Quarter 2, Week 4 Lessons

Greetings Families,

I hope your off to a good start on your weekend. The students seemed excited for the half day. Some of them didn't even realize it.

Here is the lessons for next week.

Lessons

Math: Students have completed their study of adding and subtracting fractions with a test today. Overall, the students didn't do as well as I had hoped. Many failed because they don't know their math facts. Others failed because they didn't follow the pattern we had used every day in class and on homework. They tried to do the math in their head and got it wrong. Most who did poorly did so because of the word problems. This is often the case. It is my hope that students will start mastering their multiplication facts, following the patterns for solving problems I am teaching, and learning how to think through word problems.

Next week in math, students will study mixed numbers. They will understand that a whole number and faction go tother to make mixed numbers. How to read whole and mixed numbers on a number line. If you want to work with them on this, pull our a ruler or tape measure. The test is on Wednesday.

Grammar/Writing: Students will spend time learning about clauses and compound sentences. They will then spend the rest of the week studying for their next grammar test, which is Friday. There will be homework assignments coming home on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to help them prepare. 

History: There is only one more week for students to complete their history projects. I hope these projects have been something that students have really taken ownership on. It is a lot of fun to see them present them. If you haven't looked, here are the blocks in which the students are presenting.


Block 1: Tuesday

• 8:00-8:10 Shaam 
• 8:10-8:20 Madyn 
• 8:20-8:30 Anabel 

Block 2: Tuesday

• 9:20-9:30 Belen 
• 9:30-9:40 Tomi 
• 9:40-9:50 Emily 

Block 3: Tuesday

• 10:15-10:25 Lilah 
• 10:25-10:35 Margaret 
• 10:35-10:45 Aiden

Block 4: Tuesday

• 10:50-11:00 Brighton 
• 11:00-11:10 Ben 
• 11:10-11:20 John 

Block 5: Tuesday

• 11:25-11:35 Noah 
• 11:35-11:45 Charielle 
• 11:45-11:55 Michelle 

Block 6: Tuesday

• 12:40-12:50 Ms. Riley 
• 12:50-1:00 Livia 
• 1:00-1:10 Sean 

Block 7: Tuesday

• 1:15-1:25 Jack 
• 1:25-1:35 Ali 

Block 8: Tuesday

• 2:25-2:35 Alondra 
• 2:35-2:45 Evie 
• 2:45-2:55 Mr. Riley 
• 2:55-3:05 Bea

Block 9: Wednesday

• 8:00-8:10 Owen 
• 8:10-8:20 Kory 
• 8:20-8:30 Donnie 

Block 10: Wednesday

• 9:25-9:35 Harsh 
• 9:35-9:45 Corbin 
• 9:45-9:55 Adam 

As for next week, the students will look at Joan of Arc and may even look at the Black Death. There is a history quiz on Friday. Here are some study questions.

• After 1066, the kings of England were considered __________ of the king of France.
• Why is the name “Hundred Years’ War” misleading? 
• Reason 1: The war was actually ________ years long.
• Reason 2: There were many __________ from the beginning to the end of the war.
• What new military technology gave England the advantage for many years? 
• Who won the Hundreds Years’ War? 
• During the battle at Orleans, what did Joan of Arc do to encourage the soldiers?

Literature: In literature, the students will continue to hear the story of Robin. Each day, I give students time to work on their STEAL (characterization) sheet, their setting sheets, and their summary. Students who don't complete this during class are expected to do so as homework. You might ask students how they are doing. These assignments did negatively impact some students at the end of the last quarter.

Poetry: Students will start memorizing a new poem next week, "The Sin of Omission" by Margaret E. Sangster. Here is a reading of the poem.

It isn't the thing you do, dear,

It's the thing you leave undone

That gives you a bit of a heartache

At setting of the sun.

The tender work forgotten,

The letter you did not write,

The flowers you did not send, dear,

Are your haunting ghosts at night.

The stone you might have lifted

Out of a brother's way;

The bit of heartsome counsel

You were hurried too much to say;

The loving touch of the hand, dear,

The gentle, winning tone

Which you had no time nor thought for

With troubles enough of your own.

Those little acts of kindness

So easily out of mind,

Those chances to be angels

Which we poor mortals find -

They come in night and silence,

Each sad, reproachful wraith,

When hope is faint and flagging,

And a chill has fallen on faith.

For life is all too short, dear,

And sorrow is all to great,

To suffer our slow compassion

That tarries until too late:

And it isn't the thing you do, dear,

It's the thing you leave undone

Which gives you a bit of heartache

At the setting of the sun.

Greek and Latin Roots: Students will learn the next three Greek and Latin roots on Monday and will be quizzed on those three Wednesday.

Science: Students will start the meteorology unit next week. They will start by looking at the water cycle. They will then learn about the water of the earth, which is mostly saltwater, and will discover how little fresh water their is. They will then learn about clouds. There is a science quiz Tuesday. Here is what they will learn Monday and need to know to pass the test.

Spalding: Spalding will follow its regular regiment.

Important Activities

• Monday: None
• Tuesday: Science Quiz: Water Cycle (see notes above)
• Wednesday: Greek and Latin Roots Review Check 33-35 (see notes above)
• Thursday: Math Quiz (Rounding, Order of Operation, Negatives, Multiplying by a 2-Digit Number, and Adding and Subtracting Fractions)
• Friday: History Quiz (Hundred Years' War)
• Friday: Grammar Test
• Friday: Spalding Test

I hope you have a great weekend. Please reach out to me with any questions or concerns.

Thank you for all of your support.

Best,

Michael Naaktgeboren