Dear Parents,

It’s hard to believe that we have come to the end of another quarter. It has been a first semester of wonderful learning. I look forward to many more experiences with your scholars.

Here is a quick look at our 18^th week.

LANGUAGE ARTS  

SPALDING – We will continue with our spelling list this week. Please, review homework as they come home. This week, we will have only two days of spelling.

List 1: done, do, suit, track, watch, dash, fell, fight, buy, by

List 2: stopping, stop, walk, talk, chalk, grant, soap, news, new

READING – READING STRATEGY: In comprehension, students will learn how to question themselves, monitor their reading,  and understand the purpose of the text being discussed. We will continue reading the favorite Greek myths too.

POETRY: Title: Our poem this month is “The Night Before Christmas” by Clement C. Students are not required to memorize the entire poem. The poems have been broken into sections. Your child only needs to memorize one out of six sections. Your child has to inform me by Friday the section he/she is memorizing so that we can plan for the order of recitals for the last day of school. Encourage your scholars to keep practicing.

SAYING: “In hot water" We will appreciate it if you use it at home because children retain sayings when they engage in it through meaningful use.

           

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY – We will review all parts of speech, direct quotations and learn about abbreviations.

WRITING – As we continue working on Writing With Ease, students will continue to develop narration, dictation and copy work skills.

LEVELED READERS

Please, encourage your scholars to take their readings seriously. There are three pages of reflection and three books. They are expected to log in one book per page. Please, remind them to write the title of the text on the page they work on. We have seen some excellent writing skills thus far. By the beginning of second semester, we will start sending home chapter books with students that are read for them.

MATH

We will begin multiplication by 3s. This may seem an easy concept, but we want to encourage scholars to take it seriously. Please, continue to work on timed mental math homework. Please, help us ensure the time (2mins) indicated on the worksheet is adhered to.

SCIENCE

We will finish our unit on lifecycle. Students will come home with their study guide. Science test will be on Wednesday.

HISTORY

  This week, we will learn about life in Athens and Sparta. Students will learn that although these two city-states were in Greece, they had lots of differences in their ways of life.

VIRTUE - Citizenship

The character of an individual viewed as a member of society

Live To SERVE

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
- Diogenes

Announcements

• Due to cooler weather, shorts are no longer permitted. If your child wears a skirt, please have her wear tights or knee-high socks.
• Our lost and found is filling up! Please write your child's last name (with permanent marker) in the inside of their jacket or sweater on the tag, and also label lunch boxes and water bottles.
• There will be no guided reading or Math groups this week. Special thanks to : Mrs. Antoniello, Mrs. Lavell, Mrs. Gerson, Mrs. Zinke, Mrs. Everhart, and Mrs. Sinykin. These parents have been extremely supportive and helpful to us this semester. We are thankful for you all.
• Congratulations to Amelia Lockery! She will be representing our class in the Spelling Bee.
• We have a Science test on Wednesday.

Have a great week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Toyin and Ms. Peterson