11/30/12
Dear
RiverRun Families,
This week we finished lessons on
the relationship between the Sun and Earth, including concepts such as time
zones, the reason for seasons (Earth’s tilt), and how varying temperatures in
the different climate zones affect life.
Your children should be able to tell you where the Tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn are on a globe and how the sun’s rays are perpendicular to these
imaginary lines during the summer or winter solstices. They should also be able
to tell you how the Earth does not lean into or away from the sun during the
two equinoxes and that the Sun’s rays are perpendicular to the Equator at these
times. I want to thank Sean’s family for lending us
some of their materials for us to use; they
are wonderful.
The children have been working
hard on all their math facts. The
Middles have been working with the Bead Frame and this week we started to use
the Bead Frame for dynamic subtraction.
The Elders have been reading and discussing Wind in the Willows.
For Writers’ Workshop we discussed a new rubric I will be using to assess
the children’s next story. The rubric
focuses on good leading lines and punctuation, particularly capitalization and
periods. We discuss punctuation daily,
so I am sure the children will work hard to edit their works.
Fall assessments are finished and
in the children’s folders. They have
learned a lot over these past three months and I’m excited at their progress. If you have any questions, please e-mail me
and we can set up a time to talk.
Have a
wonderful weekend,
Amy
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