6th and 7th Week

Reading: Last week, we played a little catch up on all of our assignments. We also took all day Wednesday and Thursday to finish up our projects. This next week, we will finally start Stuart Little. 

Writing: We will start our first narrative this coming up week. Each day, I will model to them the steps, we will go over the steps as a class, and then the students will complete each step on their own.

Projects: We finished our very first project. I am sure your child expressed their stressful week in projects. They all worked very hard and we all learned so much! To recap on what we learned :
Research needs to be accurate and we also need to understand the research we choose so that we are able to explain it when presenting and also when we are asked questions about our presentations. All research needs to be organized, just like all writing papers. Spelling and grammar count, and fragments are easy to write, but hard to write if we can't remember our original intent. Transitions are a necessary tool to help with our fluency and our comprehension. Also, we learned that we need to use our time wisely to make sure we complete all requirements by the deadline. This requires teamwork, making sure ALL members of each group are actively working towards the end goal. We will continue to work on these instruction points throughout the year. We are already better writers and are becoming more independent in the very important steps of revising and editing. 

 We will start our new projects on Nevada maps this coming up week. 

Scholastic Book Orders: Your child will be coming home on Monday with a Scholastic Book order in their Monday folder. These orders are an easy, inexpensive way to get your child new books. If you decide to order, please send check or cash with the order slip to school with your child. I am asking that all orders be in by October 22, so that we can get all orders in on time. 

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend :)