This Week

Hello, Families!

I hope you are all doing well. We are almost at the end of the semester--the time has really flown by. Here are a few important notes:

• The Alice party is planned as scheduled. Please see last week's blog post to sign up to donate materials or time.
• Because of the shortened schedule next week, the nervous system quiz is moved to next week Thursday (December 13th). 
• There will not be a cumulative human body test because of the shortened week. Instead, we will spend more time delving into the nervous system.
• The unit test on Rome will occur Tuesday, December 11th. Study guides will be sent home tomorrow.
• Project Week (the first week of January) guides will be sent home this week, Thursday or Friday.

This week in History, we will continue to study Ancient Rome as we near the end of the Roman Empire. We will discuss the persecution of Christians, compare the Eastern and Western Empire, and watch a film about the Roman Empire. 

In Science, we are continuing to study the nervous system through learning about both the central and peripheral nervous systems. We will grow to understand how messages are sent from the brain to relatively remote locations of the body. We will study reflexes and how they are related to voluntary and involuntary muscle movement.

In Language Arts, we are finishing the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Riggs words are available on the school website. We are continuing to revise our writing and learning about the use of transition words.

I hope to see all of you at the concert tomorrow evening! Don't forget that this is a great time to bring items for donation to the Kindergarten class (shoes, sweaters, construction paper). If you have not yet purchased an item and intend to do so, please opt to purchase a sweater to even out the number of donations.