Week 35

We have had a full week full of book fair fun and a delightful parent volunteer social! We are looking forward to seeing our scholars shine during our music concert on Wednesday. See you there!

Homework for the week of 4/30 

Nightly: read for 15 minutes, phonograms to practice- y, ai, ay, ea, ear, ck, k, ar, ee, c

Poem- April poem recitation on Monday; May’s Poem: The Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson

Monday: Poem Recitation Today! rule, carry, chain, death, learn, wonder, pair, pear, pare, check and math wkbk. pg. 150-152

Tuesday: prove, heard, hear, inspect, itself, always, something, expect, need, thus and math wkbk. pg. 153-155

Wednesday: No homework due to the spring concert.  See you there!

Thursday: Review words and phonograms for test tomorrow and Test B 18.4/18.5

Friday: math wkbk. pg. 163-166

Announcements

Toilet Paper Rolls: We are collecting empty toilet paper rolls for an upcoming project.  Thank you in advance for your help and sending the rolls in with your child over the next few weeks!

Astronomy Night: Arete Prep will be hosting Astronomy night on Friday, May 4th from 7:00 - 9:30 pm.  Archway Arete and Arete Prep families are welcome to enjoy a walk-in Planetarium in the MPR, meteorites on display, telescopic observation on the field, scale of the solar system, impact crater demonstration, an astronaut experience and much more! 

Music Concert: K-2^nd grade concert at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, May 2^nd. Please have students arrive promptly at 5:00pm.

Attire: Boys- Black pants, white dress shirt, black dress shoes, and black socks. Hair should be combed neatly. Optional: dark solid colored neckties or vests. Girls- Black shirt, white top and black closed- toed dress shoes. Hair should be pulled away from the face with no distracting adornment. Please follow the Archway Arete dress code for guidelines on jewelry.

A Note from our French Teachers:

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The summer is fast approaching, and with it the end of the school year! While we in the French team are excited for the break, we’re even more eager to gear up for next year—and a major part of gearing up is taking care of our books.

Unlike other class materials, which go home with our scholars, the French activity book will live on campus during the summer. In the next five weeks, we will be labeling and collecting these books for safekeeping. We want our Les Loustics program, which serves students for 2 consecutive years, to be ready and waiting for scholars when they return. During the summer, we invite scholars and families to use their French notebooks and online resources to review all material taught throughout the year.

If you plan to move to another Great Hearts Academy, especially one which follows the Les Loustics program, please contact the French team by email before the end of May to request your books. If you plan to change school networks, or if your child will not be using Les Loustics level 1 or 2 at their academy, we ask kindly that you donate it to Arete where it will surely serve a child in need. Thank you for your understanding and your cooperation in this matter.

The French Teachers,

Madame Gebara

Monsieur Gaudin

Calendar 

May 2^nd: Spring Concert

May 4^th: Astronomy Night



Academics

Math: This week we will be working on building our subtraction skills! We will learn about and practice the process for subtracting a one digit number from a two digit number and subtracting one two digit number from another two digit number. 

 Poem: My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson Idiom: Hit the Nail on the Head

Writing:   Students will be able to understand the basic conventions of a proper sentence and rewrite a model sentence. We will read and write about sections from two poems called "The Sandpiper" by Celia Thaxter and "The Nightingale and the Glow Worm" by William Cowper. We will also read and write about "King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table" by Roger Lancelyn Green. 

Grammar:  This week we will be learning about pronouns and how they can be used in place of a noun. We will learn how to use pronouns when speaking to and about someone. For example, we might use the pronoun "we" when talking about a group of people or we might use the pronoun "I" when referring to ourselves instead of using our name. 

Spalding: 

Monday: rule, carry, chain, death, learn, wonder, pair, pear, pare, check

Tuesday: prove, heard, hear, inspect, itself, always, something, expect, need, thus 

Wednesday: woman, women, young, fair, fare, dollar, evening, plan, broke, feel 

(no homework this night due to the Spring Concert)

phonograms: y, ai, ay, ea, ear, ck, k, ar, ee, c

Literature: We will continue to read “My Father’s Dragon” as Elmer meets a rhino, lion and a gorilla!.

Science: Next week in science we will continue our planet journey, learning about Saturn and Uranus.

History: We will review what we have learned about westward expansion and take a quiz on Wednesday. A review sheet will be sent home on Monday.  On Friday, we will learn about Benjamin Franklin and his many inventions.

Please have your child bring in any empty toilet paper rolls that you may have.  Thank you!

We are collecting empty toilet paper rolls for an upcoming project.  Thank you in advance for your help and sending the rolls in with your child over the next few weeks!