Week of 2/1/2021

I hope you can forgive my gross inattention to the website during our Quarantine / e-learning times. I have had to reinvent my entire curriculum and have spent countless hours, as I am hoping is evident, to provide your kids with a quality education from the very far distance that we have between us as an e-class.

Then, because of COVID we have families in and out with different quarantine periods. Of course this is nobody's fault, but this does mean that I am now working double-time with getting materials over the internet ... you'd be surprised how easy it is to drop one (or several) balls while juggling that bunch!

That being said, please accept my most humble apologies for neglecting your updates, and I will try my best not to fall behind going forward. Here is what this week looks like:

Morning Work: Handwriting Workbook

Geography is part of morning work. We have a new map every week. You can find this week's focus on the Geography Page. This week's focus is about Texas and elements of a state map.

Religion: Chapter 15: Jesus Teaches Us to Love God

Superkids: /ai/ and /oa/ spelling pattern. (Vowel Pairs) See the Spelling tab for this week's word list. Superkids includes reading comprehension, fluency, spelling, penmanship, and grammar.

Mondays we have Spelling Pre-Tests, and we have re-takes on Fridays for those who did not achieve an A the first time. You can find the Spelling Words for the week here. Children will have Spelling Homework every night. Please check the planner, sign off in your child's assignments, and help them take responsibility for putting it back into their BLUE folder to turn in.

You should make verbal spelling practice a daily habit at home to strengthen your child's spelling skills. You can also give them practice spelling tests, which I have found very helpful.

Anything Superkids related can be found either on the Superkids Online Fun app your child uses daily, or you can look at the Parent Portal you set up at the start of the year.

Math: Review Mode and Range; intro to Median. Word Problems/Problem Solving.

Science: How do animals meet their needs?