Dear Families, I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving holiday and the first snow day! During our morning meeting on Monday students were excited to share what they did over the Thanksgiving break and the food that they ate! I can't believe we are only 2 weeks away from our Christmas break!
This past week in writing we started a new personal narrative. We began by discussing ways and strategies writers use to generate ideas. We also took a look at published narrative texts and analyzed the strategies the authors used. Students worked with their writing partner to come up with a new seed idea, story tell it then begin time-lining. Some students have already began drafting! My hope is that students will finish their second personal narrative story before the holiday break.
In science, we continued to discuss ecosystems, what lives in an ecosystem, food chains, and food webs. Ask students how we can use a mammal's feet, eyes, or teeth to distinguish what type of consumer they are! We will have our ecosystem vocabulary quiz next Wednesday the 11th! Students should already have all the words and definitions filled out.
In reading, we have been working on some RACE open responses and responding to our book club books. Students are doing a really nice job using the graphic organizers they created while reading the chapters and using them towards answering the questions. Next week, we will begin a new whole class read aloud that is based on WWII. We will go back to the reading strategies we have been using and then students will use these strategies in their own independent reading books. Students are also working on a vocabulary project with their book club groups! Students were responsible for specific vocabulary words in each chapter and they had to complete a vocabulary 4-square (definition, picture, synonym, sentence). Students are now taking these 4-squares and turning them into a book using Book Creator!
Just a reminder that next Friday, the 13th is a half day! Enjoy your weekend!
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