September 8-11

I hope that everyone had a restful, long weekend.  Here is what we will be working on this week in English class:
  • phonics assessment for lessons 6-10
  • phonics: punctuation
  • phonics: q, z, c, k, i
  • phonics: spelling with ck
  • comprehension: continuing to study character point of view in Trouble at the Sandbox (objectives - understand that characters in stories have unique points of view)
  • writing: continuing our narrative that incorporates character interaction and sequencing (objectives - understand how to write a narrative scene, participate in a shared writing task, write about a point of view, write a narrative describing actions, thoughts, and feelings, capitalize proper nouns, use signal words (first, next, last, etc) to indicate story sequence)
  • blue class will start Power Hour this week - your student may be going to another teacher during this time based upon their reading needs.  This year, I will work with the students that need more phonics practice with vowel patterns.  Mrs. Webb will work with students that need beginning phonics instruction.  Mrs. Anderson will work with students that need to read faster and more accurately.  Mrs. Montgomery will work with students that read well, but struggle with comprehension.  Mrs. Losee will work with students that are already good all-around readers, and she will challenge them to continue growing in their reading skills.
  • red class is still gearing up for Power Hour.  At this point, they are still struggling with working quietly and independently; two skills that are essential for me to be able to teach small groups when there are 26 kids in the room.  Hopefully, they will be ready by next week.
Friday is a half-day of school to allow for teacher professional development classes.  
Dismissal is at 12:00.
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