Reading: We have been building stamina during Daily 5. So far we have learned about read to self, work on writing and read with someone. Both my third and fourth graders have done an excellent job working independently in these 3 areas. This week we are going to start word work. The students will be getting their spelling lists on Tuesday. They will not have a spelling test on these words until next Thursday, September 11. We have also been learning about protagonist, antagonist and setting. By next week we should have Daily 5 completely up and running so I will be able to start working with groups of students.
Writing: We did an Oreo taste test to get us ready for our whole class opinion writing. We tried berry Oreo and birthday cake. I was surprised when berry won! As a group we went through the whole writing process. This week they will begin an independent opinion paper. We also learned 6 new letters in cursive this week.
Grammar: We practiced editing our DOL sentences. We also focused on finding nouns and pronouns in the sentences.
Projects: The students split into groups according to what agreement they wanted to work with. Each group is now working on a skit that they will perform to the 1st graders to teach them about the tribes agreements. This week each group will practice in front of our class and get feedback from each other.
We officially have a name for our class buddy, Camboo. Our first student took Camboo home this weekend. I can't wait to hear about their adventures.
If anyone would like to donate paper towels to our class that would be great. I like to have them wash their hands before lunch so paper towels would make it so we don't have to air dry! :)
