For 1/8/17

Grammar 

·   Study your grammar cards!  You're doing a great job.  Keep it up!

·    In class, we used a color code and underlined the nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and articles in different sentences.  Add this sentence to your sheet and try to underline the words with the correct colors!

·  Small kittens happily purred.

Poetry

·     We are going to start a new poem, and it's a long one!  Don't worry about trying to learn it all... We are going to take baby steps!  

·     This week, just read through the whole thing one time.  Then, focus only on the first stanza.  We will work on this one for quite a while!

Science

·     In your red folder you will find a science activity.  You have been learning about metamorphosis and the life cycle of a butterfly.  Follow the directions to complete the activity.

Handwriting 

·   Complete pages 46-48

·    Be careful and take your time!  It's important to learn good habits now!

History-

·      Read through our new reading packet.

·      Complete your "Words to Know" activity.

• Cut out the words and the picture squares.
• Glue them to your words to know page. 
• Reread your new packet and think about these words in bold.  What do they mean?
• Write short definitions under the flap for each word.
• You can color it if you'd like!

• PLEASE bring the reading packet and the Words to Know page back to class so we can add it to the pocket for your Plymouth Colony Booklet!

**We made a little Town Crier in class, and you will be writing what news you'd like for him to share on the inside of the little booklet.  When you bring these to class, we will take turns ringing the bell and calling all of the colonists to the village green to hear the latest news!

Journal-

·                 Tell us about your Christmas!  If you are doing this before Christmas, let us know what you are looking forward to and describe what Christmas is like for your family.  If you are writing this after Christmas, tell us all about your holiday!

For Tuesday, Dec. 11th.

Grammar 

• Study your grammar cards!  

Poetry

• Click at the link at the top of the page to begin studying our new poem!  (It's a short one!)

Science

• Watch the following video.

Handwriting 

• Complete pages 42-45 by Monday. (NOT all on the same day!)
• Take it slow and do your best!  Look back at any notes I've made to see how to improve!

History-

• Complete your "Words to Know" activity. (If you weren't in class, I'll email it to you!)
• Cut out the words and the picture squares.
• Glue them to your words to know page.  
• Reread your new packet and think about these words in bold.  What do they mean?
• Write short definitions under the flap for each word.
• You can color it if you'd like!
• PLEASE bring the reading packet and the Words to Know page back to class so we can add it to the pocket for your Plymouth Colony Booklet!
• We will be learning about Colonial Occupations!!  
• Read through the websites below and choose a job that interests you the most.  What would YOU want to be if YOU lived then?
• Learn all that you can about your job!  You will be telling the class all about it!
• Land of the Brave - Colonial Trades
• Colonial Life - Jobs
• Ducksters- Colonial Jobs

Journal-

• For your journal entry, you will be writing about the job that you would want to have if you lived in Plymouth Colony.  Write about the job and tell others what you would have to do.  Also, tell why you are interested in this job.  We will share them in class!  You can either write this in your journal or add it to a poster... Your choice!

For December 4th

Please bring your red folder to class each week!  Thanks!

The kids will have a Christmas party during our lunch time on December 11th! We will have a cheese pizza and a pepperoni pizza.  Feel free to bring in sides and treats to share!

Grammar 

• Study your grammar cards! 
• PLEASE bring these to class every week... and don't lose them!
• Try this game.  You'll need to decide whether a word in the sentence is an adverb or an adjective.  Just remember, adjectives describe nouns or pronouns and adverbs describe verbs.  (Adverbs can also describe adjectives and other adverbs, but we're not worries about those right now!)

Poetry

• Click at the link at the top of the page to begin studying our new poem!  (It's a short one!)

Science

• Watch the following video.
• Then, either draw pictures or write about how a seed grows.  Put this in your red folder to bring to class!

Handwriting 

• Complete pages 39-41 by Monday. (NOT all on the same day!)
• Take it slow and do your best!  Look back at any notes I've made to see how to improve!

Journal-

• Be sure that you studied adjectives and adverbs.
• Now, write ANY story that you'd like.  It can be a made-up story (fiction) or a real story (non-fiction).  Just be sure to add adjectives and adverbs to make it very descriptive!

History-

• Complete your "Words to Know" activity.
• Cut out the words and the picture squares.
• Glue them to your words to know page.  
• Reread your new packet and think about these words in bold.  What do they mean?
• Write short definitions under the flap for each word.
• You can color it if you'd like!
• PLEASE bring the reading packet and the Words to Know page back to class so we can add it to the pocket for your Plymouth Colony Booklet!
• OPTIONAL ENRICHMENT-
• Here are some resources if you'd like to learn more about Squanto and Somaset.
• Social Studies for Kids- Squanto
• Social Studies for Kids - Samoset
• Ducksters' Squanto Biography
• Kids Britannica

Things to do by 11/20

Please bring your red folder to class each week!  Thanks!

Grammar 

• Study your grammar cards! 
• PLEASE bring these to class every week... and don't lose them!

Poetry

• Click at the link at the top of the page to begin studying our new poem!  (It's a short one!)

Science

• Show your motion, forces, and energy booklet to your parents and tell them about your experiments.
• OPTIONAL ENRICHMENT-
• Check out these websites to learn more about this week's topic!
• Friction
• Force
• Laws of Motion

Handwriting 

• Complete pages 36-38 by Monday.
• Take it slow and do your best! 

