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– Monday – Red, White, & Blue Day! Students may dress out of uniform IF
they are in patriotic colors…they may not wear jeans if they are in regular
uniform tops.
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– Wednesday – Special Read Aloud Guests!
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– Thursday – PTA – 4th Grade Performance J
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– Fictional Character Dress-Up Day! – Bring the book
Reading
In reading this week we began learning about non-fiction text
features. We discussed the differences between text structure and text
features. Students understand that the structure is how the text is “built” or “structured”
and you have to read the text to determine the text structure. Consequently,
text features are visuals that you can see throughout a non-fiction text. They
can be found without reading the text. We started the week off with going
through a SB and taking notes on all the different types of text features
(WHEW! There are more than I thoughtJ). After playing a memory
game and reviewing the text features we went to the media center for a
scavenger hunt. They found two non-fiction books and documented as many of the
text features as they could. You can check out the class pics section for
photos! Next week we will continue with NF text features and will test
Thursday.
Writing
In writing this week we continued practicing our Milestone
writing. We completed the graphic organizer together with all of our transition
words, subtopics, and text evidence from both passages. After completing the organizer we looked at
some 4th grade response to this particular prompt and used the
Milestone rubric to grade it. We discussed each bullet point on the rubric and
talked about why or why not they met the criteria (side note: the kids grade SO
MUCH HARDER than I ever thought about grading haha). Then I gave them two other
passages, prompt, and blank paper to complete independently. So far they have
drawn out their organizers, determined what the prompt was asking, and began
reading the passages. Next week they will continue filling in the graphic
organizer and write their paper.
Grammar
In grammar this week we continued with ordering adjectives and
learned a mnemonic device to help remember the order… Nathan (number) Oliver
(opinion) Scott (size) Ate (age) Six (shape) Chocolate (color) Oreos (origin)
Mom (material) Packed (purpose). I know it’s a lot for them so we will continue
to look at this next week and review previously learned skills.
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