Weekly Update
(1.4 - 1.8)
Announcements:
As you know, the end of the quarter is approaching. We are so excited to welcome more scholars back to the building in Quarter 3! As a reminder, classes will be shifting around a bit as we prepare for our Distance Learners to merge with Great Hearts Online. We encourage all of our Distance Learning students to attend the Lunch Bunches and Office Hours to soak up their last week together in their current cohort!
Project Week
As a reminder, January 18-21 there will not be school. Instead, scholars will be working on their projects independently at home. Details and materials are posted in Google Classroom for Distance Learning students. If your scholar is on campus, packets were distributed before Winter Break. There are extra copies should your scholar need a new one!
Parent Teacher Conferences
Here are the links for each section to sign-up for parent teacher conferences!
4A - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4DACAF2AAAFB6-4aparent
4B - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4EA8A923A4FACF8-4bparent
4C - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D44AEAB2CAAFDC52-4cparentteacher
4D - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D44ABAD23A7F8C07-4dparent
ELA:
Our scholars continue to remain invested in the adventures of Nat in Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. They also remain diligent in memorizing “Paul Revere’s Ride” in preparation for their recitations. For grammar, our scholars are mastering their identification skills for subject pronouns. Great work, Fourth Grade!
Math:
Scholars have been working so hard to solidify their understanding of geometry. We have examined angles, perpendicular lines, and parallel lines. Distance Learners will demonstrate their mastery of this content with a quiz on Monday over parallel and perpendicular lines. We will begin to expand this topic by looking at polygons. As we transition into Quarter 3, we will also be reviewing the skills we have learned thus far to help scholars feel confident in their understanding of the material from this semester. We also encourage scholars to continue practicing their math facts in order to increase their fluency in problem solving. We look forward to seeing the scholars grow as mathematicians!
History:
This week we finished our chapter on Islam, and students finished off the chapter with a short quiz. We finished the week off with an introduction to our new chapter on Medieval African Kingdoms! Next week, we will learn about Kush and Aksum, as well as the Trans-Saharan Trade Route. Expect one video and one book lesson. Have a great weekend, Spartans!
Science:
In science this week, scholars considered how motion and energy are connected. Classes discussed why swinging a hammer helps to better accomplish one’s goal and produce change and how wind turbines generate electricity from motion. We finished out by using a ball drop and ramp experiment to measure how greater speed and motion means more energy and greater opportunity to produce change. Next week, we will take a small quiz and investigate how sound can transfer energy!
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