"Week" of November 19-20, 2007

Hello All!


Today was a VICTORY for the blue team. We defeated our gold, red, and green opponents with style. Our horses were strong and our riders diligent. It was an underdog victory, since our very own Mrs. Whelan was unable to participate do to risks of injuring her"precious cargo".

Fantastic day and great participation!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and see you Monday!!

Week of November 12-16, 2007

The students had a great week! In Reading, we read a story about icebergs and the Titanics, along with the Everglades. They did a fantastic job using various comprehension skills to improve their reading. We also continued working on decoding skills using the Wilson program.
In Language Arts, the students worked on writing an extended response to prepare them for the ISAT. They are truly growing as their ideas and participation are improving. Ms. Wood and I are truly proud of their hard work!

Have a great Thanksgiving!

November 5-9th

It was a good week in our room. We worked hard and had a little fun too. Reading Group A and B worked together this week. We worked on ISAT extended response so that each student will be a little more prepared when testing time comes around. We read both "Cinderella" and "The Three Little Pigs" as practice stories to write about. Each student developed their own ideas and created their own paragraph. Each group also worked on Wilson Phonics. Group A worked on closed syllables and the exceptions to the closed syllable rule in section 2-3. Group B reviewed section 1-3. Please practice saying the sounds and words with your student at home! Language Arts group A reviewed how to write a complete paragraph, including forming a topic sentence and a conclusion. Language Arts group B worked on finishing up our final narrative draft. The students have become so good at forming ideas independently and writing full sentences. The final narrative was their best work yet.

Have a fantastic weekend and make sure to practice your Wilson Words!

Week of Oct. 30-Nov. 2nd

This was a very hauntingly fun week in our class.
Reading group A read a story about a young girl who started a food drive for the homeless. This group discussed volunteer work and how we can help people in our own community.
Reading group B read a story about tornadoes and how weather effects or communities. This group learned new weather vocabulary. Each group worked on Wilson phonics and did very well. Ask your student to review their new sounds!

Language Arts group A reviewed pronouns amd worked hard learning new material.
Language Arts group B worked on combining information in note form, and transferring it to a paragraph that was written independently. They worked on multiple drafts of two separate paragraphs, one about their favorite sport, and the other about their favorite Halloween costume. They did very well correcting their mistakes and making changes to their sentences.

Have a fantastic weekend!