Updates and
Announcements
The first week
of school is finally here! We are so excited to embark on a new year with new
scholars and our rich curriculum.
Our week in
learning
This week in
language arts, students will take a diagnostic grammar assessment to determine
areas of strength or areas in need of review from fourth grade grammar. Over
the next few weeks, they will review basic grammar material starting with the
five parts of a sentence and punctuation and capitalization rules. Next week,
students will have their first quiz over capitalization and punctuation rules.
In literature, students will spend a short time recalling and summarizing Prince Caspian in anticipation of our first literary adventure, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Students should bring this in by Wednesday of this week. As we read throughout the first quarter, we will focus on building our vocabulary and strengthening our summarizing skills.
In literature, students will spend a short time recalling and summarizing Prince Caspian in anticipation of our first literary adventure, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Students should bring this in by Wednesday of this week. As we read throughout the first quarter, we will focus on building our vocabulary and strengthening our summarizing skills.
In science this week,
students will be learning about Scientific Inquiry through hands-on learning
and analyzing informational texts. Students will learn about making hypotheses
and will complete their first lab - Wet Pennies - a fun and engaging activity
that will integrate math skills such as calculating averages and making bar
graphs.
This week in History, students will learn about the
continents, oceans, longitude, and latitude during their weekly World Geography
unit. Students will have a quiz on Thursday, August 10th on the location of the
continents and oceans. Throughout quarters 1 and 2, students will learn about
geography on Wednesdays. Students will also start their first unit in the
history books: World Lakes, beginning with the lakes of South America, Africa,
and Eurasia. Students should expect short quizzes on the locations of the lakes
in each of these continents.
This week in Math, students will start by taking an assessment
to determine concepts that may have slipped over the summer that need extra
attention. Their first unit will officially start on Wednesday with large
numbers, up to 100 billion. This will include writing these numbers in words
and saying these numbers correctly. We will also go over estimation and
rounding. Weekly Math Groups will begin later in the quarter.
