Week 17

We have a fun-filled week this week!  Here’s what you can look forward to:

Memory Work Test on THURSDAY:
Due to our crazy week, we’ll be taking our memory work test on Thursday this week.  The students will have more time in class to study, and there’s no spelling this week!

Christmas Program!
The K-8 Christmas program is on Thursday, December 19 at 2 PM and 6 PM.  We hope you can join us for one of the performances!  The doors open at 5:45 for the evening performance.  For the 2 PM performance, students should wear standard of dress.  For the evening performance, they can wear standard of dress or they can dress fancier (no jeans, please).  Please follow the free dress guidelines on page 29 of the handbook (i.e., no tank top dresses, nothing too tight or short, etc.).

Christian Studies:
This week in Christian Studies we’ll learn about God’s faithfulness to His people, despite their disobedience.  We’ll first learn about the fall of Judah and Babylon’s occupation of Judah.  Then we’ll learn about Esther and how God used her to save His people.

Math:
We’ll be finishing off our module on telling time this week, taking our test on Thursday.  The kids are welcome to practice telling time and using time flash cards for their math fact practice this week. 

Week 16

This is our last “normal” week of the year, and we have a lot of learning to do!

Christian Studies:
This week we’ll be discussing Naaman’s healing and relating it to our baptism.  We’ll also learn about Hoshea and the fall of Israel as we walk through Israel’s history and the Old Testament.

Math:
This week in math we’ll finish up the module we’ve been working on, solving problems involving money.  We’ll then start our next module on telling and writing time.

Language Arts:
This week we’ll learn and practice the last of the “Three Great Rules.”  This week we’ll be discussing when we change the “y” to an “i” when adding suffixes (and when we don’t change it).

Social Studies:
We’ll continue our unit on location, using a map and identifying characteristics of different types of communities.  We’ll discuss rural, suburban, and urban neighborhoods.

Week 15

I hope everyone had a rejuvenating and relaxing holiday break!  We’re back to a full week of school this week and a normal routine!

Extra Credit:
If your child did any reading or math fact practice over the Thanksgiving break, it is due on Tuesday, December 3!  If you need a replacement copy of the extra credit paper, let me know and I’ll send it home with your child!

Christian Studies:
Last week we learned about Solomon, who asked for wisdom when God gave him the chance to ask for anything.  This week we learn about how he turned from God, and we will relate it to our own life, remembering that we need to keep focusing on God and reading His Word to stay connected to Him.  We’ll also learn about Elijah and his faithfulness, despite the danger he is put in.  We’ll discuss God’s faithfulness to him, and how God spoke to him in a gentle whisper.  Then we’ll discuss some of the messages that God has for us.

Math:
We’ll be reviewing counting coins and take our test on that module.  Then we’ll start the next module about working with dollar amounts.  We’ll relate the value of coins to one dollar, and then we’ll compute the value of dollar combinations.

Language Arts:
Our phonics concept this week is one of the Three Great Rules: Drop the e.  We’ll discuss words with a Magic E and how we drop the e when we add -ed or -ing.

We’ll also practice reading for comprehension and finding evidence in a text to answer questions.  We’ll also do some phonics practice, listening for sounds in different parts of a word.

Social Studies:
We’ll start our next Social Studies unit on location.  We’ll discuss a grid map and will practice using one to locate specific places.  We’ll also compare and contrast a photo vs. a map of the same location.