It was such a fun first week back from break! We are excited to see what this new quarter will bring.
Please send in Sam the Minuteman with your scholar as soon as possible, we will begin reading it on April 3rd!
Here's what's coming up this week:
Spalding: We have 29 new words this week, with our test on Friday.
Monday: goes, does, Tuesday, hold, drill, army, pretty, stole, income, bought
Tuesday: paid, laid, said, enter, railroad, unable, ticket, account, driven, real
Wednesday: recover, mountain, speak, past, might, contract, deal,
almost, all
Phonograms to study: a, ai, ay, c, ck, o, ou, ough, r, t
Writing: Our narration and copy work exercises this week are Jataka Tales, stories from India.
Grammar: In Grammar, we will be distinguishing between singular and plural nouns and common and proper nouns. We will also review other parts of speech as we practice classifying sentences.
Poem: “Rope Rhyme” by Eloise Greenfield – Please be prepared to recite on Friday!
Idiom: A.M. and P.M.
Math:
This week we will begin working with the concept of division and we will learn how we can divide different items among equal groups. We will also begin learning about fractions by folding and cutting papers into halves and fourths and sharing items so that they are put into two and four equal groups.
Literature: This week we will be reading stories from A.A. Milne’s collection, The House at Pooh Corner. Students will explore and describe the characters of Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eyore, Kanga, and Roo. They will enjoy a couple of Winnie the Pooh stories and discuss how to best resolve conflict between friends.
History: We have a very full week of History and are going to be learning all about early exploration. We will learn about two famous conquistadors, Cortez and Pizarro, and the advantages that the Spanish had over the Aztecs and Incas. We will also learn about England’s exploration of North America and how they came across Roanoke. Some important people we will discuss are Sir Walter Raleigh, Queen Elizabeth, and John White.
