Monday, November 4, 2024

Quarter 2 Week 4

Monday, November 4

One important reminder for this week. We have field day on Wednesday November 6th 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 for 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: Shall, Alone, order, third, push, point, within, body, field, belongs, cheese, earn, edge, feather, fence, funny, going, honey, letter, orange, pocket, shoes, shoe, stairs, stream, talks, tiny, words, trust, extra

Spelling Test on Friday! 

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

Literature: The Courage of Sarah Noble, Please 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.

Current CLASSIC TO KEEP:
The Courage of Sarah Noble
Due: Monday October 29th
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 continue writing their own outline/paragraph for their two-point expository paragraph. There writing topic will be "My Favorite Colors". They will be working through the writing process of outline, rough draft, editing, and final draft. Your scholar will also be learning about homonyms (words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings). 
                
 
On Monday, your student may bring home an editing assignment for a parent or older sibling to quickly read over their draft and help with any spelling or grammatical errors.

Math:

Your scholar will be continuing in their adding unit. This week, they will be renaming in the ones and the tens. They will have math homework Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Please continue to support students at home!

Science:

Your scholar will be learning about pollinators, scientists who study habitats and organisms and preparing for their unit test. Students will bring home their unit study guide on Wednesday. Please sign and return the study guide on Thursday as it counts as a HW grade. We will send the study guide home for continued studying Thursday night.

            Study Guide Sent Home: 11/6

            Organisms Unit Test: 11/15

 
History:
Your scholar will be learning how to use chopsticks and will finish the Culture of Japan Unit. They will begin Ancient Greece.

          Your student will be bringing home their Japan Study Guide for their test next week.

           Study guide sent home: 11/7

           Culture of Japan Test: 11/12 

 
Poem:
Something Told the Wild Geese By: Rachel Fields
Due: Week of November 4th.

Your scholar will recite their poem in-front of their peers this week. Please be practicing with them to recite the title, author, and the poem.
 
Important Dates: 

11/11 - Veteran's Day (Saturday)
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 11, which is a school day.
Please note: photos will not be returned so just send in a copy of your veteran's photo. 

Forms were sent home with students on Monday, October 28th, and extra forms can be requested from your teacher or downloaded here. Please return the forms to school 
 by Tuesday, November 5. 

Thank you to all those who have served!



11/ 22 - Fall Concert

11/ 25-29 - Thanksgiving Break