Parents, I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! Before we know it, Winter Break will be here, but we have a lot going on in between! Upcoming events: November 30 - Classroom Spelling Bee December 6 - Winter Concert - 6:00 - King of Kings Church December 14-16 - Half Days This week: We will only have 20 spelling words this week due to the Classroom Spelling Bee that will take place on Wednesday during our Spalding block. Parents are not able to attend our classroom spelling bee but will be able to attend the school spelling bee at a later date. Please be sure to write all markings on Monday and Tuesday to receive full credit on homework. Markings are not required on Thursday. In math, we will learn how to divide by 2s and 3s. There will be a quiz on Friday. Please be sure on Tuesday's homework that your scholar writes the equation they used to solve. In history, we will review Ancient Greece on Monday and have a test on Tuesday. Please be sure to study all Ancient Greece notes to prepare. In literature, we will continue our study of the Greek gods and goddesses. We will begin to use this literature for our writing copywork and dictation. If you have any questions, please let me know. Mrs. Bennett
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I so enjoyed getting to see all of the creative costumes on Friday for our Literary and Historical Figure Day! It was such a fun way to celebrate! Upcoming events: November 23 - Half Day November 24-25 - No school, Thanksgiving Break November 30 - Pei Wei PSO Fundraiser - 4:00-9:00 December 2 - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Parent Book Club - 9:00 am (Come say hi!) December 6 - Winter Concert at King of Kings Church - 6:00pm This week: - Due to the short week, we will only have 10 spelling words. Please write them three times on Monday with markings and just once on Tuesday without markings. Please remember to be studying phonogram cards each night as well. - In math, we will continue our study of multiplying by 2s and 3s. We will have a quiz on Wednesday. Please support your scholar by practicing skip counting by 2s and 3s forwards and backwards whenever possible! - In history, we will study the Olympic games, Sparta, and Athens. We will not have a quiz this week. Please be sure to have your scholar complete a two-three sentence summary each night about anything they learned that day in our discussion. - In literature, we will continue our study of the Greek gods and goddesses. Test your scholar for fun on any that they remember! So far, we have studied Zeus, Hera, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Eros, Ares, Poseidon, and Athena. - In grammar, we will have a quiz on Wednesday. Please study the notes in your scholar's red grammar folder to help them review. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving break. Please let me know if you have any questions in the meantime. Mrs. Bennett Upcoming events:
November 14th and 15th - Usborne Book Fair - We will only preview the book fair on Monday. no purchases will be made until Tuesday. Only send your scholar with money if you wish to purchase something. Please use caution as we don't want any money lost along the way. November 18th - Literary and Historical Figure Day - Please see guidelines that were sent home in your child's red folder. November 23rd - Half Day November 24 and 25 - No school December 2 - Winter Concert - King of Kings Church - 6:00 pm This week: We will have 31 spelling words this week. Please be sure to complete the markings on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night for homework. Markings are not required on Thursdays. - In math, we will begin to study multiplication of 2's and 3's. There will not be a quiz this week. Practice skip counting by 2s and 3s with your child at home to support their automaticity with these facts! - In history, we will continue to study Ancient Greece with a quiz on Thursday. - We will continue our study of the Greek gods and goddesses in literature as well. Ask your scholar about any they remember! Please let me know if you have any questions. Mrs. Bennett Upcoming events:
November 11th - No school - Veteran's Day November 23rd - Half day November 24th-25th- No school This week: - Due to the short week, we will only have 20 spelling words. Please be sure to complete the markings on Monday and Tuesday to receive full credit on homework. Markings are not required on Wednesday. - In math, we will continue to study multiplication and introduce the connection it has to division. There will be a test covering both on Thursday. - We will beginning a new history unit on Ancient Greece. We will be looking at Crete, King Minos & The Minotaur, Thera, and Mycenaean. There will not be a quiz this week. Parents,
Please study tonight with your scholar for tomorrow’s Hundred Dresses test. I sent home the Hundred Dresses book and his or her own packet of chapter summaries. Please make sure that both items (the book and summaries) come BACK to school tomorrow! This is highly important! Thank you for your help. |
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