A new year is a perfect time to reflect on what we have accomplished and set goals for the future! We will be working hard in the upcoming winter months to accomplish these goals.
Our grammar studies will continue to explore nouns; proper nouns, common nouns, possessive and plural nouns. Our goal is to become noun experts! In addition we will explore verbs and the proper use of verb tenses.
Our book projects are moving to a different level. Students now must have their projects books approved for appropriate grade/reading level. A key to comprehension growth is reading a book that challenges the reader to use the skills they have been taught. Our class will have additional time (6 weeks) to complete their book projects. A schedule of dates will be provided. Projects must be submitted in a neat, orderly format. Rough drafts will not be accepted. All projects will continue to include four parts; the project itself, the 5-4-3-2-1 organizer, the summary, and class presentation.
We will continue our Level 3 Core spelling words after this week. This week 1/6-10, we will revisit the holiday word list that we covered before our holiday break. Homework this week will include reinforcement activities to assist students with mastery of these words. Since they are words that we have already covered, we will have 1/2 our list assessed on Wednesday and 1/2 on Friday.
Scholastic Storyworks (September 2010) articles will provide us with reading material to practice our compare/contrast skills. The Yesterday and Today sequence will compare/contrast popular music of today (Taylor Swift) to popular must of yesterday (Stevie Wonder). Our nonfiction (informational text) article for the week is entitled "Cheetah Daddy" and our fiction articles will be "The Great Hodgi" and the fable "The Hunter and the Doves".
Happy New Year!
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