Well, the Fall weather sure came and tickled the senses this weekend. It is hard to believe that October begins this week! Students are still working in their novel study of The Lightning Thief.
They are getting to some exciting parts of the story. Ask them about Percy's problem in the story.
You should have also seen your child's progress report last week. I am still waiting on the results of one final pretest. If I see any concerns I will be contacting parents for conferences to make a plan to help your child be successful in fifth grade.
Reading
This week students will continue to read their novel furthering their understanding of the problem in the story. We will wrap up our focus on story structure and the elements of story with a test on Tuesday. Students will then continue in their novel and using the maps and setting along with the visualization strategy to understand why authors use certain text features and how they can enhance and help understanding of the story.
Students should be continuing to read and log in nightly. This is their reading practice as well as the way they will meet their reading goal of 25 books this year. Students can still earn their reading ball cap by reading 10 books. Remember books need to be on the students reading level and every 100 pages equals 1 book. So a book with 275 pages would earn them 3 credits toward their goal. Ask your child how they can earn a pin for their hat!
Writing
Students began planning with their chosen groups articles, pictures, features for a Camp Half-Blood newspaper. Students will use events from their novel study to write from the perspective of a character in Camp Half-Blood or the book. They are having fun planning their section of the newspaper. Ask your child what section they chose and what articles and features they are putting in their section.
Spelling
This week students will have an opportunity to go to rotations during reading class. One of which is Spelling. This week students will take words from their novel and write the base word and then try to make other words with the base word adding prefixes and suffixes.
Dates to remember:
Oct. 9.........................Early dismissal
Oct. 23.......................Early dismissal
Oct. 25.......................No School -Planning Day
Until next time,
R. O'Steen
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