Week 18

Good evening!

We are in the home stretch! I have a feeling this week is going to fly by! On Wednesday we have our Greek Festival, which will be a lot of fun. We need lots of volunteers, so if you are interested in helping out and haven't signed up yet, please talk to Sandra!

Last week we helped stuff stockings for foster children and orphans! We had a lot of fun with this service project, and there are going to be some very happy children come Christmas day!

Here is what we have coming up this week:

Spalding: We will be reviewing old words that were frequently missed. We will test these on Thursday! Words: child, far, form, cent, little, third, sick, mail, two, watch, happen, sight, follow, pleasant, account, feather, lead (the way), led (the way), lead (pencil), tripped

Grammar: We are discussing titles of respect and reviewing quotations and the four types of sentences (imperative, declarative, interrogative, exclamatory)

Writing: narration, copy work, and dictation exercises from The Young Man and the Cat. We will also be writing "secret student" letters as homework. Every student will get the name of a student to write a letter to, and the letters will be passed out on Friday.

Math: We will be continuing to review multiples of 3 and play some multiplication games!

History: We will review Ancient Greece in class on Monday with a game, and then we will test on Tuesday!

Science: We are continuing insects and have a fun honeybee craft. :)

Idiom: "in hot water"

Poem: The Night Before Christmas - We will recite this in small groups on Friday!

We have typing on Monday, as usual. I will be sending out the link and log-in information a little later this week, so that your child can practice typing over Winter Break should they want to!

I think that's all I have for now! Have a wonderful week!

Week 17

Good afternoon! I hope everyone is having a good weekend! I've been keeping busy - ran a 15k this morning with Ms. Hofstaedter (kindergarten teacher) and another good friend of mine. :)

picture post race - 1:23 finish time!

Okay, here's what we have coming up this week: (Please note that I will be out for professional development on Monday and Friday, so please email Ms. Carnahan for immediate responses. I will check email throughout the day as I can and again in the evening.)

Literature: We will have our Boxcar Children test on Tuesday! This will be an open book test, so please have your child bring their book back to school for the test if they have it at home. I have two extra books for anyone who needs to borrow it during the test, but it will be first come, first served. We will also present our Boxcar dioramas this week! I look forward to seeing them!

Spalding: Words: noise, pencil, pie, pull, sew, sow, so, steam, thread, thunder, tried, try, vein, except, aunt, ant, capture, else, bridge, offer, suffer, center, front, running, run, rule, carry, chain, death, learn. Spelling Test on Friday! We will take our written portion of the spelling bee on Monday! Those who get 100% on the written test will get to participate in the class oral bee on Thursday. The winner from each class will compete at the Arete spelling bee.

WWE: narration, copy work, and dictation exercises from Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Grammar: Shurley English - question and answer flow identifying prepositions; First Language Lessons - story narration and direct quotations within The Little Red Hen

Touch Pebbles: The Pillow - Discussion question: Is it easier to give advice or take advice? Why?

Math: We have our 1-5 Cumulative Test on Monday! We will really be focusing on multiplying by 2's and 3's this week and memorizing those math facts. We'll test this on Friday! (Unit 6.1)

History: We continue to study Ancient Greece and will learn about Sparta, the Olympic games, and the Persian Wars. Wednesday's lesson in particular will get us ready for our Greek Festival next week! ;)

Science: In science we are continuing our insect unit and learning about social versus solitary insects - ones that work together in colonies versus ones that are found alone. We will read about bees, wasps, ants, and termites in particular.

We are also doing our MOY (middle of the year) DIBELS testing this week!

Have a fantastic week! (Only two more until break! WOW!)