As the weather gets colder, things are heating up at the Oxford Central School!
This week in ELA we are reading the selection "A Visit to Grandpa" and exploring supporting details and main idea. Everyone is enjoying this story. We are learning about African American cowboys. As Justin, our main character, visits his grandfather he learns by example some valuable life-lessons.
Along with our reading selection, we discussed the reasons that authors write. A good way to remember how to identify author's purpose is to think about the letters in the word PIE....
P= to persuade
I= to inform
E= to entertain
Grammar lessons have included reviewing sentence types and writing complete sentences. Don't forget each sentence type has its own punctuation!
Our spelling preview showed our class what good spellers they really are. We previewed the Rebecca Sitton "B" list and added some additional words to practice. Each student brought home the entire list with words highlighted that they found challenging. We will continue to practice with our new gel boards and our round-robin spelling.
Our "test" will be Monday.
List #2 words include: because, before, being, better, between, brought, by, but, be, began, body, black, below, began, body, change, children, city, called, could, first, from, right, said, something, saw, there, their, and thought.
Hope to see the 5th grade parents at Back-to-School night!
It was great to see the 4th grade parents this week!
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