We had a great week and a fun Valentine's Day Party! Thank you to Mrs. Alexander and all the parents who helped or donated for our party. We had a fun time and loved all the treats!
STAAR Ready Reading-We will take the STAAR Ready Reading test on Tuesday. This will help us determine areas of strength and things to work on in reading.
District Reading Test-We are finishing up our individual reading assessments this week. This also gives us a window into reading strategies used by individual students and helps us focus instruction so your child will continue to improve in reading.
Monthly Reading Challenge for February: Read 3 Informational Books and write notecards for each one. Include: Title of book, genre (informational) 3 interesting or surprising facts learned and why you thought they were interesting, 2 questions you still have about this topic, 1 thought or feeling about the topic (These sentence starters may help:
This makes me realize....,
I used to think..., but now I think....,
I agree that.... because....
I disagree that ... because....
This makes me wonder.....
These will be due on Feb. 28
Let's read about our week:
Reading-We learned about drama and ways that a script is written, then read aloud the reader's theater, The Unstoppable Ruby Bridges. We also read lots of informational books and our book club books and wrote responses. We will continue learning strategies to read nonfiction.
Writing-Expository writing is our focus. We are in the process of drafting, revising, and editing, these opinion pieces. We are working on exciting leads with a clear central idea, specific reasons with examples, and strong, satisfying conclusions that push the reader to think about the topic. We will finish our final copies by Friday.
Grammar-We will use apostrophes and compare possessives and contractions. We will use mentor sentences and will sort sentences as well as write sentences using both contractions and possessives.
Spelling-This week we will read the poem Ations by Shel Silverstein and will practice spelling many of those ation words and we will talk about their meanings. We will also have individual words. Talk to your child about patterns in the words as you are studying spelling.http://www.qu-i-x.com/ations.html
Social Studies-We finished reading and taking notes on the historical fiction book, Remember the Alamo. This gave us an overview of the Texas Revolution. This week we will begin studying key events and making notecards with drawings and facts to create a timeline.
Dates to remember:
Monday, Feb. 20-No school for students
Tuesday, Feb. 21-STAAR Ready Reading test
Wednesday, Feb. 22-Group and Spring Photos
Thursday, Feb. 23-Student Art and Frame sale
Friday, Feb. 24--Reading Response Letters due, Revising and Editing Homework Due, Spelling test, Be sure to turn in completed reading logs. Wear FCE shirts or purple and green.
Monday, Feb. 27- Wear college shirts. Wriitng Club 2:50-3:50
Friday, March. 3--Reading Response Letters due, Revising and Editing Homework Due, Spelling test, Be sure to turn in completed reading logs. Wear FCE shirts or purple and green. Hoe Down for grades K-2.
Monday, March 6-Wear college shirts. Service Club from 2:50-3:50 PTA Family Fun NIght at Hat Creek
Tuesday, March 7-STAAR Ready Math test-PTA Meeting at 3:15
Friday, March 10--Reading Response Letters due, Revising and Editing Homework Due, Spelling test, Be sure to turn in completed reading logs. Wear FCE shirts or purple and green.
Monday, March 13-Friday, March 17-Spring Break-Spring Break Reading Challenge!
Monday, March 20-Writing Camp-Wear camp clothes more info to come. Service Club from 2:50-3:50-Spring Break Reading Challenge Logs are due!
Tuesday, March 21-Writing Camp
Wednesday, March 22-Writing Camp
Friday, March 24--Reading Response Letters due, Revising and Editing Homework Due, Spelling test, Be sure to turn in completed reading logs. Wear FCE shirts or purple and green.
Monday, March 27-Wear college shirts. Writing Club 2:50-3:50.
Tuesday, March 28-STAAR Writing Test
Hope you had a great weekend! Thank you for sharing your child with me. Let me know if you have any concerns.
Sincerely,
Pam
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