Language Arts Loop
Your News for What's Happening in Room 404-Nov. 15, 2015
Reading News
Small Group Reading
Writing News
Now that our whole class expository essays are complete and we have gone through the process of writing an expository piece from beginning to end, students will begin to work through writing their own piece independently. This week we will take a part of the pillar per day for the students to draft out. Our topic or prompt will be a spin-off of our whole class piece which was to write about your favorite season. As a class, we wrote about the season of fall. Students will choose from summer, spring and winter as they draft their piece this week.
Veteran's Day Program
Grammar/Spelling News
We have covered the doubling rule, doubling and e-drop before adding suffix -ing, and irregular plurals. This week students will receive a new list to work with in class. We are also looking at specific grammar rules during our bell work time, when we revise and edit a short writing passage. During this bell work students must not only justify which answer is correct but also why each incorrect answer should not be chosen. We are really doing some deep thinking and sharing great thoughts.
Staying Connected
Thursday, November 19 - PTO Meeting 11:30, Golden Gator Ceremony
Friday, November 20 - Book Fair Preview
Monday, November 23- Book Fair opens
Tuesday, November 24 - Grandparents Day Lunch
Wednesday, November 25-Friday, November 27 - School Holidays