Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Quarter 3 Week 2

Tuesday, January 16th

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: daily, day, fancy, fly, forest, freeze, gentle, grow, holes, hotel, iron, living, live, monkey, myself, noise, pencil, pie, pull, steam

 
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 be continuing Sarah, Plain & Tall.

CLASSIC TO KEEP NEEDED:

The Courage of Sarah Noble by: Alice Dalgliesh 
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 also be reviewing how to make a complete sentence and how to edit it along the way to make sense.
 
Math:
Your scholar will be review the concepts of vertical subtraction problems they have been learning about. For example, renaming in the hundreds, tens and ones place. They will also be starting their review for the end of chapter 3 test. 

Please make sure your scholar is completing their math homework nightly when assigned. 
 
 
History:
 
Your scholar will be continuing their unit of Geography of the Americas. They will be learning about important geographical features of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Science:
Your scholar will continue learning about the digestive system, cells, tissues, and organs.
 
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: 

1/18 - Lower School Spelling Bee (MPR 6:00 - 8:00pm)

1/29 - NO EARLY RELEASE, Normal School Hours (7:30 - 3:25)

1/18 - Picture Retakes

1/26 - Early Release at 1:25