There will be no tutoring this week: Thursday, October 3 or Friday, October 4. Please arrange for your student to be picked up at the normal dismissal time of 3:05.
There will be an end-quarter celebration on the last day of the quarter, Friday, October 4. The celebration will begin in the afternoon.
All late/absent work is due no later than Wednesday, October 2.
Please copy Mrs. LaVell on all email communications. Her email is RLavell@archwayarete.org.
All students need to bring in a pair of headphones to keep at school. Students are expected to use headphones whenever they do activities on the computer, such as Khan Academy and TypingQuest. They will also need to have them each time they take a standardized test. I have room in the classroom for students to keep headphones at school. Thanks!
Lessons This Week:
Spalding: This week, students will continue learning the Rules pages inside their notebooks, and will study their next 20 words. For nightly Spalding homework, students should have the words dictated to them by someone at home and should write them one time each in syllables. Any words that are misspelled should be written again for additional practice. We will take our 20-word Spalding test on Friday.
Writing/Grammar: This week, students will be writing their first independent essay, which will be a personal narrative. All of the essay is to be completed in class.
Math: This week, students will be reviewing the four operations of whole numbers and learning how to bar model word problems. They will take their test on multiplication and division on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they have their final weekly quiz of the quarter. On Friday, students will be taking their test on multiplication by a 2-digit number.
History: Students will continue their study through the Middle Ages. This week they will be learning about women’s roles in the Middle Ages. They will be taking their next unit test on Tuesday. All tests and quizzes for history are open-note.
Since students have now been assigned their country for the Europe Project, they should be working on this independently at home. The Europe Project details are outlined in the packet they were given, and should reflect the student’s own best work. When we return from fall break, students will have specific presentation dates assigned.
Science: Students will continue their study of Life Sciences by learning about the parts of a flower and the reproductive cycle of flowers. I pushed back last week’s quiz to be this Tuesday. They will also have a quiz on plants on Thursday of this week.
Literature: This week we will be finishing The Princess and the Goblin. For nightly homework, students will read a book of their choosing for 25 minutes every night, unless otherwise specified. Students will keep their quarterly reading log in their yellow take-home folder. All reading logs are due at the end of the quarter on Wednesday, October 2.
Greek and Latin Roots: Students have now learned their first 25 roots. They will be taking the cumulative multiple choice test on roots #1-25 this Wednesday.
Poetry: Students will learn their next poem for recitation this week. Recitations for this poem will take place this Thursday, October 3.
Important Dates: *assessment dates are subject to be pushed back if necessary
- Tuesday:
- Math Test: Operations of Whole Numbers Multiplication and Division
- Science Quiz: Plants
- History: Unit Test chapters 1-10
- Wednesday:
- Roots test #1-25
- Week 9 Math Quiz: Review
- Thursday:
- Science Quiz: Plants
- History Quiz: Life During the Middle Ages
- Friday:
- Spalding Test: 20 words
- Math Test: Multiplication by a 2-Digit Number
Class Information:
Khan Academy Logins:
If you would like your child to practice Khan Academy math at home with their school account, click the following link: khanacademy.org
Click “Login” in the top right corner of the homepage. Students use the username and password pasted on the last page of their math notebooks to login. From there, they should be able to continue with their progress.
I hope you all have a great week!
--Mrs. Conforti
TMartin@ArchwayArete.org
--Mrs. LaVell
RLavell@ArchwayArete.org
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