Athlos Leadership Academy

Ries - Room 232

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Week of 2/6-2/10

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!
 
Math: We will be starting unit 6. This week we will be focusing on telling time. 
Homework:  Please continue to practice the addition flash cards for addition fluency. This week, I will be assigning home links 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, and 6-4. THERE WILL BE HOMEWORK THIS FRIDAY. 
Remember: Homework is mandatory and graded. Homework is an important tool to help create neuro-pathways. If your student does not complete missing homework, they will be doing it during fitness time. 
 
Language Arts: We will be reviewing cause and effect. We have a cause and effect assessment on Wednesday. We have a comprehension assessment on Monday. Our third assessment this week is on Thursday. Students will write two sentences about how they feel at school. These sentences will be graded on the use of uppercase letters and punctuation. 
 
We will be having our spelling test from last week on Tuesday so keep practicing! 
For the rest of the week, we will be focusing on projects for the world fair. 
 
Grammar: We will be talking about prefixes, suffixes, and base words. We will be having two assessments on Wednesday. Then, we will be practicing writing sentences and paragraphs. 
 
Science: We will be starting out life science unit. 
 
Upcoming School events:
FEB. 6: No school- Parent Teacher Conferences
FEB. 7-10: I love to read- parent readers
FEB. 14: Valentines Day and flower delivery
FEB. 21: World culture fair
 
Other reminders and notes:
On February 14th, we will be having a Valentine's day exchange. We will be decorating bags in class and we will be passing around Valentines. If your student would like to bring in a treat to share with everyone, or a little toy, they are welcome! If your child would like to bring in candy, that is fine. However, we will not be eating any here at school. It all has to be eaten at home. 

Valentine's Day Exchange

Good morning! 
 
I want to let you all know that we will be having a Valentine's Day exchange on Tuesday, January 14, 2023. As a class, we will be decorating valentine's bags and we will have a time to pass out treats or little toys. If your student would like to bring a treat or toy for EVERYONE, they are more than welcome to! 
 
If your child brings candy, that is okay. However, we will not be eating any at school, it will all be sent home. 
 
Here is a class list if you would like it for writing names: 
 
Joshua A. 
Delilah
Emilia
Emerson
Aria
Henryssa
LJ
Gustina
Ciovanni 
Immanuel
Victoria 
Noah
Joshua K. 
Jordan
Niko
Sia
Ashtin
Cedrina
Zays
Kameron
Aiden 
Zara
Georgette

Week of 1/30-2/3

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!
 
Math: We will be wrapping up unit 5. With our unit 5 assessment on Tuesday
Homework:  Please continue to practice the addition flash cards for addition fluency. This week, I will be assigning Identifying tens and ones, Identifying place value, adding whole tens (2 digits),and  Addition with base ten blocks. There is no homework on Friday.
Remember: Homework is mandatory and graded. Homework is an important tool to help create neuro-pathways. If your student does not complete missing homework, they will be doing it during fitness time. 
 
Language Arts: We will be reviewing cause and effect. We have a cause and effect assessment on Wednesday. We have a comprehension assessment on Monday. Our third assessment this week is on Thursday. Students will write two sentences about how they feel at school. These sentences will be graded on the use of uppercase letters and punctuation. 
 
Here are our spelling words for this week:
pool
green
oil
earth
paint
fur
feed
cool
tooth
teeth
 
Grammar: We will be talking about prefixes, suffixes, and base words. We will be having 1 assessment on Thursday, and two assessments on Friday
 
Social Studies: We will be working on things for conferences. 
 
Upcoming School events:
JAN. 3: Valentine's Flower and Card Fundraiser- ends January 31st (your student received a flyer about this on Friday) 
FEB. 6: No school- Parent Teacher Conferences
FEB. 7-10: I love to read- parent readers
FEB. 14: Valentines Day and flower delivery
FEB. 21: World culture fair
 
Other reminders and notes:
Please sign up for parent-teacher conferences!!!!
 
On February 14th, we will be having a Valentine's day exchange. We will be decorating bags in class and we will be passing around Valentines. If your student would like to bring in a treat to share with everyone, or a little toy, they are welcome! If your child would like to bring in candy, that is fine. However, we will not be eating any here at school. It all has to be eaten at home. 

Valentine's Flower Fundraiser

Hello all! This is a friendly reminder that our Valentine's Day Flower Fundraiser is in it's final week. If you would like your child to purchase a flower and card for a friend or staff member, it is $1. The last day of the fundraiser is Tuesday, January 31. 

Homework update

Hello all! 
 
I have sent emails to all of the families regarding missing homework. If you did not receive one, that means your student is not missing any homework. If you know that your student did their work, please check their folder, backpack, and home. If you find any, please send it to school!
 
I want to let you know that we will be starting a new procedure when it comes to missing homework. If your student comes to school without their homework completed, they will need to do it during fitness every day. For example, if your student did not finish the homework that was given today, they will be doing it during fitness tomorrow. If they are absent, I will make sure they get a copy and they can bring it in the next day, no worries. 
 
Please make sure that your students are doing their homework. Many grades are suffering due to the missing work. Remember, homework is extra practice to help them learn. 
 
Thank you!

Week of 1/23-1/27

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!
 
