Weekly Update 8/23

Attention Please! New Spirit Wear Guidelines
Friday, 8/30, will be our first spirit wear day. On spirit days, students may wear this year's Archway spirit shirt. If they choose not to participate, they should wear their uniform polos. Please note that past year's spirit shirts and Lincoln Prep spirit wear are not permitted. If you missed the first spirit shirt sale, there will be one more opportunity to purchase spirit shirts. Please watch for sale information in upcoming headmaster updates. 

Upcoming Dates:

8/30: Treat Friday (popsicles for $1), August Birthday Book Club, Spirit Wear

8/26-8/28: Vision and Hearing screenings with our nurses. 

9/2: No School - Labor Day

9/20: Early Dismissal at 12:30

9/27: Spirit Wear, Treat Friday (popsicles for $1), September Birthday Book Club

9/26: Literacy Night - Come have a fun night at school and celebrate reading

10/4: Early Dismissal at 12:30

10/7-10/11: No School - Fall Break

Check out what we learned this week

Spalding

We have continued to review our clock letters but have also moved into learning letters that start with lines. This week we focused on the letters b, e, h, I, and u. This week was our first week of Spalding Homework. Scholars will concentrate on practicing Phonogram cards 1- 10 and correctly writing the letters accompanying those sounds. Continue to remind your child to take their time and do their best; remind them the more they practice, the better they will get. They must continue to focus on the correct letter formation. 

(Take time to see if your child can recognize and name the Upper and Lowercase letters in a mixed-up order. A fun way to practice is with Letter Go Fish or Memory match with upper and lowercase.) 

Literature

This week, the scholars enjoyed two new stories. The first story was Caps for Sale, which introduced us to rich vocabulary like 'wares.' We also read Harry the Dirty Dog. It is a fun story about a dog whose family doesn't recognize him because he has become so dirty. We also read the story Chicken Little and discussed the repetition and how different versions have different endings. For poetry, we recited the poem Mary, Mary Quite Contrary and discovered the rhymes. In Grammar, full-day students have been working to recall sentences from the story by looking at pictures. We talked about how we can notice things in the images, but we can also remember the author's words. 

Math

This week, for math, the scholars worked hard at writing our numbers 1-5. We said some rhymes to help us remember the correct formation of the numbers so that you might hear them from time to time. Try asking your scholar how to make a three (it seems to be their favorite rhyme so far). We also took time to "play" with numbers. Our curriculum is designed to encourage students to explore what a number is in many ways. We have practiced showing numbers in multiple ways with worksheets, manipulatives, and rainbow writing!

History

This week in history, we continued our learning of maps by going on a treasure hunt! A special treasure was hidden somewhere on our campus, and we had to use our newly acquired map skills to find the 'X' that marked the spot. The children were so excited and did very well following the map using the cardinal directions. We also created our very own map of the classroom by giving a bird's eye view of the classroom layout. We have some future explorers in our midst!

Science

We have continued learning about our five senses by talking about hearing this week. We noticed how our ears are shaped and how that helps us to hear sounds. We learned that sound has vibrations, and we saw the vibrations move rice and make ripples in water. Through our discussion, we learned that when someone cannot hear anything at all, it is called being deaf. We talked about what a hearing aid is and how it helps some people with their hearing. We watched a video about sign language and learned how to make letters and words with our hands. We finished the week by working to invent our own tool to help someone to hear better. We also learned about an exceptional teacher named Anne Sullivan, who worked with Hellen Keller to help her learn to communicate with others even though she was deaf and blind.