We will now be entering the third nine weeks. Wow how time flies:-) Grades are in and report cards will be coming home shortly. Please remind students that new grades start now!
Reading
This week our focus will be on problem solving. Students will read many texts, determine the problem of the character, how the character is trying to solve the problem and then evaluate how the character solved the problem. Students may also compare how the character solved the problem to how they would have solved the problem.
This week's focus story is Mariah Keeps Cool. Students have a focused vocabulary list as well as question to answer from the textbook. Ask your child what the problem was in the story and how the character solved it.
This week's spelling focus is VCCCV pattern. This is when a word has a consonant paired with a cluster. Students will recognize how to split the word between the syllable with the 3 consonants and cluster. Ask your child for an example from their spelling pretest.
Writing
We have finished the persuasive genre study and are moving on to narrative procedural writing. This is where students will write directions for something they are the expert on. Ask your child what directions they are going to write.
We also are beginning a book publishing project. Many students have participated in this project in previous grades so they are familiar with it. They are very excited to publish their stories in a real book format. It is a great example of the real publishing process. Ask your child what they are writing their book about.
Important dates
January 23..............first day of 3rd nine weeks
January 25..............early dismissal
Until next time,
R. O'Steen
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