* Note anything underlined in the table above or in the notes below is a clickable link for your convenience *
Key to Abbreviations:
GP- The Gospel Project- Home Edition
TB- Singapore Math Textbook
WB- Singapore Math Workbook
MM- Mental Math (see appendix in HIG)
CCC- Complete, check, correct
AAS- All About Spelling (click here to print any missing phonogram cards)
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 (click here to print OPG sight words)
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...
Tuesday, October 31- Historic Dress Up- students may dress in costume as a historical figure from their grade level history study. Details below.
Thursday, November 9- Spirit Day (no pizza)
November 21-27- Thanksgiving Break
December 12 - January 8- Christmas Break
Historic Dress Up- October 31st: Costumes must be in the theme of our historic studies this year, which will cover nomads through the beginning of Christianity (see SotW Chapters 1-37). Guidelines: No weapons, no gore, nothing scary, students need to be able to move and sit properly and use the restroom on their own. Have fun thinking of ideas; I can't wait to see what you come up with!
Service Project Opportunity:
Student Council is collecting donations for Operation Christmas Child boxes. We have a goal of 50 boxes! Please deliver all donations to the front desk receptionist.
Thank you for helping us bless 50 children this year!!
**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 to you, 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. The lessons from next week until Christmas will be much simpler than the past few weeks, and you'll have time to work on review, individualized for your child. Please take advantage of this time!
We'll finish up Unit 6 this week and assess the students' understanding with Review #5. After the Review is returned to you, 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. The lessons from next week until Christmas will be much simpler than the past few weeks, and you'll have time to work on review, individualized for your child. Please take advantage of this time!
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, (said), at, his, clock, it, (was), broken, hands, (of), did, not, I, am, if, has, deep, hole, and, cannot, 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
Spelling:
B&W version users will be doing lessons out of order this week, so pay close attention to what is assigned. I have found that switching the order of these two lessons prevents students from getting confused as we introduce words in OPG that have a similar sound but are spelled differently.
Color version lessons are already in the order I prefer, so you will be teaching Lesson 13 after Lessons 11 & 12 as you would expect.
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!
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:
Have you ever wondered why a spider does not get caught in its own web? This week as we study Lesson 8, we'll discover lots of interesting information about spiders as well as their fellow arachnids. They may be creepy, but God has a special place for them in the design of His world!
Journal sentence: Ticks, mites, scorpions, and spiders are all arachnids.
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 11/16
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 11/30
