MATH:
There will be no math homework this week. Over the summer please continue to practice addition and subtraction math facts through 20. LITERATURE: Fairy Tales POETRY: We started the poetry recitations for "There Once Was a Puffin" today. SPALDING: Students will learn ten new words on Monday. The review will be on Tuesday and a ten-word spelling test will be on Wednesday. HISTORY: The "Westward Expansion" test will be on Tuesday. Study guides were sent out last Thursday. SCHOOL SUPPLIES: As the week progresses we will be sending home school supplies used during the year. Please check and clear out your child's backpack each night. UPCOMING DATES: Monday, May 21- PSO Family Night at Yogurtini Goodyear, 4-8 PM Tuesday, May 22 -PSO Spalding Sale, 7:30-8:30 AM or 12-1 PM May 22-24 -Half Day Dismissal, 12 PM Thursday, May 24 - Last Day of School, 12 PM Dismissal
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MATH:
We are taking the year end test this week. This test is not graded but used for information in identifying areas of need. Each day we review for what is on the test the next day. All homework worksheets cover the concepts that will be in the test the next day. SPALDING: Students will learn 10 words today (Tuesday), 10 words tomorrow, review on Thursday, and have a 20 word spelling test on Friday. LITERATURE: We have been reading fairy tales during the last two weeks. A fairy tale review will be sent home on Thursday. The test is on Friday. HISTORY: Westward expansion, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark The History test will be next Tuesday. UPCOMING DATES: May 14-18 - Teacher Appreciation Week Friday, May 18 - Drama Club presents "Annie," 6 PM Saturday, May 19 -Family Work Day, 7 AM - Drama Club presents, "Annie," 2 PM MUSIC CONCERT IS TONIGHT:
The music concert begins at 6PM. Students must arrive at 5:30. The kindergarten concert is before ours so please take parking into consideration. More detailed information was sent out last week in the Athenian Echo as well as through Jupiter. There will be no homework tonight. MATH: We continue working on our money unit this week. The best way to practice money with your child is to get a handful of coins and practice counting. :-) The chapter test on money will be this Friday. LITERATURE: Fairy Tales SPALDING: Since there is no homework tonight there are no new spelling words for today. Scholars will have a list tomorrow and Wednesday. We will have a 20-word spelling test on Friday. SCIENCE: We spent last Friday and today reviewing for the science test tomorrow. On Thursday we will begin our history unit on Westward Expansion. UPCOMING DATES: Monday, May 7 K-2nd Grade Spring Concerts: Kindergarten Concert, 5 PM 1st Grade Concert, 6 PM 2nd Grade Concert, 7 PM *Students must arrive 30 minutes before their concert time for rehearsal* Thurdsay, May 10 3rd-5th Grade Spring Concerts: 3rd Grade Concert, 5 PM 4th Grade Concert, 6 PM 5th Grade Concert, 7 PM *Students must arrive 30 minutes before their concert time for rehearsal* Friday, May 11 Half Day Dismissal, 12 PM ** Trivium Spirit Day ** Friday, May 11 Spring Art Walk/Festival, 5:30-7:30 PM Friday, May 18 Drama Club presents "Annie," 6 PM Saturday, May 19 Drama Club presents, "Annie," 2 PM Enjoy your week! MATH:
We are wrapping up our "Numbers Through 120" unit this week. The review is tomorrow and the test is this Wednesday. On Thursday we will begin the final math unit of first grade which is the unit on Money. A "friendly notes" information page will be sent home in the red homework folders on Thursday. LITERATURE: My Father's Dragon POETRY: "There Once was a Puffin" by Florence Page Jacques SCIENCE: Astronomy UPCOMING DATES: Monday, May 7 - Kdg - 2nd grade Spring Concerts Thursday, May 10 - 3rd - 5th grade Spring Concerts Friday, May 11th - Half Day Dismissal, 12 PM (No lunch will be served. Please send a healthy snack for your child to eat during recess.) - Spring Art Walk / Festival, 5:30 - 7:30 Please see the Athenian Echo for details about upcoming events. Enjoy your week! MATH:
The "Number through 120" unit continues. This week's focus is on subtraction. The final "Friendly Notes" information page has been placed in your child's red homework folder today. Please use it as a reference when helping your child with homework and looking over graded quizzes and classwork that has been sent home. SPALDING: There will be no new words for Monday. The students will have a new list on Tuesday and Wednesday, a review on Thursday, and a 20 word spelling test on Friday. POETRY: The new poem is a fun one! It is "There Once was a Puffin" by Florence Page Jacques. Poetry recitations will begin the week of May 21st. For this week I would suggest focusing on the first two stanzas. LITERATURE: My Father's Dragon SCIENCE: Geology - "The History of the Earth" Astronomy UPCOMING DATES: Monday, April 23rd - PSO Family Night at Red Robin, 4 - 7 PM Friday, April 27th - Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast, 8:30 AM MATH:
