*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...
Thursday, April 23- Spirit/Pizza/DOGS Day
Tuesday, April 28- Agora Project Due
Tuesday, May 5th- Field Trip Registration Due (See details below)
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 give you this reminder: 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!)
Spelling:
In Lesson 28 we will teach guidelines for when to use OY vs OI to spell the /oi/ sound. At the end of a word, we always use OY, but in the middle and beginning it's less consistent. Have your student practice spelling and reading lots of OY/OI words so they get a plenty of experience with both. Word sorts can also be a good practice tool. Here is a fun one!
Handwriting:
Reading:
After we teach OPG L149 Silent D before GE, your student may start to encounter some confusion when spelling words that end with /j/. As we've discussed in AAS, English words don't end with J, so we've taught the students to spell the soft sound of G by adding a silent E after it. That holds true for most cases, except right after a short vowel. This will be taught in a future AAS level, but DGE is used to spell /j/ right after a short vowel. If your student needs that clarification now, feel free to share it with them.
Here are some examples:
GE used to spell /j/ at the end of a word- cage, large, hinge, plunge, change, merge
DGE only used to spell /j/ directly after a short vowel- badge, edge, judge, ridge, dodge, fudge
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
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 Tuesday, April 28th!
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:
In part 2 of our study on marine mammals, this week we'll look at whales. It is truly mind-boggling how a giant creature like a blue whale with a heart the size of a small vehicle can gracefully remain afloat in the sea. There is really only one explanation: "And God created whales and every living creature that moveth....and God saw that it was good." -Genesis 1:21
We will cover pg 55 and the beginning of pg 56 in class, so your home assignment will be sections on pages 54 and 56 (see spreadsheet above).
Journal sentence: Whales, dolphins, and porpoises swim by moving their bodies up and down.
Field Trip to Austin Aquarium!
We’ve been discovering so much about the interesting, beautiful, and sometimes mysterious life that flourishes under the sea. Now we are going to get up close and hands-on by taking a trip to the Austin Aquarium! We’ll get to interact with sharks, stingrays, sea jellies, octopuses, birds, reptiles, amphibians, tropical and cold water fish, and more!
Details:
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Depart Fortis 12:30pm
Return to Fortis 2:30pm; students may be checked out early to go home after the trip
Cost: $11.95 students, $24.95 parent chaperones
Registration due by May 5th
I will need parents to help transport students, so if you are able to drive, please let me know!
Also, indicate that you can be a driver on the registration form.
Geography:
Southern Africa Map and Song will be due this Thursday, 4/16. Students should be able to point to each country as they sing/recite the names.
Memory Work:
Quarter 4 poem: Rock of Ages will be due 4/30. 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 4/23. 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.
