The vocabulary we focused on this week was: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. We will continue becoming more familiar with this vocabulary.
Spelling: We had our 2nd spelling test. I will return them to the students on Monday. If your child received a 1 please sign their test and have your child bring it back to me.
New spelling lists will be passes out on Monday. We will have our next test on October 1st. Your child has time to practice their words at school but please help them practice at home also to ensure that they are confident when they take the test.
Latin/Greek: We will be having our 2nd Latin/Greek test on Thursday 9/24. Please help your child be prepared for this test.
penta: 5
hex: 6
sept: 7
oct: 8
Grammar: We learned about singular and plural nouns. We then did a sort on singular and plural nouns. Next week we are going to focus on regular and irregular plural nouns.
Writing: The students finished their ant writing. We will be starting a new writing piece on Monday.
Projects: We started learning about the scientific method. We took notes and then did our first activity to practice using the method. We tested 3 different brands of bubble gum to see which brand would blow the biggest bubble. The kids had lots of fun with this!
