Applewood Christian School

Required homework:

Math: We have finished our math books so you can use the supplementary pages in the back of the math book or have fun with your own math.  :)

Reading:  Monday: Read p.37-41.  Do p.147 &b.  Tuesday: Read p.42-46. Do p. 148 &b.  Friday: Read p.47-52. Do p. 149 &b.

Extra: (not required)

Science Zoom class on Wednesday and Friday.  Wednesday is mismatch day.  Wear crazy stuff that we can see in class.  We will be wrapping up our science on Wednesday.  Friday we will have some fun things planned for our "last day of school".   :) 

Required homework: 

Math: p.337-340

Reading: Monday-teach them that the "ind" word family does not follow the rule.  The i in these words is long even though we see Mr. Short and Uncle Short together.  (find, kind, bind)  Read "The Greatest Treasure" to them and ask questions for comprehension.  Read p.25-29 and do p. 145&b. 

Wednesday reading: Read p. 30-36 and do p.146&b

Friday: Dictionary Days.  Get out a dictionary and teach them how to use a dictionary to look up a word for the definition or to find the spelling of a word.  Read your favorite book together.  :)

Extras: (not required)

Science: Zoom class on Wednesday and Friday at 10am.

I had some fun things planned beginning this week if we had been in school so I will share them with you in case you would like to do them:

I was going to have a balloon for each school day left.  Each balloon would have a fun activity in it.  We would pop one balloon each day to find out what our fun activity was for that day.  We were also going to have a theme day each day.  Monday I had planned to have them bring their pillows and blankets to school and work on the floor. (inspired by Grace who has been rallying for a "nap class" all year: ;)  On Wednesday, we were each going to choose our own pretend name for the day. I still plan to do this during Zoom science.  :)  On Friday, we were each going to share our favorite joke.  We can still do this in Zoom science as well.   

Required homework: 

Math: Take the math test (I will email the test and text the teacher's instruction portion.) Do p.333-336. 

Spelling: none

Spectrum Writing: p.97-98

Handwriting: Mom and dad decide.  :)

Reading: 

Wednesday: Have them write the following blends on a piece of paper: tr,  sm,  sn, sp,  and  sw.  Say words to them that begin with each of these blends. Have them point out the blend that they hear in each word.  If they seem to have trouble with any of the blends, go over those blends more thoroughly. Write the following 3 sentences for them on paper and then have them rewrite the sentences using the correct wash out word instead. (contractions)  Sentence #1 I have not eaten lunch yet.   Sentence #2 He did not go to the park.   Sentence #3  I will not be at school today. Read p.10-21 (This is one of my favorite stories...I say that about so many of them.) Parents, feel free to take turns reading this with them.  Ask them what the story is about and what the author means when they say "just around the corner".  Talk about literal and figurative sayings. Do p.142-143 both sides. 

Friday: Read p.22-24 and do p.144 &b.

Phonics: p.273-278

Phonics & English: p.283-288

 Extras(not required)

Zoom science class Wed and Fri @ 10am-10:40am

Remember, Friday we will have show and tell and be showing our arrow heads, fossils, and any other nature items you might have.

Art: I reposted an art project idea to my Facebook timeline to make elephants out of milk jugs. This is such a cute idea!

Drama: Make an animal quiz game from the science book p.139.

PE: Take a nature hike...indoors.  Pretend like you are nature explorers. Hike up mountains. Belly crawl through muddy ravines, splish splash through the creek, etc.  As you hike, watch for things in your house that were made from nature. For example: What was the toilet paper roll made from?  Where did the eggs in your refrigerator come from?, etc. 

I hope you had a blessed Easter and a wonderful spring break!  :) 

Required homework: 

Math: Speed drills (I will text the speed drills). Do p. 327-332.  Teach Roman numerals on p.332.  They are familiar with Roman numerals because of working with 2nd grade, but this is a new concept in their books.

Spelling: none this week

Handwriting: p.259-264

Spectrum Writing: Cross off p.92.  Do p. 89-91 and 93-95. Page 96 is extra writing space if you need it.  If not, you can cross off p.96. Make sure they understand the difference between fact and opinion.  Have them share some of each with you.

Reading: Read the prepositions sheet everyday.  By now they should primarily have them memorized.

Monday: have them write cl,  bl,  fl,  gl,  and pl on a piece of paper.  Say words to them that begin with each of these blends and have them circle the one that they hear to show that they are hearing these blends correctly. This does not need to be turned in with homework but is for their comprehension. We are ending our reading books today and this section has been about music.  Usually in class we would make our own instruments out of bottles filled at different heights with water and blow in them or stretch rubber bands over cardboard and make our own guitars, etc.  This is not required but it is an idea if you are looking for something extra to do. Read p.120-125 and do p. 138-139&b.

Tuesday: Read p.1-5 (new book) and do p.140&b. Talk about what an interview is.  Have them use their journal to interview someone in the family.

Wednesday:Have them write br,  cr,  dr,  fr,  gr,  and pr on a piece of paper.  Again, say words to them that begin with these blends and have them circle the blend that they hear. If there is a blend that they are struggling with, make sure to go over that one and help them to listen for the difference.  Read them the story of Miss Long and Miss Silent that I will text to you.Then explain to them that there are a few times that the 2nd vowel in a word is the one you hear (Miss Silent) instead of the usual rule of the 1st vowel being heard and the 2nd being silent.  Some examples of this are: brief, chief, thief, field, and shield. Read about pack rats and porcupines and then read "Who Has the Treasure?" and ask questions for comprehension.  I will text this to you.  They will need this story to help with their phonics work.  Read p.6-9 and do p.141&b. 

