- Monday, October 21 - Class Egypt Party (organized by parent volunteers)
- Wednesday, October 30 - Classical Character Day
- November 26 - Field Trip at the Phoenix Zoo (we need 10 parent chaperones for each class)
- Water bottle with name
- Healthy and dry snacks in front pocket
- Take Home folder (please make sure scholars empty it at home)
📕 LITERATURE / GRAMMAR: We started reading the first book of the series of Frog and Toad, "Frog and Toad Are Friends". Frog was such a patient friend of Toad's. We learn a lot from their friendship. We practiced reading aloud the first few chapters and answered a comprehension packet.In Grammar, we learned about names of our aunts, uncles, and cousins.
📕 SAYINGS:
- Let the cat out of the bag.
- Wolf in sheep's clothing
- Practice makes perfect.
- If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
- Fish out of water
Sight Word Bookmarks will be on a ring in your child's reading bag or in a binder sleeve. We will be testing for sight word knowledge once a week. During this time, we will be moving students to the next sight word list if they have mastered the previous one. (Please do not mark off sight words at home- we will do this in class).
📕 SPALDING: Continue practicing at home the phonograms they haven't mastered yet. Check out the Spalding resources on this website to review letter formations, spelling/Spalding rules and phonogram list.
We practiced jobs of silent final e:
Job 1: Silent final e jumps over the consonant and makes the vowel say its name.
Job 2: English words don't end in u or v.
Job 3: c and g will say their second sound.
Job 4: Every syllable needs a vowel.
Job 5: No job (silent final e does not do anything, it just has to be there).
rule 4: Vowels say their name at the end of a syllable
rule 17: Double f, l, s after a single vowel that says its short sound
rule 18: "ay" is used to say a at the end of a base word
rule 19: i and o will say their name if followed by two consonants
📕 MATHEMATICS: The students reviewed subtraction concepts. They will have their Subtraction test next week.
📕 HISTORY: We learned about the gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt and the Egyptian writing called hieroglyphics! Ask your child if they remember the paper the Egyptians used for writing ;)
📕 SCIENCE: This week, we learned about underground habitat, and read an article about one of the underground animals, the mole! Did you know they can dig up to 18 feet in one hour? Can you find some underground animals in your trips or at home?