Q2 W9 December 16th-20th (Library Cycle B)

 Welcome to First Grade

 Hello Families, this week is our last week before Christmas Break and we are so excited and we know your scholars are too and please remind them of the expectations that are still in place. This week is also Spirit Week so lets show our school spirit!! Thank you all and We hope you have a Great Christmas Break and an awesome New Year!!


Important Dates: 

December 16th-20th: Spirit Week

December 16th: Crazy Hat/Hair 

December 17th: Tie-Dye Tuesday 

December 18th: Wacky Socks or Shoes 

December 19th: College Shirt/Career Day 

December 20th: Spirit Day, End of Q2

December 22nd-Jan 3rd: Christmas Break

January 13th: Habitat Project Due ( No late work will be accepted)

Important Information:

- Scholars with Upper School siblings (who wait in the MPR at carline) must have a silent reading book everyday with them or in their backpack.

- Please make sure your scholar packs a snack everyday so they can refresh their energy. It doesn't have to be a big snack but just something to tie them over till lunch time.

- Scholars have Math and Spalding Homework daily except for Fridays so please make sure you are checking their black folders daily for homework and math workbook and reading the agendas.

- Please send your scholar with a water bottle to school every day so they can stay hydrated.

-For Spalding homework please write the words 2 times and in 2 Columns, you will fold the paper hot dog style and write on the left-hand side and close to the folded line.

- We are going to start going to the library so please make sure when you see A Great Hearts Western Hills book make sure they return it on their next library day your lead will send an email to let you know when that is. (Schedule is down Below

Library Rotation/ Schedule:

Cycle A:

Wednesday:  1D

Thursday:  1C

Friday:  1A

Cycle B:

Thursday:  1B

Up-Coming Test Dates:

  • Ancient Egypt Assessment Friday 12/13

Week at a Glance:

Spalding: Review phonograms 1-70 will be reinforced with daily OPR/WPR and applied through analysis of daily spelling instruction. An emphasis on base words continues as the teacher helps children discover the meaning transferred to the derivatives as endings are added and prefixes introduced. 

Math:

Grammer/ Writing: This week students will be learning about commanding sentences. They will distinguish between a command and statement (telling) sentence.

History& Science: This week in History, our first graders will wrap up their exciting unit on Ancient Egypt with a special celebration, marking our second big event of the year, followed by a short assessment on Friday to review all they’ve learned about this fascinating civilization. In Science, we will begin exploring habitats in preparation for our scholars’ Independent Habitat Projects, focusing on the tundra and savanna this week. Students will learn about the unique climate, plants, and animals of these two diverse ecosystems, taking notes, participating in discussions, and creating drawings to bring these habitats to life in their notebooks.

Literature: This week 1st Grade will conclude their exploration of folktales with The Pied Piper of Hamelin, It Could Always be Worse, and Too Much Noise.  The stories It Could Always be Worse and Too Much Noise are very similar - scholars will be looking for what is the same and what is different in each story. This week our poem is a song! We will be exploring and singing Deck the Hall!  Be ready to start the holidays early with this special poem!

Teacher Information:
1A: 

(Lead) Ms. Cavazos:

Alexandra.cavazos@greatheartstxschools.org

 (AT) Ms. Bernal:

Liliana.bernal@greatheartstxschools.org

1B:

(Lead) Mrs. Martin: 

Susan.martin@greatheartstxschools.org

(AT) Mrs. Davis: 

Jameaka.Davis@greatheartstxschools.org

1C:

(Lead) Ms. Gomez: 

Stephanie.gomez@greatheartstxschhol.org

(AT) Ms. Maldonado: 

Kassandra.maldonado@greatheartstxschools.org

1D:

(Lead) Ms. Arrigo:  

Alexis.arrigo@greatheartstxschools.org

(AT) Ms. Nothstein: 

Sylvia.nothstein@greatheartstxschools.org


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