I can't believe it's already February! This year has flown by!!
Reading: In reading this week we continued reading non fiction text using Scholastic News. I love how these are current event articles that really capture the students' attention. We looked at text features, found the main idea and supporting details, and talked about author's purpose.
The 3rd graders are also learning how to pull information from 2 texts to write one piece. We did one together this week about being a fit kid. The 4th graders are working in partners to pull information from two articles on the same subject. They will then put their information together and present it to the class.
We have a spelling test this week. I told the students in both classes that if everyone in their class received a 3 on the test I would bring them a treat! Let's hope everyone is studying!!
Writing: We started a new writing project this week. The students each chose a country to research. The research for this writing assignment is much easier than our last one.I can't wait to find out all the fun things they learn about their different countries.
Grammar: We finished up with possessive nouns and took an assessment. We then worked with collective nouns.
Projects: We presented our severe weather projects to the 2nd graders on Monday. Then we started our new project. The students are working in groups learning about the different continents. They will then create maps to represent each continent.
