Language Arts: Spelling
this week:
Chapter 10: Teaching and Learning
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Latin Word
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Root
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English Derivatives
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docere, doctum
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doc
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documentary, doctor, doctrine, docile
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monere, monitum
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mon
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admonish, monitor, premonition,
demonstrate
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Thank you very much to those of you
who volunteered for the literature circle on Friday! The students really enjoyed
reading with their parents; your involvement is very much appreciated. Please
sign up on the right side of this page to join us for a Friday reading group!
This week
in literature, we will continue following Milo and Tock as they undergo their
witty adventure by reading chapters 5, 6, and 7 of The Phantom Tollbooth.
We will focus on the literary element of setting
this week. The students will learn that setting is comprised of three elements:
place, time, and environment. We will practice implementing this skill by means
of the strategy, visualizing. The students will practice this skill with mentor
texts as a class, in groups, and independently. As your children are reading at
home, please encourage them to think aloud as they visualize the elements of
setting. They can practice this skill with any text (especially history
readings)! The students will also begin compiling a collection of three vocabulary
words of their choice for each chapter we read. These will be shared in class
the following day, and I will choose several of them for your children to learn
for regular vocabulary assessments. These will be completed in a flash-card format
In Grammar,
your child will continue practicing the skills of classifying and diagramming
sentences. We will revisit the concept of homonyms, as well, by reviewing the
words they learned last week. The students will begin a writing assignment this
week in which they will be expected to incorporate the transition words they
learned last week. The idiom that the students will learn and discuss this week
is “chip on your shoulder”. As always, they will continue learning more Latin
and Greek words as well. Please
History/Geography: The
students will be assessed on the unit covering Golden Age to Glorious
Revolution unit on Tuesday of this
week. Please encourage your child to study, study, study! The study guide,
notes, rulers foldable, and previous homework assignments are all effective
tools to prepare. The test will be comprised of multiple choice, true/false,
fill in the blank, and essay/short answer questions (which I will expect the
students to write a quality paragraph to answer).
On
Wednesday we will begin our next unit on Exploration! The students will begin
by labeling a map with important geography pertaining to this chapter; these
will be glued into their History notebooks, as usual. This week, the children will
learn all about the Spice Islands and gain an understanding for the significance
of the hunt for the hunt to find an easier route to the islands. They will also
learn about Marco Polo and his voyages and accomplishments. We will end the week
reading and discussing the advancements in technology during the age of
exploration. Such tools were used for important tasks, such as navigation.
Examples of these include the compass and sextant.
Science: Your
children took a keen interest in the study of cells last week! We focused on
the basics of cell theory, important scientists relating to the discovery of
cells, and the advancement of the microscope throughout history. This week, we
will dive into learning about the fascinating functions and locations of the
organelles within an animal cell! Your children will label a cell of their own
and complete an activity that provides a logical, kid-friendly simile to explain
the job of each part of a cell. Your children will surely have no problem understanding
the function of the organelles when they are explained in relation to a
country! (For example, similar to
how a post office sends mail out to the community, the Golgi body in a cell modifies,
packages, and ships molecules throughout the cell.) Stay
tuned and please learn alongside us!
