1/8- 1/11

Reading: 

3rd: The students practiced using context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

4th: The students compared and contrasted the same story using multi media.

Writing: The students are writing a narrative about being stuck in a snow globe.

Grammar: We started learning about possessive nouns.  

Projects: We started our severe weather projects. The students are are working together with students in Mrs. Luyt's class. I love when we are able to do this! 

Week #14

Don't forget to bring in Secret Santa gifts by Wednesday. If for any reason you can't please let me know.  Also just fill out the From portion on the name tag.

We will present projects at 2:00 on Monday in the cafeteria.  They have worked very hard on their projects and are ready to show them off!

Reading: 3rd:  The students compared 2 stories with the same characters.

4th- The students worked on making inferences within a text. 

Writing: We are finishing up our narrative writing.

Grammar: The students reviewed different grammar standards using a mentor sentence.

Projects: We finished up and practiced our 51st state project.

On Thursday we will be watching a movie in the afternoon as a part of our Christmas party.  The students will be able to choose to watch Home Alone in Mrs. Luyt's room or Santa Claus 3 in our room.  If you do not want your child to watch one or both of these movies please let me know. 

Week 13

Thank you to everyone who came to conferences!  If you missed your conference or didn't sign up for one please email me to set up a time.

Reading: 3rd-  We read 2 books by the same author.  The students determined the setting, theme, problem, solution and beginning, middle and end of both stories.  Next week we are going to compare and contrast both stories.

4th-  We watched Pixar Shorts and made inferences based on what we saw.  They had to be able to provide evidence to support their inference.

Writing: We continued working through the writing process with our narrative writing.

Grammar: We wrote letters to Santa for the LVN.

Projects:  We are finishing up our 51st State project.  I will send home an email at the beginning of the week letting you know when we will present.

Secret Santa: The students all drew their names for Secret Santa.  Remember to only spend $5 on the gift.  The Dollar Store is a great place to shop for this!  Only fill out the From part of the name tag.  

Christmas Party: We will be having a Christmas party on the Thursday before break.  I will send home more details at the end of the week.  

Week #12

Reading:  The students continued working on finding evidence in the text to support their answer.  They also worked on correctly using evidence based terms and evidence.

The students took a spelling test on Thursday.  Overall they did a great job.  They will not get a new list until after Christmas break.  Spelling will be run a little differently after the break.  I will go into detail at a later date.  

There will be a Latin/Greek test on Thursday 12/7.  

Writing: We continued working through the narrative writing process.  Most students are ready to begin their rough drafts.

Grammar:  We reviewed past and present tense verbs, then took an assessment.

Projects: We are on the tail end of the 51st State project.  The goal is for all projects to be completed by 12/7.  We will then practice presenting to eachother, and then finally invite the parents in to enjoy.  As soon as I know a set date and time I will send out an email.

Don't Forget

* Conferences are on Friday.  If you have not signed up for a time, or contacted me about coming on a different day, please click on the link and sign up
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* A bookorder was sent home.  If you are ordering a book as a gift for your child please let me know. 

Week 11

Reading:The students reviewed finding evidence in the text to support their answer. They received new spelling words.  They will be having a test on those words on 11/30.

Writing: We are slowly working through the writing process when writing a narrative. 

Grammar: We reviewed and tested on making simple, compound and complex sentences.

Projects: The students continued working on their 51st State project.

** Be on the lookout for a scholastic bookorder coming home soon.  If you would like to order for Christmas and do not want your child to see the order, let me know.  

I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving.  I will see you tomorrow!

Week #10

Reading:  This week in reading we worked on literal and non literal meaning of phrases.  The students received new Latin/Greek words.  They will have an assessment on these words on 11/ 16. They also had a spelling test.  

Writing: We continued practicing correctly using quotation marks in dialogue.  The students took an assessmenton Thursday.  We also practiced using specific word choice to set the mood in writing.

Grammar: We reviewed parts of speech and took an assessment. We also continued practicing the difference between simple, compound and complex sentences.  We will take an assessment on this next week. 

Projects: We continued working on the 51st state projects. 

One more week and then we get the entire week off for Thanksgiving!! 

Don't forget, the students are supposed to read 20 minutes every night.  Also make sure they are practicing for spelling and Latin/Greek tests.  They have time in class, but a little extra practice at home would be great too. 

Week #9

Writing: This week the students wrote an opinion paper completely on their own for an assessment.

Reading: This week we reviewed the standards we have covered so far this year. 

Grammar: The students were introduced to subordinating conjunctions.  They practiced finding the subordinating conjunction in a complex sentence.  They also had to find the dependent clause.

Projects: We continued working on our 51st state projecty.