Monday, October 30, 2023

Quarter 2 Week 3

 Monday, October 30

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to honor their family members who have served in the military by filling out a short info form and attaching a photo to be displayed in the library on November 10, which is a school day. 

Please note: photos will not be returned so just send in a copy of your veteran's photo. 

Forms are coming home with students today, October 30, and extra forms can be requested from your teacher or downloaded here. Please return the forms to school by Tuesday, November 7.

Thank you to all those who have served!


One important reminder for this week. We have field day on Wednesday November 1st from 9:55-1:00. It will be a late lunch for students that day from 1:10-1:35. Please make sure that you prepare a nice size snack for your scholar. Also, please make sure you send a refillable water bottle with your scholar with their name on it.

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: war, summer, above, express, turn, lesson, half, father, anything, table, high, June, right (Turn right at the next intersection), write (Please write neatly), wrote, date, road (we drive on the road), rode (I rode my bike yesterday), ride, March, next, indeed, four 

Spelling Test on Friday! 

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

Literature: Courage of Sarah NoblePlease email your teacher if you do not have a copy.

Your scholar will be participating in discussions about defining new vocabulary based on text context, answering comprehension questions, and checking their predictions.
 
We are start the next classic-to-keep this week. Please make sure you send a copy to school with your scholar with their name inside so if it gets lost or misplaced we can return it to them.

CLASSIC TO KEEP:
The Courage of Sarah Noble
Due: Monday October 30th
Amazon Link / ISBN: 978-0689715402
Please make sure you order the book 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 learning about what is a preposition, what is an object of the preposition, and what the difference between prepositions and adverbs. Along with this review, your scholar will be working on their final draft of their two-point expository paragraph. 

Math:

Your scholar will be continuing their journey with renaming by adding a 3-digit and a 2-digit number with renaming in the tens and ones and adding two 3-digit numbers with renaming in the tens and ones. Later in the week, your scholar will be learning how to add three or four 2-digit numbers to find a total.

***Math Homework is written in the agenda. Please review the agenda to make sure students are completing their homework assignments.

Science:
Your scholar will be exploring magnets.
Moon Unit Test on TUESDAY
 
Poem:
Bed in Summer By: Robert Louis Stevenson
Due: November 3rd 

Help your scholar at home start practicing this poem. They will have to recite the title, authors and poem in-front of their classmates.
 
Important Dates: 

11/1 - Athletic Field Day (1st and 2nd) - If you purchased a shirt they will be delivered to your scholar on Monday October 31st.

Dress Code for Students for Athletic Field Day:

·    City-State or House shirt

·    Athletic shorts or pants (modest, loose-fitting, in good repair)

·    Athletic shoes

·    Logo-free jackets, sweatshirts, and/or hats (if needed)

·    Sunscreen if needed

Students should not wear:

·    Tank tops, midriff shirts, camisoles, sports bras as outer garments

·    Short-shorts or long, baggy shorts

·    Volleyball spandex shorts unless covered by loose-fitting athletic shorts

·    Sandals, open-toed, or platform shoes


11/3 Early Release at 1:25, RUN CLUB!

11/ 20-24 - Thanksgiving Break

11/ 28, 29. 30 - Concert Rehearsal in the MPR

12/1 - Winter Concert