Game of Life, Tuck Everlasting, and Typing Club

   Last week we started reading the book Tuck Everlasting. We will read this book for the next few weeks in our reading block.  Students will have a vocabulary quiz from this book for the next few Mondays.  You should have seen them come home with a vocabulary organizer this week, I had them put it in with their reading logs, in their binders so they will always have it with them. Be looking for these organizers for the next few weeks and encourage them to study :) Our quizzes will be first thing Monday mornings.

   In projects we did a lot of fun activities where the students were able to work with their new groups and get to know each other better.  They all came up with new tribe names and made posters, they came up with some really creative names. 

   The Game of Life project will begin this week. Thank you to all the families who are letting us borrow their games and also a big Thank You to the Bake family for donating one for our classroom! We will start playing the Game of Life on Monday and Tuesday and then we will learn all of the Economic Vocabulary on Wednesday and Thursday. This vocabulary quiz will not be until the end of the four week project. I promise I will be better in letting you know ahead of time when we will be having quizzes and tests. 

   We also started Typing Club, students will get to work on their typing skills a couple times a week for a short amount of time in their writing block. Typing Club is a free website where your child could practice this at home as well.  They have to get three stars to move on to the next level. If you have any questions about setting this up at home please let me know. 

   Also in Writing, we have started brainstorming and using a quick sketch method to plan out our personal narratives. We will begin our rough drafts this week on their chrome books. We have been learning to pick the "seed out of the watermelon." This means that we are writing a personal narrative on one small part of a big story.  You should ask your child what "seed" they are writing about:)  

   I cannot believe we are already going to start our 6th week! Time is Flying! I hope everyone is having a great weekend!