Reminders

Just a couple of reminders, book orders are due by Thursday. Also, if your child didn't bring in their scrapbook page please send it in ASAP. 

Thanks!

August 22-25

We had another great week!  This class is awesome! Everyone works super hard and we have so much fun together.

Reading:  The students learned about context clues.  They created a made up word and put it in a sentence containing context clues.  The class then had to use the context clues to determine the meaning of the made up word.

We also learned about character traits.  We read a few books and talked about what the traits were for the different characters.  They had to use evidence from the text to support their trait. 

The students received their first spelling list on Monday.  They will have a test on these words on Thursday September 1st.  The students will have to write the entire sentence given during the test.  They will be graded on spelling the spelling word correctly and using the correct form of the word, starting the sentence with a capital and ending the sentence with the correct punctuation.  The words should be in a sheet protector in your child's binder. 

Writing:  This week we went through the entire writing process for an opinion paper.  We started off by taste testing Cinnamon Bun Oreos and Chocolate Chip Oreos.  We took notes on how everyone felt about each cookie.  We then voted on which one we liked the best.  Cinnamon Bun Oreos won!.  We filled out our organizer and  wrote the rough draft together.  The students were also taught how to skip lines for their rough draft and not to write over the red lines on the side of the paper. 

We have also been working on cursive every morning.  The kids love to write in cursive!

Grammar:  We are learning about pronouns and regular and irregular plural nouns. The students created a note taker to help them spell the irregular plural nouns. 

Projects:  We learned about force and motion and simple machines.  The students created pulleys on Wednesday.

First week

We made it through the first week.  I think we were all exhausted by the end, but it was a great week!

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the back to school night.  If you haven't returned all the paperwork (including the About Your Child) please send it in with your child on Monday.  Also if you didn't return the blue binder send that in Monday as well.  We need those binders for our writing this year.


Reading:  This week in reading we reviewed Read to Self and how to pick a good fit book.  We then started building stamina while reading.  They did a great job at this!  

We also worked on context clues.  We read a book that had some made up words in it.  We used context clues to help us figure out the meaning of the words.  The students then were put into partners to come up with their own made up words.  On Monday they are going to write sentences that contain context clues so the class can figure out the meaning of their word.  

Writing:  This week the students wrote one piece that was an opinion writing and one that was a narrative.  This was to help give me an idea of where they are at with their writing.

Grammar:  We reviewed nouns.

Projects:  We reviewed the different Tribe agreements.  We also did a lot of fun team building activites.