Hello! Welcome back and a happy new year to you and yours. We hope you had a wonderful break and holiday being able to spend some quality time with family and friends and ringing in the new year.
Lots ahead, so be on the look out!
Literacy
Reading – students will begin the new novel ‘Tuck Everlasting’ by Natalie Babbitt. We will examine the first 5 chapters looking at setting, characters and comprehension skills.
Writing – We will finish off our work on narrative writing with a review and study of creating characters and plot.
Grammar – As we continue on with Verbs – students will study irregular verbs, verb phrases with have and using teach, learn, let, leave correctly.
Numeracy
This week we will be reviewing our skills for practical problems and combining all operations; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. We will also be using decimals with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division.
Science
This week we will be continuing our study on energy transfer and force. Understanding what causes force and changes in motion.
Social Studies
As we continue on with the Natural Environment of Cayman unit students will look at the dangers to Coral Reefs and how to protect them, also how the beaches are threatened, how we use them and how we can protect them.
- In Map Skills – we will be reading a route map.
Bible
Students will study the life of Deborah – how she judged, encouraged and praised.
As we reflect on her life we will also see how God helps us today.
Homework
Literacy
Spelling – Students received a spelling sheet today and the activities are due on Friday.
Grammar – Tuesday – Workbook Pg 60
Thursday – Workbook Pg 62
Numeracy
Monday – Mathletics: Are You Ready?
Tuesday – Mathletics: Decimal place value
Wednesday – Decimals with addition and subtraction
Thursday – Decimals with multiplication and division
Science
Tuesday – Given an Energy Transfer packet. DUE: Tuesday, 14th January
- Work on a page each night
- Bring to class each day, it can be worked on when finishing other classwork
Project to note: Students will be given a rubric and informational sheet on an energy transfer project for the quarter this week. More information to follow.
Announcements
Friday, 10th: Dress down (Cancer) $1 and Fruity Friday!
Keep in mind . . .
Friday, 24th: Half day
Monday, 27th: Heroes’ Day – NO SCHOOL
Friday, 31st: Sports Day – Truman Bodden
Weekly Bible Verse
It was by faith that Moses’ parents hid him for three months when he was born. Hebrews 11:23