Teachers Corner: Parents please ensure that you and your scholar are checking and completing assignments on their agenda every night including weekends. We will continue to assign infractions, once 3 of the same kind of infractions have been accumulated they will miss their house meeting on Friday. We will also continue to work with your scholar on rules, procedures, expectations, and transitions.
Math: This week scholars will continue to work with fractions with unlike denominators. Scholars will have a Quiz on Friday.
Science: Scholars will begin their unit on the Water Cycle, but will go into more depth regarding how the interactions between the Sun and ocean impact weather patterns.
History: This week the scholars will continue to learn about English History. Specifically, we will be looking at the fall of the Spanish Armada, King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, and King James II. There will be a homework assignment on Oliver Cromwell assigned on 12/4 and due 12/5. Scholars’ notebooks will also be checked for the accurate completion of their class notes.
Literature: Scholars will finish reading the Secret Garden and will begin reading The Phantom Tollbooth. Please ensure that scholars have a copy of the Phantom Tollbooth (ISBN: 9780394820378). by Wednesday 12/4. Scholars will begin working to identify different types of figurative language in the story. The scholars Poem “The Road Not Traveled by Robert Frost is due on 12/20.
Writing: This week students will practice using different types of personal pronouns.
Upcoming Test/Quiz :
- Spalding Test: 12/06/2024
- Math Quiz 12/06/24
Important Dates:
- December 6th - Half Day Friday
- Winter Break - 12/23/24 - 1/03/25
- Independent Study Week - 1/6/25 - 1/10/25
- Independent Study Project Due 1/13/24
