Thank you to all of you who sent congratulatory wishes for my daughters- Rebecca now has a beautiful new baby girl- McKenna and Amanda's wedding was picture-perfect last Saturday!
In class we are completing "DARE" essays (5th grade) and personal narratives about the recent field trip to the Morris Museum (4th grade). In writing we are also practicing question responses that restate the question.
Our current reading selection is E.B. White's "Trumpet of the Swan". Since this is a complex text for the class's reading abilities, this is being approached as a teacher-read-aloud. Students follow along with their "Trumpet" packets that require chapter by chapter comprehension questions and activities as well as weekly vocabulary. My students are very much enjoying this action adventure fantasy!
Our grammar studies are revisiting capitalization and the rules that we must follow when we write. We have completed many practice exercises.
Wednesday, the 22nd, will find us teaming up with the 4th grade classes to meet and greet the "Therapy Dog". We are all very excited about this!
Spelling Words for the week include:
himself, there, would, number, money,
special, seconds, try, tries, example, usually,
sure, its, usually, defective, compel, frolic, captivity, help, answer, kind
Bonus: endearment, sustained, solitary, desperation
Enjoy the sunshine!
Mrs. Carr
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