I hope that everyone has had a wonderful holiday. I am incredibly grateful to be able to spend my days with your children. They are truly a joy to be around. Also, I would like to thank you for your great efforts and kindness.
I will be sending some information about our grade-level "Rome Day" celebration on December 12th soon. We will need many parent volunteers for this to be a fun day for all involved. Also, I would like to remind everyone that the Pinocchio Final Project is due on Monday, December 15th. As previously stated, you may use whichever method of marionette making that best suits your family. Please reach out to me with any questions.
Our tests and quizzes this week:
Monday, December 1:
None!
Tuesday, December 2:
None!
Wednesday, December 3:
Math Quiz (Multiplying and Dividing by 8's)
Thursday, December 4:
History Quiz (Ancient Rome)
Friday, December 5:
Spelling Test
Below you will find our lessons for the week:
In Language Arts, we will be continuing our hard work in Pinocchio with our last reading group on Thursday. We will be finishing the novel next week. The children cannot wait to see how this story ends! For Spalding this week, we will only be doing twenty words. We will be learning the rules for using the /ie/ phonogram and the /ei/ phonogram for the first part of the week and then will move onto our new words. In our grammar studies, we will be continuing our study of direct objects, as well as prepositions and prepositional phrases. In our writing lessons, we will be working on semicolons and summarizing passages. Our idiom this week is "keep your fingers crossed". Our poem this week is "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost.
In Math, we will be finishing up our studies of how to multiply and divide by 8 with a quiz on Wednesday. We will then move onto multiply and dividing by nine. If you see that your student is beginning to struggle, I strongly suggest reviewing math facts with your child for ten to fifteen minutes a day. These math facts should include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
In History, we will be discussing the death of Julius Caesar, as well as take a quick look at Augustus Caesar. After this we will focus on the language of the Romans, Latin, and the importance of this language.
In Science, now, we have finished our in-depth study of the skeletal system and we will be shifting our focus to the muscular system. The children will be learning about the different types of muscles and how they function.
As always, if there are any questions or concern, please do not hesitate to contact me!
Have a wonderful week, everyone!
Best,
Ms. Sexton
