Important Dates:
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 |
Math:
We are going to continue multiplication and division through the 9's family.
Composition:
We are introducing a topic sentence and clincher this week. I will go over this on Monday in class but if you need to review it is on page 79-80. Every paper going forward will need a topic sentence and a clincher.
Monday- KWO, Brainstorming page, introduce vocab words
Tuesday- Oral retell, write RD, parents proofread and help with corrections, make sure everything from checklist are included in the paper, review vocab words
Wednesday- Start writing FD
Thursday-Finish FD, parents look over for any mistakes and everything from the checklist is included.
Turn in Monday
All FD are to be written in cursive.
Reading
We are continuing reading "A Cricket in Time Square". 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.
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.