Week 6

Midterm is at the end of this week, meaning we’re already 1/6 of the way through the school year!  It’s been fun to see the progress the class has made already!  We moved spots last week, so the kids are settling in to a new arrangement and we’ve gotten our routines down!

Picture Day!
Picture day is Thursday, October 3.  Packets went home last week, but if you need another, you can either pick one up in the office or let me know and I’ll send one home with your child.  Even if you don’t order pictures, each child will get their picture taken for the yearbook!  I'm happy to hold onto picture packets until Thursday, so feel free to send them in early, if they're ready!

Christian Studies:
This week in Christian Studies we’ll be talking about Joseph forgiving his brothers, and we’ll relate that forgiveness to the way God forgives us.  We’ll also talk about God calling Moses and we’ll talk about how God calls us to do His work.

Math:
This week in math we’ll be finishing up our module on equal groups and starting our new module on collecting and showing data.  We’ll be taking data via a survey, and we’ll interpret and draw picture graphs.

Language Arts:
This week’s phonics concept is Bossy R -ir.  This is the second most common way to spell the sound /er/.  The kids picked up on last week’s Bossy R concept really quickly, so I have no doubt they’ll do a good job with this one!

We’ll also be looking at our story Maybe Something Beautiful and analyzing the story through close reading to discuss realistic fiction and focusing on the characters.

Science:
We categorized land last week, and this week we’ll use the types of land that we learned about to start our models of land and water.  This week we’ll add two types of land.  After we learn about types of water, we’ll add two types of water to our models and they’ll grow as we learn more.