We are a month into school already. I have enjoyed learning about each of your children. This is a wonderful group of kids. I hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend.
Important Dates:
9/1 - Labor Day - No school
9/10 - Spirit Day
9/24 - DOGS, pizza, spirit day
11/3 (Monday) - Field Trip: Sweet Berry Farm's Pumpkin Festival - We will leave school around 11am - I want to give everyone a heads up......more details to follow.
BLOG KEY
General | Math | Writing |
Ch-chapter | TG-Teacher Guide | IEW-Institute with Excellence in Writing |
Ex-Exercises | TB-textbook | KWO-Key Word Outline |
L-Lesson | WB-Workbook | RD-Rough draft |
Pg-Page | FP-Math Fact Practice | FD-Final draft |
IEW - Now that we are starting to write our IEW papers, I wanted to go over somethings to hopefully help at home. They are to make the paper their own. The main points need to be followed but they need to put it in their own words.
Rough Draft/Proofread – All papers must be double spaced. The rough draft is a rough draft. Please do not have the kids erase and correct their errors. Once they finished writing the paper, please proofread the paper. Correct the misspelling, punctuation, and capitalization by writing the correction in red or a different color. The reason the papers are double spaced is to allow room for the correction to be written in without erasing. Do not have them rewrite this paper yet. This will be rewritten the next day in class.
Checklist – The checklist is found at the end of each weeks lesson in the IEW book. This is not for you to grade your child's paper but as a help so you know when you are proofreading if your child has included everything that should be in the paper. In the past I have some wonderful papers turned in but the grade is failing because they did not follow the checklist. All items on the checklist, elements of style, dress ups, vocabulary words, need to be underlined and labeled in the left or right margin. It will say on the checklist which side to label. They only need to underline and label one of each item listed.
Final Draft – We start the final draft on next week. Please send the proofread rough draft to school so they can start to copy and make the corrections into a final paper. This final draft is the one that will be turned on for a grade.
Poetry- We are working on a poem this week (Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore). This is a cumulative, oral program meant to develop linguistic and oratory skills. Students should be listening to the poem and reciting along, rather than reading (it might help to read the first few times, but after that, listening is much more helpful.) Once we've mastered the first stanza, you will see the second listed on the blog and then your practice becomes both stanzas 1 and 2; we'll then move on to 1-3, etc. Assessments will be of a less formal nature in class throughout the quarter. Remember, the emphasis here is on being enthusiastic and expressive with our recitations. Focus should be on inflection, volume, tone of voice, eye contact, etc. We'll be working on this frequently in class as well :)
| 3rd week 4 | Mon, Sep 1 | Tue, Sep 2 | Wed, Sep 3 | Thu, Sep 4 | Fri, Sep 5 | Co-Teacher Notes | Notes/Comments to Teachers: |
| Discipleship | Fear of the Lord- "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” -Proverbs 9:10 | | |
| Bible | Labor Day - No School | Nicodemus Comes to Jesus pg 378. Prayer time. | The Women at the Well pg 380. Pray for your classmate. | Jesus Heals the Nobleman's Son pg 382. Prayer time. | Write your encouraging word for your classmate. | | |
| Math | Ch 2 Lesson 6 TG - pg 65-66, TB pg 53-54, WB pg 51-52. | Fact Practice (Add I), turn in on Monday.
Ch 2 Lesson 7 TG - pg 67, WB pg 53-54. | Fact Practice (Sub I),
Ch 2 Lesson 8 TG - pg 68-70, TB pg 56-59, WB pg 55-59. | Fact Practice (Add J), turn in on Monday. Ch 2 Lesson 9 TG - pg 71-73, TB pg 60-63, WB pg 60-61. | Extra Practice:
Ch 2 Lesson 7 TG - pg 67, TB pg 55 | |
Writing | Review Vocab Words, Vocab Quiz next Wednesday |
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| Read and discuss "Roman Colosseum" pg 30. Reread the source text and circle 2-3 key words in each sentence. Write KWO and then test it. | Read and complete New Structure and Mechanics pg 32-33. Test KWO from yesterday. | Review New Structure and Mechanics pg 32-33. Write your RD using your KWO. Look at the checklist pg 35. Parents proofread the RD and help make corrections. | |
| Grammar | Ch 2 L 5 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time, Test Time for practice only PB Ch2 L5. WB pg 97 exercise 2,3 | Review Ch 2 | Ch 3 L 1 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time, Practice Time. PB pg 2 Ch3 L1. WB pg 61,62 Ch3L1P1-4 | | | |
| Spelling | Review lesson 3. Dictate sentence 5-8 pg 65. | Review lesson 3. Dictate sentence 9-12 pg 65. Spelling Test over step 3. | Teach Syllable Division Rule for Prefixes pg 75-79. | Review lesson 5. Dictate sentence 1-3 pg 80. | | |
| Reading | Read aloud "The Cabin Faced West" Ch 3. Answer questions in reading journal. | Reading Discussion | Read aloud "The Cabin Faced West" Ch 4. Answer questions in reading journal. | | | |
| Read aloud | Magician's Nephew | | |
History | Ch4 - Searching for the Northwest Passage | | |
| Read The French in the New World and narrate. | Key Date 1607. Talk about why Jamestown colony came to America and what happened. Share journal entry. | Read Henry Hudson's Quest and narrate. | Journal entry: What would you do if your crew left you in the Hudson's Bay? |
| Science | Read Aquatic Habitats, Tide Pools, Reefs, The Great Barrier Reef, and Kelp Forests pg 41-44 narrate what you read. | Draw pictures of each of the habitats in your journal. | Read Seagrass Beds, Mangrove Forests, Estuaries, Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents, and Open Ocean pg 45-49 narrate what you read. | Start your Ocean Box pg 50. Answer what do you remember questions in your journal. | | |
| Geography | Continents and Oceans - Due 9/8 | | |
| Key Dates | Key Dates - 1-3 - Due 9/29 | | |
| Poetry | Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore stanza 1-3. | | |
