January Newsletter

Forgive me for our late newsletter! We have been screaming through our lessons and our new IT class and I have been a little behind on the fun parts of teaching like our blog!

The month of January brought us a new quarter (and a whole new year of course!). We are introducing harder and more in depth material and the students are doing well.

Here is a snapshot of our month!

November and December Accomplishments: 
6th-8th grade: 
Bible: Memory Verse Memorization (20 verses)
Spelling: Spelling Words (120 words with even more for Vocabulary)
History: Units regarding events in the westward expansion of our nation.
IT: We've covered the basics of typing, setting up documents, and the components of a computer.

3rd-5th grade:
History: Units surrounding our 50 states! We discussed our Southeast states in depth.

IT: We've covered the basics of typing, setting up documents, and the components of a computer.

Learning about volcanoes with all grades

Art with odd tools (green beans, tea bags, orange slices, and other things)

Practicing our Sistine Chapel masterpieces 

Painting with our spotlight artist

Jackson Polluck inspired artwork

Utilizing our computer lab in research for History 

Elective
We are working on Art in our elective class currently and some of the students' work is on display down in the front lobby. Please take a moment to ask your student which artist and art style they are learning about for the week and which has been their favorite so far. 

Pizza Fridays

If you would like to participate in Pizza Fridays please send pizza money with your student ($4/slice, $2/extra slice) on Thursday. I generally never send out pizza slips, but it is still an option for your student.

Important Dates to Remember:
February 8th: History Fair Field Trip 

February 14th: Valentine's Day (Your student may bring something to share)

February 19th-20th: Parent/Teacher Conferences (No School)

February 26th-March 2nd: Dr. Seuss Days (Please refer to the Dr. Seuss blog post)