Happy Monday!!
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to my “Half-Birthday” treat today! I was so surprised! What a great way to start a Monday! Thank you for making me feel special!!!
Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 13 – Spelling Quiz 7
Thursday, February 14 – Verb Tense Test
Thursday, February 14 – Valentine Exchange
Thursday, February 14 -- Show the LOVE -- wear Red/Pink or your favorite Valentine's Gear and donate a $1 to Relay for Life!
Friday, February 15 – Tuesday, February 19 – No School
Wednesday, February 20 – Boosterthon Pep Rally
Friday, February 22 – Folklore Test
Wednesday, February 27 – Spring Pictures
Thursday, February 28 – Read Across America Day—Dress as favorite Dr. Seuss Character
Friday, March 1 – Boosterthon Fun Run
On Valentine's Day we will be exchanging Valentine cards. This activity is optional, and it is not a party. If you choose to participate, please be sure to include enough valentines for each student in our homeroom class. There are 29 kids in the HOMEROOM class. I will send a list home this week with names. Additionally, if you want to bring in a decorated bag or box to collect them in that is fine! You can also just send in a plastic bag for all of them, whatever is easiest.
Grammar: This week we will conclude our unit on verbs and verb tense. Before the test we will review action verbs (direct objects and singular/plural spellings), linking verbs, helping verbs, verb phrases, and subject-verb agreement, Participles/Principal Parts of verbs, and the 6 verb tenses (present, past, future, past-perfect, present-perfect, and future-perfect). These perfect tenses can be confusing, so please encourage your students to study a bit each night. The test will be Thursday, February 14th.
Spelling-List 7 quiz will be on Wednesday. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. On this quiz, we will begin including 5 review words from past lists. Students will have 15 words from the current pattern, and 5 review words from a previous pattern. Remember to study both the spelling and the definitions. If you would like for your child to have extra practice with their spelling words, they may use Spelling City website: https://www.spellingcity.com/pratta.
Writing: We will begin reviewing all 3 previous genres of writing. We will be spending approximately two to three weeks on each genre, starting with narrative. This week we will continue reviewing the structure of narrative and the story elements within each part (beginning, middle and end). Students are practicing using the elements of a narrative to write their own folktales, legends and fables. Students will practice writing a quality beginning to a story, including quality character descriptions, setting description and the introduction to a conflict.
Reading: We will continue our Folklore (dramas, fables, folktales, fairytales, myths, and legends). Students will be reviewing what makes a folktale a folktale, attributes of all folklore, as well as the structure of dramatic literature. We will also be reviewing all of the story elements, theme, setting, characterization, conflict resolution, and tone/mood. This week we will continue focusing on folktales, fables, myths, and legends. We will also continue working on constructive responses related to our Folklore unit. Students need to use the TEACH strategy to write complete responses to answer questions related to the text. We will also be working with comparing/contrasting stories and their characters. The February book review has been passed out. Students should keep this in their binder. Students will need to read TWO 150-page books on their level and this will be due on Thursday, February 28th with parent signature. If your student has questions on their book, please remind them to come chat with me!
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to my “Half-Birthday” treat today! I was so surprised! What a great way to start a Monday! Thank you for making me feel special!!!
Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 13 – Spelling Quiz 7
Thursday, February 14 – Verb Tense Test
Thursday, February 14 – Valentine Exchange
Thursday, February 14 -- Show the LOVE -- wear Red/Pink or your favorite Valentine's Gear and donate a $1 to Relay for Life!
Friday, February 15 – Tuesday, February 19 – No School
Wednesday, February 20 – Boosterthon Pep Rally
Friday, February 22 – Folklore Test
Wednesday, February 27 – Spring Pictures
Thursday, February 28 – Read Across America Day—Dress as favorite Dr. Seuss Character
Friday, March 1 – Boosterthon Fun Run
On Valentine's Day we will be exchanging Valentine cards. This activity is optional, and it is not a party. If you choose to participate, please be sure to include enough valentines for each student in our homeroom class. There are 29 kids in the HOMEROOM class. I will send a list home this week with names. Additionally, if you want to bring in a decorated bag or box to collect them in that is fine! You can also just send in a plastic bag for all of them, whatever is easiest.
Grammar: This week we will conclude our unit on verbs and verb tense. Before the test we will review action verbs (direct objects and singular/plural spellings), linking verbs, helping verbs, verb phrases, and subject-verb agreement, Participles/Principal Parts of verbs, and the 6 verb tenses (present, past, future, past-perfect, present-perfect, and future-perfect). These perfect tenses can be confusing, so please encourage your students to study a bit each night. The test will be Thursday, February 14th.
Spelling-List 7 quiz will be on Wednesday. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. On this quiz, we will begin including 5 review words from past lists. Students will have 15 words from the current pattern, and 5 review words from a previous pattern. Remember to study both the spelling and the definitions. If you would like for your child to have extra practice with their spelling words, they may use Spelling City website: https://www.spellingcity.com/pratta.
Writing: We will begin reviewing all 3 previous genres of writing. We will be spending approximately two to three weeks on each genre, starting with narrative. This week we will continue reviewing the structure of narrative and the story elements within each part (beginning, middle and end). Students are practicing using the elements of a narrative to write their own folktales, legends and fables. Students will practice writing a quality beginning to a story, including quality character descriptions, setting description and the introduction to a conflict.
Reading: We will continue our Folklore (dramas, fables, folktales, fairytales, myths, and legends). Students will be reviewing what makes a folktale a folktale, attributes of all folklore, as well as the structure of dramatic literature. We will also be reviewing all of the story elements, theme, setting, characterization, conflict resolution, and tone/mood. This week we will continue focusing on folktales, fables, myths, and legends. We will also continue working on constructive responses related to our Folklore unit. Students need to use the TEACH strategy to write complete responses to answer questions related to the text. We will also be working with comparing/contrasting stories and their characters. The February book review has been passed out. Students should keep this in their binder. Students will need to read TWO 150-page books on their level and this will be due on Thursday, February 28th with parent signature. If your student has questions on their book, please remind them to come chat with me!