Please copy Mrs. LaVell on all email communications. Her email is RLavell@archwayarete.org.
Thank you all for attending conferences! It was great touching base with all of you!
Parents, thank you for partnering with us in your child's learning. We believe that homework, while important, needs to be carefully balanced with a child's full family and extra-curricular life. With that in mind, please reflect on your child's experience with homework in the first quarter by responding to a short survey.
All presentations and information packets for the history Europe Project are due on Tuesday, November 12. All presentations will be taking place on either Tuesday the 12 or Wednesday the 13, between 10:30 and 2:00. There will be a list sent out after conference week with your student’s presentation date and time specified.
Our Read-A-Thon celebration will be on Thursday, October 31. As a reminder, students may come to school dressed as a literary character, historical figure, or famous scientist of their choice, once it has been approved by your student’s teacher.
Lessons This Week:
Spalding: This week, students 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: Students will be reviewing for their test on Direct and Indirect Objects, the “Not” Adverb, and Helping Verbs for the test that will take place on Friday.
Math: Students will continue learning about fractions this week. On Tuesday, Students will learn how to subtract fractions. They will take the test on adding and subtracting fractions on Friday.
History: Students will continue their study through the Middle Ages. On Tuesday, students will take a quiz. All tests and quizzes for history are open-note.
All presentations for the history Europe Project are due on Tuesday, November 12. All presentations will be taking place on either Tuesday the 12 or Wednesday the 13, between 10:30 and 2:00. There will be a list sent out this week with your student’s presentation date and time specified.
Science: This week, students will continue their study on life sciences. The quiz from last week on Interactions Among Living things has been pushed back to this Tuesday. Students will be learning about biomes, environmental issues, renewable vs. nonrenewable resources, and the regions of Arizona. On Friday, students will review for their Life Sciences test on Monday, November 4. There will be an optional project on Arizona biomes explained this week for extra credit in science.
Literature: We will continue reading Robin Hood and His Merry Outlaws. Please send your copy to school with your student. For nightly homework, students will read a book of their choosing for 20 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.
Greek and Latin Roots: Students will learn roots #33-35 on Tuesday. On Wednesday, students will take the review quiz over roots #30-32.
Poetry: Students will continue their memorization of the poem “Clouds” by Christine Georgina Rosetti. Recitations for this poem will be this Friday, November 1.
Important Dates: *assessment dates are subject to be pushed back if necessary
- Tuesday:
- History Quiz
- Science Quiz: Adaptations and Interactions Among Living Things
- Wednesday:
- Week 3 Math Quiz: Review
- Roots Quiz: #33-35
- Friday:
- Math Test: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
- Grammar Test: Direct and Indirect Objects, “Not” Adverb, Helping Verbs
- Poetry Recitation: “Clouds” by Christine Georgina Rosetti
- Spalding Test: 20 words
- Monday (11/4)
- Science Test: Life Sciences
Class Information:
Headphones:
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!
Library Books:
If you believe you have returned a library book but still received a past-due notice, please forward the email to Mrs. LaVell and Mrs. Conforti and we will follow-up. Thanks!
I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend!
--Mrs. Conforti
TMartin@ArchwayArete.org
--Mrs. LaVell
RLavell@ArchwayArete.org
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