Monday, March 25, 2024

Quarter 4 Week 2

Monday, March 25th

This week we will be learning:

Spalding:

Phonograms: We are starting to work through all 70 phonograms each week. We recommend choose a few each night to review with your scholar.

Spelling Words: ease, easy, cloud, garden, goose

Cursive: We will begin using cursive in other subjects in addition to Spalding.

Spelling Test on Thursday! 

Don't forget your scholar had Spalding homework Monday-Wednesday.
It is located inside their red folder.

Literature: 

Your scholar will keep reading Little House in the Big Woods by: Laura Ingalls Wilder. They will reinforce main ideas with text evidence, sequence skills, summarize sections within chapters, understand setting through identification of animal tracks, visualize setting, and utilize descriptive language.

Classic to Keep Needed:
Little House in the Big Woods by: Laura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN: 978-0064400015 / Amazon Link 
Please make sure you get a copy with this ISBN.

Next Classic to Keep Needed: April 3rd 
The Boxcar Children by: Gertrude Channer Warner
Please make sure you get a copy with this ISBN.


Reading Log:   Will be collected on THURSDAY this week due to 4-day weekend.

Each day, students will bring home a book of choice from the GHNO classroom library. At home, students will read this book aloud to an adult

Each day please log:

 1. The title of the classroom library book read.

 2. The total minutes your student spent reading (20 minutes minimum).

 3. Parent initials confirming minutes read.

Please make sure your scholar is reading and this log is filled out and turned in on Mondays.  

It will be counted as a quiz grade


Grammar:
Your scholar will be practicing listening skills, reinforce summary writing summary writing through recollection of detail and differentiation of main idea. They will also continue practice to pronouns and labeling parts of speech within a sentence. 
 
Math:
Your scholar will continue to work on 1-step and 2-step word problems involving length and measurement. 

                MEASUREMENT UNIT TEST: THURSDAY, MARCH 28th. 


  Please make sure your scholar is completing their math homework nightly when assigned. 
 
 
History:
 
Your scholar will finish their Civil War Unit. The Study Guide will be sent home on Tuesday and returned to school Wednesday with a parent signature. 

          Westward Expansion Celebration on 

Test: Thursday, April 4th

Westward Celebration: Tuesday, April 2nd. 

(If you signed up to bring an item, Please send nonperishable items by Thursday March 28th. Food items should be sent with students on the day of the celebration.) 

Science:
Your scholar will be learning about the upcoming solar eclipse and creating tools that will help us view the solar eclipse safely. 
 
Important Dates: 
Mar. 29-Apr. 1 - Holiday: No school; R&R Weekend

Apr. 2 - Westward Expansion Celebration 

Apr. 5 - FULL DAY FRIDAY

Apr. 13 - Annual School Carnival @ 3:00 - 7:00pm

Apr. 26 - Holiday; R&R Weekend

May 3 - Spring Concert

May 30 - Last Day of School

Monday, March 18, 2024

Quarter 4 Week 1

Monday, March 18th

This week we will be learning:

Spalding:

Phonograms: We are starting to work through all 70 phonograms each week. We recommend choose a few each night to review with your scholar.

Spelling Words: hour, our, head, better, class, move, around, burn, bear, bare, tonight, sir, felt, come, coming

Cursive: We will continue working on the beginning stages of cursive handwriting. We will be working on connecting letters and so how to form whole words.

Spelling Test on Friday! 

Don't forget your scholar had Spalding homework Monday-Thursday.
It is located inside their red folder.

Literature: 

Your scholar will keep reading Little House in the Big Woods by: Laura Ingalls Wilder. They will reinforce main ideas with text evidence, sequence skills, summarize sections within chapters, understand setting through identification of animal tracks, visualize setting, and utilize descriptive language.

Classic to Keep Needed:
Little House in the Big Woods by: Laura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN: 978-0064400015 / Amazon Link 
Please make sure you get a copy with this ISBN.

Next Classic to Keep Needed: April 3rd 
The Boxcar Children by: Gertrude Channer Warner
Please make sure you get a copy with this ISBN.


Reading Log:

Each day, students will bring home a book of choice from the GHNO classroom library. At home, students will read this book aloud to an adult

Each day please log:

 1. The title of the classroom library book read.

 2. The total minutes your student spent reading (20 minutes minimum).

 3. Parent initials confirming minutes read.

Please make sure your scholar is reading and this log is filled out and turned in on Mondays.  

It will be counted as a quiz grade


Grammar:
Your scholar will be practicing listening skills, reinforce summary writing summary writing through recollection of detail and differentiation of main idea. They will also practice possessive nouns pronouns and labeling parts of speech within a sentence. 
 
Math:
Your scholar will be practicing and reviewing concepts of measuring items in metric/customary units along with completing a chapter 5 review. We will also be starting the NEXT chapter 6 of Multiplication. You will be receiving a letter home review the new concepts and how you can help at home along the way.

Metric Units: Meter, Centimeter
Customary Units: Foot (Feet), Inch(es), Yard(s)

Please make sure your scholar is completing their math homework nightly when assigned. 
 
 
History:
 
Your scholar will continue to learn about the Civil War and the Gettysburg Address.
  
Science:
Your scholar will be presenting their Life Cycle Project
 
Important Dates: 

Mar. 22 - Art Show (5-7pm); Spirit Day; Early Release Friday, Run Club

March 29-April 1 - Holiday: No school; R&R Weekend

Apr. 5 - FULL DAY FRIDAY

May 3 - Spring Concert

May 30 - Last Day of School