I hope you had a nice weekend! Thank you for the well wishes last week while I was out sick.
As you have heard, IOWA testing has been cancelled for the year. If any additional information is released regarding this cancellation, we will let you know.
Important Dates:
Mon. 10/28: Give negativity the “BOOT”—Wear boots!
Tues. 10/29: NOVEL TEST, Superhero gear (No full costumes, please)
Wed. 10/30: Spell Quiz #4, Wear favorite fall orange shirt,
Thurs. 10/31: 1920’s day--students are encouraged to dress up in 1920's attire (Also crazy hair day)
Thurs. 10/31: Book Log due
Tues. 11/5: No School for Students, Election Day
**We are still in need for a few supplies/volunteers for 1920’s day on Thursday. Please visit the signup genius and consider donating to this fun day of hands on/interactive learning. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4eadaf2aaaf85-2019
**If you have not signed up for a conference, please visit the sign up genius for a date/time. If you are unable to meet on the given dates, please email me! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4eadaf2aaaf85-fall5
Spelling: Spelling quiz 4 will be Wednesday, October 30th. All lists should stay in their binder. For extra practice, please visit
spellingcity.com/pratta. I have loaded all lists onto this site for practice (some might change throughout the year). On the quiz, students will need to be able to spell the word correctly, as well as define the words. We work a lot with prefix/suffix and how those change the meaning of a base/root word.
Grammar: We will continue our unit on Conjunctions and Interjections. During this unit, students will learn 3 types of conjunctions (coordinating, correlative, and subordinating), review the types of sentences (simple, compound, and complex),
and apply the different conjunction to the appropriate uses within those sentences. This week we will be covering phrases/clauses and correlative conjunctions. Students will have notes in their binders as well as their grammar notebooks.
Writing: This week we will conclude practicing writing response to literature with our novel test. Students will apply a topic, like theme, to their novel, and write a short essay including evidence. The students will have a frame/outline of the structure to utilize on the test. We will move into Informational Writing towards the end of the week.
Reading: We will be wrapping up working with our novels for Book Clubs this week. The students are reading one of the following books: Old Yeller, My Side of the Mountain, or The Lemonade War. We have used the story to work with story elements, such as characterization, point of view, setting, conflict, resolution, and theme. We also worked with figurative
language, theme, constructed responses, and practiced how to write a response to literature (see writing above). For their
test on Tuesday, they can study the vocab, reflection questions, and story map/notes in their yellow novel folders, figurative language, and the response to literature structure. Students will be allowed to use their books on the test. We will be moving on to our Non-fiction/Biography unit later this week. Students will be reading a biography on a historical figure. We will use the novel to work with main idea/details, inferencing/drawing conclusions, summarizing, and text structures.
The October Book Log is due on Thursday, October 31. There will be no classroom novel to use for the October Book log. Students will need to read two, 150-page books and write the reviews. The Book Log should be signed by a parent, and it, along with the completed book review.
Other Clubs: If your student is interested in joining any other clubs at Dolvin, please visit the Dolvin website and click the activities tab for more information.
Devices Students are not permitted to bring any devices to school at this time. We have not signed technology permission forms. If your student needs a cell phone for after school safety reasons, please let me know. The phone must be off and in their locker at all times. Please direct all necessary communication through the teacher.