October 25 - 29, 2010

I am looking forward to another exciting week of learning with the "Handey Helpers." Last week we enjoyed another day using the Mac Laptop Lab. Each student was able to type their recent poems in the word processing program called "Pages." Also, this week they will record themselves reading a poem they selected in the iMovie program. You will get to see the results of their work soon! Below you will find important dates and our plans for the week. I hope you have a wonderful week!


Important Dates:

• Friday, October 29th from 1:30 - 3 p.m. Fall Festival
• Tuesday, November 2nd at 8:15 a. m. Lower School Chapel
• Monday, November 8th Mid-term Reports go home
• Thursday, November 11th -Veteran's Day Holiday - No school

This week's academics:

English~Possessive Nouns; Test on Unit 2 Nouns Wednesday, November 3rd

Reading ~ We are beginning the incredible stories theme. We will read Dogzilla - always a favorite story.

Spelling ~ Unit 11- Test Thursday; Use spellingcity.com; Extra words are product and factor

Bible ~ We are continuing our study of biblical friendship.Write John 15:13 in class Friday. (Spelling counts!)

Math ~ We are beginning chapter 7, multiplication. Please have your child practice their multiplication facts that are covered in class nightly. Ixl.com skill E.1 provides good practice for learning the concept of multiplication.

Science ~We are continuing chapter 7~Forces that Shape Land. The test will be next Tuesday (November 2).

Social Studies ~ We will be studying chapter 5, community environments.

October 18-22, 2010

I can't express to you how much I enjoyed our time together on Friday. You are all such a wonderful blessing and encouragement to me -- just like your children. Please see our plans for the week below! I hope you have a wonderful week!

Reading - This week we are reading "Trickster Tales." We will learn about the genre and practice the comprehension skills of predicting, inferring, and visualizing.

Spelling - Unit 11; Our extra words are erosion and weathering. The words have now been added to spellingcity.com. Our test will be Thursday as usual (all in cursive).

Language - We are writing our very own class book to be published!!! Look for details to come home soon! We are also continuing our study of nouns. This week we will focus on plural nouns and when to add -s or -es.

Bible - Proverbs 17:17 will be written in class Friday. We will look at beautiful examples of loyalty and friendship as we read about Ruth with Naomi and also David with Jonathan.

Social Studies - Test Tuesday on Chapter 4; Begin Ch. 5 "Community Environments"

Science - Chapter 7 Lessons 1 and 2 

Math - Test Wednesday on Time; Continue to practice ixl skills: O.1, O.2, O.3, O.4, O.8; Thursday and Friday will be review focusing mainly on addition and subtraction skills. Next week we will begin multiplication!!!

October 11-15, 2010

Hi, All!


We had such a fun trip to WAKA this week! I hope that you have enjoyed the pictures by clicking the link on the previous post. This week begins our second 9 weeks of school. I am looking forward to the parent conferences on Friday! Below you will see our academic plans for the week. 

English~ Nouns

Reading ~ Miss Rumphius; This week we will wrap up this theme in our reading book.

Spelling ~ Unit 10- Test Thursday

Bible ~ Continue Galatians 5:22-23 -Fruits of the Spirit will be written in class October 14th.

Math ~ Chapter 7 Continue Time - ixl.com skills: O.1, O.2, O.3, O.4, O.8

Science ~Wrapping up Chapter 6 - Test Tuesday

Social Studies ~ Ch. 4 Celebrations and Traditions - Test Thursday***This test has been moved to Tuesday, October 19th!!!
Handwriting - Everything is in cursive now! Check out the link on "Helpful Websites" for a link to make your own practice sheets! Once you click the link click on "Get Started." 

Dad's Field Trip!

Please click the link below to watch a video of pictures from our field trip yesterday! Thank you, Dads for coming!

Dad's Field Trip