ENGLISH – This term, we are focusing on writing instructions. We will have a lot of fun following published instructions, and then each student will have to prepare their own instructions (of anything they want) and then teach it to the class.
The Great Unexpected – We are beginning our new class novel this week. Here is a description of The Great Unexpected:
From Newbery Medal winner and bestselling author Sharon Creech comes a grand, sweeping yarn that is a celebration of the great and unexpected gifts of love, friendship, and forgiveness. With a starred review from Kirkus Reviews calling it an “enchanting tale to treasure,” The Great Unexpected captures the heart and the imagination.
Humorous and heartfelt, this is a story of pairs—of young Naomi and Lizzie, both orphans in present-day Blackbird Tree, USA, and of Sybil and Nula, grown-up sisters from faraway Rook’s Orchard, Ireland, who have become estranged.
Young Naomi Deane is brimming with curiosity and her best friend, Lizzie Scatterding, could talk the ears off a cornfield. Naomi has a knack for being around when trouble happens. She knows all the peculiar people in town—like Crazy Cora and Witch Wiggins. But then, one day, a boy drops out of a tree. Just like that. A strangely charming Finn boy. And then the Dingle Dangle man appears, asking all kinds of questions. Curious surprises are revealed—three locked trunks, a pair of rooks, a crooked bridge, and that boy—and soon Naomi and Lizzie find their lives changed forever.
As two worlds are woven together, Creech reveals that hearts can be mended and that there is indeed a gossamer thread that connects us all.
SPELLING – Study for test on Friday.
Homework: Tuesday – Sharks and Iguanas pages 72, Koalas pages 6-7
Thursday – Sharks and Iguanas page 73, Koalas page 8
MATH – Estimate and measure customary lengths.
– Convert customary units of length.
– Solve problems by solving simpler problems.
– Estimate and measure lengths within the metric system.
– Find the perimeter of a figure.
Homework: Monday: Homework Practice page 79
Tuesday: Sharks page 200 1-10, 18-19, Iguana and Koalas page 199
Wednesday: page 179
Thursday: Sharks page 206, Iguana and Koalas page 205
SCIENCE – We will be having our Chapter 10 (Our Solar System) science test on Wednesday. Please remind your child to study. We will be reviewing in class as well.
BIBLE – Differentiate between true and false claims about how to be saved.