This week, we started Camp Willson narratives, researched nature from Camp, and jumped back into math, geometry, language, spelling, and vocabulary. In History, we participated in a simulation of fictional societies. Some societies were competitive, some focused on justice, and others centered on art.
Students also stretched their imaginations this week! In their free time, a few students carved pumpkins and baked pumpkin seeds. Others created their own language, complete with symbols and sounds. This led to a discussion on the first forms of human communication, a lesson on Latin prefixes, root words, and suffixes, and, lastly, a work on the branches of English origins. Students also decided to hand out candy in the woods during recess for Halloween!
This week, students received their first homework packets. They should have gone home in a red folder. Please read over the information and be sure your child’s homework contract comes back to school by November 8th. I have attached the information found in the packet below. Please let me know if you have any questions!