We continue to march forward in our Social Studies building of background knowledge for The American Revolution. Be sure to ask your child what is happening in the county each day as we will move quickly through the years :)
Reading
Students will focus this week on analyzing the structure and author chooses for the text they have written. There are four main ways to organize or structure text. They are: cause and effect, compare and contrast, sequence of events and main idea with supporting details. Students will notice through the week the connection between the author's purpose for their writing and the structure they used when writing about their topic. Students will also take note of text features such as pictures, maps, charts, etc and how they impact and/or enhance the meaning of the text. Students will take their test on Friday on text structure. You should be seeing these tests come home each Friday.
Just a reminder, students are still being assigned to read and log in nightly. You should still be signing their reading logs nightly.
Language
Students will be making journal entries into their writing journal based on the topics in Social Studies.
Spelling
We will have the classroom spelling bee test next week so you should be seeing your child studying their spelling bee list.
Dates to remember:
November 20.........................Early dismissal
November 27-December 2....Thanksgiving Holiday
Until next time,
R. O'Steen
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