Wednesday, January 15 - Spirit Day. Students may wear spirit shirts with jeans.
Wednesday, January 15 - Co-teacher training session, 9-10 a.m., Sanctuary
Wednesday, January 22 - Falcon mom meet up 9-10 a.m.
Math
Objectives:
1. Read and write 1-place decimal numbers
2. Relate fractions in tenths to 1-place decimal numbers.
3. Locate decimal numbers on a number line.
4. Express a decimal as a mixed number in simplest form.
5. Rename 10 tenths as 1 one and 1 one as 10 tenths.
Spelling
Objective:
1. Review four patterns for making words plural.
1. Review four patterns for making words plural.
Writing
Objectives:
1. Create a KWO using the "Summarizing a Reference" structural model
2. Correctly use the topic/clincher rule
3. Write a 1-paragraph report summarizing a reference
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Review and Pattern 2 sentences: SN, V-t, DO
2. Review punctuation and editing skills
Reading
Co-Teachers, please have your child orally narrate their reading to you, and you may use the questions sent home to further evaluate comprehension.Objectives:
1. Engage in meaningful Socratic dialogue
2. Summarize a passage through oral narration.
3.Identify virtues in characters in Number the Stars.
History
Objectives:
1. Know that Mohandas Gandhi promoted nonviolent resistance to British rule in India.
2. Know that under Joseph Stalin, Russia became the USSR and millions of Russians died.
3. Study civil wars in China that eventually led to Mao's Communist rule.
2. Know that under Joseph Stalin, Russia became the USSR and millions of Russians died.
3. Study civil wars in China that eventually led to Mao's Communist rule.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our third quarter poem is "In Christ Alone". These lyrics are set to music and you can find numerous renditions online. Here in one. In Christ Alone Additional copies can be found here.
Geography: We will begin our study of Eastern Europe this week. Due 2/26
The Western Europe song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page.
History: : We are beginning our memorization of the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs.
Here are two: US Presidents to "America" US Presidents For assessment, students will write or sing all the
presidents' first and last names. Due 3/25
Here are two: US Presidents to "America" US Presidents For assessment, students will write or sing all the
presidents' first and last names. Due 3/25
Key Dates for 3rd quarter:
The War Between the States 1861-1865
World War I 1914-1918
Lenin & the Russian Revolution 1917
The Great Depression 1929-1939
World War II 1939-1945
Mao & Communist Victory in China 1949The Cold War 1945-1991
The Formation of Israel 1948
Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement 1950-1968
