The excitement is in the air! Each day builds and builds on the anticipation of Christmas Day approaching. The holiday spirit is contagious and everyone has something to share.
We continue to talk about our "attitude of gratitude" and that it is important to have a giving, thankful attitude instead of a "me-first" getting attitude. Based off research, we are told that those who have a grateful attitude are satisfied with what they have, not what they don't have, and are better students and citizens.
In class this week we are reading about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. We are once again reading from our Journey's anchor text. Our vocabulary/comprehension test will be Thursday, with our spelling test on Friday
We have worked on the "doubling" rule in grammar which connects directly with our spelling this week. Students have been practicing when to double the final consonant in a word based on letters that may or may not follow it.
Our writing will concentrate on each student's ability to follow directions and use textual evidence in their responses. Inference also continues to be one of our goals.
Spelling words: rising, dancing, winning, snapping, bragging, hitting, spinning, traced, striped, handled, dared, raced, escaped, stripped, slammed, skipped, spotted, dimmed, dripped, begged
Bonus: possessions, trembles, debris
Vocabulary words: debris, possessions, trembles, wreckage, tenement, crushing, timbers, constructed, slab, rubble
As the Crusaders always say, "Have a great week!"
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