Naaktgeboren's Class Blog

Greetings Families, I hope you have had a great weekend. This is the last week of the quarter. Next week is spring break! Here is a note before I get to the lessons for this week.  Missing Work Due Wednesday On Friday, I handed out a missing work report. I would like students to complete their missing work. Homework amounts to 40% of a child's grade, so missing work plays a huge role in a child's grade. As a teacher, I just want students to do the work so they are learning. As this is the last week of the quarter and I need to finalize grades, all late work is due by Wednesday.  LESSONS English : We will have another AZ MERIT practice writing day this Tuesday! We will do fifteen spelling words with a review and a test Thursday. Students should be practicing their new poem, “Dream Variations” which will be recited on Friday. Finally, we will continue reading The Little Prince . Math : This week in math, students will look at angles, shapes, and figures. Science : In science, st...

Greetings Families, I hope you have enjoyed your weekend. Mine was enjoyable as we stayed in the Valley this week. I'm looking forward to this week. It is hard to believe we only have two weeks left of this quarter. If you missed my email last week, I sent home some papers for you to review and consider reviewing with your child. It is graded work and some reports (missing work, test/quiz/major paper scores, and current grades). As I said in the email, some students went down to a D last week because of failing to turn in some work. (That is the only reason I sent home the grade report. That isn't a custom because we don't want to reduce students to a grade.) Other students went from a D to C or better because of turning in missing work or having good scores on some tests. Either way, with time about to run out on this quarter, I want to make sure you are aware. If you have any questions or printing needs, just let me know.  Here are the lessons for the week. LESSONS The Ga...

Greetings Families, I hope you enjoyed your long weekend. I was privileged enough to go up to Sedona on Sunday to preach at a small church up there and then got to go hiking in the beautiful red rock mountains along Oak Creek. We have a science test this week made up of three parts. The first part was assigned on Thursday night and is a diagram that shows the interactions between the four main Earth spheres. On Thursday, students will take the vocabulary part of their science test. On Friday, students will take the concepts part of the test. I encourage you to check in on them and see how they are doing and possibly help them study. Here are the lessons for the week! LESSONS English : We will have no spelling this week and instead will be focusing on writing. We have completed three explanatory essays and this week we will encounter opinion writing. We will continue reading The Little Prince. Recitations for our new poem“By Myself,” will be next Wednesday, February 24th. Math : During ...

Greetings Families, I hope you have enjoyed your weekend. I don't think I have any updates to make so I will jump straight into lessons.  Lessons English: We will have a condensed week of spelling to account for a new writing project. The spelling test will be Friday. We will be writing and typing an essay on a new topic to begin to prepare for AZ Merit. The topic corresponds to our history curriculum. "Father William" recitations will be on Wednesday, February 10th; be sure to encourage your child to practice at home! Finally, we completed our novel, The Trumpet of the Swan . Please send in The Little Prince by Wednesday. Math: During week six, students will finish their study of time and then move into their study of area. Science: In science this week, students will continue to look at how the spheres interact. The focus this week will be on the biosphere. They will also start planning their sphere interaction diagram that will count as part of their final grade. Stud...