We had a wonderful last week
of January! The class enjoyed an amazing field trip to the Chandler Center of
the Arts where we learned more about the life of Harriet Tubman. I hope your scholars shared with you the beautiful
performance we were privileged to attend.
A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Lesnewski and Mrs. Armstrong for
braving the school bus and helping us keep track of all the children!
Math: Last week we
completed our last unit in Singapore 5A!
We finished a short unit on ratios and using bar models to solve. This week we will take the Galileo testing in
Math today, tomorrow we will take our Unit 6 test and then will begin our first
unit in Singapore 5B on decimals.
Literature: We have made it
through chapter 15 of Where the Red Fern
Grows. Some of our reading has been
done in class and we also have been working in Literature Circles. The students should be working on their 100
point projects both at home and at school.
We will be spending one class period a week working on them as
well. These will be due on Wednesday,
February 11. We also will be taking the
Galileo test in Reading tomorrow.
Writing: We have continued our study of verb jobs.
We are learning the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs
and will be spending quite a bit of time on this during the upcoming week.
Science:
Our class did a great job on
the Skeleton test, I was very proud of their hard work and study skills. We
will be starting our unit on the Muscular system today. This will be a fun unit with lots of hands on
activities.
History: Now that we
are all experts on English rulers we will begin our next unit on
Explorers. We will start the week with a
study of The Spice Islands and will take a look at the tools that made
exploration possible.
Announcements:
- · As always there will be tutoring after school for Math on Tuesday from 2:45-3:15 and Grammar on Thursdays.
- · Also, Spring Break will be here before you know it and our Quintus camp is available!
Designed for parents
who want or need options for their students during school breaks,
Quintus Camp is an enrichment camp with
time for play, learning, projects, and activities - all in a fun
"camp" atmosphere that will appeal to your grade K-6 student. With
flexible packages for parents (ranging from half-days to full and extended days),
Quintus Camp is the perfect choice for school break programming. Quintus will run
Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Archway Arete March
16th-20th.
If you have any questions, or need a copy of the registration
brochure, please email the Quintus Camp Director, Ms. Prestipino, at Quintus.Arete@GreatHeartsAZ.org
- · I hope to see everyone at the Fun Run on Saturday, I am looking forward to running with all my kiddos!
- · This message comes from Mr. Posner, our brave head of our Traffic:
It is
important that all families have the correct blue or green placard in their
vehicle. We realize that during the course of a school year, these placards are
lost, misplaced, or wear down. The placards must be replaced when this occurs.
In an
effort to reinforce our secure, student pick-up system, we would like to
re-issue any placards that may be lost, destroyed, or have been created at
home. We do require that the placards used are the ones created by Archway Arete.
This is true for those who pick up in vehicles and walk up to the playground
gate. If you are in need of any replacement placards for ones that have been
lost or destroyed, or if you need to replace a non-Archway created placard,
please email Mr. Posner at jposner@archwayarete.org. When e-mailing, please include the following information:
Student(s)
last name and first name
Class
Section, ie. 4A, 3B
Pick
up time: 2:45 Archway Only or 3:20 Prep Sibling
Beginning,
Monday, February 23rd, these are the only placards that will be accepted. If
the vehicle being used for pick-up is missing a placard or has a different
placard, we will ask that the driver come into the office to fill out a new
one.
Thank
you for your support and assistance in maintaining the highest level of safety
for our students.
Important
Dates:
Mon, 2/2; Tues, 2/3: Galileo Testing in Math and Reading
Friday 1/30: Half
Day, 11:45 am Release
Saturday 2/7: Fun
Run and Family Picnic
Wednesday, 2/11: 100 point project due
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