Monday, March 17th
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: bowl, cheap, cheerful, chicken, drink, driving, drive, echoes, echo, garden, fairy, knock, leather, linen, oak
Cursive: All Spalding assignments are to be done in cursive!!
Spelling Test on Friday!
Your scholar will keep reading the classic to keep "Little House in the Big Woods" this week. They will be working on reading comprehension skills, listening skills and answering questions about the text. Analyze the character's feelings/actions and how they respond to events in the story.
Classic to Keep:Little House in the Big Woods by: Laura Ingalls WilderDue: February 27thISBN: 978-0064400015 / Amazon LinkPlease make sure you get a copy with this ISBN.
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 listen and discuss the story read to them. Then students will write a summary about the story in their own words while using complete sentences with details from the story and referencing comprehension questions for guidance.
Your scholar will be continuing Chapter 5 covering length and measurement. They will be learning how to use a ruler to measure in inches, feet, and yards. They will also be comparing two lengths measured in metric units.
Please make sure your scholar is completing their math homework nightly when assigned.
We will also be continuing our unit on the civil war. They will be learning about two soldiers leaders within the civil war called Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. The will also learn a small bit about the Battle at Gettysburg and the famous speech that was given on the battle field from Abraham Lincoln.