Dear Wonderful Families,

Important Dates
Friday, September 9th- Student Leadership Form due (turn into the office)
Monday, September 11th- Medication Meeting with Nurse Stephanie (if you have medical
paperwork and medication that need to be turned in for Alliance Redwoods). Meeting will be
held in Room 32 (Ms. Main`s class) after school.
Thursday, September 14th- Alliance Chaperone meeting, after school, in Room 31
Monday-Friday, September 18th-22nd- Alliance Redwoods (Science Camp) Reminders: If you
haven`t paid yet, please send a check to the office (Write it out to: Rocklin Academy, $315).
Also, if you plan to send medication with your child, and you haven't turned in a form yet,
make sure to complete: Field Trip Medication Authorization Form. Medication Forms are due
Monday, Sept. 11th.
Monday, September 18th- Departing for Alliance. Meet at Turnstone, with all luggage and a
sacked lunch, at 7:45 am. We will be viewing tides at the ocean, so make sure to wear shorts
and closed toed shoes (or supportive sandals with a back).
Friday, September 22nd- Arriving at Turnstone. We estimate that we will arrive around 1:00
pm. The office will keep parents updated on the estimated time of our arrival.

Current Units of Study

Language Arts- We are continuing our novel study: The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan.
Every night the students will read a chapter and come prepared for writing and discussion the
next day. Throughout the module, we will learn how to close read and cite evidence for: myths
and hero's journeys. Our next writing project is writing an informative essay comparing the
themes from the myth, Cronus, and The Lightning Thief.

Social Studies- The Judaism and Christianity unit, a Core Knowledge and California Content
Standard, explains the origins and significance of Judaism and Christianity. This unit is one of
the most difficult Social Studies units because there are thousands of years of history put into
just a few lessons.
We will be learning how religions and beliefs have impacted ancient civilizations. In addition,
our class will need to discuss the importance of respecting each other's views, because these
religions and beliefs aren't just in the past, but also in the present. Our focus of the unit is to
learn about the history of these religions in order understand the significance during its time.
Our test will be: Friday, September 15th
The study guide has already been shared with the students, and it is attached to this update.
Core Knowledge Learning Targets covered in this unit:
Students will be able to
1. Identify the Jewish Bible and the Christian Bible and their parts and recognize their importance to Jews
and Christians.
2. Describe the Exodus of the Hebrew from Egypt, Explain the Ten Commandments and how God
revealed them to Moses. Understand the content of the Torah, or Pentateuch.
3. Understand the role of prophets such as Amos and Isaiah in Judaism. Understand what happened to
the Jewish people during the almost 1, 000 years between Davids kingdom and the coming of Roman
rule.
4. Understanding the spread of Christianity through Jesus followers, such as Paul of Tarsus. Understand
the Roman persecution of Christians, the efforts of church councils to standardize Christianity, and the
growth of Christianity as a major religion.
5. Understanding that Judaism and Christianity agree on one God, who is good and who made
everything in the universe and that people should be good. Understand Christianity disagree on
questions of human nature and life after death.

California Content Standards in this unit:

6.3 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the
Ancient Hebrews.

1. Describe the origins and significance of Judaism as the first monotheistic religion based on the concept of
one God who sets down moral laws for humanity.
2. Identify the sources of the ethical teachings and central beliefs of Judaism (the Hebrew Bible, the
Commentaries): belief in God, observance of law, practice of the concepts of righteousness and justice, and
importance of study; and describe how the ideas of the Hebrew traditions are reflected in the moral and
ethical traditions of Western civilization.
3. Explain the significance of Abraham, Moses, Naomi, Ruth, David, and Yohanan ben Zaccai in the
development of the Jewish religion.
4. Discuss the locations of the settlements and movements of Hebrew peoples, including the Exodus and
their movement to and from Egypt, and outline the significance of the Exodus to the Jewish and other
people.
5. Discuss how Judaism survived and developed despite the continuing dispersion of much of the Jewish
population from Jerusalem and the rest of Israel after the destruction of the second Temple in A.D. 70

Class Donations
Let`s keep our class healthy! Throughout the year, our class will accept donations of tissues,
hand wipes (not clorox wipes), and hand sanitizer. We are on our last box of tissues.

Have a wonderful weekend! Go Eagles!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Peters