Here we are at the end of the first nine weeks already! Students are doing a great job completing their reading logs nightly. Keep looking at and signing planners and reading logs nightly throughout the second nine weeks.
Reading
This week is a short one for many reasons. Wednesday students are scheduled to go on a field trip for Music to the Symphony Orchestra. Then Friday the 28th is a planning which means the students don't have school. However, we are going to go ahead in reading with a new focus since this week's skill is one that students should be very comfortable with. We will discuss and work with story structure this week. That is identifying characters, setting and plot from a story. We have discussed this in depth through our narrative focus in writing so this should be pretty easy. Their story is La Bamba and the vocabulary words are in the textbook on pg 160-161. In addition to those words we added debut, duo, embarrassed, and rehearsal. Since it is a short week tests will be given on Thursday.
Language
Students are still focusing on the narrative genre of writing. They should have turned in their second piece, a tall tale, by no later than Monday the 24th. We will be sharing stories in class as well as focusing on prompt reading. Students will participate in the CSE writing prompt on Tuesday of this week.
Students should have a focused spelling list from a pretest given in class to study throughout the week for spelling.
Important Dates:
Last day of 1st nine weeks.........Monday, October 24
Field Trip.........................Wednesday, October 26
Monster Mash Dance 6-8p.m..........Thursday, October 27
Planning day-No School.......................Friday, October 28
Until next time,
R. O'Steen
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