Happy February. I'm hoping for an early spring!
What We Learned This Week
Word Study
The entire class worked on developing vocabulary. Our words this week were appropriate, appliance, and mumble. Students learned each word's parts-of-speech designation (noun, verb or adjective) and used them in increasingly elaborate, but grammatically correct, sentences.
We began learning how to make verbs past-tense. We learned we can typically add -ed to many verbs (e.g., walk > walked) and simply -d to words ending in e (e.g., smile > smiled). We then studied words where the final syllable has a short vowel sound followed by a single consonant (vc). These words typically double the final consonant and add -ed (e.g., admit > admitted). We will continue to master these features next week.
Reading Workshop
We are going beyond who, what, where, and when comprehension and digging deeper. Point of view/perspective was our focus this week and will be again next week. I am modeling for students how we can determine who is telling a story, a neutral narrator, a main character, or even multiple characters. We have started to consider how a story might change from one point of view to another. This has proven to be challenging, but we are making progress with autobiographical stories by Patricia Polacco.
Writing Workshop
We are working on opinion writing, using the text as evidence. Students are doing a great job of identifying support in the text, but are struggling to explain or elaborate how their text evidence supports their opinion. We will continue this for a bit more and then move into informational writing.
Math Workshop
We took an end of unit assessment on multiplication and division. We will begin fractions next week. Keep working on those facts. I have seen some meaningful improvement in many students!
Science
Students should be done (or at least have started) the first three pages of their Invention Convention packet.
We began sharing our problems and solutions with peers to start making improvements and began planning our design boards. Students should be done with their boards by February 27th. They may bring them to school as soon as they are done. This will give us ample time to practice presenting. Please don't let your student fall behind. You can read more specifics at our Invention Convention post.
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Coincidentally the fourth graders invited us to their cardboard arcade where they figured out how to make arcade games using cardboard. They were inspired by the young creator below, Caine.
Caine and his arcade
Click on the photo of Caine to see a short video that demonstrates his ingenuity and perseverance.
Thank you in advance for your generous Ohio Wildlife Center donations. Donations should be sent to school next Friday, February 10th.
Important Dates & Reminders
Testing dates are in bold. I will highlight changes and new dates in red.
A Days: No specials
B Days: Music and PE
C Days: Art
D Days: Library
E Days: Music and PE
February 6 - 10 Boxtop Collection Days
February 6 - March 31 Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment
Feburary 10 - Ohio Wildlife Center donations due
February 14 - Ohio Wildlife Center visit
February 14 - Valentine's Day card exchange: Please do not address cards, but do sign them. This greatly speeds up passing out cards. Thank you.
February 20 No School for Students & Staff: President's Day
Feburary 10 - Ohio Wildlife Center donations due
February 14 - Ohio Wildlife Center visit
February 14 - Valentine's Day card exchange: Please do not address cards, but do sign them. This greatly speeds up passing out cards. Thank you.
February 20 No School for Students & Staff: President's Day
March 1 - Early Dismissal 1pm
March 6 - Recycled percussion instruments due - Mrs. Delcamp will discuss with students.
March 6 - Recycled percussion instruments due - Mrs. Delcamp will discuss with students.
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March 9 - 3rd Grade Musical
March 10 - Invention Convention 10:30-11:00 Cafeteria/Multipurpose Room
March 10 - Invention Convention 10:30-11:00 Cafeteria/Multipurpose Room
March 10 - Town Hall Meeting1:45 PM
March 10 - End of second Trimester
March 13 - 17 Spring Break - No School
March 20 - No School for students - Teacher Workday
March 28 - Progress Reports Home Today
April 5 - 6 Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment
April 5 Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon
April 5 Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon
April 6 Spring Picture Day
April 10 - April 28 STAR Reading and Math Assessments
April 12 - 15 Ohio Mathematics Assessment
April 14 No School for Staff & Students: Good Friday
April 12 - 15 Ohio Mathematics Assessment
April 14 No School for Staff & Students: Good Friday
April 24 - 28 Scholastic Book Fair
April 28 KID FEST 5 - 8pm
May 8 - 19 Terra Nova & Inview Gifted Screener
May 15 - 19 Diagnostic Writing Assessment
May 22 Field Day
May 15 - 19 Diagnostic Writing Assessment
May 22 Field Day
May 26 Town Hall Meeting 8:25am
May 26 Last Day for Students; End of third trimester
May 26 Early Dismissal 1pm
May 26 Early Dismissal 1pm
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