Week of February 2nd-6th

·        Bible

Memory verse: Romans 1:16 ESV version

Quiz will be on Friday, February 6th.

·        Spelling and Vocabulary

This week students only have spelling lesson 15 due and a spelling test on Wednesday. We begin a lesson 7 of Wordly Wise exercises A, B, and C will be due on February 4^th.

·        Science: Exploravision Update

Exploravision has come to a close; the results for regionals will be posted in March. Everyone did a great job! Thank you for all your support at home! This quarter the boys will be studying a unit on robotics and the girls will be studying a unit on space and weather. For the last quarter, we will switch units the girls will study robotics and the boys will study space and weather.

·        Reading and Writing

Students are currently reading biographies of their choice in class for a book report presentation which will be due February 20^th. This reading assignment will integrate reading, writing and social studies. The final project is due February 20^th. The project has three parts, each worth 100 points for a total of 400 points. Rough drafts of timeline and notes in reading journal are 100 points, the final timeline is 100 points, the comparison and contrast essay of student and biographical character is 100 points, and the biography the student writes about another student is 100 points.

Students will be creating event/timelines for their biography choices in class over the next couple of weeks as they finish reading their books. This will be a mixed media art project as well! I’m very excited to see the results. I will hang them in the hallway when we finish. And just for fun, we will have a literary contest. The most creative and well-written biography the students write about one another will receive a gift certificate. Students are voting on gift certificate ideas!