This week we will be focusing on addition strategies with large numbers. "Friendly Notes Part 3" has been placed in your child's red homework folder. Please use that has a guide when helping your child with homework. LITERATURE: My Father's Dragon POETRY: "Washington" by Nancy Byrd Turner SCIENCE: Geology UPCOMING EVENTS: Wed. Apr. 18th - PSO Usborne Book Fair - Family Shopping 3 - 7PM, MPR Fri. Apr. 20th - Half Day Dismissal, 12 PM - No lunch will be served. Please send a healthy snack for your child to eat during recess. - Trivium East Spirit Day Mon. Apr. 23rd - Volunteer Fingerprinting at ATE, 8 - 10 AM - PSO Family Night at Red Robin, 4 - 7PM Fri. Apr. 27th - Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast, 8:30 AM Please see the Athenian Echo for details about upcoming events. Have an amazing week! MATH:
This week we will continue to focus on "Numbers to 120." The main concepts this week include estimation, number order, counting back and counting on by 1's or 10's from any number. Students will also be comparing numbers using the greater than (>), less than (<),and equal (=) symbols. The "Friendly Notes Part 2" information page is going home in your child's homework folder on Tuesday. HISTORY: 1st grade is wrapping up the "13 Colonies" unit. We spent the history block today reviewing and the test is on Tuesday. LITERATURE: Sam the Minute Man My Father's Dragon POETRY: "Washington" by Nancy Byrd Turner UPCOMING EVENTS: Wed. April 18th - PSO Usborne Book Fair - Family Shopping, 3-7PM Fri. April 20th - Half Day Dismissal, 12PM - Archway Trivium East Spirit Day Mon. April 23rd - Volunteer Fingerprinting at ATE, 8 - 10 AM - PSO Family Night at Red Robin, 4 - 7 PM Fri. April 27th - Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast, 8:30 AM Please see the Athenian Echo for details about upcoming events. Enjoy your week. :-) Last week's field trip was so fun! There were a few other schools attending the zoo for a field trip on the same day we attended. More than one parent made the comment to me that the Trivium East first graders were, by far, the most well behaved and respectful of all the schools that attended. Way to go first grade!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you to all of the chaperones. Everything ran very smoothly and I knew all of the scholars were safe with each of you! Thank you! FIELD DAY: Our field day is this Friday, April 6th. I know the school is sending out e-mails with information but, like I did with the field trip last week, I wanted to make sure to include some information based on my experiences from the past three years. Some of the information my be a repeat of what is in the general information e-mails that are being sent out. 1. K-1 begins their field days activities first thing in the morning. Please make sure to apply sunscreen before your child comes to school. 2. Make sure all hats, sunglasses, and water bottles are clearly labeled. We will be traveling from station and to station. It is easy to accidently leave an item behind when transitioning between stations. 3. The K-1 events take place in the morning. There will be academics in the afternoon. Please make sure your child brings his/her homework folder to school. 4. The students will be getting wet. Please send a change of clothes and a change of shoes and socks in a plastic bag. Please refer to the school e-mails for more details information about the field day. MATH: This week we are starting our unit on "Numbers through 120." This unit is quite extensive and will last for a few weeks. I will be sending home "Friendly Notes" information pages almost every week. The page for this week was placed in your child's red homework folder today. This week's focus will be on number sense such as number words, ten and ones, number order, etc. SPALDING: Spalding will follow the regular schedule of new words Monday - Wednesday, review on Thursday, and test on Friday. HISTORY: - Revolutionary War - 13 Colonies - Famous people during the Revoluntionary War - American Symbols LITERATURE: Sam the Minuteman POETRY: "Washington" by Nancy Byrd Turner Recitations will begin April 16th. UPCOMING EVENTS: Friday, April 6th - Field Day Friday, April 20th - Half-day Dismissal, 12:00 - Trivium Spirit Day Monday, April 23rd - Volunteer Fingerprinting at Archway Trivium East, 8 - 10 AM Friday, April 27th - Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast, 8:30 AM Please see the Athenian Echo for details about upcoming events. Have a fun week! FIELD TRIP INFORMATION:
