Hello and welcome to a new year! I hope that you had a fantastic break. Thank you again for all of your thoughtful gifts and cards. I really do appreciate the kind gestures. Let's jump right in!
Language Arts- Our story selection this week is Paul Bunyan. This week's Reading Street spelling words are singular and plural possessive words, which can be a little tricky. Make sure that your student really studies! We will be working on irregular verbs, and summarizing stories. In terms of reading skills, we will be working on using appropriate phrasing while reading. Make sure your student completes his/her Lexia minutes! Please remember that Term 2's book reports are due by January 15. Book report info HERE. Math- We will be finishing up with ch. 6 this week. The test will be on Wednesday. I have high hopes for great scores based upon previous formative assessments. In ch. 7, we will be working on patterns and sequences, which is really fun. After the rigor of learning multiplication and division, it should be a nice change. Keep up with Reflex minutes (and ALEKS if your student has finished Reflex). It is so apparent which students know their math facts. Please make sure that your student continues to practice their math facts. It will literally change the way that they do math for the rest of their lives. Science- In our next module in science we will be studying the energy patterns in waves. We will be learning about amplitude and wavelength, and the different many different types of waves (sound, radio, micro, light, etc.). This week, we will be building a wave model using kebab sticks and Dots candies. I'm excited to build this, and I think it will be a great tool to show students how energy moves through objects to create movement. Since we will be using Dots candies, I hope you don't mind if each student is allowed to eat 1 piece of Dots candy. If you would rather not have your student eat a Dots candy, please let me know. Utah History- We will continue our study of the lifestyles and traditions of the 5 original Utah Native American Tribes. This will continue for a couple of weeks, and then we will move into the coming of the Spanish Explorers. I'm excited for the new year! Our school year is almost one-half finished, if you can believe it. I am looking forward to all of the exciting and interesting things I get to teach these students! Please keep in touch if there is anything that I could do better, or if there's something that your child needs to succeed. Have a great week!!
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