Math: We will be wrapping up unit 5. We will be covering number charts, measuring, and place value this week. 
Homework:  Please continue to practice the addition flash cards for addition fluency. This week, I will be assigning homelinks 5-9, 5-1, a comma worksheet, and 4-9. There is no homework on Friday.
Remember: Homework is mandatory and graded. Homework is an important tool to help create neuro-pathways. Many assignments are missing. I will work on emailing updates on those this week. I will bee checking up on missing assignments. 
 
Language Arts: We will be reviewing cause and effect. 
 
Here are our spelling words for this week:
land
cold
hot
hat
child
ice
play
sea
see
bird
 
Grammar: We will be talking about suffixes and base words. 
 
Social Studies: We will be continuing our work with geography and we will an assessment on Thursday. This assessment will be "making a map of our classroom". It would be great practice for your child to make a map at home!
 
Upcoming School events:
JAN. 3: Valentine's Flower and Card Fundraiser- ends January 31st (your student received a flyer about this on Friday) 
FEB. 6: No school- Parent Teacher Conferences
 
Other reminders and notes:
Please sign up for parent-teacher conferences!!!!

Week of 1/17-1/20

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!
 
Math: We will be continuing unit 5. We will be covering number charts, measuring, and place value this week. 
Homework:  Please continue to practice the addition flash cards for addition fluency. This week, I will be assigning homelinks 5-6, 5-7,and 5-8. There is no homework on Friday.
Remember: Homework is mandatory and graded. Homework is an important tool to help create neuro-pathways. Many assignments are missing. I will work on emailing updates on those this week. 
 
Language Arts: We will be reviewing beginning, middle and end. We will also be reviewing character and setting, and cause and effect. We will be having a comprehension test on Friday. 
 
Here are our spelling words for this week:
hill 
late
let
big
bag
beg
bog
bug
mother
three
 
Grammar: We will be continuing to work on commas in dates and in sentence sequences. 
 
Social Studies: We will be continuing our work with geography and we will have a location words map assessment on Friday. 
 
Upcoming School events:
JAN. 3: Valentine's Flower and Card Fundraiser- ends January 31st (your student received a flyer about this on Friday) 
JAN. 16: No school- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
FEB. 6: No school- Parent Teacher Conferences
 
Other reminders and notes:
None

Week of 1/9-1/13

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!
 
Math: We are just starting our new math unit-- unit 5
Homework:  Please continue to practice the addition flash cards for addition fluency. This week, I will be assigning homelinks 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, and 5-4. On Friday I sent home a winter packet for them to do on more e-learning days. Please keep this in a safe place where it is ready for learning. I also sent home instructions for Razz kids. It is reading that they can work on a computer, an ipad, or phone. This is completely optional, but it is an extra activity for the to do while they increase reading time. 
Remember: Homework is mandatory and graded. Homework is an important tool to help create neuro-pathways. 
 
Language Arts: We will be starting a new unit that focuses a lot on our feelings and how we can use Athlos Character traits to handle those feelings well. We are also be working on some new poetry!
 
Here are our spelling words for this week:
over
which
what
must
been
make
sleep 
had
say
would
I do not have a formal spelling list for this week, so I will be sending home an extra worksheet for the students to use as a spelling list. 
 
Upcoming School events:
JAN. 3: Valentine's Flower and Card Fundraiser- ends January 31st (your student received a flyer about this on Friday) 
JAN. 16: No school- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
FEB. 6: No school- Parent Teacher Conferences
 
Other reminders and notes:
None

Scissors needed

Hello! 
 
Our class is in need of child-sized scissors. We had a low turn out for those this year. we could use a few extra, so we don't need to share anymore. If you are able to contribute to our classroom, it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
 
Mrs. Ries 

This "week"

Hi all! 
 
I hope you have all had a wonderful winter break (+3 extra days)! I wanted to give you a heads up of what tomorrow is going to look like. As you may recall, we finished up our math unit 4 before the break. Instead of introducing the new content then giving the students a weekend to forget it all, tomorrow is going to be a "centers day". I may start implementing these on Fridays as a time for students to learn to work independently and in groups. This will also give me another opportunity to meet with students in small groups and give them exactly what they need. We did this the Friday before break and the kids LOVED it!
 
So, tomorrow we are going to do centers during math and language to review skills that we may have forgotten over the last 3 weeks. We are also going to review what it looks like to be a model citizen in first grade. The second half of the year is known for "forgetting" what that looks like, so our class is going to work hard to remember that. 
 
There will, obviously, be no spelling this week;). There will, also, be no homework tomorrow. However, I will be sending home another packet for students to work on incase of more e-learning days to come. Please keep this with the other packet that has been home. 
 
Also, don't forget ANIMAL DRESS DAY IS TOMORROW!
 
I am so excited to get back into the classroom with our students tomorrow! 
 
Mrs. Ries

Animal dress day moved

Hello! 
Animal dress day has moved to January 6th! Also, today and Friday are now free dress days!

No homework tomorrow

Hello! Your students earned enough shout outs to earn a no homework day! So tomorrow, there will be no homework! 

Winter tree parade

Hi

Just a reminder for the Winter Tree Parade on Friday! Please remind students to bring in some decorations for me to be decorated as a festive holiday tree! If you would like to send your student with some decorations, feel free. This is not mandatory!:)