Eighty-Second Day of School

Our activity in Writing today was a continuation of yesterday's activity. We added to our pre-writing notes.

In Health we discussed the meaning of respect.

The mid-chapter Math Test will be early next week.

A reading fluency/comprehension by oral response score graphic (as discussed at Back-to-School Night) will be available in the classroom at the beginning of next week.

Thirty-Third Day of School

You should find a packet of ungraded personal narrative writing work from the last 5 weeks of school being sent home. Things to look for as you review work:

• Stories with a clear beginning which tells who, where, and when
• A story which tells two or more details of a single event being told in a logical order
• Stories with closure
• Time order words (next, then)
• Black ink writing with blue revisions and red ink editing (some children may have chosen blue or red pencil)
• Punctuation at the end of sentences and personal pronoun 'I's' and proper nouns capitalized.

For Health we discussed making wise decisions. The criteria for making a wise decision :

• Is it healthful?
• Is it safe?
• Does it follow laws?
• Does it show respect for others?
• Does it follow family rules?
• Does it show good character?  

Preview Unit 1 Week 3

In this week's instruction we focus on  how we will change and how we have changed as we grow. If your child would like to bring in a photo showing themselves as a baby, we could display these and guess who they grew into. We will also explore how animals change as they grow. We will draw conclusions about animals that change greatly and those that may only change in size as they mature. We will analyze text for character, setting, and plot. We will focus on spelling patterns: -in, -it, -iss. Our oral vocabulary words will be change, adult, learn, imitate, and practice. Our reading sight words will be be, ride, and run. In grammar we will distinguish between statements and questions.

In Writing, we will begin the revision portion of our process.

In Social Science, we will discuss the difference between rights and responsibilities and what they mean for United States citizenship (HSS 1.1).

In Math we will continue our work with chapter 1.

In Health we will continue our overview of the concept of "good health."

In Science we continue comparing properties of various solids. We use our insight into these properties to perform an investigation.

In Drama we will begin our work on tableau.

In PE we will begin to work with team members to accomplish goals. Due to weather considerations we may have indoor PE on Monday and Tuesday.