Monday, January 8th
Welcome Back! We hope everybody had a relaxing and recharging winter break. We are excited to welcome back your scholar into the classroom and continue to enrich them with knowledge of the classic.
We are looking forward to seeing their Independent Study project costumes and listening to their presentations to kick off the 3rd quarter!
This week we will be learning:
Spalding:
Phonograms: We are working through all 70 phonograms each week. We recommend choose a few each night to review with your scholar.
Spelling Words: changing, change, few, pleasant, please, picture, pitcher, pitch, money, ready, omit, anyway, eight, breakfast, chance, climb, coffee, color, contains, eagle
Spelling Test on Friday!
Don't forget your scholar had Spalding homework Monday-Thursday.
It is located inside their red folder.
Literature:
Your scholar begin Sarah, Plain and Tall on Monday! Please send their copy of the book by the end of the week.
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
DUE by Friday, January 12th
ISBN: 978-0689715402 / Amazon Link
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 reviewing parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions. They will be be able to identify them example sentences, sort into different categories, and go on a preposition hunt.
Math:
Your scholar will be doing a review on Monday on steps of fluency of subtracting within 100 with renaming, using strategies based on place value, and subtracting up to a 2-digit number from a 3-digit number with renaming in tens and ones place value. Continuing on with subtraction your scholar will be learning how to subtract two 3-digits numbers with renaming in hundreds, tens, and ones place value.
Please make sure your scholar is completing their math homework nightly when assigned.
History:
Independent Study Project Due: Monday, January 8th
Your scholar will be starting a new unit of The Constitution. This week they will learn about life after the revolutionary war and the debating process that helped form the Constitution of the United States of America.
Science:
Your scholar will continue to learn about the human digestive system. This week we will be focusing on the stomach and intestines.
Poem:
The Preamble of the United States Constitution
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.
Important Dates:
1/9 - Return to school - Independent Study Project Due
1/12 - Early Release at 1:25
1/13-14 - R&R Weekend
1/15 - NO SCHOOL (MLK Jr. Day)
1/16 - Return to School
1/18 - Lower School Spelling Bee
1/20 - NO EARLY RELEASE, Normal School Hours (7:30 - 3:27)
1/27 - Early Release at 1:25