed on the GHWH website. They must wear their school uniform under their costume. Please check your weekly GHWH Newsletters for specific information. We will be Zooming with our DL students that day, more information to follow regarding our DL Zoom with our in-school students!

 

Students are only allowed to have school-related items in their desks and in their backpacks. They may not bring toys to school. Thank you.

Announcements for the Week of November 9th

Literature

We will be discussing the Fable, “The Fox and the Grapes.” I hope you have been enjoying the Fables and the lesson that each of them teach.

No additional items are needed to be purchased for the crafts this week.

Math

This week our math scholars will learn to add by making 10 first. Picture cutouts will be used to demonstrate this method to the students. Number bonds are then used to show the symbolic form of addition and help students transit to adding without visual aids.

Similarly with subtraction, the scholars will first be taught to group objects in ones and tens before performing the act of taking away the desired number of objects during subtraction. They will learn to count the remaining objects to find the answer to the subtraction problem. Number bonds are also used to display the symbolic form of subtraction and show that the “taking away” can take place to the ten or the ones.

Students will also review the useful tool of counting on or counting back when adding or subtracting 1, 2, or 3. Once they are familiar with the number sequences within 20, they should be able to count on or count back with ease. Parents, please continue to work with your first-graders on recalling addition and subtraction facts within 20. Thank you!

 History

    We are continuing with Ancient Egypt. We will be reading Chapters 5 and 6 of our Readers (Gods and Goddesses/Egyptian writing.  The students will get a chance to learn more about ancient civilizations and how writing affected their everyday life. Students will also be able to write their names in hieroglyphics

 

Science

    

    We will start documenting the sunrise and sunset for one whole week. At the end of that week, we will learn how to use that data to graph and show how daylight moves through the hours of the day as the seasons 

change.  

Poetry

    We have started our new poem, 'Thanksgiving Day' by Leanne Guenther! The recitation will happen on Nov. 11th.

Other Announcements

Please remember to send water bottles to school with your students as they need them at recess and throughout the day. Our water fountains are not being used due to Covid-19 restrictions to keep our students as safe as possible.

Sweaters, jackets, water bottles, lunch boxes, and backpacks should all be labeled with child’s name and grade.

This month of November we are working on the virtue of honesty, a virtue we discussed while reading “A Bargain for Frances.” We talk about this important virtue many times throughout the school week. Honesty is the best practice, even when we have to admit to making a poor choice. When we are honest we are taking responsibility for our actions and people are more likely to trust us.