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small medium large Have a wonderful summer! **************************************************************************** May 19, 2008 We are still working on our fractured fairy tales. Mrs. Prince and Mrs. Lively came in last week to help us edit and fine tune our stories. Every student has finished typing their stories on the laptops and are working hard on completing their illustrations. The fractured fairy tales are due Wednesday May 21st. I would like to have them laminated and if they are not in to the “laminating queens” by Wednesdays then they will not be able to be laminated. Students are continuing to read at home and at school. We will not start another literature group due to time and field trips that up coming. We will be reading short stories out of their CQ books. We are continuing to work hard on compliment letters. We want to make sure all students get a letter from everyone in the class. Ask to read these letters they are so sincere and sweet! ************************************************************************** May 2, 2008 We made it! All students successfully complete their LA CAAP tests and the DRP reading test. It was a long week but the kids really worked hard on putting their best effort into their assessments. They finished their Rough Drafts for their Fractured Fairy tales this week. Next week they will work on laying out the stories into a book format. They will start brainstorming ideas for illustrations as well. The students love this activity they are having so much fun! I have scheduled to have the laptops so students can type up their stories so it looks even more like a real book. We will continue to work in Literature Groups reading and completing projects. ************************************************************************** April 25, 2008 The students will have their reading tested Monday by forms of a DRP test. They will also take their Language Arts CAAP test Mon. through Wednesday of next week. The students are reading Literature group books right now and many are working on their brochure project for their book. In writing we are studying fairy tales and working slowly into creating our own fractured fairy tale. This will be a large project that the students will have to create a modified fairy tale, type up the story line and create illustrations for their book. This is one of my favorite projects and the students are really looking forward to it as well. We have been reading The Grim Brothers fairy tales, which are a bit different from the fairy tales they are used to reading. When you talk with your child next ask them about the version of Cinderella we read. ************************************************************************** April 18, 2008 In language arts some students are starting to finish up their literature group books. When the students are finished with their books they will then create a project about their book. The topic for this project is a brochure that will entice people to want to read this book. The students have been having weekly Friday discussions in regards to their books with their groups. They have really come a long way in their conversations and questions they ask about their books. We will continue with spelling and writing on a daily basis. We have really been working on public speaking to the class. This is very easy for most but a few struggle to speak out loud in front of others. We try to each share at least 2 writing samples a week. The more the practice the more comfortable they are getting in front of the class. ************************************************************************** April 7th All students (except students in read 180) received new literature group books today. Please make sure to ask them about their new book they are reading. Students are eager to have another compliment letter. I am waiting for more students to come back from their extended spring break before we complete another compliment letter. Our focus this week in writing is writing longer sentences using proper punctuation. ************************************************************************** March 24th Language Arts has been very fun and exciting these last few weeks. We have had an opportunity to use the holidays we come across to write very insightful poems. The students had to share each of the poems with the class and they all loved the poems. This week we will be reading from our textbook and our grade appropriate library books. We will start new Literature group books when we get back from Spring break. We will be starting our poem unit this week. Look for interesting poems your students are writing and learning about. We are also moving into our expository writing unit. ************************************************************************** March 7th In reading we have moved out of our old literture groups and into class work out of a CQ book. This book has a lot of short stories that the students read daily. They seem to enjoy this as a change and it has a lot of interactive activities that go along with each story. We are really focusing on different genres and understanding them better. In writing we are focusing on grammer for the next few weeks. We are also working on our cursive writing. Some students are at a lost in how to write in cursive so i thought i would review this again. ************************************************************************** February 15, 2008 This week in Language Arts we are working in our Literature Groups. This time the students are paired up with another student instead of a whole group. The students are working on word fluency and comprehension of the text. Students read out loud to their partners at least once a week. When reading out loud it helps the students work on their fluency and “voice” while reading. I always encourage you to have your child read to you as often as possible. It is a good bonding time between child and parent and it really improves their reading. In writing we have started a new routine of writing compliment letters to each student in the class. The students love this lesson. Their letters were incredible insightful and sincere. When I took the letters home to read to make sure they were appropriate my eyes were tearing up because the students were so sweet. I am very proud of all students and they loved receiving a letter from a former student telling them all the qualities they like and appreciate about each other. We talked about our letters later on that same day and the student indicated that they felt very happy, liked and important. I feel by continuing this activity it will bring the students closer together and build up their self-confidence. Your student has saved their letters in their binder. Ask you child if they mind sharing the letters with you. Have an awesome week! ************************************************************************* January 27th The entire class just finished their Literature Group books. They will have their last literature group meeting for this book on Monday. We will focus on a “newspaper” project starting on Tuesday. This is kind of like a book report but written in a newspaper format. This should be a fun project! Next week each student will jump into a new literature group book. In writing this week we are going to focus on opinions. We will learn how to write a proper opinion and analyzing other opinions from articles, newspapers and short stories. Each child will be required to write a full one page paper stating their opinion on a certain topic. This could get interesting..but fun! ************************************************************************* January 13th Our Literature group discussions were a hit last week! I am so happy that the students enjoyed the discussions and they all did a wonderful job! We will continue to work in our literature groups this week. Students will discuss on Tuesday and Friday. Each time there is a new discussion day there is also a new role for each student. The main roles for each discussion is leader, comparison and summary. The students are also working on a large poster for their books which will hopefully prompt student interest in reading these particular books. The students are writing everyday in their journals and through other assignments. We are still working very hard revising and reflecting in our daily work. I started a new book that I am reading out loud to the students. The series is written by Margaret Haddix. The first book I am reading to the students is called "Among the Hidden". This is a really good series and the students enjoy me reading to them at snack time. WE will continue to stay busy in Language Arts this week reading, writing and reflecting. ************************************************************************* January 3rd Currently in language arts we are starting a new literature group book. All students will have a new book by this Friday (Jan. 4). The L.G. groups will be mixed up slightly according to each students reading ability. During the reading of their books each student creates a packet about their book. They have various assignments and discussions they include into these packets. They complete a packet for every book they read so I’m sure you’ve seen them before. After they complete their book they will create a project about their book. It’s a lot of fun the kids really enjoy their books. The students are currently writing daily in their journals. This week they are working on a writing assignment called “An Important Lesson Learned”. This paper entails the students to use the entire writing process. After reviewing their “pre-write” today I was amazed at their topics. Ask you student about what important lesson they have learned and why. You’ll be amazed at how many of these lessons pertain to you (mom and dad). Next week we are tackling different tecniques on revising their written work. It will be a fun week. :) ***************************************************************************
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