I hope that everyone is having a wonderful weekend! Below you will see what tests and quizzes your scholar will have this week, in addition, to what we will be doing in each subject!
Our tests and quizzes this week:
Monday, November 10:
None!
Tuesday, November 11:
NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, November 12:
Science Quiz (Skeletal System)
Thursday, November 13:
None!
Friday, November 14:
Spalding Spelling Test
In Language Arts, we will continue making our way through Pinocchio. We have a special activity planned for tomorrow where we will be making our own puppet heads and discussing the virtues. Thank you in advance to the parents who volunteered to help out in the classroom tomorrow! If you are interested in being a volunteer, we have three more reading groups that we will need parents help with! The dates for those are: Tuesday, November 18th (7:55am-8:35am), Monday, November 24th (10:40am-11:30am), and Thursday, December 4th (7:55a,-8:35am). If you can make these dates and times and have a fingerprint clearance card, please send me an email! We would love to have you in the classroom! In grammar and writing, we will be identifying four different kinds of sentences while working specifically with commands and statements and how to diagram them. In addition to that, we will also be continuing our work with identifying the central narrative thread and the central details of short readings. In Spalding, we will be doing another thirty words this week, as well as our daily written and oral phonogram reviews. Our poem this week is "At the Seaside" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Our idiom this week is "get up on the wrong side of the bed".
In Math, we are moving into a new unit on multiplying facts by 6, 7, 8, and 9. The best way to help your child is to review 10-15 math facts with them each night. I suggest flash cards, but fun websites (such as www.mathplayground.com) can work well too. Ultimately, you can decide which method works best for your scholar and your family.
In History, we will be continuing our study of Rome. This week our focus will be on the Roman class system and the Roman government. Please make sure that your scholar is working on their Roman God/Goddess Take Home Quiz and Report each night this week if they have not yet finished.I wanted to let you know that I am sending home a take-home quiz this weekend for Roman gods and goddesses. This quiz is not due until Friday, November 14th. The idea behind the quiz is to teach students how to complete basic research, either in a library or on a home computer. If you are doing research on a home computer, I have found a student-friendly site that you may use if you wish: http://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/greekandromangods.html. My hope is that this will be fun for the students. Also, with parental guidance, it is a great way to receive full points for a quiz grade.
In Science, we will continue our exploration of the human skeletal system. Our focus this week is the skull and how it fits together!
As always, please let me know if there are any other questions or concerns!
Best,
Ms. Sexton
