Monday, November 13
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: were, where, there, here, leave, early, close (close the door), close (that was close), flower, flour, nothing, ground, lead (the way), led (the way) lead (pencil), such morning, however, mind, shall, alone, order, third, push, point, within, body, field, belongs, cheese
Spelling Test on Friday!
Your scholar will be participating in discussions about defining new vocabulary based on text context, answering comprehension questions, and checking their predictions.
We will also begin our Greek Myths unit this week after we finish The Courage of Sarah Noble.
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.
Your scholar will be reviewing article adjectives, a vs. an. They will also be learning about subject verb agreement within a sentence and continue to review homonyms and prepositions.
Math:
Your scholar will be finishing up Chapter 2: Addition by taking a Chapter assessment. We will be starting Chapter 3: Subtraction. We will be diving into the why and a few ways on how to subtraction simple problems.
Test (Chapter 2): Monday, November 14th
Test (Cumulative Assessment 1): Tuesday, November 15th
Your scholar will be learning the difference between static and current electricity, where electricity comes from and the difference between an open and closed circuit.
Your scholar will be practicing at school but we highly encourage parents to help their scholar practice each day at home. Making sure that they are showing expression, following punctuation, and saying the title and author.