8/19-8/23

Dear Parents,

We had a great first week of school! We spent a lot of time practicing routines and procedures so deep learning can take place. We began learning our Quarter 1 Memory work, and had some great discussions on courage and God's power in creating the universe. I am excited about starting our first classical read this week, Pompeii--Buried Alive! by Edith Kunhardt. Your child will need to bring this book to class on Monday and Wednesday!

Please have your child bring the following items to school next week: 
Student binder
Math Textbook
Math Workbook
Apologia Textbook
Apologia Journal
Pompeii--Buried Alive! 
Lunch/Snack

Excited for the week ahead! This is such a wonderful group of kiddos :)

In Christ,
Mrs. Poncy

Important Dates:
8/26- Fortis Open House (6pm – 7pm)
8/28-Spirit and Pizza Day!


2nd week 28/19/20198/20/20198/21/20198/22/20198/23/2019Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipCourage: "So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me." Hebrews 13:6 Open House 8/26 6pm-7pm
Geography
9:00-9:15 
Continents and Oceans Due 9/4
Continents and Oceans Song
Math 
9:15-10:15
HIG p8-11:
3-Digit Numbers
TB p17-19,
WB Ex5-6, p19-23 
HIG p12: Counting On and Back
TB p20-21

Practice 1B: do #1-2 a,b,c,d and #3-5
#6-8 do orally +
WB Ex7, p24
HIG p13-15: Addition and Subtraction
TB p22-24
WB Ex8, p25
*Introduce Bar Modeling*
HIG p16-20: Review Mental Math + Comparison by Subtraction,
TB p24
WB Ex9, p26-27
MM #2
HIG p21-22: Word Problems
TB p25-27
WB Ex10, p28-29
Encourage students to draw bar models in WB Ex10 (it's ok if it's not perfect--still learning!) 
Spelling
10:15-10:45
Group Phonogram gamesCo-teacher, please read instructions in the AAS p15 and set up letter tiles and cards to begin Step 1-Warming Up for ThursdayGroup Phonogram games AAS Introduce Step 1-Warming Up + NT p18-19Dictate sentences 1-3, p19NT = New Teaching
*Keep spelling papers in binder so we can add dictation sentences in class*
Grammar
10:45-11:15
FLL Lesson 3: Introduce Prounouns, p5-6 + EA FLL Lesson 4: Action verbs,
p7-8
+ Copywork 
FLL Lesson 5: State of being verbs, p9-10 + Copywork FLL Lesson 6: State of being verbs, p11-12Review any concepts that need reinforcement or reteachingReplace all poem reviews in the FLL ("The Goops") with our current poem, "The Months"
Class Read Aloud: 
11:55-12:10
The Box Car Children by Gertrude Warner 
Reading:   12:10-1:10 OPG L135 Silent Letter Pairs
*DRA Testing*

Introduce 
Pompeii--Buried Alive!
OPG L136 Silent Letter Pairs
Read 
Pompeii, p4-7. Oral retell. 
OPG L137: Review Silent Letter Pairs
Discuss reading from 
Pompeii.
Students read p8-11 in partners.
OPG L138: Vowel Pair OU
Read 
Pompeii,
p12-17
Oral retell.
Read Pompeii, p18-22
Oral retell. 
Reading Pompeii counts for independent reading this week! 
Handwriting/
CopyWork: 

1:10-1:25 
Cursive: Introduce Capital A, lower case aStudents complete NAC, p10-11 (p12 is optional) Introduce cursive Capital B, lower case b +
Copy Work: First stanza of our current poem, January
Students complete NAC, p13-15Finish any copy work or cursive work that needs to be completed
Bible
1:25-1:40
Introduce Children's Catechism + Discussion Questions from
Matthew 14:22-33
Courage in confronting wrong
2 Chronicles 26:1-6, 16-21
Children's Catechism + Discussion Questions from yesterday's readingBetter than Water Wings Matthew
14:22-33
Science:   1:40-2:30Classs reads p17-18 in Exploring Creation. Discuss.
Demonstration/

Experiment: Orbital movement + lab report 
Read p19 in Exploring Creation.
Discuss. Students complete "Mnenmonic Activity" p32 in notebooking journal. 
Introduce Solar System Jingle. Class reads p20 in TB.
Do: Astronomy Matchbook Activity, p35-41 in journal (students fill in vocabulary we have learned)
Read p21-22 in Exporing Creation. Do "What Do You Remember?" p24 + Fill in rest of matchbook definitions + Astronomy Crossword Puzzle, p42 in  journal Take this day to do the Solar Sytem Model if desired or the coloring pages p47-48 (all optional) 
History 
2:30-3:00
Teacher reads, "The Celts of Britain" p9-13 in SOTW.
Review Questions + Narration Exercise 
Read, "Barbarians Come to Britain" p13-15 in SOTW. Students answer in their journals, "Why do we call this time in history the Dark Ages?""Barbarians come to Britain" dicussion questions.

Map Work + Coloring Page

Review Key Dates #1-5 
Read, "Beowulf the Hero" p15-19. Students draw a picture of what they imagine Beowulf to look like in their history journals above yesterday's response. 
Memory WorkPoem: "The Months" Due 9/25
History: "The Children's Catechism" (#1-17) Due 9/25
History: Key Dates #1-5 Due 9/30