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August 30th - Curriculum Night - 6:00 September 5th - No school September 21st - Spalding Night October 5th - Singapore Math Night Spalding We will be learning 30 words this week. Be on the look out for homework coming home each night. Scholars should be practicing their phonograms nightly as well. We will have a Spelling and phonogram test on Friday. Math This week in math we will be take our Unit 1 test on Tuesday. We will begin our journey with addition and subtraction on Wednesday. If a workbook is sent home for homework, please return it with your scholar the next day. History This week in history we will complete our Geography unit on Tuesday. We will review and then take our final test. Please review all Geography notes with your child including where each continent and ocean is located. We will begin our first science unit on Wednesday. Summary expectations are the same for science as they are for history. Literature We will be reading chapters 5 & 6 this week. We will continue to see where the siblings journey leads them. There will not be a quiz this week.
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In addition to the Meet the Teacher flipbook information about history summaries, I wanted to clarify what I am looking for in students' history summaries. Each night, students are to complete a history summary each night unless we have a quiz without any new content that day. Summaries must be in his or her own words, not copying the notes. Summaries are to be written on the same page as the notes or on the page to the left of the notes (essentially wherever there is space on that page). Each summary graded for the week is worth 5 points. - 1 point for a capital letter at the beginning - 1 point for correct punctuation at the end - 1 point for 2 - 3 complete sentences - 2 points for content (written in their own words with real detail) Examples of a quality sentence: Today I learned that the equator is an imaginary line that divides the earth in half. Today I learned that I live in North America. Examples of a sentence that would not receive full credit: Today I learned about the equator. Today I learned about the continents. I hope this clarifies our expectations for history summaries. If you have any further questions, please email me. Upcoming Events:
August 24th - Early Release @ 1:15 August 26th - Half day @ 12:00 dismissal (no lunch served) August 30th - K-2 Curriculum Night Spalding We will be learning 30 words this week. Be on the look out for homework coming home each night. Scholars should be practicing their phonograms nightly as well. We will have a Spelling and phonogram test on Friday. Math This week in math we will be learning about number words, place values, comparing numbers within 1,000, and number patterns. There will be a quiz on Wednesday. History This week in history we will be learning about landforms. Each day will be a different landform. Students will also learn a song to help them remember each landform. Ask your scholar to sing it to you. Literature We will be reading chapters 3 & 4 this week. We will continue to see where the siblings journey leads them. Students will take a quiz over the first four chapters on Thursday. Upcoming Events:
August 15th - Peter Piper Pizza Night (see flyer that was sent home on Friday) August 17th - Early Dismissal August 26th - Half Day Dismissal A word from Mrs. Thiem... We made it through our first week of the 2016 - 2017 school year! It was a pleasure getting to know each and every one of your students. I look forward to watching each and every scholar grow in their academics, virtues, and friendships as the school year grows.This week was filled with a lot of procedures and getting to know everyone. Next week we will start our regular academic routine. You can find the areas we will be learning about below. Please read the sections carefully as I have included the days we will taking a quiz in bold. If you have any questions please feel free to email me at [email protected] Spalding We will be starting our pink spalding notebooks this week. We will be learning 30 words this week. Be on the look out for homework coming home each night. Scholars should be practicing their phonograms nightly as well. We will have a Spelling and phonogram test on Friday. Math This week in math we will be reviewing two digit numbers, tens and ones place value, and numbers within 100. We will be adding in the 100's place to our lesson this week. There will be a quiz on Thursday. History This week in history we will be learning about spatial sense.Students will look at the different features of a map and how to read one. They will also learn about the major continents and oceans. Be on the lookout for the ocean and continent song in their journals! There will be a quiz on Friday. Literature We will be starting our very first literature book this week, Boxcar children. We will read chapters 1 & 2 this week. We will be getting to know the characters and the start of their journey. Parents,
This week we will be focusing on procedures throughout the classroom. We will also be reviewing our phonograms as well as Spalding pencil grip. We will review how to print Spalding letters, both upper and lower case. We will be starting our full curriculum on Monday. Please make sure you are sending your scholars in their complete uniform daily. If you are unsure about anything please check your parent handbook under the uniform section for clarification. Just a reminder, school starts at 7:50. Students will be brought into the classroom 10-15 minutes before start time so that they have time to unpack and are ready for the day. If you have any questions please feel free to email me. Mrs. Thiem Welcome to 2nd Grade!
I am so excited to have your scholar in my classroom this year. I look forward to watching them learn and grow! I am an Arizona native. I currently live in Goodyear with my husband and our daughter, Allison, and our soon to be new edition, William. We also have a Great Dane named Camber. I have a Bachelor's in Elementary Education from Ottawa University. This will be my third year within Great Hearts and my second year at Archway Trivium East! Mrs. Yancey will be joining our classroom as my teaching assistant this year. She too currently lives in Goodyear with her husband and her three kids. Two of her children attend Archway Trivium East. Her oldest child is in college. The scholars at Archway Trivium East will experience curriculum that is rich in content. The expectations are high, but the instruction and guidance given in class will prepare your scholar for this challenge. What happens in the classroom will help mold your child's future into seeking the truth, goodness, and beauty of their learning experience. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I look forward to watching your child grow and learn this year. Mrs. Thiem |
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