Narrative Writing

Our second full week of school!

Now that students have read and learned about elements of a story, plot, we shall begin developing our own. This week students will develop an outline organizer for their topic and plot. During the week, I will be meeting and providing feedback. They will have a layout anchor charts to guide them during daily writing. On Friday, I hope to be ready to publish their drafts with our tech support Mrs. Hazlett. She has introduced Office 365 to the class.

Your child may have brought home their writing journal to discuss the character traits vocabulary list. Kudos to them! We are going to use these to assist us in identifying character traits in reading. We will look for text evidence of actions, words, and feeling to support our thinking. This list will also provide them with vocabulary for their own narrative writing piece.

On Monday, I will be introducing comparing numbers. The students will be applying what they have learned about place value. Some students will also be pulled to re-teach the powers of 10, after my introduction lessons. By the end of the week, we should be ordering numbers. (From least to greatest or greatest to least.) There will be differentiated homework based upon your child's needs.


Request for you help. Please remind your child that strategies modeled and taught in-class are important for them to use independently. It is difficult to guide and assist when I do not know their thinking. This is a year where they need to show what they know.

Plot tests will be sent home on Monday. You will notice my notes,strategies, and suggestions. All of these were discussed and reviewed on a daily bases.

Have a wonderful weekend!