Dear Parents,
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sorry for not updating the blog last week. Half weeks with half days are sometimes more rather than less hectic, and in the bustle of planning I forgot to post. It won't happen again.
A few updates going into the break:
1) Thanksgiving break is an R&R break. There will be no homework so feel free to let your students focus on food, fun, and family.
2) If your student has signed up for the Bard competition, all poems have been approved! You may help them as much as you are able to memorize and refine their poems!
3) Coming in December we will be putting on a Shakespeare festival on the 14th! It will take place in the middle of the day, and will specifically be open to grandparents, but parents are welcome as well!
In Class
1) In History we will be finishing up our African Kingdoms unit. There will be a unit test Friday the 4th covering African Geography, Egypt/Aksum/Kush, the Trans-Saharan Trade, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. Your students will be bringing notes and study guides home so make sure they are studying!
2) In Reading we will be starting a new book, Tales of Shakespeare the book is a summary of several of Shakespeare's great plays. We will also be reading dialogue from the plays but that will be provided in class. The ISBN # for Tales of Shakespeare is 978-0-141-32168-4. The editors are Charles and Mary Lamp.
3) In Writing we will be continuing to learn how to summarize stories, drawing pictures of what happens first, next, and last and then translating those pictures into sentences.
Best,
Mr. Ohbayashi
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Monday, November 16, 2015
Q2Week5
Dear Parents,
We are half-way through another quarter and almost to half-way mark of the year. This week deficiency notices will be going out, and there will be more of them this quarter than there were last. The main reason for this is that many students struggled with turning in homework at the beginning of the quarter. Please make sure you are checking your students agendas and homework folders, it is very important for our scholars to complete homework assignments in order to do well.
This Week
1) In History we will be studying the early African kingdom of Ghana. The history of Western Africa is rich, but not well known. Feel free to look up facts and articles of early Ghana, "The Land of Gold," and share them with your student. This will help them get a better context and understanding of what they are learning.
2) In Writing we will be working on creating key word summaries of short passages and dictating from memory.
3) In Reading we will be discussing the question "What does it mean to be a knight?" and having a test on the varying aspects of that question on Friday. Your students will be bringing home a sheet of loose leaf paper with the ideas we have been discussing on it, read that and discuss the topics with them!
If you have any other questions, feel free to email me at bohbayashi@archwayglendale.org !
Best,
Mr. Ohbayashi
We are half-way through another quarter and almost to half-way mark of the year. This week deficiency notices will be going out, and there will be more of them this quarter than there were last. The main reason for this is that many students struggled with turning in homework at the beginning of the quarter. Please make sure you are checking your students agendas and homework folders, it is very important for our scholars to complete homework assignments in order to do well.
This Week
1) In History we will be studying the early African kingdom of Ghana. The history of Western Africa is rich, but not well known. Feel free to look up facts and articles of early Ghana, "The Land of Gold," and share them with your student. This will help them get a better context and understanding of what they are learning.
2) In Writing we will be working on creating key word summaries of short passages and dictating from memory.
3) In Reading we will be discussing the question "What does it mean to be a knight?" and having a test on the varying aspects of that question on Friday. Your students will be bringing home a sheet of loose leaf paper with the ideas we have been discussing on it, read that and discuss the topics with them!
If you have any other questions, feel free to email me at bohbayashi@archwayglendale.org !
Best,
Mr. Ohbayashi
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Q2 Week4
Dear Parents,
The big events to keep in mind this week are Veterans day and Read-A-Thon day. There will be no school on Wednesday in honor of our nations veterans. There will also be no homework given Tuesday. On Friday students will be allowed to dress up as their favorite literary or historical figure! A few rules given to us by the Academy are:
1) Students must know what character they are.
2) Students should be the same gender as the character they are dressing up as.
3) While obviously they don't have to be in dress code, student costumes should still be reasonably appropriate.
This Week
1) In History we will begin our African Kingdoms unit. We will be studying the ancient kingdoms of Egypt, Nubia, and Aksum this week. Engaging your students in discussion about what they learned in history always helps solidify their understanding and retention of the material.
2) In Writing we will be learning about adverbs and reviewing adjectives. If you see sentences printed on signs or are reading with your student, ask them if they can identify the subject noun, the verb, and the adjectives and adverbs.
3) In Reading we will be finishing up King Arthur! Keep reading with your students, it really helps!
I hope everyone has a great Veterans day!
Best,
Mr. Ohbayashi
The big events to keep in mind this week are Veterans day and Read-A-Thon day. There will be no school on Wednesday in honor of our nations veterans. There will also be no homework given Tuesday. On Friday students will be allowed to dress up as their favorite literary or historical figure! A few rules given to us by the Academy are:
1) Students must know what character they are.
2) Students should be the same gender as the character they are dressing up as.
3) While obviously they don't have to be in dress code, student costumes should still be reasonably appropriate.
This Week
1) In History we will begin our African Kingdoms unit. We will be studying the ancient kingdoms of Egypt, Nubia, and Aksum this week. Engaging your students in discussion about what they learned in history always helps solidify their understanding and retention of the material.
2) In Writing we will be learning about adverbs and reviewing adjectives. If you see sentences printed on signs or are reading with your student, ask them if they can identify the subject noun, the verb, and the adjectives and adverbs.
3) In Reading we will be finishing up King Arthur! Keep reading with your students, it really helps!
I hope everyone has a great Veterans day!
Best,
Mr. Ohbayashi
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