Journal-

• Write any type of Thanksgiving story you'd like!  Gobble, gobble!

History-

• Complete your "Words to Know" activity.
• Cut out the words and the picture squares.
• Glue them to your words to know page.  
• Reread your packet and think about these words in bold.  What do they mean?
• Write short definitions under the flap for each word.
• You can color it if you'd like!
• PLEASE bring the reading packet and the Words to Know page back to class so we can add it to the pocket for your Plymouth Colony Booklet!
• OPTIONAL ENRICHMENT-
• Click here and read all about what the Mayflower was like.
• Color your Mayflower ship that we worked on in class.
• Bring it back to class and we will put it in the pocket in your Plymouth Colony Book!

To Be Completed by 11/13/17

Grammar 

• Study your grammar cards! 
• PLEASE bring these to class every week... and don't lose them!
• Those state of being verbs that you memorized can also act like linking verbs.  They can link a noun or pronoun with an adjective (example - "It is beautiful." "They were hungry."  "The cow was loud.")

Poetry

• Some kids were ready to record their poem in class, but some are still working on it!  We will record the rest next week!

Science

• Watch this video for Monday's class!

Handwriting 

• Look at page 31 that we did in class.  I'd like for all of your pages to look this great!
• Complete pages 32-34 by Monday.

Journal-

• Imagine that you are a Pilgrim, deciding to make the voyage to the New World. 
• Either write a letter to a friend explaining why you are going and what you think the trip will be like OR write a story about it, instead!

History-

• Read through your reading packet and discuss it with your parents.  Please bring it back to class!  We will need it!
• Watch this video!
• This is America Charlie Brown- The Mayflower Voyagers from LifeMission Church on Vimeo.

OPTIONAL---

• We learned about Georges Seurat in art class.  Here is a video if you'd like to learn more!

Things to do by 11/6/17

Tuition is due on Monday!

Grammar 

• Study your grammar cards! 
• PLEASE bring these to class every week... and don't lose them!
• Click here to play a game where you can blast the action verbs!
• Remember, action verbs are only one of the four types of verbs!  We learned about state of being verbs in class.  Study the list (don't forget to clap when you get to a dot on the card!)

Poetry

• Read through the poem and try to memorize it!  :-)

Science

• Find examples of a gas, a liquid, and a solid.  If possible, bring them in!  (You can also write them down or draw a picture if needed.)

Handwriting 

• Take your time and do your best!
• Complete pages 27-30 this week.  Work on bumping the lines where you should!
• Please bring these to class with you.

Journal-

• Look at the picture above.  Come up with any story you'd like that uses this character!
• Bring these to class!

History-

• In class, we learned about the importance of the buffalo to Native Americans.  At home, complete the buffalo activity!  
• Take a piece of construction paper (any color).  Fold it in half (hamburger style, not hot dog style!)  Hold it so it opens up and down, not side to side.
• On the front, cut out, color, and glue the picture of the buffalo.  
• Lift the cover.  On the top section, glue down the word box.
• Cut out the chart on the parts of the buffalo that the Native Americans used.
• Glue the chart to the bottom section of your page.
• Now, glue each of the squares onto the chart to show what parts of the buffalo were used to make each Native American item.
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Things to do by 10/30

Feel free to wear your Halloween Costumes on Monday!😊

Grammar 

• Study your grammar cards! 
• PLEASE bring these to class every week... and don't lose them!
• Anyone who can say their entire pronoun list next week will be able to choose from the prize box!  
• Be sure to work on learning the definition for "verb"

Poetry

• Read through the poem and try to memorize it.  We will be doing a fun activity with this poem in two weeks!

Handwriting 

• Take your time and do your best!
• Page 24-26 this week
• Please bring these to class with you.

Journal-

• Reach in your bag of story rocks and pick out 5 or 6 rocks.  Use the symbol page to remind you of their meanings.  Now, write a story in your journal, trying to use each of the rocks that you selected.  When you come to the word in your story, you can write the symbol instead of the word if you'd like.
• Please bring these to class with you!  

History-

• Read and talk about your Sioux booklets.  
• Check out this website about the Sioux Nation.
• Optional-- Read about how important buffalo were to the Sioux tribes. 

Things to do by 10/23

Everyone had their work today, and it really helped us have a smooth day!  Thank you!😊

Grammar 

• Study your grammar cards! 
• PLEASE bring these to class every week... and don't lose them!
• Anyone who can say their entire pronoun list before the end of October gets a prize!  

Poetry

• Read through and try to learn the first few lines of our new poem! 

Handwriting 

• Take your time and do your best!
• Page 21-23 this week
• Please bring these to class with you.

Journal-

• Write a story about a Seminole or Iroquois Indian. Tell a story about his or her day using the information you learned so far!  (You can always research and learn more!  Your friends would love to learn more from you!)
• Please bring these to class with you.

History- 

• Read and talk about your Seminole booklets.  
• Wear clothes next week that will be good for doing an outdoor activity!

Science

• First, watch the following video.
• Next, draw or write how Jet and his friends solved the problem of making dinner.