Please be checking Alma to see your child's grades.
Important Dates:
9/28 - Moms in prayer 9:00am
Co-teacher training 2:00pm (optional)
9/30 - Spirit Day/Pizza Day
10/2 - End of the 1st quarter
Blog Abbreviations:
| TG | Teacher's Guide |
| TB | Textbook |
| WB | Workbook |
| IEW | Institute of Excellence in Writing |
| KWO | Key Word Outline |
| RD | Rough Draft |
| FD | Final Draft |
| HW | Cursive Book |
| SOTW | Story of the World |
| NJ | Science Notebooking Journal |
Math:
· We will have a quarter test on Monday. Tuesday we will start our next chapter multiplication and division. Be practicing multiplication facts. Once they have memorized their facts it will help them with their work.
Grammar:
Review the definitions of the parts of speech. This can be confusing when they are trying to match these on the test.
Composition:
Damocles and the king is broken up into four week. We are on week two. We will write about conflict and plot this week. Week three is the climax, resolution and theme. Week four we will combine all the rough drafts into a three paragraph story. We will not write a final draft until we combine all three weeks. Each week will have a checklist that needs to be completed for that section.
Monday - KWO and vocab
Tuesday - Oral Retell, Brainstorming page, review vocab
Wednesday - Review new concepts, review vocab, start RD
Thursday - Finish RD, parents proofread, review vocab
Reading:
Continue reading "Mr. Popper's Penguins". We will be completing a fiction book poster on this book. The fiction book poster will be due on 10/19.
Science:
Science presentation: On Wednesday the students will present a science presentation to the class. They can pick any topic in chapters 1-3 that they have enjoyed learning about and want to share. The presentation need to be at least 4 sentence. They need to write them down on note cards or a piece of paper. They will turn in their notecards or paper with their presentation on it. They can read their information however they will need to look at their notes and then look up to speak. The same process as for an oral retell in IEW. They can also bring an item in that goes with their presentation. I have listed two example below. This will be a test grade.
Solid to liquid to Gas: I think that is interesting how atoms can go from a solid to a liquid and then to a gas by just changing the temperature. Because one element can be used in different ways if helps our world in different ways. An example is water that can drink and need everyday. Water when frozen into ice can help keep stuff cold. When water his heated and evaporates into the air it forms clouds. The clouds will eventually get heavy enough and rain will fall back to earth.
Atoms: Atoms are amazing. Atoms have three parts, protons, neutrons, and electrons. Each part has a charge, protons are positive, neutrons are neutral, and electrons are negative. Protons and neutrons form the nucleus and electrons spin around the outside of the atom. I think that it is amazing how everything is actually in motion even though we cannot see it.
History:
We will be learning 12 key dates during the year. We will be leaning 3 dates a quarter. At the end of the quarter there will be a quiz. The quiz will be accumulative as the year progresses. The dates are listed in the campus binder under the science and history tab.
Quarter 1 dates
Charles V 15194
William the silent and a Dutch revolution 1582
Jamestown Colony Founded 1607
Memory:
Please spend time during your school day to work on quarter 1 poem, Rise Up O Men of God, geography map & song, Continent and Oceans, and key dates. Feel free to get creative and practice these in the car, at bedtime, or during meals.
