Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. The count down continues into the fifth week of our final quarter.  There is still so much to learn, so please encourage your scholars to continue to give their best. It has been a little rowdy in the past week.

Here is a quick look at our 33rd week for the school year:

LANGUAGE ARTS

SPALDING –We will continue our spelling words this week. Encourage your scholars to continue to practice writing their cursive. We will continue practicing in class as well. Students are not mandated to write in cursive now.

List 1: election, elect, aboard, jail, shed, refuse, district, restrain, royal

List 2: objection, object, pleasure, measure, treasure, navy, forty, fourteen, fourth, four

List 3: population, proper, judge, weather, whether, worth, contain, figure, sudden, instead

READING – READING STRATEGY: In comprehension, we will focus on compare and contrast. Students will engage in telling the difference and similarities in things, people, and places.

POETRY: Title: “Harriet Tubman” by Eloise Greenfield. Students will do their recitals during the last week of school.

SAYING: Our saying this week is, “Get a taste of your own medicine."

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY – We will review all the parts of speech we have learnt so far: verbs, adverbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, interjections and preposition.

WRITING – As we continue working on Writing With Ease, students will continue to develop narration, dictation and copy work skills. We will continue to write paragraphs. Students learned that a paragraph is made up of at least 3-5 sentences. It must have an introductory sentence, three support sentences, and a closing sentence.

LEVELED READERS – Your scholar will bring home a chapter book to read. Please, encourage them to continue to write their reflection logs. Please, have them take care of the book as well.

MATH

This week, we will continue learning how to tell time. Last week was quite challenging for the entire class, but I think we are making good progress with telling time after and before the hour. We will focus on the start or end time for a time interval. Please, help reinforce telling time at home.

SCIENCE

We have finished our unit on Magnets. Students will come home with their packets and study guides. Science test will be on Thursday. We will begin a new unit on Simple Machines. We will explore what a simple machine is and list several examples of what they are used for.

HISTORY

  In History, We will finish our unit on Civil war by reviewing all they learned about the war, slavery, people that made a difference, how the war started, and how it ended. There will be a test on Friday.

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH – Responsibility/Humility

To hold yourself morally accountable for actions within your control.

OWN your actions

Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.

                                                                                            - Ralph Marston

ANNOUNCEMENTS

·       We will resume Math and Reading groups.

·       Your child went home two weeks ago with a brochure that outlines all of the exciting camps being held, here at Archway Arete, during the Great Hearts Summer Academy. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Posner atjposner@archwayarete.org. 

• You are encouraged to try out this wonderful Math Resource KhanAcademy.org
• K-1 students will perform on Tuesday, May 5th at 5:30 p.m. (For Spring Concert).
• 2-3 students will perform on Thursday, May 7th at 5:30 p.m.(For Spring Concert).
• 4-5 students will perform on Thursday, May 7th at 7:00 p.m.(For Spring Concert).

·       The PSO Appreciation Dinner is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29th at 6:00 p.m. The teachers at both Archway and Prep are very excited to show their gratitude toward these incredible volunteers who gave their time during the 2014-15 school year. More details to come.

·       The used uniform drive is underway. If you have any uniforms that you would like to donate or exchange, please fill out this form and drop off your items at the front desk. Please contact Dee Ulano with any questions.

Thank you for all you do to support our class!

Have a great week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Toyin and Ms. Peterson