Mrs. Valles's Class

Hello Archway Arete Parents and Students! It’s once again time for our annual Bard Competition, which means registration starts now! If your student is interested in trying their hand at this artistic form in this exciting and challenging competition,  please have them ask their teacher for a registration form, which must be turned in no later than Monday, November 5 th by the end of the day. Each student who registers will also receive a copy of the Poetry Out Loud judging guidelines to help them refine their performance for the first round of the competition, which will take place across November 16 th and 19 th at 3:05 after the school day. More details to follow. I am so excited for this competition to kick off and see what students we’ll be hearing from this year, so please don’t hesitate to register! If you have any further questions, please email Ms. Arce-Lindsay at carce-lindsay@archwayarete.org . I look forward to seeing our students perform! Happy poem hunting!

Hello Parents! Wednesday is Literature Day! We will have a "lights out" reading hour so please send them with a blanket and a flashlight. They can also bring their favorite book from home to read at school. Please make sure costumes were approved!   Friday is a half day for students! They will be dismissed at 12:05. Language Arts We will have a spelling test Friday, per usual, but only on 15 words to accommodate Literature Day. We will read several ancient myths to help us understand story elements. Concurrently, we will be drafting our own personal narratives. Math This week we will be practicing multiplication and division and learning out 6 and 7 facts. Try challenging your child to skip count by these numbers on your way to and from school for good practice!   There will be no math groups on Wednesday because of Literature Day. Science We will learn how to care for our muscles and what happens when our muscles get hurt. Our Muscular System quiz will be

Don’t forget that the Field Trip to the MIM is Friday! All permission slips should be turned in to the teacher. Remember to send your child in with a labeled sack lunch and a disposable water bottle. Lastly, do not send money with your child please as we will not have access to the Museum store. Language Arts This week we will be working on various story elements and learning about the genre of Personal Narrative. We will continue spelling this week with a test Friday after the field trip. Math This week is all about reviewing Unit 3, which consisted of multiplication and division for our 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 facts. The multiplication and long division algorithms will be tested! Be sure to work nightly with your child if they are still struggling with long division to aid in retention. There will be a cumulative test on Thursday.   If you can volunteer for math groups please use this link to RSVP: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/508084ba4a92da6fa7-math Science

Welcome to Quarter 2! I am excited to see you all at conferences! I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing fall break! 😊 Language Arts This week, we will not be starting a new literature book. Please bring Narnia, though, by next week as we will begin thereafter. For writing we will work on our summary/narration skills. For reading, we will be working on comprehension skills and textual evidence. In grammar, we will study direct objects. There will be no spelling this week, so no spelling test on Friday. Math This week we will practice dividing. Some terms to know are quotient and remainder. On Friday we will have a quiz on these division concepts.   If you can volunteer for math groups please use this link to RSVP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084ba4a92da6fa7-math Science We will be learning about cells, organs, and the organ system this week! History This week we will continue our Rome Unit. We will take a look at some of the myths and legends of Ancient Ro

Hello Parents! Please use this link to sign up for conferences: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084BA4A92DA6FA7-3aconferences1 Please also sign up for special classes conferences (optional): https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4EA8A92AA7FE3-25specials2 I am looking forward to meeting with you all! Thank you, Mrs. Valles