I hope your week went well. We are back I the swing of things.

Please be diligent in checking in with your student and his or her homework. We’ve had too many missing assignments lately and this will affect his or her grades.

We have 30 words again in Spalding this week. Please keep reviewing those phonograms. We are learning about analogies and synonyms/antonyms in class with the goal of aiding our writing. We are also continuing with capitalization and punctuation rules in grammar.

There will be a math test on Friday. It will encompass multiplication and division and of course word problems. We started a math facts program called Rocket Math today and I’m hoping this will help solidify those facts. Knowing their math facts is integral for the children to build upon what they already know. Please review multiplication facts regularly with your child.

The students did a good job forming the layers of the Earth with their playdough. It was also a fun activity. Today we made and put together a puzzle that represented Pangaea and will aid our study of the Continental Drift Theory. We will continue to learn more about plates and layers this week.

We are enjoying Robin Hood. You may have noticed there is more vocabulary this time. This book has more terms that we are unfamiliar with so that’s the reason. We also wanted to give more practice using these words in sentences. We will have our first test on Robin Hood on Tuesday next week. A study guide will go home with them over the weekend.

Our Middle Ages study consists of learning about the feudal system and we’ve had some good discussions about it. Ask your child to explain this system to you. Later in the week we will discuss the role of a serf and what life was like in the city at this time. We will have a test on Chapters 6,7, 10 and 11 on Monday of next week. They have the study guide already and have been filling it out for each chapter.

The students have an opportunity to do a presentation/report on a topic in the Middle Ages. This is optional, for extra credit. It is to be a 2 minute presentation on a topic that I have approved. It will be due the week of Thanksgiving but if they are ready before that, they can present it sooner.

Wednesday will be the last day to bring in boxtops!!!

With cold and flu season upon us, we could use some more tissues and antibacterial wipes.

Please clear out the “take home” folder as well as the Language Arts and History folders. Pollyanna and meteorology should be taken out.