THANK YOU:
What a wonderful surprise and treat to have the class celebrate my half birthday last week! Thank you for the cards and gifts and cupcakes and balloons and flowers and food and fun!! I feel very blessed by all of you. Also, thank you to the parents who generously provided the staff luncheon last Tuesday. It was delicious and appreciated by all!
ORAL INTERPRETATION POEMS:
Students should now have their poems memorized with voice expressions and hand gestures included. Students will recite their poems in class this Thursday, January 22 (no parents allowed). Finalists will present their poems in the Grades 4-6 Oral Interpretation Assembly on January 26th from 1:30-2:45 in the Peoples Church North Lobby Chapel (families invited).
All students are expected to memorize a poem as part of their oral language grade for third quarter in language. Grades will be based on rubric scores and advancements made by outside judges based on presentations and scoring. The top three students will advance to our school oral presentation assembly on January 26 and, if chosen, will then represent our school at the Peach Blossom Festival in early spring.
WRITING:
Students will write fictional narratives during the third quarter, focusing on story elements such as characters, setting, villain, conflict, rising action, climax and resolution. We begin first draft writing this week.
READING:
The required reading for January will be a genre of the student’s choice. Students will write a Response to Literature which is due on Friday, January 30. We will review how to write a Response to Literature in class this week. Class time will be given every day for silent reading and students are expected to read a minimum of 10 pages a day. If they are unable to complete this in class, then reading becomes homework.
MATH:
This week we begin Chapter 6: Data, Statistics, and Probability.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week we transition to the settlement of the early colonies.
BIBLE:
This week we conclude Unit 4 Gospel Writings: Jesus’ Birth and Early Ministry
SCRIPTURE MEMORY VERSE:
The memory verse for this week is 1 John 1:9 and the test will be this Friday, January 23. Students will be graded on writing the verse accurately, including correct wording, spelling, punctuation, grammar and scripture reference.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
SPELLING: Spelling Lesson 20 words will be tested this Friday, January 23.
Lesson 20
Words from Greek and Latin
- biology
- biography
- biome
- democracy
- epidemic
- demonstrate
- geology
- geography
- geometry
- archaic
- microwave
- psychology
- archaeology
- microscopic
- political
Challenge Words
- demographic
- biodegradable
- zoology
- antibiotic
- hemisphere
DATES TO REMEMBER:
- NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Day: January 19
- Oral Interpretation Assembly: January 26 from 1:30-2:45
- NOON DISMISSAL – Parent Teacher Conferences: February 2 through February 6
- Happy Birthday Kamdon Marquez: February 4
- NO SCHOOL – Lincoln’s Birthday: February 9
- Happy Birthday Gregory Tanaka: February 10
- NO SCHOOL – President’s Day: February 16
- Happy Birthday Max Hinton: February 16
- Elementary Spring Pictures: March 3
- Happy Birthday Christian Swiridoff – March 4
- Happy Birthday Rayleigh Gong: March 7
- End of 3rd Quarter: March 13
- Happy Birthday Jenna Smoljan: March 14
- Happy Birthday Azlynn Lipe: March 16
- Happy Birthday Joseph Igot: March 25
- SAT 10 Testing: March 23 through March 27
- NO SCHOOL – Easter Break: March 30 through April 6
- Happy Birthday Robert Williams: April 6
- School Resumes: April 7
- Happy Birthday Dev Gopal: May 13