Please Check Alma weekly for grades and missing work.
Coming Soon:
Monday, March 2 - Key Dates 1-9 Test
Wednesday, March 4 - Poem 3 Recitations
March 16 - March 20 Spring Break!
Math
Objectives:
1. Divide 2-place decimals by a whole number where the quotient is less than 1.
2. Divide 2-place decimals by a 1-digit whole number.
3. Divide decimal numbers by adding decimal places when there is a remainder.
4. Estimate the quotient for division of decimals
5. Round the quotient to one decimal place
Spelling
Objective:
1. Know the doubling rule for adding vowel suffixes
Writing
Objectives:
1. Write a story consisting of 3 paragraphs which describe what is happening in a series of pictures.
2. Practice the Writing from Pictures structure: Central Fact, Details, and Clincher for each paragraph.
3. Use stylistic techniques of incorporating 6 dress-ups, vocab & a prepositional opener into each paragraph.
4. Practice public speaking skills by reciting Poem 3
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify regular and irregular verbs.
2. Know past, present and future simple tenses for common verbs.
3. Change verbs to different tenses in a paragraph.
4. Assess skills
Reading
Objectives:1. Read a classical book of choice
2. Orally narrate the story
3. Identify characters, setting, main idea, plot, rising action and resolution
Latin
Objective: Review and practice Latin vocabulary and grammar
History
Objectives:
1. Know that the Cold War was a conflict between the US and the Soviet Union fought without weapons
2. Explore the role the Cold War had on space exploration
3. Know that American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, TX4. Know that Martin Luther King Jr. started the Civil Rights movement to strive for integration and equality through non-violent protest.
Science
Objectives:
1. Identify types of bird nests
2. Match bird species with nest type
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 Scandanavia this week. Due 4/8
The Scandavia 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 4/22
Here are two: US Presidents to "America" US Presidents For assessment, students will write or sing all the
presidents' first and last names. Due 4/22
Key Dates for 4th 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
The Formation of Israel 1948
Mao & Communist Victory in China 1949
The Cold War 1945-1991
Martin Luther King & Civil Rights Movement 1950-1968
The Cold War 1945-1991
Martin Luther King & Civil Rights Movement 1950-1968
Man Walks on the Moon 1969
Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe 1989
The Collapse of the Soviet Union December 26, 1991
