Week 7 Newsletter

Announcements

9/25 – Wednesday – Reading Wonders Cold Read

9/26 – Thursday – Events Leading Up to American Revolution Test

Homework

Achieve – 2 Articles – Please make sure your child is doing these and you are monitoring their progress!

Reading

We had a new reading schedule this week! I introduced the new problem and solution text structure last Thursday and Friday so Monday we focused on learning the grammar skill for the week, which was subject/predicate and idioms. Students completed their interactive journal and practice activities with my guidance Monday. Then Wednesday and Thursday we did our first center rotations! They consisted of Idiom QR Codes, Subject/Predicate Task Cards, Milestone Quick Write Practice, USA Test Prep on the Chromebooks, Identifying problems in random pictures and determining several possible solutions to explain through writing, and then meeting with me to complete a practice Reading Wonders assignment before they take the real things next week. J For our first week it went well! We will have to work somethings out but overall I feel that we covered all the reading standards we needed to this week. I plan on taking two center assignments as a grade and then the rest for completion. Next week students will take their RW cold read formative and summative and I will introduce the new skill, compare and contrast.

Writing

In writing this week we continued learning about the components of a personal narrative. We discussed comparing their writing to a watermelon and a seed. The watermelon is a BIG event that has happened to them…a trip they have taken, a birthday, a memorable moment. However, the seed is what we zoom in on to write about. This is where we use sensory details, dialogue, descriptive words, etc. Writing is a developmental skill and it TAKES TIME but we are working on it J This week we talked about watermelon vs. seeds, narrowing down their own big moments to small moments, and the different types of leads. Next week we will begin putting it together to start on their drafts.

Social Studies

This week we talked about the Boston Massacre. We added it to our organizer, read a passage and answered comprehension questions. Next week we will get through the Boston Tea Party and review all acts leading up to the American Revolution and Quiz on Thursday (tentatively). My hope is to get a study guide home Monday J