Parents,

I hope you all had a nice weekend and Mother’s Day. I apologize for the late blog. I’ve been battled a sinus headache for most of the weekend, but am feeling a bit better today.  See below for class activities we will be doing this week:

What is my child learning this week? 

3rd grade will be reviewing the suffixes -ous (“full of”), -ive (“relating to”), -ly  (“in a __ ___ way”), -ful (“full of”), -less (“lacking”) and will also review quotation marks/punctuation placement,  and capitalization. Spelling words can be found on 11.2 of the workbooks (some of these words are repeats). We will be practicing spelling words with the sounds /ae/, /k/, /s/, /j/, and /n/ which I will also post them below.  The spelling test will be on Friday. We will sort words according to their sounds (letters in black) and make meaningful sentences with the words.  We will begin learning about singular and plural possessive nouns, as well as reviewing proper/common nouns.

3rd grade homework:
Monday – Complete 9.2/9.3
Tuesday – No homework
Wednesday – 12.2 in workbooks
Thursday – No homework/spelling test on Friday

 

4th grade has no spelling words this week as we are a few days ahead. We will continue practicing subject-action verb agreement. Students will be working on their second and third body paragraphs of their cause/effect essay this week. We will be performing two vignettes this week to help with writing our essays about the cause/effects leading up to the American Revolution.  We will introduce pronoun-action verb agreements and review the prefixes im– and in-. 4th grade has PE this week so they should bring swimming clothes to go swimming on Friday.

4th grade homework:
Monday – Finish cause/effect essay (introduction and body paragraph essay)
Tuesday – Complete 7.3 in workbooks
Wednesday – Complete 9.3 in workbooks
Thursday – Complete 9.1 in workbooks
Friday – No spelling test

Enrichment – Since Thursday and Friday is our rescheduled International Days, enrichment will spend a good part of the week working on their specific country projects.

Reminders/Important Dates: 
5/26 – Last day of 3:30 dismissal (return to normal 3:00 dismissal)
5/29 – Memorial Day Holiday/No school
6/7 – 6/8 – EOG (may have a 1 pm dismissal on these days)

 

Parents,

Hope you enjoyed the beautiful weekend we had here in Eastern North Carolina. We only have a few more weeks before the EOG and the end of the school year. I also wanted to thank all the parents/students who showed appreciation this week to the teachers. Ignite has the sweetest, most thoughtful students. Thank you so much for making my week!

What is my child learning this week?

3rd grade has started on their Astronomy unit (Unit 7). We will review spelling words with the spelling pattern /n/. We have two class periods carved out for either review of conjunctions or lapbook writing (so we can wrap this project up).  We will be identifying cause/effect in sentences and practicing using different conjunctions to join simple cause/effect sentences. We will review previously studied suffixes as well as add double suffixes (-ous or -ful and -ly) to words. On Friday we will take our spelling test for words with the pattern /n/.

4th grade had a task hunt last week in preparation for their unit test. Each group was required to complete each station (correctly) in order to move on to the next station. I loved watching each student participate, and they seemed to love the competition! Pictures are posted below. 4th grade will have a spelling test on Friday for content words related to the American Revolution. Like 3rd grade, 4th grade is also practicing identifying cause/effect in a sentence. We will do several activities in regards to cause/effect this week. Additionally, 4th grade will be writing a cause/effect essay based on events that lead to the American Revolution. We will take this step-by-step beginning by writing an introduction paragraph, moving on to body paragraphs, and finally a conclusion paragraph.  4th grade will also learn about transitional words (words used to smoothly lead into a sentence or paragraph). We will practice the root word “port” (meaning “to carry”). Last week, we read a vignette about the American Revolution where students were able to volunteer for different speaking parts. We will read another this week. 4th grade will begin identifying subjects/predicates in a sentence and adding the prefixes im- and in- (meaning “not) to our prefix wall (while also reviewing other prefixes meaning “not” including un-, non-, dis-, il-, ir-).  It will be a busy (but fun) week in 4th grade this week! Below you will find some charts I will be using in class that may help you at home with your child.

Enrichment was privileged to have Cadence’s parents join us (with donuts!) for Cadence’s Genius Hour presentation. Cadence completed her Genius Hour project on the weather, engaged the class with questions, and answered her peers’ questions confidently. Awesome job, Cadence! Last week we also constructed our own marble mazes, constructed buildings (or other creative makings) with craft sticks, and planted catgrass eggheads (pictures below) which we will continue to monitor. Students also played Oregon Trail for the first time. It was special to share this with them because I first played it in 4th grade. I really wanted to introduce this to them because it requires critical thinking and cause/effect. I was a little scared that the outdated graphics would disinterest them, but they loved it! This week, students will make memory books of their year at Ignite. We’ll do small enrichment activities between this, but that will be the focus of this week. We are still waiting for our second round of penpal letters from Spain. I’m told that they are putting together some information about their area for us.

Reminders:
1. Spelling test on Friday for both 3rd and 4th grades. More students have been bringing water bottles to school. Thank you!

3rd grade spelling words

4th grade spelling words

4th grade homework

3rd grade homework