This has been a busy week as the students and I adjusted to a somewhat faster pace of giving assignments, and as we continued to practice organizational skills. We began the North American block by looking at the continent from an historical perspective, and envisioned how it might have looked during the Ice Age, and then began to add lakes, rivers, and mountains to our map. This storytelling map drawing proved to be a great exercise for all. Their maps are beautiful, and I was able to give them a lot of geographical history by telling the story as I drew. I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did!

Spelling tests this semester are going to be very different. This week, I gave them a dictation which included the spelling words. This was a new experience, and it may take some of them some time to adjust. My goal is to have each student spelling at 80% accuracy.

We began a review of the parts of speech and will be memorizing poems for each of them. Last week’s poem was “The Verb.” Please ask your child to recite it to you. I have put it up as an assignment on Classroom, and will continue to add the other poems there as we proceed.

The students continued their math practice with the Fractions workbook and several problems per week for 3 digit multiplication and long division with remainders. If your child is having difficulties with these problems I will be glad to spend some one-on-one time with them either after school or on a facetime/zoom session. Just let me know and we will schedule it.

It’s almost time for Parent Teacher Conferences Here is the link to Sign Up. If you are not available for any of the times listed, let me know and I will work with you to find a time.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0844AAA928A0F58-parent

Have a great week!!

Blessings,

Kathee