Phonics: p.265-272

Phonics & English: p.275-282

 Science: We will only have Zoom Science Class on Wednesday this week because of spring break. 

Extras: (not required)

Monday Art:  Create your own board game that you can play with your family later. Start by finding a big enough piece of cardboard to be the game board. Then decide what to call your game and how the game will be played. Decide what you have to do to win. Be creative and find or make game pieces for each member of your family. Have fun! My kids used to love to make their own board games. :) 

Wednesday Drama: Go on a scavenger hunt. If it's nice out, you can even take your hunt outside.  :)

Have a fantastic spring break and a wonderful Easter! 

 Extras (not required)

Art Monday: I posted a fun project that my daughter did last week with her boys.  It was rainbow toast and you can find it on my Facebook.  :)

Drama Wednesday: Write your own short play and have your family members be the actors.

Friday PE: Tell a story and make up big motions to go with your story.  For example:" We started our camping trip by climbing up a mountain."  For 15 seconds, make big motions to pretend that you are climbing up a mountain.  Then move onto the next part of the story and the next motion.

Have a great week!  I will see you Wednesday for science!  :) 

Required homework:

Math: Speed drill for Wednesday-do the bottom 2 boxes.  Math test for Friday dated 03/27/2020. Do p. 311-316. Do #2 on p.312 with your student. Cross off #4 on p. 314.

Spelling: Take the Wednesday pretest.  Do p. 49.  Take the Friday test if student did not score 100% on the pretest. 

Handwriting: p.243-248

Spectrum Writing: p.75-79.  Cross off p.77. For p. 78, make the story fiction.

Reading: Wednesday: Read p.79.91. Do p.129-130 both sides.(This is one of my favorite stories to do as a class.  You can divide up the characters with mom, dad, siblings and each one read different character's parts. Read sight words together.  Have them say the first 4 lines of the preposition sheet 2 times. Remind them when to use -er and when to use -est in comparisons.  Use -er when comparing 2 things (remember this because er is 2 letters).  Use -est when comparing more than 2 things or a group of things. Remind them that if a word has a prefix or suffix, we divide the syllables at the prefix or suffix is. Thursday: Read p.92-94 and do p.131&b. Friday: Read p.95-100 and do p.132 &b. Read sight words together and have them say the first 4 rows of the preposition sheet 2 times. Remind them again when to use -er and when to use -est in comparing things in writing. Talk about homphones/homonyms. Some examples are: flour and flower, hi and high, write and right, see and sea. 

Phonics: p.247-254

Phonics & English: p.257-264

Science: See you Wednesday and Friday morning at 10am!  Make sure you have your science book so that you can read along.  We will be starting on p.106.  

Extras:

Wednesday drama: Try some fun tongue twister together:

The big beautiful blue balloon burst.

A shapeless sash sags slowly.

Smelly shoes and socks shock sisters.

Which wrist watches are Swiss wrist watches?

Friday PE: 

Take a long piece of string or yarn and wind it around the house.  Try to follow the string with one foot in front of the other without stepping off of the string. If you step off, you have to go back to the beginning. :) 

Required homework:

Math: Speed drills.  I will scan and email the speed drills for this week.  On Monday, we do the top two boxes and on Wednesday, we do the bottom two boxes.  They have one minute per box to complete as many problems as possible in that box.  Please write the time it took them to complete each box up to a minute.  If they cannot complete all of the problems, have them stop at one minute.  

Math: p.307-310.  Remind them to use their ruler for #3 & #4 on p.307.  Make sure that they are remembering to start with the ones column (right) and working their way left on the problems in #1 on p. 308. (3 column addition is new to them.)  Read and do #2 on p. 308 together and help them use reasoning to find the answer.  Do #1 on p. 310 together.  This is the new 3 column addition with adding and carrying.

Spelling: Have them draw their own word tree and write the word families in it.  Do p. 48.  Write spelling words from p.48  3x each.  Remind them that the t is silent in the tch family but we don't want to forget it.  Remind them that the "ow" sound we hear in "shout, trout, and sprout" comes from "ou" working together. 

Handwriting: p.239-242

Spectrum Writing: p.67-68 and p.72-74

Reading: Monday- Read p. 74-78. Do p.127&b. Tuesday- Read p.79-83. Do p. 128.Go over the word cards that are sent home every week. Have them pick 3 of them and give you a good sentence using that word. We are talking about figurative sayings this week.  Some examples would be: "When it rains, it pours", "She is the apple of his eye", All that glitters is not gold".  Explain what a figurative saying is and then have them make up one of their own and write it in their journal. Then have them explain what it means in their journal. Pick a short story to read to them or make up your own story to tell them. Then ask them to answer questions about the story to make sure that they were listening and retaining.   Sometimes it is good to ask a question that may be about what their opinion is or does not have a black & white answer to help them use reasoning and verbal expression skills. 

Phonics: p.243-246

Phonics & English: p.253-256

Science: None for Monday and Tuesday. I will be sending out an email regarding science. 

Extras: (not required)

Here is a minute devotion from the science devotional that we use in class. Youtube: Passion Kids Indescribable Series Opener (Sorry, I wanted to include a link but couldn't get it to link up.)

I have also included a fun, easy, craft project on my Facebook since Monday is art day.  :)  I'm not sure if I have all of you on Facebook. If not, you can friend request me and I will accept it as soon as I see it.  Also, here is the website: Frugalfun4boys.com.  It is the egg carton animals.  This is a great project to go along with the turtles and frogs section that we have learned about in science.  If you don't have pipe cleaners at home, you can cut a Qtip in half to use for the antennae.