Hey Everyone! I hope you had a great weekend! Here are the standards your child will be learning this week:
Reading - We are working on comparing and contrasting 2 stories. Writing - We are conferencing on our Opinion Writing, Typing it up, and sharing our stories with the class. Social Studies - Science are COMBINED this week to do STEM activities! We are building an animal home- habitat for the animal we would like to see in our GARDEN here at school. Grammar - We are still working on adverbs this week. Math - WE are finishing up fractions and moving on to TIME at the end of the week. Information for this week!
Science Fair Class projects for us are due today and tomorrow. Science Fair is this Thursday Night - brochure to go home tonight. Field Trip forms are stapled in the agenda today. $10 to go and a completed field trip form - signed too! What is going on this week? Reading - We are still reading the book Because of Winndixie and working on character traits. Writing - Our opinion speeches will be done this week on a noteworthy person at our school. Science - We are still learning about habitats and how plants and animals adapt to their environments. Social Studies - We are learning about Henry Hudson and Juan Ponce de Leon Grammar - Adjectives - What are they? Can we write them to describe nouns and can we identify them in a sentence? Math - Equivalent fractions all week. Are they equal ? Is one greater than or less than another? Practice all of these things at home and ask your child about them! We are continuing to learn our capitals in cursive. This week we will be learning: J, Q, T, F, G, S, L, P, R, and B
WE will have all our cursive learned by the end of the week so we will be practicing after! This week we will be learning the following: Cursive - Capitals Reading - We are still reading the book "Because of Winn- Dixie" and working on character traits. (Their feelings, what motivates them, traits, etc) Writing - We are writing our first Opinion - Persuasive Speech about what we would change in or around our school. Ask your child what they are writing about. They are to state their opinion Give a reason Give an example to go with that reason Give another reason and example Give another reason and example State their opinion again. Science - We are learning about the Regions of Georgia and where they are located. We are also learning the plants and animals that live in that region. Social Studies - We are learning about John Cabot , who he is , and what he explored. Spelling - Words that end in "ck" Math- Fractions on a number line! Here are the things your child will be learning about this week:
Cursive - We are starting capital letters today. Please practice the N, O, A, D, and C. This cursive paper will come home soon in your child's agenda. Please practice writing in cursive at home. Reading - We are learning about Character Traits again. We are reading the book Because of Winn Dixie in class and working with Peter Pan which we have already read. Writing - We are beginning to learn about Opinion- Persuasive writing. Have your child persuade you to do something! Science - We are working on our Science Fair Project as a class. Social Studies - We are learning about the EXPLORERS. This is so much fun. Ask your child what they are reading about. Grammar - Adjectives - Adverbs - comparative and superlative Math - We are beginning fractions this week. Look for fractions everywhere you go the next few weeks. Welcome back parents and students. I hope you had a great break and a nice and relaxing holiday! Just to let you know, Report cards will go home on Friday! They will be stapled in your child's agenda so please check the agenda on Friday when your child gets home from school. PLEASE CHECK YOUR CHILD'S SUPPLIES AT SCHOOL. See the agenda for a note that will go home today letting you know the supplies your child may need. Thanks!
Dear Acworth Elementary Parents,
Please join us as we welcome Arby's to the Acworth Community! Now through January 10 anytime you purchase a kid's meal at the new Arby's off Cowan Rd, the Arby's Foundation will donate the purchase price of each kid's meal to our school. This is a great way for us to raise funds for school related programs and events. We have attached a flyer for your convenience. Thank you for your support! The Acworth Elementary Administrative Team Don't forget Polar Express Day is this Wednesday! It is going to be so much fun! Wear your pj's. Also, we get out of school at 12:30 on Thursday and Friday for Early Release!
Please make sure you are studying your multiplication facts. Every child should be passing their 5's facts by the end of December!
Please make sure you are talking to your child about the cursive letters they are learning. They will all be coming home soon in their Friday Folder. Please make sure you are practicing!
McDonalds is tonight! Try to be there around 5 pm since that is when I will be there!
Make sure you are still studying your spelling words. We had a lot of people fail the test this week and most students had been doing very well up until this week! FRIDAY FOLDERS go home this week on Friday. IOWA test scores are in and will be in your child's Friday Folder! |