Week 4

“Be silly, be honest, be kind.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

It was wonderful seeing all of you at Back to School night. I truly appreciate all the support I receive. The children benefit most when there is a strong home/school connection.

Social Studies: We are continuing our unit on Mexico. The students  are focusing on the land of Mexico. We are continuing our work on describing where it is geographically located, the different types of land formation, the plants and animals, as well as what it is like living in different climates.  We are learning the following vocabulary words: geography, land formation, plains, plateau, volcano, rain forest, and climate.

Math: We are having our first chapter test on Tuesday, October 1st. It will cover addition and subtraction. We will be reviewing in class, and I will send home a review packet during the week. Additionally, children should be practicing their math facts using Xtramath.org.

ELA:  Our spelling words this week are lay, real, trail, sweet, today, dream, seem, tea, treat, afraid, leave, bait, screen, speed, paint, please, yesterday, and explain   We are reading and discussing Destiny’s Gift. The vocabulary words for this story are afford, customers, contacted, raise, earn, figure, block, and spreading. We are also working on antonyms, words with the opposite meaning. In grammar, we are working on identifying and writing compound sentences.  We are identifying these sentence as two simple sentences joined together with a comma and a conjunction (and, but, to, and or).  We are having Comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and spelling tests on Friday.

Science: We are completing a STEM activity on building a swing. Afterwards, we will begin working our engineering unit in Science. We will continue to think as engineers and discussing how to identify problems.

Religion: We are studying who is God and what is the Bible. Our first religion memory test is this week. It will be on Colossians 2:6-7  “So walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught.” 

TEST and QUIZZES

Wednesday Religion Memory Test

Friday ELA, Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary and Spelling Tests

If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]

“So walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught.” Colossians 2:6-7