* Note- anything underlined in the table above or highlighted below is a link *
Key to Abbreviations:
GP- The Gospel Project- Home Edition
HIG- Singapore Math Home Instructor's Guide
TB- Singapore Math Textbook
WB- Singapore Math Workbook
MM- Mental Math (see appendix in HIG)
CCC- Complete, check, correct
AAS- All About Spelling
FLL- First Language Lessons
SF- Sounds First Phonemic Awareness Program (click here and scroll down to Grade 1)
OPG- The Ordinary Parents' Guide to Teaching Reading
SotW- Story of the World
G&B/A- The Good and The Beautiful, Arthropods
G&B/MB- The Good and The Beautiful, Marine Biology
COMING SOON...
Thursday, November 4- Picture retakes
Thursday, November 11- Spirit day- students may wear Fortis tshirts and jeans or shorts (not a pizza day!)
November 22-26- Thanksgiving Break
**Dear Parents**
I always find Thanksgiving an interesting holiday in our culture. Everyone's hearts turn toward being thankful, but many stop right there and never consider where their bounty comes from! By God's grace, we understand that He is the giver of every good gift ("Every good and perfect gift is from above..." - James 1:17), and it is our desire to thank HIM for all of our many blessings as we count them... one by one. With love,
Mrs. Kuhn
Math:
We'll finish up Unit 6 this week and assess the students' understanding with Review #5. After the Review is returned, try giving your student a chance to fix items that you have identified as incorrect on their own first without help. If they're unable to do so, see if there's a misunderstanding about instructions. If not, the concept needs re-teaching and more practice. Time has been built in for you to review and re-teach any concept your student struggles with on this test. The lessons from next week until Christmas will be much simpler than the past few weeks, and you'll have time to work on continued review individualized for your child on these tricky concepts they still need practice with. Please take advantage of this time!
Note for Long Vowel Review Day assignment: Ask your student to read the words from the OPG pages listed above. If they are having trouble with any of the vowel pairs or patterns we have covered so far, spend time today going back to those OPG lessons and practicing those types of words. If they are not having any trouble, encourage them to improve their fluency by reading more smoothly and naturally.
Sadly, we've come to our last story in "Frog and Toad All Year." We've had so many fun discussions about these two friends! Even after their stories are no longer assigned, I hope you'll continue to follow their adventures on your trips to the library!
Words from "Christmas Eve" that your child should be able to decode, and sight words in parenthesis: On, Eve, Toad, a, big, he, the, tree, Frog, is, late, at, his, clock, it, (was), hands, (of), did, not, I, am, if, has, deep, hole, and, get, will, see, him, more, path, lost, in, cold, wet, by, big, with, teeth, up, my, (friend), (have), rope, with, this, show, way, pan, hit, that, to, help, ran, be, so, glad, new, (two), sat, fire
I am seeing so much encouraging progress from every one of the students in their reading! Each is moving at their own pace, but they're all growing in their skills and confidence, which is absolutely wonderful to see.
I am seeing so much encouraging progress from every one of the students in their reading! Each is moving at their own pace, but they're all growing in their skills and confidence, which is absolutely wonderful to see.
History:
While you'll continue studying chapters in SotW at home, in class we are taking a time warp from ancient history to the 1600s to visit Plymouth Plantation in anticipation of Thanksgiving!
Questions for discussion:
Why were the Assyrian soldiers so hard to conquer? Was Ashurbanipal a kind leader? Do you think it's better to obey someone because you love them or because you are afraid of them? Why did Ashurbanipal decide to start collecting books? What kind of information was collected for Ashurbanipal's first library?
Journal sentences: Ashurbanipal was an unkind king. He also created the first library.
Science:
This week you'll be researching butterflies in our area and the students will share what they learned with us in class on Thursday. I anticipate we will be able to release the butterflies that same day, providing we have a warm enough day.
Arthropod projects due next week!
Geography:
Geography:
Horn of Africa and East Africa Due 11/16
Memory Work:
Quarter 2 poem: Count Your Blessings. Due 11/30
Books of the New Testament: Here is the song we're practicing in class (New Testament starts at 1:23), but if you or your child are already familiar with a different song, that's just fine. As long as the books are said in order, that is what matters! Due 12/2
