I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend!
Our tests and quizzes this week:
Monday, February 2:
Galileo Math Test
Tuesday, February 3:
Galileo Reading Test
Wednesday, February 4:
None!
Thursday, February 5:
Literature Quiz (The Jungle Book, Chapters 1-2)
Friday, February 6:
Math Quiz (Weight)
Spelling Test (30 Words)
Here is what your scholars will be learning this week:
In Language Arts, we will be continuing all of our current units! In Literature, we are working on Kaa's Hunting (Chapter 2) for this whole week. There will be a comprehension quiz on Friday covering "Mowgli's Brothers" and "Kaa's Hunting". In order to prepare your scholar for this quiz at home, I would suggest re-reading each of these chapters with them each night. As always, if this is how you choose to prepare your scholar for the quiz, feel free to use the time spent re-reading as minutes to put on their Reading Log. In Spalding, we will continue with another 30 words with our weekly spelling test on Friday. In Grammar, we will be reviewing adverbs and sentence types. In Writing, we will be working on comprehension and how to use prepositions and direct quotations in our own writing. Our idiom for this week is "let bygones be bygones." We will be continuing to memorize "The Charge of the Light Brigade" this week by adding on stanza two to our first stanza. Please be sure that your scholar has both stanzas memorized.
In Math, we will be taking our middle of the year benchmark Galileo test on Monday. This is just an internal tool that we use to make sure that students are on track with our pacing schedule. For the rest of the week, we will begin learning about weight! There will be a quiz on what we have learned on Friday.
In History, we will begin a new unit this week on The Earliest Americans! We will start with a review of timelines and then take a close look at Beringia. This close look will include a look at Paleo-Indians, the Inuit, and the Anasazi.
In Science, we will continue our study of sound, focusing closely on how our ears pick up sounds. We will also review how the cochlea communicates sound to the brain. There will be a science quiz on sound on Thursday. Your scholar should have all of the material that they need to study in their purple folder.
Have a fantastic week!
Best,
Ms. Sexton
