Quarter 2 Week 2

This weekend I coached my last volleyball games of the season. My team won their first match and lost the second. I am proud of my scholar-athletes for working so hard this season.

Also, I enjoyed tending to my garden. It is flourishing now that the weather is cooling down!

We are in the middle of the Who's Reading Program and I hope your child has been enjoying being a part of the conversations. This program will culminate with Literary Day on October 31st, where your child can dress as their favorite character in Literature.

The link for the Literature Groups is https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/2033141/false#/invitation. Each Tuesday, we hope to have 4 parent volunteers to come and listen to the students read and then lead them in a discussion about the chapter. Prepared vocabulary words and questions will be given to you. 

4C is collecting box tops. Please send your student with any box tops you have available by Thursday for the October submission.

Black folders will be sent home on Monday. They contain the graded work from Quarter 1. Please keep the work and send the black folder to school with your student on Tuesday.

Academics This Week:

Math

This week in math, we will finish our first fraction unit by studying how to convert from an improper fraction to a mixed number. We will review for our unit test on Thursday and Friday, and the test will be on Monday, October 30th.

ELA

We will be writing an opinion paragraph in class throughout the week. We will have a quick check for vocabulary and characters on Chapters 1-8 of Prince Caspian on Monday. In grammar, we will begin learning about prepositions.

History

This week in in History we will continue our study of Feudalism. Students will play the role of lords and serfs and create their own medieval manor layout. We will have a review day on Thursday providing an overview of Middle Ages thus far. On Friday students will have a quiz on the Middle Ages. The review on Thursday and their Thursday night homework sheet will help to prepare them for Friday's quiz. 

Science

This week students will learn about some rare geological features including geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and mud pots. The students will learn about the four types of mountains and three types of rocks. The science test is moved to Monday, October 30th.