Naaktgeboren's Class Blog

Greetings Families, I hope you enjoyed your weekend. There are only five weeks of school left. This is a four-day week. There is no school this Friday or next Monday. I hope you enjoy having your children home for a short break. Here are the lessons for this week. LESSONS Language Arts This week we are introducing 30 new Spalding spelling words for scholars to practice each night for homework. In addition, they will also be introduced to a project that will be going home for them to do research on and create an informational poster highlighting one of a number of important historical people from the original 13 colonies. More information will be available after Monday.  They will also continue reading chapters 9-13 in Little House on the Prairie which they have been so enjoying. Grammar and sentence diagramming will also continue this week now that AzM2 testing has been completed. Our next assessments to look forward to in the coming weeks will be the Q4 Galileo and end-of-year D...

Greetings Families, This is the week that the students have been working so hard for over the past month. On Tuesday and Thursday students will be taking the first and second parts of the AzMERIT English and math tests. Please make sure they get a good night's rest the night before along with a good breakfast the day of. Also, this is a little late notice, so I apologize for that, but students need to bring in Little House on the Prairie this week. They will begin reading it this week.  Here are the lessons for this week. Language Arts Part 1 of ELA and Math AzMerit tests will be on Tuesday, April 20th, and Part II will be on Thursday, April 22nd. Please have your child bring a book that they would like to read. Please also encourage an early bedtime and have a big breakfast in preparation for their tests! We will not have any new Spalding words this week. Continue practicing the 5 stanzas of Pocahontas for April 28th recitation. We will begin Little House on the Prairie this wee...

Greetings Families, I hope you had a great weekend. This is our last week before AzMERIT begins. We will continue to make progress through our review curriculum. I'm seeing a lot of growth in the class during this time. Many more students are finding correct answers in math and during their reading activities. I was also impressed by the work ethic of many of my students and how they approached the writing part of AzMERIT last week. I think things are really starting to come together for most of them. This week will be more of the same. I feel like we are in the backstretch before they turn the corner to the home stretch next week when they actually take the AzMERIT tests. Just a little bit more to go! Here are the lessons for this week.  LESSONS Language Arts No new Spalding words. Continue practicing the 5 stanzas of poem in your child’s homework folder for April 28th reciting. Students will continue practicing grammar skills and reading comprehension strategies to prepare them ...

Greetings Families, I hope you enjoyed our little break. I was fortunate enough to spend some time resting, doing house projects, and then a good deal of time in Sedona this week. Here are the plans for the week.  Lessons AZ Merit Writing will be on Friday! Please prepare your child with a good night's sleep and a filling breakfast!  Language Arts Students will complete their Narrative essay on Tuesday. It will be due on Wednesday if it is not completed in class. We will be taking the AZ Merit writing test Friday. In preparation, we will continue practicing writing skills; there will be no spelling. The poem, "Pocahontas," will be due April 28th. Math Students will spend time reviewing concepts for AzMERIT. Science This week, students will take a closer look at photosynthesis and understand it as a chemical reaction. History Students will be learning about Maryland, which was the fourth British colony established in America. Students will explore the concept of religious ...