Archive for October, 2008

October 27th-30th

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for this week.  Reminder notes go home today. 
Remember there is no school on Friday.
Please support our Book Fair which is going on all week- including evenings during parent conferences.  We will preview books on Monday, then students may buy books any day this week. 
Reading- We completed our group projects on character analysis on Thursday and [...]

October 20th-24th

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Reading- This week we will be working on Chapters 15-18 of War With Grandpa.  We will do a group project on “Exploring Characters” later in the week.
Language- We have started on nouns and will be working on singular and plural nouns.
Remember:  Next week we will have Parent/Teache conferences.  I will send out reminders for appointments on Friday [...]

October 13th-17th

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Reading- We are working on Chapters 11-14 of War With Grandpa.  Some ot the activities we do with each selection is visualize what we read, summarize, make connections, and learn vocabulary.  This week, we will also Partner Read during class.
Language- Since I was ill two days last week, the class continued working on cause/effect.  This [...]

October 6th-10th

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Reading- This week, we will be working on cause/effect relationships along with the other activities we do with War With Grandpa.  By the end of the week, we should be ready to move on to Chapters 11-14.
Language- Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we wll work on cause/effect activities in Language, as well as Reading.  On Thursday and [...]