Reading This week in reading we will work on inferences and predictions. I want students to not only be able to make inferences and predictions, but also to distinguish between them. Inferences are ideas we form about the story and characters from both text clues and background knowledge, it is more like putting together a puzzle than a prediction. A prediction uses text clues to determine something that is likely to come in the story, or even past the scope of the story. We will be reading one of my favorite stories as we practice this skill: Patricia Palacco's Chicken Sunday. Science This week we will finish up our study of structure's and functions of the human body by exploring the structures and functions of the eye. They will make a model eye and experiment with the way light enables vision. Student's completed very awesome body system infographics this past week, (as seen below). Writing Though students are still working on growing their collection of ideas and starts for writing, we will begin to move toward focusing on the personal narrative genre this week, and mining our own lives for stories. Students really enjoyed both Grandfather's Journey and The Bicycle Man, by Allen Say last week. One more of his stories will serve as our final example of personal narrative: Tea with Milk. A sub one more time: I will be out this Thursday (Oct. 6th) and this Friday (Oct. 7th). I promise I have no other known absences on the horizon. Homework *Some students will turn in their current events assignment this week. Check to see if your student has current events due next week. Upcoming Events Hoover Fun Run is this Wednesday (Oct. 5th) at 9:30 for our class. Students our collecting pledges after they have run. This week is CV's homecoming and we helping them celebrate by joining them in their theme days"
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