Parent Update Week of October 22nd 3rd ELA
Last week in third grade ELA, students started learning about prefixes, suffixes, and root words. We continue to work on parts of speech, with a focus right now of recognizing the difference between action and state of being verbs. In class, together, we have also been practicing making inferences everyday. They are finding out it takes a lot of practice, but they are getting very good at making the inferences. Lastly, we read a couple chapters out of our whole class novel, Because of Winn Dixie. 4th ELA Last week in fourth grade ELA, students finished their Unit 3 Greek and Latin root words, took the quiz, and will be getting ready for a new set. We started practicing inferences again, to refresh their memory from last year, and apply it to our whole class novel, Number the Stars. We have been working on action, helping, and linking verbs, along with verb tenses, and lastly, they enjoyed a Feel Good Friday with centers after their mentor sentence quiz. 5th ELA Last week in fifth grade ELA, students finished their Unit 4 Greek and Latin root words, took the quiz, and will be getting ready for a new set this week. We started practicing inferences again, to refresh their memory from last year, and apply it to our whole class novel, Among the Hidden. They are learning and working on the writing process by brainstorming, creating an outline, and drafting. This week we will work on revising and finally publishing their work. We have been working on action, helping, and linking verbs, along with verb tenses, and lastly, they enjoyed a Feel Good Friday with centers after their mentor sentence quiz.
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Parent Update Week of October 15th 3rd ELA In 3rd grade ELA, we are continuing to practice some skills we learned last week, and as we continue to practice inferences, we started to add a holiday flare. The inferences this week were based on Halloween costumes. We are also continuously working on our writing process. Right now, I have been giving them topics to pick from, and they have to prewrite/brainstorm and from there they create sentences. 4th ELA In 4th grade ELA, students received new Greek and Latin root words, they continued to practice helping, linking, and action verbs, and they are still working on the beginning part of the writing process, getting from pre-writing to creating an outline to drafting. We read a couple chapters out of our whole class novel. Number the Stars. And lastly, they enjoyed a Feel Good Friday with ELA centers. 5th ELA In 5th grade ELA, students received new Greek and Latin root words, they continued to practice helping, linking, and action verbs, and they are still working on the beginning part of the writing process, getting from pre-writing to creating an outline to drafting. We read a couple chapters out of our whole class novel. Among the Hidden. And lastly, they enjoyed a Feel Good Friday with ELA centers. Parent Update Week of October 8th 3rd ELA
Last week in 3rd grade ELA, students practiced common and proper nouns, singular and plural nouns, and verbs. They had an interactive notebook lesson on inferences, and we will be practicing them everyday. We also continued on in our whole class novel, Because of Winn-Dixie, with the chapters that we read, students practiced answering comprehension questions by using their questions words back in their answers. 4th ELA Last week in 4th grade ELA, students took their Greek and Latin root word quiz and will be getting new words on Monday. They practiced helping, action, and linking verbs in a fun and interactive way. As a class, we practiced the beginning steps of the writing process by turning their brainstorms into outlines and writing from them. Lastly, they enjoyed a feel good Thursday by doing ELA centers. 5th ELA Last week in 5th grade ELA, students took their Greek and Latin root word quiz and will be getting new words on Monday. They practiced helping, action, and linking verbs in a fun and interactive way. As a class, we practiced the beginning steps of the writing process by turning their brainstorms into outlines and writing from them. We continued on in our whole class novel, Among the Hidden. Lastly, they enjoyed a feel good Thursday by doing ELA centers. Parent Update Week of October 1st 3rd ELA
In third grade ELA this week, they had an interactive notebook lesson on verbs, which they practiced in their notebook with the whole class, and they will independent practice as we move through next week. We also started our whole class novel called, Because of Winn Dixie. It is about a girl who finds friendship in a stray dog. Last week they had a reading lesson on plot, so we reviewed and practiced with classic stories, such as, Little Red Riding Hood. Lastly, we are still working on and practicing the writing process. 4th ELA In fourth grade ELA this week, students had an interactive notebook lesson on helping, linking, and action verbs and point of view. We practiced as a whole class, and they will practice independently as we move through next week. We started our whole class novel called Number the Stars, which is about a Danish girl and her family living during World War II. Lastly, they are learning to write an outline after brainstorming, as part of the writing process. 5th ELA In fifth grade ELA this week, students had an interactive notebook lesson on helping, linking, and action verbs and point of view. We practiced as a whole class, and they will practice independently as we move through next week. Unit 3 Greek and Latin root words were still being practiced this week, quiz on Monday. We started our whole class novel called Among the Hidden, which is about a third child that has a law against him, but finds other third children that are like him. Lastly, they are learning to write an outline after brainstorming, as part of the writing process. |
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