Please send nutritious and neat snacks for the
students to enjoy.
HALF DAY ON FRIDAY- RELEASE AT 12:15/12:30
Last week’s class motto was: We Are a Community
This week’s class motto is: We Are a
Community
This week we will continue to discuss
the community aspect of our classroom and our school. This will lay the
foundation for relationships and cooperation in the classroom. We will foster
an attitude of pride in our classroom and in or school.
Below is a breakdown of what we will be
doing in class this week:
Spelling – This
week the students will study new roots in their GYV books. There are 12
vocabulary words to study during the week. The words are associated with 4 new
roots. During the week, students will practice spelling these words and using
them as well.
Language arts- We will continue reading Pollyanna. One day, we read a chapter of the book. The next day the students read the same chapter in a reading group. We then have a discussion about the plot and thematic elements of the story. We also discuss the character traits that are shown by the characters in the story. We are nearing the climax of the book and the students are really enjoying the reading.
Grammar- We will continue our
work in the Shurley Grammar book, covering prepositions and prepositional
phrases. We will also continue our expository paragraph and editing process.
History/Geography – We will continue our study of Europe in the Middle Ages. This is an exciting unit and is our first step into history. This week we will study castles and knights. Next week is Chivalry Week!
Science–This week we continue
our study of geology. We will complete our study on underwater mountains. We
will begin our study of the rock cycle.
