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Monday, September 28, 2015

9/28/15

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This week’s class motto is: Organization is the Key!

Each week we will discuss a class motto. The next two weeks, as well as the entire year, are spent working on organizational plans. Desks are organized a specific way, folders are organized, and backpacks are neat. Organization is a skill that can lead to success.


This week in class:

History: Students will continue the unit on Europe in the middle ages. Students learn about serfs, castles, and knights. They will continue to learn about the geography of Europe.

Science: Students will complete a unit on flowers and plants.  

Language Arts: Spalding phonics continues. In grammar, students will complete the first major writing assignment of the school year.

Math: Students will review the content up to this point. 

Saturday, September 12, 2015

9/12/15

SUPPLIES NEEDED

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This week’s class motto is: Organization is the Key!

Each week we will discuss a class motto. The next two weeks, as well as the entire year, are spent working on organizational plans. Desks are organized a specific way, folders are organized, and backpacks are neat. Organization is a skill that can lead to success.


The next two weeks in class:

History: Students will continue the unit on Europe in the middle ages. Students learn about Charlemagne, and the first great rulers of England. Rome has fallen, and a new age, the Dark Ages has begun. They will continue to learn about the geography of Europe.

Science: Students will continue the unit on electricity. There will be activities for parallel circuits, simple circuits, and many other things.  

Language Arts: Spalding phonics continues. In grammar, students will continue the classifying and diagramming of sentences. The first major writing project of the year begins. In Literature, they will read about the heroism of Curdie, and the power of Great Grandma Irene.


Math: Students will finish a unit on order of operations, and begin a study of negative numbers. There will be nightly homework, and much work dedicated to the multiplication tables.