Thank you to everyone who stayed for our New Year's Back to School Bash! It was a lot of fun! A big thank you goes to Mrs. Riggs for planning all of the fun games! We all had a blast! Well, it is definitely a new year and we are in full swing in our classroom. We are starting literature circles up again and I would like to encourage parents to ask your child about his/her literature circle book. The kids will be reading these books mostly in class, completing a "job," and writing a response letter at the end of each assigned section prior to our weekly discussion meetings. It is so important for the kids to stay on top of this task so they can contribute to the discussions over the book and further their reading comprehension. This unit will culminate the first week of February with self-selected literature circle projects/presentations.
There will also be a social studies test this week over the Declaration of Independence. As an assignment the kids will be writing their own declarations of independence, so don't be surprised if your child gives you a paper in attempt to declare their independence from something. ;o)
Upcoming Tests:
Wednesday: Social Studies (chapter 12-The Declaration of Independence)
Friday: Word Study Quiz over Apostrophe's
Here are this week's guiding questions!
Math
What are a few different ways to display and analyze data? How do we add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators?
Reading
How do I effectively participate in a literature circle?
Social Studies
How did the colonists declare independence from England?
Word Study
How do we use apostrophe's in plural possessives?
Writing
How do I collect ideas for a feature article?
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