Dear Parents,
It's hard to believe we are already beginning our 6th week of school. That went by fast! This week, we will start reading
Leif the Lucky. by D'Aulaire. Please have your child bring this book to class on school days. This book is rich in similes and metaphors, and also personification. We will be talking about these in class and doing mini-lessons on these different literary features. In Math, we are wrapping things up in addition and now focusing on subtraction. As always, I bet they catch on fast!
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Poncy
Important info:
Reading: I have your child's DRA score and will be in touch soon to communicate this to you. I also plan on having the students set reading goals for the rest of the school year! I can't wait to see them set their goals and then reach them.
Oral Narrations: We have been practicing how to be clear, confident communicators in class through oral narrations. Students are still learning how to address an audience without using filler words such as, "um, uh, or so." This is a hard skill to learn! Please enforce this at home when students retell what they have learned after listening.
Important Dates:
9/16- Picture Day9/16-Moms in Prayer @ 9:009/18-New Family Informational-Invite anyone who may be interested in Fortis!9/23-Moms in Prayer @ 9:009/25-Pizza Day and Spirit Day!9/25-Falcon Moms Meet-Up9/30-Moms in Prayer @ 9:009/30-Grammar School Playdate 3:00-4:00
| 2nd week 6 | 9/16/2019 | 9/17/2019 | 9/18/2019 | 9/19/2019 | 9/20/2019 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Responsibility: “The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.” Proverbs 13:4 | School Pictures 9/16 |
Geography
9:00-9:15 | Middle East - Due 11/6
Middle East Map Song
Middle East Online Map Practice | |
Math
9:15-10:15 | Math Test Cumulative
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Mental Math Strategies mini-lesson | TB Practice 2D, p42
Students do #3-5 a, b, c and #6-10
MM #7 (10-15 minutes; this one is review but will help them for tomorrow) | HIG p42-44: Renaming Tens in 2-Digit Subtraction
TB p43-44
WB Ex20 (#1 only) p51-53
*Word Problems in this WB exercise are skipped but will be done next week* | HIG p45-46: TB p48 Practice 2E #1-3 a,b,c + #6-8
MM 9 (10-15 minutes) | HIG p45-46: TB p48 Practice 2E #4-5 a,b,c and #9-10
Practice Subtraction facts within 10. Making a known and unknown fact pile. Continue to practice these. | *You can do TB Practices 2D and 2E on dry erase boards if you would like* |
Spelling
10:15-10:45 | Step 4: Review NT; Dictate sentences 4-6 + introduce phonogram ti | Review card box, dictate sentences 7-9, p31 + review phonogram card ti | Step 4 Test: Title page, dictate 3 sentences from p31
+ phonogram games using ti | Step 5: NT, p33-35; Dictate word cards 11-20, p36 | Dictate sentences 1-3, p3 on spelling paper in binder. |
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Grammar
10:45-11:15 | FLL#18: Picture narration, p40-41 | FLL#19: Contractions p42-43 and complete CW (bottom of p43) | FLL#20: Contractions, p44-45, CW and EA | FLL#21: Contractions using not, p46-48 and CW | | |
Read Aloud: 11:55-12:10
| The Box Car Children by Gertrude Warner | |
| Reading: 12:10-1:10 | OPG L190: Soft Sound SC Blend
Introduce Leif the Lucky, p1 | OPG L190: Soft Sound SC Blend
Students read Leif the Lucky p2-9. Discuss. | OPG L191: Silent letters +
Students read Leif the Lucky p10-13 in partners. | OPG L191: Silent letters + Students read p14-19 of Leif the Lucky. Oral retell. | Students read p20-27 in Leif the Lucky. Discuss. | |
Handwriting
Copy Work:
1:10-1:25 | Introduce Cursive F; practice linking upper and lower case letters together | Students practice Cursive F, NAC p27-28 + CW p81 (James 1:17) in EC Science Journal. | Review Capital cursive letters A-F | Students do p29 in NAC | | |
Bible
1:25-1:40 | Review Memory verse + discussion questions from Matthew 21. | God Jobs
Exodus 18:14-23 | Practice Children's Catchechism + Discussion questions from yesterday's reading. | Righteous and Reliable in Reputation
Daniel 6:1-14 | | |
| Science: 1:40-2:30 | Class reads, "The Planet Closest to the Sun" p44 and discuss. Students write down 2 facts they learned and 1 illustration, p78 in journal. | Read, "Rotation and Revolution, p45 in EC + "Think about this" p46.
Discuss. Add 2-3 facts and 1 illustration on p79 in EC journal | Class reads, "Features of the Planet Mercury" p46 in EC. + Do Mercury Activity, 3.1 | Read, "A Trip Across the Sun" + "Who Named Mercury?" p48 in EC. Discuss. Here's a short video about Mercury |
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History
2:30-3:00 | Dicuss "The Church in the East" review questions in SOTW. Students complete Byzantine Empire map work + finish Theodora and Justinian paper dolls. | Read, "A King Named Skandagupta"p43 in SOTW. Oral retell. Have students retell what they heard. (Practice avoiding filler words) | "A King Named Skandagupta" Narration exercise + Project: Say "Welcome" with Sand Art | Read, "Monks in Caves" p47-49. Students answer in their journals, "What teachings did the monks of India study and follow? Where did some of the monks live?" Students draw a picture to illustrate. | | |
| Memory Work | Poem: "The Months" Due 9/25
History: "The Children's Catechism" (#1-17) Due 9/25
History: Key Dates #1-5 Due 9/30 |