A general field trip letter was sent home in the homework folders today and will be e-mailed, however, there are a few things I was thinking about that I wanted to make sure I wrote. Much of it is a repeat of what is in the general letter, some of it may be a bit different just based on my experiences in the past years. Clothing - Students do need to wear their uniform. It is usually cool in the morning, but it does get hot. I suggest wearing the uniform shorts rather than pants. Chaperones are not responsible for children's clothing items so if your child wants to take a jacket make sure it is light weight so it can easily tie it around the waist. Hats and sunglasses are recommended. Feeding the Animals - Students may feed the animals. If your child wants to feed the animals please send quarters in a plastic Ziploc bag. Make sure your child's name is clearly written on the baggie. In the past, students have usually brought about 2 - 3 dollars in quarters. (Students will not be going on rides or purchasing items at the gift shop.) Sunscreen - Please apply sunscreen before your child comes to school. Lunches - Please send a cold lunch with your child. All food must be disposable and placed in disposable containers. Everything will be thrown away after lunch. In the past, students' lunches have been packed in paper sacks, large Ziploc bags, and or plastic grocery bags. Please make sure your child's name and class (1C) is clearly labeled on the outside of the bag. ( If your child wants to eat a healthy snack when they return to school, please place in a separate pocket in their back pack.) Water bottles - Students will be responsible for their own water bottles. Please send a clearly labeled disposable water bottle with your child on that day. That is everything I can think of at the moment. If I think of anything else I will send the information through email. Please e-mail me if you have any questions. SPALDING: Since we have the field trip on Thursday, students will learn 10 words this week. The review will be on Tuesday and the spelling test will be on Wednesday. MATH: We will finish up our unit on telling time to the hour and half hour this week. The chapter review will be on Tuesday and the test will be on Wednesday. LITERATURE: Sam the Minuteman HISTORY: The 13 Colonies Revolutionary War POETRY: "Washington" by Nancy Byrd Turner UPCOMING EVENTS: March 26th - 29th: Food and Water Collection Drive for St. Mary's Food Bank Tuesday, March 27th - PSO Family Night at Chipotle, 4 - 8pm Thursday, March 29th - Wildlife World Zoo field trip Friday, March 3th - No school Friday, April 6th - Athenian Field Day Please see the Athenian Echo for more details about upcoming events. Have a nice week! THANK YOU:
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to the baby gift basket. It was a wonderful surprise, and I felt very much appreciated! Your generosity and support are such a blessing to Mr. Conklin and me as we get close to welcoming the newest member of our family! :) FIELD TRIP: Thank you to those willing to volunteer for the field trip. All chaperone spots are filled. MATH: We have two very short units coming up in the next two weeks. The first is a brief fraction unit. The "friendly notes" page was sent home today in your child's red homework folder. The fractions unit test will be on Wednesday. On Thursday we will start a brief unit on time. The "friendly notes" page for the unit on time will be in your child's red homework folder on Thursday. Please continue to practice the basic addition and subtraction math facts with your child. In about three weeks we will begin our unit on "Numbers through 120." Fluency with the basic math facts will help the scholars with that unit immensely. LITERATURE: We will begin reading Sam the Minute Man this week. HISTORY: This week we will begin studying the 13 colonies and the events that led up to the revolutionary war. UPCOMING EVENTS: Tuesday, March 27th - PSO Family Night at Chipotle, 4 -8pm Thursday, March 29th - Wildlife World Zoo Field Trip Friday, March 30th - No School Please see the Athenian Echo for more details about upcoming events. Have a nice week! |
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