We'll be celebrating Valentine's Day a little early this year on February 10th. Students may bring Valentines from home to be passed out to each classmate. We have 16 students in our class:
Gunnar
Ellie
Trevor
Grace
Barrett
Amelia
Elias
Jordan
Jessa
Izyrael
Heidi
Kate
Ava
Lauren
Cynthia
Eli
Students will also need a mailbox or bag for collecting Valentines from their friends. Be as simple or as creative as you wish! We'll have a short and sweet party at the end of the day where we'll exchange Valentines and enjoy some treat.
Important Dates:
2/8 - Moms in prayer 9:00am
2/10 - Spirit Day, Valentine's Party
2/15 - Teacher training - No school
2/17 - New Parent Informational 10:00am
2/22 - Moms in prayer 9:00am
2/24 - Spirit Day/Pizza day
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 continuing to working on fractions this week. We will be comparing and reducing fractions during this unit. The better they know their multiplication and division facts the easier it will be.
Composition:
Our paper this week will be army ants. The format will be the same as last week. I will keep the swiftlet paper and send home the graded checklist. If you need to review the topic sentence/clinch it is on page 79-80.
Monday- KWO, Brainstorming page, introduce vocab words
Tuesday- Oral retell, write RD, parents proofread and help with corrections, make sure everything from the checklist is 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 labeled and underlined.
Turn in Monday
All FD are to be written in cursive.
Next week we will write a combined paper of the beavers, swiftlets, and honeybees.
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.
