It was such a pleasure to see all of the hard work our students did on their Europe Projects this past week! It has been such a treat to see them grow in their confidence and autonomy in completing a large project.
Our Winter Concert is this Wednesday, November 20. I’m looking forward to hearing all of our students and seeing the hard work they have been putting in this year!
Winter Concert Dress Code:
The PSO normally has a uniform exchange to help families with putting together concert attire, but they needed to move the date of the exchange for the Prep's awesome playoff game! Unfortunately, the exchange is now after the concert, Nov. 20th. If you would like to use the uniform exchange, please email Deanna Carpenter at uniformexchangepso@gmail.com
The dress attire for the concert will be as follows:
Boys: Black pants, white dress shirt, black dress shoes, and black socks. Hair should be combed neatly.
Girls: Black skirt, white top, black tights, and black dress shoes. Hair should be pulled away from the face with no distracting adornment. Please follow the Archway Arete dress code for guidelines on jewelry.
Lessons This Week:
Spalding: This week, students will study their next 30 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 30-word Spalding test on Friday.
Writing/Grammar: Students will continue writing their first teacher-guided expository essay this week. This essay will be largely teacher-led and will be completed in class, and they will finish final drafts in class on Wednesday. Throughout the rest of this week and next week, students will be using the same guidelines to write their first independent expository essay, which will also be completed in class and will be due next Tuesday (11/26).
Math: Students will continue learning about fractions this week. On Tuesday, they will take their test on using division to find mixed numbers.
History: This week, students will begin their study of Arizona history.
Science: The extra credit AZ Biome Project will be due on Monday, November 18, and any students who decided to partake will present their biome project on Monday. Throughout the rest of the week, students will continue their study through Meteorology by learning more about clouds, air pressure, wind, fronts, and severe weather. There will be two review quizzes this week on Wednesday and Friday, which will cover the layers of the atmosphere and air pressure.
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 #39-41 on Tuesday. On Wednesday, students will take the review quiz over roots #36-38.
Poetry: Students will continue their memorization of the poem “Sin of Omission” by Margaret E. Sangster. Recitations for this poem will be on Monday, November 25.
Important Dates: *assessment dates are subject to be pushed back if necessary
- Monday:
- Extra Credit Biome Presentations
- Tuesday:
- Math Test: Division and Mixed Numbers
- Wednesday:
- Week 6 Math Quiz: Review
- Roots Quiz: #36-38
- Science Quiz: Water Cycle
- Thursday:
- Spalding Test: 20 words
- Friday:
- Science Quiz: Layers of the Atmosphere
- Monday (11/25):
- Poetry Recitations: “Sin of Omission” by Margaret E. Sangster
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!
Xtra Math:
Any student who passes multiplication, addition, subtraction, and division on XtraMath will earn a special secret prize from Mr. Gillingham! Please encourage your students to work on this at home whenever you have spare time. Each practice session of XtraMath only takes about 5 minutes to complete.
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
--Mrs. Conforti
TMartin@ArchwayArete.org
--Mrs. LaVell
RLavell@ArchwayArete.org
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