Week 36!

Week 36

It was such a joy to watch your children perform at the concert this week!  All of their hard work paid off and they did a marvelous job!
We are looking forward to enjoying the Phoenix Symphony on Monday morning. The rest of the week will be spent seeking the truth, beauty and goodness in our various subjects!  We will finish “My Father’s Dragon” and enjoy one of Elmer’s favorite snacks on Friday! J 

Announcements

Clubs: The final day of clubs is Friday, May 11 (exception: K-1 Art).

A Note from our French Teachers: 

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The summer is fast approaching, and with it the end of the school year! While we in the French team are excited for the break, we’re even more eager to gear up for next year—and a major part of gearing up is taking care of our books. 

Unlike other class materials, which go home with our scholars, the French activity book will live on campus during the summer. In the next five weeks, we will be labeling and collecting these books for safekeeping. We want our Les Loustics program, which serves students for 2 consecutive years, to be ready and waiting for scholars when they return. During the summer, we invite scholars and families to use their French notebooks and online resources to review all material taught throughout the year.

If you plan to move to another Great Hearts Academy, especially one which follows the Les Loustics program, please contact the French team by email before the end of May to request your books. If you plan to change school networks, or if your child will not be using Les Loustics level 1 or 2 at their academy, we ask kindly that you donate it to Arete where it will surely serve a child in need. Thank you for your understanding and your cooperation in this matter.

The French Teachers,

Madame Gebara and Monsieur Gaudin

Academics

Math: This week we will be working on building our subtraction skills! We will learn about and practice the process for subtracting a one digit number from a two digit number and subtracting one two digit number from another two digit number. 

Poem: My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson Idiom: Hit the Nail on the Head

Writing:   Students will be able to understand the basic conventions of a proper sentence and rewrite a model sentence. We will read and write about sections from " King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". 

Grammar:  This week we will review how to write a complete sentence using a capital letter and punctuation marks as well as different parts of speech that we have learned about this year including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, and articles. 

Spalding: 

Monday: sure, sugar, least, sorry, press, God, god, teacher, November, subject

Tuesday: April, history, study, himself, matter, use, thought, person, nor, or

Wednesday: January, mean, vote, court, copy, act, been, be, yesterday, among 

phonograms: ou, ough, ee, ea, ey, ar, or, s, z, si 

Literature: We will finish reading My Father’s Dragon and Elmer will finally meet the dragon! We will wrap up our reading on Friday by creating our own Wild Island map.

Science: This week in science we will be finishing up the last planet on our journey, Neptune. We will also be learning about astronauts and what life is like in outer space. Next week we well have our astronomy review and assessment.

History: We will explore various United States symbols this week including the Liberty Bell, the White House and the Bald Eagle.  On Friday, we will use the toilet paper rolls we have been collecting for a special activity!