*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
EP- Singapore Math Extra Practice
MM- Mental Math (see appendix in HIG)
AAS- All About Spelling teacher manual (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...
Now through Thursday, April 17- Student Council Food Drive
Friday, April 18 and Tuesday, April 22- Good Friday/Easter holiday- no school
Friday, April 25 - Sunday, April 27- Fortis Spring Campout
Tuesday, April 29- Agora Project Due
(No Spirit/Pizza/DOGS Day in April)
Thursday, May 8- Spirit/Pizza/DOGS Day
Dear Families,
I hope you have a wonderful weekend celebrating our precious Savior and His victory over sin, death, and the grave!“Where, O death, is your victory?Where, O death, is your sting?”The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
-1 Cor. 15:55-57
Math:
The students have seen the concepts we're covering this week before; now we are extending them to numbers up to 100. If your child is struggling with understanding place value or with easily maneuvering up and down the hundreds chart by 1's and 10's, spend some extra time on these lessons. Remember, students have a place-value chart and a 100-chart in their binders if you need them.
I will be teaching HIG pg 81 in class, but I want to remind you that while it is good to expose students to both methods (add the ones first, or make tens and add the remaining ones), they are free to choose whichever method makes the most sense to them when working problems.
This is also true for Extra Practice book pg 86 where the exercises seem to be steering the student toward one particular strategy.
For the reinforcement game on HIG pg 77, instead of the two cubes, you can print and use the "Plus or Minus" cards linked here.
Flashcard Games for math facts (or phonograms!)
Reading:
It is still very important to practice phonograms daily. You can go through the deck quickly, flashcard style, or you can play games to make it more fun if you have the time. If you are really strapped for time and need your child to work independently, the app can be very handy! Have your child say the sound and then tap that phonogram to check themselves.
Decodable words in "Elijah Helps a Family" from the Early Reader's Bible (sight words in parenthesis): helps, a, no, (one), had, much, food, to, eat, had, (been - AAS sight word), no, rain, long, time, (could), not, grow, will, I, get, show, you, God, (said), told, go, it, (was), town, find, (give), good, and, she, some, went, found, but, us, did, gave, (too), that, came, (have), me
Decodable words in "A New Room" from the Early Reader's Bible (sight words in parenthesis): A, new, room, please, eat, with, us, when, you, come, this, way, man, and, told, God, so, we, want, (to), help, (could), not, the, did, but, they, (give), him, help, do, (was), with, them, he, knew, as, much, (one), day, had, come, with, me, she, (said), took, made, this, stay, it, (was), place, thank, you, put, good, things, in, the, that
Spelling:
Because of the way the Easter holidays fall, there won't be a new spelling lesson this week. Please utilize home days for focused review over concepts your student struggles to retain. If you're not sure what your student needs to review, look through prior spelling assessments and notice which rules your student commonly forgets to use in their writing.
Geography:
Southern Africa Map and Song will be due this Thursday, 4/17. Students should be able to point to each country as they sing/recite the names.
History:
Here are some questions for discussion as you teach SotW Ch 35 part 2: Why did Cleopatra and her brother argue constantly? How did Cleopatra "solve" the problem? Can you think of a man in the Bible who killed his brother out of jealousy? If Cleopatra asked you how she and her brother could get along, what would you tell her? Why did the senators decide to get rid of Caesar? Why was Caesar so surprised that Brutus joined in the attack against him? Would you change the end of Caesar's life story? How?
Journal sentence: Caesar was killed by the senators in 44BC.
Reminder: The Agora Project will be presented by the students on Monday, April 29th!
Project guidelines can be found here. Students are encouraged to wear Greek attire/costume to school that day to lend authenticity to their project. They will be presenting their sales pitch to other Grammar students from K-5th grade who will be "window shopping" in our marketplace.
Science:
This week is part 1 of our study of marine mammals, which will include seals, sea lions, walruses, sea otters, polar bears, and manatees. We will do the blubber protection activity on pg 51-52 in class. It's a perfect hands-on way to appreciate God's special design for cold water mammals!
Journal sentence: Marine mammals must come to the ocean surface to breath air.
Memory Work:
Quarter 4 poem: Rock of Ages will be due 5/1. This is a lengthy poem/hymn, and the due date is approaching quickly. Please practice often with your student so that they are prepared! Here is a link to the song that we practice in class. This artist does substitute "commands" for "demands" in the 2nd stanza, so I will accept either of those words as correct.
Books of the Old Testament: Psalms - Malachi due 4/24. Here is a link to the song we practice in class. As always, if you or your child are already familiar with a different song, I'll assess that no problem, as long as the books are said in order.
