Week 6

Dear Parents,

My apologies for getting the letter up late this week, I wrote it but forgot to publish.

This week we will send out deficiency notices if students are struggling in particular subjects. A deficiency notice will be sent if your student has an overall grade of a D+ or lower in a class. If your student receives a deficiency notice, don't panic! They are common the first quarter, especially the first quarter of the first year of a new school. Students who get deficiencies half-way through the quarter still have plenty of time to bring up their grade. The deficiency will provide suggestions for what we can do to help your student improve, usually tutoring. These will be sent out by Wednesday, so keep an eye out for them.

In class this week:

1) In history we will be learning about the Franks and their leader Charlemagne, who re-united Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. If you want to research and discuss these events with your student it would help them in class!

2) In writing we will be working on identifying the difference between proper and common nouns.

3) In reading we will be continuing with King Arthur. This is a much harder book than Caspian, I strongly encourage you have your student read it to you out loud, so you can help them with comprehension. Ask them questions about the story, to make sure they know what is going on.

4) We are going to be reciting our poem this week! Make sure your student has memorized all three stanzas of "Afternoon on a Hill" by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

There will be no tests in History or Language Arts this week.

As always feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns! My email is bohbayashi@archwaytriviumeast.org.

Best,

Burk Ohbayashi