Important Dates:
10/14-31 Fortis/Life Springs Church Pumpkin Patch
10/30 Historical Dress-Up Day (New World)10/30 Mom's in Prayer 9-10a (at Fortis)
Blog Abbreviations:
HIG – Singapore math Home Instructor Guide
TB – Singapore math textbook
WB – Singapore math workbook
MM – Mental math
HW – Handwriting copybook
IEW – Institute for Excellence in Writing
USE – The Usborne Science Encyclopedia
CPT – The Complete Periodic Table
Math:
Mental math (MM) can be found toward the back of the Home Instructor Guide. You should spend no longer than 10 minutes on MM; students do not need to complete the entire exercise.
Grammar:
A copy of chapter 11 test can be found in your child's campus binder. Skip exercise 4 on both test. You will not be doing any Shurley vocabulary at home for the remainder of the year as we will be focusing on IEW vocabulary.
Composition:
Please keep The Little Dutch Boy rough draft in your students campus binder in the composition section. We will be writing the rough draft and final draft this week. Please check them closely for spelling, dress-ups, complete sentences, paragraph indents, etc. We will be using the checklist at the end of the lesson to grade the final draft. Reminder: each vocabulary word from the current lesson that is used in the rough draft is worth 1 extra credit point each (3 points possible). Student may have the opportunity to read one of their stories for the lower grades (Damocles and the King, Little Dutch Boy, or Pecos Bill). You will be informed prior to the date so that they can bring their stories to school.
Continue to practice proper formation of cursive letters at home. Writing on notebook paper, rather than handwriting paper is new for some students this year. Please help your student with this transition.
Reading:
We will continue the reading of George vs. George this week. Please ask your child to orally narrate a summary of what they read and engage in a discussion with them.
Science:
The answer to the science review quiz can be found in the digital teacher's book on page 84 & 88.
Here is a link to the digital copy.
Here is a link to the digital copy.
Memory:
Please spend time during your school day to work on our school wide scripture, 'We Thank Thee' poem, geography map & song, history timeline song, and Periodic Table poem. Feel free to get creative and practice these in the car, at bedtime, or during meals.
