Junior Achievement Program
Our class will be starting Junior Achievement on Monday, October 15th. Our Junior Achievement volunteer, Mr. Blocker, will be visiting our classroom over the next several weeks to present lessons about creating and running a business. The sessions will teach students different concepts such as supply and demand, use of resources, cost of business, and profit. This program shows students real-world applications of several ideas from Social Studies.
Subject Update:
- Spelling - The Lesson 7 pretest will be given on Monday. The students will be assigned homework during the week to practice their words, and a final test will be given Friday. *Starting with Lesson 8, students will only be able to print up to 10 words on the tests "just in case" they are unsure of their cursive! Please continue to review cursive at home!!
- English - We will continue to focus on capitalization and punctuation in Unit 5. Students will learn how to write titles correctly, use commas in variety of ways, and use interjections.
- Reading - We will finish up our work with non-fiction texts and homophones. Reminder...1st Quarter "Memory Bag" Project is due Tuesday, October 16th - Your student should be finishing his/her project. Be sure to use the grader as a checklist to make sure all expectations are met!
- Science - The students will finish the chapter learning about other natural cycles that affect ecosystems. The Chapter 5 Test is scheduled for Thursday, October 18th!
- Social Studies - Ask your child about the Jamestown Colony activity we did in the computer lab. Was your student worthy of being governor of Jamestown? Next, we will learn how the search for a Northwest Passage led to other European countries founding colonies in North America.
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class -The students are finishing the chapter with a review of various problem solving strategies. The Chapter 2 Test is scheduled for Tuesday, October 16th! Then we will dive into division of whole numbers and decimals in Chapter 3.
Mark Your Calendar:
Oct. 15 - Junior Achievement (Session 1)
Oct. 22 - Junior Achievement (Session 2)
Oct. 25 - Early Dismissal (11:00 a.m.)
Oct. 26 - End of 1st Quarter
