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.
