“It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want—oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!”
- Mark Twain Welcome back! This week we will begin reading Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt. Most students confirmed that this book is already in their locker, but please ensure that your child brings the book if it is stored at home. The ISBN# for the book is 9780425102411. Reading from the same edition of the book is important as we reference page numbers when discussing and for daily reading assignments. Nightly reading assignments will be about 10 pages, so longer chapters will be divided up. This novel fits nicely during our History unit about the events of the Civil War. Students are also memorizing a poem that alludes to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, "O, Captain! My Captain!" Scholars should have the first stanza memorized, and should be working on the second stanza this week. We will continue syllabicating 20 Spalding words each week this quarter. If you notice that your student has not mastered the Spalding phonograms, which would be evident on weekly assessments sent home, please incorporate 10 minutes of phonogram review as part of nightly homework. This will support your child in both spelling and reading fluency. In Writing and Grammar, we will continue to work through the Nose Tree fable in Fix-it! Grammar as a daily review of parts of speech. We will also continue to practice developing outlines from science and history articles that will be used to draft well-planned paragraphs, while implementing stylistic techniques learned in class. Warm regards, Mrs. Baird
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