This Week

Hello, Parents and Guardians!

I hope this blog update finds all of you happy and healthy. We are certainly happy and healthy in the classroom!

This week in Language Arts, we are reading the fifth and sixth chapters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The children are really enjoying the story. There is a lot of humor in the classic tale, but the meaning lies within the language. Encourage your child to talk about what we learn about interpretation of words as well as the events in the chapter to help increase their comprehension of the text. We are talking about character traits and learning how to better understand Alice as a main character. In spelling, our rule of focus is dropping the final e when adding a suffix that begins with a vowel. Riggs words are available on the school website. We are continuing to learn cursive--much to the excitement of students. We are working on expository writing in our grammar/writing study and students submitted their rough drafts today. We will have a quiz about classifying sentences this week. Students may study using their Shurley textbook. We will also review in class.

In Science, we are continuing or study of the human body by focusing on the skeletal system. We learned about joints today. Tomorrow, we will learn about x-rays and hips. We will review together on Thursday. On Friday, students will take a quiz over the skeletal system before moving on to the muscular system. Students should study using their Science notebooks. Your children have been doing a great job keeping up their notebooks organized and participating in discussion about the skeletal system.

In History, we are continuing to learn about Ancient Rome. Last week, we talked about religion and social classes in Ancient Rome. This week, we are focusing on the political structure and military of the ancient civilization. We are learning that Ancient Rome was at times a kingdom, republic, and an empire.

Chess pairs are changing this week so that more students have the opportunity to learn with and from one another and also receive appropriate amounts of challenge. The core virtue this week is Wisdom.

Finally, the Medieval Faire will be upon us shortly. Ms. Bruno and myself are getting really excited to tell some fortunes! I am also excited to see this event for the first time. As a first year participant, I can only imagine the fun to be had. Please come out to attend and, if you can, volunteer. I cannot say enough how impressed and thankful I am for all of the parent involvement at Archway.