Welcome Back !
The blog has been updated because of the bad weather on Monday. If you have any questions please let me know. Thank you.
Important Dates:
1/11 - Moms in prayer 9:00am
1/13 - Spirit Day
1/25 - Moms in prayer 9:00am
1/27 - Spirit Day/Pizza Day
New Parent Informational 10:00am
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 |
New Books:
The new books for second semester are:
3B Singapore Math
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
A Cricket in Time Square
Math:
We will start the Math 3B books on Monday. We are going to continue multiplication and division starting with the 6 family.
Composition:
We are borrowing a conflict this week. The kids will pick a conflict from either a story that we have done this year or from the list on pg 71. Tuesday write the KWO on pg 73, then do an oral retell from your outline. Wednesday we will write the RD. Thursday parents proofread the RD, help make correction, write FD to be turned in on Monday.
All FD are to be written in cursive.
Reading
We start reading "A Cricket in Time Square" Thursday. The project for this book will be a diorama.
The project for this book is a diorama. Your student will construct a diorama of one of the main events of this book. They will make a 3-dimensional scene, including models of characters, the setting, and objects. A shoebox makes a great place to build a diorama. Then they will write a description of the scene. Project is due March 1, 2021.
We will be starting "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" as the in class read aloud.
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 3 dates
Charles V 15194
William the silent and a Dutch revolution 1582
Jamestown Colony Founded 1607
Thirty Year War 1618
Louis XIV the Sun King 1661
Sir Isaac Newton 1666
Seven Years War 1756
American Revolution and George Washington 1775
French Revolution 1789
Memory:
Please spend time during your school day to work on quarter 3 poem, Try Again , geography map & song, Former USSR, and key dates. Feel free to get creative and practice these in the car, at bedtime, or during meals.
