Reading Language Arts Updates Week of November 29

I hope everyone had a delicious Thanksgiving! It is hard to believe but we only have 3 weeks before Winter break! Due to a field trip, benchmark testing, and other planned activities at school, our normal Friday tests will change to other days. Please check your child's planner to know when the tests will be given.


Reading
This week our focus will be author's viewpoint. Students will be able to explain how the author feels or thinks about the subject they are writing about. Students will need to infer the author's viewpoint from facts and opinions that are stated in the text. Due to Monday's field trip and up coming benchmark testing I will be postponing tests on vocabulary (pg 260 in textbook), spelling and the selection story until Wednesday of next week.


Language
We have finished the narrative writing standard and will be moving on to the informational standard. In connection with our school theme, Traveling the World in 180 days", students will be studying and learning about the state of Virginia. This will be a class report that will be presented at our USA Tour on December 16 at 6:30p.m.

This week we will also be studying subject verb agreement and regular and irregular verbs.

Spelling
Our spelling focus for this week are words with a final "er" sound spelled with er, or, ar. Look for a focused list in the planner.


Until next time,
R. O'Steen

Time Has Flown!

We have been very busy this first quarter! We are now already soon going to be in midterm of the second quarter. Students are settling in to the rituals and routines of the classroom well. With the holidays fast approaching our schedule will try to stay as normal as possible but look for test reminders in the planners as we will have short weeks and days off November through January.

Reading

We are wrapping up the second theme in our reading series. You should have received a nine weeks overview for the curriculum for the second nine weeks in the report card envelope.


Language

We just finished the narrative standard or story writing. Students were to turn in a published story for a language grade this past Friday. We will be moving to report writing when we come back from the Thanksgiving holiday. We will be writing about the state of Virginia as part of our travel theme throughout the school. Mark your calendars for the United States Tour on December 16 to come and see what our students have learned about the fifty states.

Up Coming Dates
November 23 Sports Fest
November 24-26 Thanksgiving Break
November 29 Marine Science Field Trip

You should see a weekly progress report coming home in the Friday Folder. Please review your child's work and sign the report and folder then return on Monday.

Until next time,
R. O'Steen