Oct. 26-30

 

Hello 1A families.  We hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend.  We have a full week of learning ahead of us.  Virtual Curriculum Night is this Tuesday, October 27th from 6 pm to 6:45 pm.  Curriculum Night will provide you with an overview of the philosophy of our curriculum, followed by a grade level sample lesson.

Read-A-Thon

This is the last week for the Read-A-Thon.  Please encourage your scholar to read as much as possible.  The Read-A-Thon ends this Friday, October 30^th.

RAZ-Kids and XtraMath

Make sure your scholar is reading every night.  Books have been assigned under their assignments tab in RAZ-Kids.

XtraMath should be completed 3 times a week. 

 

Personal Items

Make sure all personal items are labeled properly with your scholar’s name.  Water bottles, lunch boxes and sweaters should be labeled properly for easy identification.

Distance Learning Information

Please make sure that your scholar is wearing his/her school uniform and has the following items available when meeting during the live interactions meetings:
erase board and marker
math manipulatives (located under the Parent Resources topic) in the Google Classroom)
pencil
Spalding paper

Scholars will not need everything each meeting, but it is good to have those items on hand.  

Academics

Spalding – Scholars will learn 24 new words.  Phonogram Quiz on Thursday, October 29^th.  Spelling Test on Friday, October 30^th. 

Math – Scholars will add within 20 and subtract a 1-digit number from a 2-digit number.  Weekly Quiz, Friday October 30^th.

Friendly Notes - Students will be bring home a math unit 6 set of "Friendly Notes" today.  They will be in the red homework folders.  Please keep the friendly notes at home and use them as a resource when helping your scholar with homework.  If you scholar is a distance learner, the friendly notes are under the Parent Resources topic in the Google Classroom.

Literature – Frog and Toad

Grammar – Common nouns and proper nouns.

Science – Scholars will continue to discuss atoms.  Matter Test on Thursday, October 29^th.

Poetry – Bird Talk by Aileen Fisher

Upcoming Dates

Daily Monday-Friday – Morning Assembly on Facebook Live, 7:40 AM

 

October 19^th-30^th – Archway Trivium East Read-A-Thon

Tuesday, October 27^th – Virtual Curriculum Night for Parents, 6 PM

October 28^th and 29^th – Student Laptop Return for In-person learners, 7:25-7:50 AM

Friday, October 30^th – Trivium Spirit Day

Thursday, November 5^th – PSO Restaurant Night at Mom’s Sushi and Poke, 12-8 PM

Friday, November 6^th – School-wide Assembly via Zoom, 8:30 AM

Half Day Dismissal 12 PM

Trivium Spirit Day

Friday, November 13^th – Literary and Historical Figure Day

Friday, November 20^th – Picture Day for Distance Learners / Retake Day

 

 

Please review the Athenian Echo for additional information and updates