Greetings Families,
The winter break is quickly approaching. I hope everyone is enjoying their family traditions. I want to say thank you to the many families who have given me gifts this weeks. From candy, to gift cards, to Mountain Dew, my heart has been blessed by yours and your child's kindness. I hope your heart is filled with joy during this season.
Lessons
Language Arts:
Spalding will consist of the next 20 words in our list as we do not return until Tuesday. In Literature we will start reading The Trumpet of the Swan right away so please be sure your student has his or her copy as soon as we return; we are all greatly looking forward to diving into this E. B. White classic! Grammar and Writing will be combined for the week as we practice writing a descriptive paragraphs. Our next poetry recitation will be January 29th, the poem is:
Portrait by a Neighbor
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Before she has her floor swept
Or her dishes done,
Any day you’ll find her
A-sunning in the sun!
It’s long after midnight
Her key’s in the lock,
And you never see her chimney smoke
Till past ten o’clock!
She digs in her garden
With a shovel and a spoon,
She weeds her lazy lettuce
By the light of the moon.
She walks up the walk
Like a woman in a dream,
She forgets she borrowed butter
And pays you back cream!
Her lawn looks like a meadow,
And if she mows the place
She leaves the clover standing
And the Queen Anne’s lace!
Spalding will consist of the next 20 words in our list as we do not return until Tuesday. In Literature we will start reading The Trumpet of the Swan right away so please be sure your student has his or her copy as soon as we return; we are all greatly looking forward to diving into this E. B. White classic! Grammar and Writing will be combined for the week as we practice writing a descriptive paragraphs. Our next poetry recitation will be January 29th, the poem is:
Portrait by a Neighbor
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Before she has her floor swept
Or her dishes done,
Any day you’ll find her
A-sunning in the sun!
It’s long after midnight
Her key’s in the lock,
And you never see her chimney smoke
Till past ten o’clock!
She digs in her garden
With a shovel and a spoon,
She weeds her lazy lettuce
By the light of the moon.
She walks up the walk
Like a woman in a dream,
She forgets she borrowed butter
And pays you back cream!
Her lawn looks like a meadow,
And if she mows the place
She leaves the clover standing
And the Queen Anne’s lace!
Math:
We will begin our new unit on measurement, our focus will be on measuring length in both standard and metric. We will be sending home our old 3A books and start fresh in our 3B books! 3B will start multiplication facts in Rocket Math the second week of quarter 3.
History:
Our Ancient Rome unit will officially come to an end as we discuss the decline of the empire and the rise of Christianity. I'm sad to see this amazing unit end, but the good news is, we are opening the door to the Vikings unit.
Science:
We will have our introduction to energy, a perfect reason to get everyone in the classroom moving! :)