Dear Parents,
Just a couple more school weeks before Thanksgiving break! I know we are all excited about that. ;) I am looking forward to seeing the Earth advertisement projects that your child worked on this last week. Each student will get to walk through and observe their peers' work on Monday. These will be displayed in the Foyer the week of Nov 18-22, so please stop by at some point and look at all our fabulous work!
Also, this month's Co-teacher training is this coming Wednesday, November 13, 2019 from 9-10 am in the sanctuary. The session will be presented by Carol Brazill (Professional Development Coordinator) and Kristi Martin (Team Coordinator/Academic Support Coordinator). The topic is summarizing and how to use this skill across different subjects!
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Poncy
Important info:
"How All Things Praise the Lord": Your child probably told you by now, but each student has been assigned a part for our Thanksgiving performance of, "How All Things Praise the Lord!" We have been rehearsing a few minutes in class each school day, but please have them rehearse their lines at home as well.
Math Facts Assessment: The 2s and 3s x tables will be assessed on 11/18. These will be assessed unordered, so they will not be in order when students take the assessment. Please continue to practice at home until these are fluent.
Asia Map: Everyone did such a great job on their Middle East map! The next one we will memorize is the Asia Map; I will send home a new map that is in order to match the order of the words in the song.
Important dates:Wednesday, November 13- Spirit Day (Wear jeans with your spirit wear)
Saturday, November 16th – Fortis Dodgeball Tournament (6-9 pm @Austin Sports Center, Cedar Park)
Monday, November 18th- Grammar School Play Date
Wednesday, November 20th- Spirit Day (Wear jeans with your spirit wear) + Pizza Lunch (Watch D.O.G. Dads)
Wednesday, November 20th- Grammar School Thanksgiving Program- 1:30-3:00 pm
Monday, November 25-29th- Thanksgiving Break (No School)
| 2nd week 14 | 11/11/2019 | 11/12/2019 | 11/13/2019 | 11/14/2019 | 11/15/2019 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Thanksgiving: “Let them give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for men, for He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.”
Psalm 107:8-9 | |
| Geography | Asia - Due 1/29
Asia Song | |
| Math | HIG p88-89: Facts for 2, Word Problems
TB p92
WB Ex45-46 p127-128
Problem Solving Journals
2's Drills (Ordered) | HIG p89-90 Word Problems
Do Practice 6A, all (TB p93)
MM #24 (10-15 minutes)
Practice 2s + 3s x Tables | HIG p91: Multiplication Table of 3
TB p95
WB Ex47-48 p129-133
Problem Solving Journals
2's Drills (Unordered) | HIG p92: Related Facts
TB p96
WB Ex49
MM #25 (10-15 minutes)
Practice 2s and 3s x Tables | HIG p93: Multiplication Table of 3
WB Ex50-51
TB p97
Practice 2s and 3s x Tables | 2s and 3s x tables will both be assessed (unordered) on 11/18 |
| Spelling | Step 12: Review NT, p67-69; dictate sentences 4-6 and "More Words" p70 | Review card box, dictate sentences 7-9 and 5 words of your choice from "More Words" p70 | Step 12 Test: Title page, 10 words + 1 sentence, p69-70 | Step 13: NT, p71-76; dictate word cards 81-90, p76 on spelling paper in binder. | Dictate sentence 1-3, p76 on spelling paper in binder. | |
| Grammar | FLL#51: Review p116-118 and DE and EA | FLL #52: Four kinds of verbs p119-121 DE and EA | FLL #53: Adverbs/Adjectives, p122-123 + EA | FLL#54: Story Narration, p124-125 | | |
| Read Aloud | Surprise Island Gertrude Warner | |
| Reading | OPG 206: Hyphenated Words, p308 + Little Pear Activity: Write your Chinese Name | OPG 206: Hyphenated Words, p308 + Read 30 minutes | OPG 207: Three-Syllable Words, p309 + Read 30 minutes | OPG 207: Three-Syllable Words, p309 + Read 30 minutes | Independent Reading for 30 minutes | *There are no classical reads assigned this week* |
Copywork/
Handwriting | Introduce Cursive N | Student completes p54-55, NAC | Practice forming words with letters learned | Student completes p56 in the NAC + CW: Copy next 2 stanzas of Planets Poem, Uranus and Neptune | | |
| Bible | Practice Memory Verse, Discuss Exodus 16 | Whining about Wheaties (again!)
Exodus 17:1-7 | Discuss Exodus 17, Practice Catechism | Mad about Manna
Numbers 11:4-23, 31-34 | | |
| Science | Earth advertisement walk-though + Student feedback activity | Read, "Who Named Earth" + "Spacecraft for Studying Earth," p80-81 in EC TB. Discuss. Have students finish their Earth mini-book from last week if they did not finish. | Science Demonstration: Blue Sky + Lab Report | Use this day to complete any Earth activities or coloring pages from the Apologia journal your student hasn't completed yet. | | *Continue to Practice the Planets Poem* |
| History | Discussion Questions + Activity: Design Your Own Dynasty | Read, "Islam and Spain in Africa" p104-107 in SOTW. Students answer in their journals, "Why did the Visigoths quarrel? What did Tariq order his armies to do when they first arrived in Spain?" | Discuss the Islamic invasion. Students complete Advanced Map work and Coloring Page. | Read, "Charles the Hammer" p108-110 in SOTW. Oral retell. | | |
| Memory Work | Poem: "How All Things Praise the Lord" Assessed as a Group on 11/20
History: "The Children's Catechism" (#18-35) Due 12/4
History: Key Dates #6-10 due 12/4
Science: Practice the Planets Poem
Math: 2s and 3s assessed 11/18 |
