The Weekly Roar
February 19, 2018
The Students Have Spoken!
Our Week Coming Up At A Glance:
Writing:
- Writing Benchmark: Wednesday, February 21, 2018.
- Spelling words for the week. (VCCV Pattern): bargain, journey, pattern, arrive, object, suppose, shoulder, permit, sorrow, tunnel, subject, custom, suggest, perhaps, lawyer, timber, common, publish, burden, scissors Challenge: narrate, mentor, attempt, collide, ignore
- Quiz: Thursday, February 22, 2018
- We will be working on plurals.
Reading:
- NO READING ASSESSMENT THIS WEEK!
- Vocabulary Words: conflict, dialogue, dramatic adaptation, original text, play, playwright, plot, scene, script, excerpt (We are now reviewing the words that we had from the beginning of the year.)
- Quiz-Reading Vocabulary/Phrases-Thursday, February 22, 2018:
- We will continue to work on summarizing using GIST and checking our comprehension by using Author’s Portrait.
- We will continue to practice our choral reading. This is a great way to help with fluency. We read a paragraph together out loud as a class at a pace that I set. The more we practice this, the faster we will get and the more fluent we will become.
- Your child should continue reading or be read to nightly for 20 minutes and then getting their reading log initialed.
- We will continue learning third person, as it pertains to the point of view from which a story is being told. We will also be working on sensory details, imagery and figurative language.
- We will continue our novel study on, Old Yeller.
Social Studies:
- We will continue our study of Black History Month.
From The Seele Office:
Spring and classroom group picture will be on Tuesday, Feb. 20th, the day after a student holiday. Group pictures are $13. Spring picture proofs will be sent home later with ordering information.
5th graders:
Feb. 21st –There will be a Parent information Mtg. for incoming 6th graders. Meetings will be held throughout the day for convenience.
The meetings will be held at 9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. in the Oak Run Library.
A Message From Mrs. Droddy
How Can Your Student Practice At Home?
Dates To Remember:
Monday, February 19th: Student Holiday!
Tuesday, February 20th: Class/Spring Pictures
Monday, February 26th: Circle Arts Program
Monday, February 26th: Oak Run Counselors Visit 5th Graders at 1:00
Thursday, March 8th: PTA Meeting, Kinder Program at 6:00
Friday, March 9th: Club Day
March 12th-16th: SPRING BREAK!
***Wednesday, February 21st: 6th Grade Meeting for incoming middle schoolers. ORMS Library.
Offered Three Times:
9:00am
1:00pm
5:30pm
Monday, February 26th: ORMS counselors visit with 5th graders at 1:00
Wednesday, February 28th: End of Jump Rope For Heart
Friday, March 2nd: Career Day
If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact me. yferrier@nbisd.org or 830-627-6779.
Always With A Roar,
Ms Ferrier