During the week of February 8, 2010 we were once again quite busy. Throughout the week we worked our way through the writing process as we composed “Un”Valentines. Using Microsoft PowerPoint we published our creations and created crayon melt envelopes to store our accordion valentines. There is a link of directions for the “Un”Valentines under “Student Resources” on the right if you would like to make more or were absent and need to catch up.
During reading this week we continued reading and finished our novels. I could tell by the questions of, “Are we starting new novels on Monday?” that most of you are ready to begin your next selection.
During our study of conventions this week, we studied comparatives and superlatives as we looked closely at spelling rules for their usage. The basketball game that we used as a sponge activity is available for you to play under student resources. It is labeled “Basketball Comparatives and Superlatives”. We also continued learning about linking verbs and predicate nouns by contrasting them with transitive verbs and direct objects.
We ended the week with our Preferred Activity Time activity by creating crayon melt envelopes for our “Un”Valentines. If you would like to make more envelopes at home, the link is listed under student resources on the right. Be sure to complete this activity with your parents' help/supervision because it involves using a hot iron.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Visitors
During Language Arts this week, we dove deeper into our understanding of Main Idea and Details. We discussed summaries and a three step process for choosing the best answers when you run across a summary question.
On Tuesday, we had some teachers from a surrounding school visit our classroom to observe our differentiation model. Some of the activities they were able to observe were our novel groups, think-tac-toe, and centers. They were impressed with the many things that happen in our classroom, and thought that you were wonderful students- so do I!
As you know, Parent Teacher Conferences were this week so we rounded out this short week with our annual Rocket Reading Day. We spent some time together reading, completed some silent reading activities, and finished up by making a snack- Snowflake Tortillas. If you would like to make these at home, the recipe is listed on the right under "Student Resources".
On Tuesday, we had some teachers from a surrounding school visit our classroom to observe our differentiation model. Some of the activities they were able to observe were our novel groups, think-tac-toe, and centers. They were impressed with the many things that happen in our classroom, and thought that you were wonderful students- so do I!
As you know, Parent Teacher Conferences were this week so we rounded out this short week with our annual Rocket Reading Day. We spent some time together reading, completed some silent reading activities, and finished up by making a snack- Snowflake Tortillas. If you would like to make these at home, the recipe is listed on the right under "Student Resources".
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