Dear Parents,
The sixth week of the second semester has come to a close. It was a great week with the exception of the inconsistent weather.
Next week is Spirit Week! Yesterday, I put the schedule of days and dress themes on my blog. Please help your child to prepare for each day’s theme. On Wednesday of next week, we will be having some relay races in the afternoon; the schedule is on the blog.
We continue our progress through the curriculum. In Science, the children had their final test for Life Science over the material in Chapter 7: Adaptation and Extinction. Next week, we will begin our study of Earth Science with Chapter 8: Forces that Shape Earth’s Surface. In addition to the regular course work, the students gave their presentations on their endangered animal. They all did an excellent job! Also, we continue to prepare for the upcoming Science Fair on April 25th. Please understand that although we will set some class time aside for these preparations the students will have to complete the majority of the work outside of class. In Social Studies, we continued our study of the Northeast of the United States with Chapter 5, Lesson 2: Building Ships. We will complete that lesson early next week and begin Lesson 3: Farms and Mills. In Math, we began Chapter 12: Customary and Metric Measurement, covering up to Lesson 5: Problem Solving Decision – Too Much or Too Little Information. We will complete Chapter 12 next week and the chapter test will be on Monday, March 19th. In English, we continued Unit 5: Capitalization and Punctuation, completing up to Lesson 7: Quotation Marks. We will complete this unit next week. The test is in two parts, so the students will take it Thursday and Friday. In Reading, we began Heat Wave. We will complete this story next week and then begin a comparison of two literature pieces, fantasy and nonfiction.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
Best regards,
Mr. Ahlers
