September 11th, 2014
Class activities for Thursday, September 11
Spelling: Students completed a spelling achievement pretest today.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due next Friday.
Reading: Students received notebooks and bookmarks to use during Literature Circles this year as we read novels and informational writing. We also reviewed common reading strategies that good readers use: asking questions, finding important passages, visualizing, and making connections. Today, we practicing writing good, open ended questions.
Writing: We talked about focusing a topic on just the best part and time of the story. For example, if a student wanted to write about Christmas break, then they could focus in on just New Year’s Eve, then just the New Year’s Eve party, then finally focus on the ball dropping (the best part of the story). Focusing gets the writer to concentrate on the best, most interesting parts.
A personal narrative is due Monday, September 22. Students should be drafting at this point.
Math: None today due to Patriot Day activities.
Science: None today.
Social Studies: We remembered Patriot Day today by viewing some footage of the September 11 events.
Notes:
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Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.
