Week of November 11, 2019

Dear parents,

Thank you for the books you have donated to our classrooms! Our classroom libraries have been refreshed by your gifts. We are very pleased to offer a wider range of reading choices to our students.

We would also like to give a special thank you to our volunteers for last week's literature celebration of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Our field trip is coming up. If you are interested in volunteering for our field trip or for future school events, please fill out a background check, FERPA form, and Volunteer Expectations and Agreement Form. The deadline for background checks to be eligible for our field trip is on December 13th. Please see our post "Field Trip Announcement" for links to those forms and to pay the field trip fee.

We are beginning The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett this week and students need to have their own copy to read and annotate in class. If you have not yet purchased a copy, you can purchase it from this Amazon link or from other booksellers.

Our Week at a Glance

Spalding
2x dictation
Test Friday

Grammar/Writing
Review
Test Tuesday
Direct Address
Interjections

Mathematics
Fraction of a Fraction
Multiplying Fractions
Word Problems

Science
Sun, Earth, Moon
Quiz Thursday
Study Guide
Apollo Missions

History
Russian Rulers

Literature
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ch. 1-3

Vocabulary
Servile
Haughty
Contrary
Tapestry
Corridor
Invalid
Indifferent
Vexed

Poetry
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost due on Friday

Upcoming Assessments
Tuesday - Grammar Test
Thursday - Science Quiz, Science Study Guide given for unit test
Friday - History Open Notes Quiz,  Spalding Test
Thursday, November 21 - Science Test

Upcoming Events
November 20 - Docent presentation on A Young People's Concert performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream
November 25-29 Thanksgiving Break
December 9 - Student holiday; Teacher in-service day
December 12 - Classroom Spelling Bee
December 13 - Full Day Friday; Background Checks due for Field Trip volunteers
December 19 - Winter Concert at Laurie Auditorium at Trinity University
December 20 - Field Trip: A Young People's Concert: A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Tobin Center followed by a visit to Yanaguana Park

Use these links for update on what your students are doing in Art, Latin, Music, and P.E.