Week of October 31

Friday, October 28 was our fiftieth day of school, so the students wore "50 days" badges.

Proud moment:  Students were asked to compose declarative sentences with compound words, and they did so successfully, but also added in similes!  I was so pleased that they are learning so much. 

Reminders and announcements this week:  

• Monday, October 31:  "sponsor a day" calendar fundraiser due.  Thanks in advance for helping us to raise much-needed funds!
• Friday, November 4: No students on campus. A small, fun packet will be sent home, and they will need to return it on Monday.
• November 11:  Veterans' Day, no school
• November 21-25:  Thanksgiving break

Academics this week:  

• Monday:  science quiz (study guide in folders on Friday)
• Monday:  reading homework: students reread from science books, page 105, then page 121.
• Wednesday:  science test (study guide was with the one for the quiz.)
• Spelling: List 11.  They still have homework on Tuesday, but no test this week.  In class, they will write sentences using spelling words, and I will grade that instead.
• Memory verse dates have been changed on the printout in the take home folders. We will be working on Psalm 23:1-5 all week, but the quiz won't be until next Thursday, and then we should finish the psalm right before Thanksgiving break.

Week of October 24

 Reminders and announcements this week:  

• Monday, October 24:  report cards 
• Tuesday, October 25: sports photos and retakes
• October 31:  "sponsor a day" calendar fundraiser due.  Thanks in advance for helping us to raise much-needed funds!
• November 11:  Veterans' Day, no school
• November 21-25:  Thanksgiving break

Academics this week:  

• Monday:  history quiz (study guide in folders on Friday)
• Monday:  reading homework: students read Through the Seasons pages 85-87 aloud with an adult listening
• Wednesday:  history test (study guide was with the one for the quiz.)
• Thursday:   math test.  Students may do workbook pages 95 and 96 to earn bonus points, and it must be turned in within a week of the test.
• Spelling: List 10.  I altered this list a bit.  Please refer to the paper in the take-home folder, as usual. Homework on Tuesday, trial test on Thursday, final test on Friday.  
• Friday:  memory verse quiz on Psalm 23:1-4.

Week of October 17

 😊 Thank you, parents and grandparents, for helping the students with their first literature fair!  I'm going to be incorporating more incentives for independent reading in the future, but we wanted to get the literature fair done first.

Announcements / Reminders:

• October 19: Nicholas County Literature fair (at our school). 
• October 24: end of the first 9 weeks!
• October 31:  "sponsor a day" calendar fundraiser due.
• November 11:  Veterans' Day, no school
• November 21-25:  Thanksgiving break

Academics this week:  

• Monday:  history quiz (study guide in folders on Friday)
• Monday:  reading homework: students read pages 40-42 aloud with an adult listening
• Tuesday: homework: multiplication flashcard practice for 10 minutes (flash cards will be in a baggie and need to be returned)
• Thursday:   science quiz (study guide in folders on Tuesday)
• Spelling: List 9.  Homework on Tuesday, trial test on Thursday, final test on Friday.  I will use 21-23 words AND definitions as bonus.
• Friday:  memory verse quiz on Psalm 23:1-3 and language test

Week of October 10

 Announcements/Reminders:

• Monday, October 10: No school!
• Tuesday, October 11:  set up for literature fair in the new gym from 3:00-4:00
• October 12: NLCA literature fair.  Students should be finished with their display boards and should be practicing giving a 3-5 minute talk about their books.
• October 24: end of the first 9 weeks!

Academics this week:  

• no reading homework this week
• Tuesday:  science quiz (study guide went home last Thursday)
• Thursday: math test and science test over chapter 4.  A study guide will come home Tuesday.
• Spelling: This week's list is review. There is no homework and no test.  Mrs. Brammer will take a grade on a writing assignment using some of the spelling list words.  We will do this in class.
• Friday:  memory verse quiz on Psalm 23:1-2 and language quiz