Happy Friday Parents!
Important Dates:
Monday 9/6: Labor Day-No School-R&R Weekend (No homework)
Tuesday 9/7: Reading Groups with Volunteers begin
Monday 9/13: Teacher In-service-No School
Friday 10/1: Field Trip to the Musical Instrument Museum (more details to come!)
News:
Sign up to volunteer for Reading Groups in your child's classroom if you are able! (Link on the sidebar). Just a reminder that all volunteers must have completed the Raptor process. Please see the Headmaster Update for more information.
Please send your child with their reading bag and book, Sarah, Plain, and Tall. We will begin both next week.
Sign your student's agenda each night, and send it back each day.
Empty the Friday Folder over the weekend, and return it on Tuesday.
Sign assessments after reviewing with your child, and leave them in the Friday Folder to be returned on Monday.
Expect Rocket Math homework next week, this
is an oral practice of the orbit (problems in the stars on border of
page). Your child should hold the quiz they took while the parent should hold the answer packet. Please see the video for more information.
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Conversation Prompts:
What was the big surprise Mr. Alden had for his grandchildren?
Which Asian country are we studying now?
What does the Japanese flag symbolize?
What are the stages in a frog or chicken's life cycle?
How many tens in one hundred?
Math:
We will start a new unit on addition and subtraction. Students will review their math facts and learn mental math strategies. We will also discuss the part/whole relationship.
Please send your scholar with a copy of the classic, Sarah, Plain, and Tall. This week we will meet Papa, Anna, Caleb, and Lottie. We will hear their memories of Mama and how Papa places an advertisement in the newspaper for a new mother for the children. He receives a response from a woman named Sarah Wheaton from Maine and the family begins exchanging letters with Sarah, but will she come?
History:
This week we started learning about Asia and locating it on the map. The first country we are going to learn about is Japan, and we have already started learning some fun, interesting facts about the country. We will continue to learn about their culture and history this coming week.
Science:
Next week, we will learn about the day and night cycle and the seasons. Students will enjoy learning about nature and how Mother Earth changes due to the Earth's tilt and orbit around the Sun.
Students will learn more about our second poem, "The Secret." We will practice narration, copy work and dictation using passages from The Boxcar Children.
