Our Winter Break is fast approaching. As the quarter winds down, we still have a lot of interesting things to learn. I hope these next few weeks will be an enjoyable time of learning for your children.
Important dates:
- Dec 12 - Birthday Book Club
- AM Kinder (Jul-Dec) @ 11:30 a.m.
- Full Day Kinder - 2nd @ 2:30 p.m.
- 3rd - 5th @ 2:45 p.m.
- Dec 18 - last day to contribute for Tax Credit Drive and be entered in raffle for gift basket
- December 18-20 are early release days.
- December 19 is our Middle Ages celebration. More information to come soon.
- Winter Break starts on Thursday, December 21st. The 3rd quarter starts on Monday, January 8th.
- Parent/Teacher Conferences for 2nd quarter are January 4-5 (Thursday and Friday). There will be a sign-up for this in the coming weeks.
In ELA, we will continue to practice writing comparing/contrasting paragraphs through the week. The emphasis will be on writing strong introductory and concluding sentences, and using effective transitions. In literature, we will learn about author's purpose and theme. In grammar, we will learn how to write possessive nouns.
Please continue to help your child memorize Paul Revere's Ride.
This week in math, we will conclude our unit on measurement by applying what we’ve learned about fractions to measurement. We will practice expressing measurements as proper fractions and mixed numbers. The measurement unit test will be next week.
In history, we finished our Middle Ages unit last week. This week we will start our unit on Islam. We will study the Five Pillars of Islam, Muhammad, the spread of Islam and Islamic culture. We will also focus on important contributions to mathematics, science and art/architecture.
In science, we will finish learning about tornadoes and hurricanes. There is a quiz on tornadoes and hurricanes on Tuesday 12/12. The cumulative test is on Thursday 12/14 which covers the atmosphere, solar radiation, atmospheric heating, hurricanes, and tornadoes. There is a “jeopardy” review game available at this web address http://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=2347356#.Wi2Q-FQ-eRs. On Friday, we will about air masses and fronts.
Mrs. Rockmaker, our music teacher wanted us to pass on this information:
Now that the November concert has passed students will return to the use of their notebooks (for grades 3,4 and 5) and Theory Time books (for grades 4 and 5 only). I would also like students to bring a folder and a pencil to music. Students who have left materials in the music room can retrieve them outside of class time. New 4th and 5th grade students can purchase Theory Time books to be purchased from Barnes & Noble at the Chandler Fashion Mall from the school book list. I have attached a copy of the list.
http://archwaylincoln.greatheartsacademies.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/04/Consumable-List-17-18.4.28.17.FINAL_.pdf
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