Hello! It's been awhile, but I am very excited to be back and looking forward to so many exciting academic adventures to come this school year. We've had students come and go and two different subs for me, so this week we will take some time to reunite as a class and review routines. I have been so impressed by everything that I have heard about during my time away. Both of our subs, as well as many other teachers around the school, have shared with me how wonderful this class of students is. I was also so impressed by the Oregon geography project students completed with Mrs. Beasley. The brochures are factual and engaging and the topographical maps are very neat! Upcoming and Reminders:
This week we will continue the fiction unit that Mrs. Beasley began with the class. This weeks lessons focus on identifying story elements, particularly character traits and conflict. Also: Read for Read-A-Thon at home this week! Book Study We began Earthquake Terror at the beginning of the school year. The class elected to wait till I got back to finish the book. We will spend the next couple weeks in book teams finishing the book and completing a related project. We will use this book study to review fiction story elements: setting, characters/ traits, plot, conflict, theme, and genre. Vocabulary and figurative language from the story will be included in our study. Students will also practice strategies for summarizing narrative text. Writing We will be continuing the writing unit on Fiction Writing that students began with Mrs. Beasley. This week we will read two great examples of fiction Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran. Science We will be beginning our "How the Earth Changes Unit" which focuses on erosion, deposition and earthquakes. Later this transitions into a related unit on Civil Engineering. If anyone has a background related to these topics, I have enjoyed having guest speakers in the past and would love to have you! This week we will learn about erosion. We will do an activity called the sugar shake. Number Corner February's number corner focuses on angles; including identifying types and measuring angles using a protractor. Spelling We will be continuing the new work routine begun with Mrs. Beasley. Below is a copy of the directions students follow each morning. They should be finishing their morning work for homework if it is not complete in the morning. This week’s focus is contractions. Contractions are formed from two words by combining and leaving out certain sounds.
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