Week 17--Last School Week of 2023!

This is our last week of school for 2023, and it’s going to be a full one!

Early Dismissal:
We have an early release on Friday, December 22.  School will be let out at 11:15 AM that day.

Christmas Program:
The K-8 grade Christmas program will be on Thursday, December 21 at 2 PM and 6 PM.  For the evening program, students should arrive at 5:30 PM.  Students should wear standard of dress for the 2 PM program.  For the 6 PM program, they can wear either standard of dress or dressy, Christmas clothes.  Please make sure to follow the free dress guidelines on pages 28-29 of the handbook, and let me know if you have any questions!

The Tale of Despereaux:
We've been reading The Tale of Despereaux over the last trimester, and we're finally finished with it!  We'll be watching the movie on Monday, and we'll have a discussion about things that are the same and things that are different between the book and the movie.

Christian Studies:
This week we’ll talk about the fall of Judah, and we’ll briefly discuss how God used these bad times in the life of His people for good.  We’ll also talk about Esther and learn about how God used her for His purpose.

Math:
We’ll finish up our module on dollar amounts and solving problems involving money this week.  We’ll finish up our lesson on solving problems using money, then we’ll have a practice test, and we’ll take our test on Wednesday.

Language Arts:
We will have no spelling concept this week.  Instead, we’ll be diving into Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday and we’ll analyze the characters.  We’ll also start a new story called A Chair for My Mother.  We’ll discuss the story structure and talk about why the author may have laid the story out the way she did.

Social Studies:
We’ll start a new Social Studies unit on community and resources.  We’ll discuss what resources are and how we can take care of them.  We’ll talk about where these resources come from, and we’ll talk about how farming has changed from long ago to today.