Busy Week!

This week the students began another unit of morphology, learning -al/-ial, -ty/-ity, and the Latin base fer. They came up with lots of great words and illustrations to help them remember the meanings.

In addition, we wrapped up our first spelling-vocabulary list from Three Times Lucky. Because it’s a mystery, some of the words are related to the judicial system.

We read two more chapters of the novel this week, and we are taking notice of similes and connections while we practice making inferences.

Much of our time this week was spent writing. Students are busy crafting songs, as well as pieces for their grandparents.

In social studies this week, we kicked off our final region – the West! Students labeled maps with states and capitals, and we read the chapter in our book about the region’s unique geography. In addition, two students shared state snacks. Samuel brought in California rolls which were in invented in L.A., and Maya brought New Jersey’s favorite treat – saltwater taffy.

We celebrated John’s 10th birthday on Monday with crumbl cookies for his class.

We also attended two fantastic assemblies this week. The first was the Native American Heritage Assembly hosted by Ensworth parent, Charles Robinson. He and some of his children shared about their culture with the students, and involved them in some of their dances.

Today, after the whirlwind that was the Pancake Breakfast, we were treated to a morning of music from Ensworth high school students. Encore, the Jazz Band, and the Rock Band all performed and helped everyone burn off some of that sugar!

In Morning Meeting this week, the kids enjoyed sharing about their grandparents, playing games of “Good Morning, Mr. President” and No Talk Toss, the ‘no teeth’ greeting, and more.