It’s
hard to believe it’s already March! We only have 3 short months left. Where
does the time go? Please continue to send your child with a lunch and water
bottle each school day. We still have a student or 2 who forget their water
bottles and we don’t want to deny them a drink, but it’s challenging when they
want to leave class for a drink and miss out on important instruction.
What’s
happening at Fortis in March:
Christian
worldview book club @ 7pm Monday evenings
3/7
NEST meeting @ 9am
3/9
End of 3rd quarter
3/12-3/16
Spring break
3/21
Mom’s in prayer @9am
3/21
Parent informational @ 10am
3/28
Pizza day
3/28
Mom’s in prayer @ 9am
3/30
Good Friday (no school)
Blog
Abbreviations-
HIG-Singapore
Home Instructor Guide
TB-
Textbook (Math and Shurley Grammar)
WB-
Singapore Math Workbook
MM-Mental
Math (Found in the back of the HIG)
HW-Handwriting
IEW-
Institute for Excellence in Writing
PB-Shurley
English Practice Booklet
USE-Usborne
Science Encyclopedia
Math-
We will be taking 2 math assessments in class this week. Please be sure to look at these to see where your child is struggling. When we come back from spring break, we will begin fractions.
Please
spend no more than 10 minutes on mental math and continue to work on math fact
mastery at home.
Handwriting-
Continue
to watch for proper letter formation of cursive and print letters at home.
Practice the specific letters your child is struggling with. We will be
frequently taking a completion grade for the handwriting assignments. Please
have your child bring their book to and from school each day from here on out.
IEW-
We
begin our lesson on Louis Braille this week, which is part of a larger report
we will be assembling on “Men Who Changed the World” in a couple of weeks. Please proofread their rough draft with a red
pen (if possible) for spelling, punctuation, dress-ups (underlined AND
labeled), paragraph indentation, double spaced, make sure their title reflects
2-3 keywords from the final clincher, etc. They will be writing their final
draft in cursive on Wednesday and Thursday. They should turn their paper in on
Monday 3/19, stapled in this order: checklist, final draft, rough draft.
Students can earn up to 3 points extra credit for using this lessons vocabulary
words in their paper (persistent, fluently, ban). Vocabulary words should be
underlined and labeled “voc” in the right margin. Students may use some creativity in their
story, as long as the theme remains.
Memory-
We are currently working on
Matthew 5:1-9, Song of the Settlers quarter 4 poem, USSR map & song, and
history timeline song. The science poem Acids and Bases is for reinforcement at
home. We will not be assessing science poems for the remainder of the year, but
you may use them at home to discuss the concepts being taught.
Geography-
Many
of our hard-working students have already mastered the geography map and have
asked us to assess them early. We are allowing them to, but if they, or you,
are unsatisfied with their grade, they may re-take it on 3/21.
Enjoy your spring break!
