Week of February 10th

      Students had  a week to complete an extra credit project for poetry,prose, and drama. Those that completed it will have the credit added to the lower test score of either the prose OR drama test. Essays are due this Friday. Students have been told of the time frame.

      I'm sure everyone is looking forward to the upcoming break!

It's February!

We have some catching up from last week.

   Students are beginning their informational drafts on severe disasters. They have had time to research and take notes. There were focus topics to guide them with collecting information. These essays will be due by the break so they won't be on the upcoming progress report next week.

   Our unit on poetry, prose, and drama is being assessed. Last week, we read,labeled, and discuss a poem from Robert Frost. The students took a comprehension test. I will be averaging their sort grade with their poetry grade. Tuesday will be the prose section and on Thursday they will take the drama section. These will be counted separately.

STEM Week

This week we will be completing a STEM project focused on the water cycle.
We will be working on reading and writing every other day to allow for the STEM project .

Tests: Tuesday there will be a poetry comprehension test.
           Friday is the spelling/vocabulary test.

It's 2020

   Proverbs,adages, and idioms test will be Tuesday. There will be multiple choice questions and matching . Students were given their quizzes and told to review all anchor charts over the weekend.
   They will be quizzed on run ons & fragments and spiral review grammar.
 
 Remember to check Parent Vue for your child's grades. Report cards are no longer being sent.

 





 

Last week of 2019!

 Can you believe that we are half way through the school year?!

   Our class average for comprehending similes and metaphors in context  was OUTSTANDING!

Many students still struggle with identifying if a fragment is missing the subject(noun) or predicate (verb). On last week's quiz , I accepted if they choose incomplete sentence as an answer. So we will continue working on this standard into the new year.

   Students have begun to finalize their opinion essay. A handful of students are behind on completing their revisions. Please remind your child that they are due by Wednesday or they will have to be completed during our holiday STEM activity.

  Thank you to those who have sent in our party supplies. I believe they were asked to be sent by tomorrow, Monday. Our room moms are working very diligently on organizing this!

  I will be out on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tomorrow I shall explain the reason to the students. Thank you for your understanding.

Last Full Week of 2019

 This is our last full week! Early release days are Thursday, Dec. 19th and Friday, Dec.20th.
Our class holiday party will be on that Thursday. Only parent volunteers are to attend. The celebration is for our students only, no siblings. This is school policy.

  This week is custodian appreciation week. It would be wonderful if your child could create a card to say thank you for all that the do to keep our school beautiful.

  Grade level information will be added once completed by team.

December is Here

    I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable Thanksgiving break! We have 3 weeks before another one is upon us.
    There will not be any tests in my ELA or Reading block this coming week. I  MAY take an in class grade on Friday  covering similes and metaphors.