English
This week we will begin the chapter on Verbs. This chapter, like last chapter has an extensive amount of information. I do suggest reviewing it with your child whenever you get a chance. My goal is to cover pages 152 – 155 this week. The topics are action verbs and helping verbs.
Writing
On Monday and Tuesday the children will be writing a letter to a paralyzed veteran in honor of Veteran’s Day. We will mail these to Washington DC in one bulk envelope on Wednesday. The rest of the week I will spend working on alliteration.
Science
We will continue our study of the Human Body. To date your child should have notes on cells, tissues, organs and the Nervous System. I have also introduced Herman. Each child should have a separate page of notes called “The Body’s Organs” which is strictly for our study of Herman and the organs of the body. This unit will have 2 tests; one covering the chapter’s notes on cell, tissues, organs and the six body systems and one on Herman and the sixteen organs of the body. For this test the children will have to identify the organ and know a simple job for that organ.
Also, this week the children will be writing a short report on the organ of the body that they researched last week. As a class we will write the introduction and conclusion. The children will write the two body paragraphs on their own.