Well time sure does fly! We are already in December and we have soooo much planned I know it will fly be too! Please watch for reminders in the planner as to due dates and activities coming up for students. Spelling bee, parties and progress reports are some of the things going on over the next 2 weeks.
Reading
Last week we did not begin a new story or focus due to a short week and two days of Math benchmark testing. We have finished Theme 2 in the reading series and have begun our Monitoring Student Progress week last week. We will continue this week with Science benchmark tests on Monday and Tuesday as well as the Theme 2 test on Thursday. Therefore, we will not have a new story, vocabulary or spelling focus again this week. However, I have continued to assign reading logs so you should still see your child reading and logging in nightly.
Writing
The week before Thanksgiving I stapled a note about any missing writing students had that they needed to make up. Since then I have assigned students a story to write in connection with our review of story structure in reading. Ask your child what animal and food they chose to write their story about. It is due Monday, December 3. This week we will write a critic's review in connection with our review of fact and opinion in reading. We will look at some real reviews and then students will choose an event from theme 2 to write a review about. Ask your child what event they are writing about and what their opinion is about it.
Spelling
None this week
Date to remember
Science benchmarks..................................................December 3 and 4
If You Give a "Moose" a "Muffin" story...................December 3
Theme 2 test..............................................................December 6
Progress reports go home..........................................December 6 (correction Dec. 7)
Spelling Bee..............................................................December 13
Class party.................................................................December 13
School Pajama party..................................................December 14
Winter Break Begins.................................................December 17
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