I can't believe we are already beginning our third week of school! I can tell already this year is going to fly!! Students are settling in nicely and I am very proud of the progress they have made learning the school and classroom rituals and routines. Students have also been putting forth tremendous effort on their beginning of the year assessments. These assessments are of great value to me because it will let me know how to better plan for my lessons and how to help the students become better readers this year in fifth grade. And I have to brag and say, they have also already impressed me with their first group project! I can tell this is going to be a great group of students :)
Reading
This week in reading students will set up their home learning reading logs. They will be expected to choose a book on their independent level. I will go over in class how they can choose a just right book. You should start seeing the reading logs coming home as of Tuesday, September 3. Students will be expected to share their logs with a parent and get a parent signature each night.
We will also begin our novel study, Percy Jackson and the Olympians-The Lightning Thief. Students have spent the last week building background knowledge on the Greek gods and goddesses so they will better understand the characters and plot of the story.
Writing
Students have been participating in quick writes and descriptive paragraphs so far this year. We will begin shortly with narrative writing.
Dates to remember-
Stay tuned for the Open House date and time
Until next time,
R. O'Steen
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