Parent update Week of November 13 3rd ELA
This week in 3rd grade Reading and English, students had an interactive notebook lesson on simple, compound, ad complex sentences. We practiced them as a whole class and they practiced them independently as well. The next whole class novel we are reading is called Because of Winn-Dixie. As we read the novel, we talk about different reading strategies, and this week we started looking at how authors create different characters. The Anthology project is a contest throughout southeastern Wisconsin offered to 3rd through 5th graders, it is new to 3rd graders this year, and we started looking into this year's theme which is: What's Inside. This will be a project we are working on in school from now until winter break. 4th ELA This week in 4th grade Reading and English, students had an interactive notebook lesson on interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, and declarative sentences. We practiced as a whole group and they practiced independently. The next whole class novel we are reading is called Number the Stars. It is a historical fiction novel that takes place in Denmark during World War II. As we read the novel we are looking at different story devices that the author uses. This week, they learned about foreshadowing, suspense, cliffhangers, and flashback. Lastly, they started working on their Anthology project. This year's theme is: What's Inside. This is an in school project we will be working on from now until winter break. 5th ELA This week in 5th grade Reading and English, students had an interactive notebook lesson on interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, and declarative sentences. They practiced by playing a Kahoot and worked on identifying the sentences independently. The next whole class novel we are reading is called Among the Hidden. It follows a third child that is ban from society. As we read we are discussing different ways authors use story devices.This week, they learned about foreshadowing, suspense, cliffhangers, and flashback. Lastly, they started working on their Anthology project. This year's theme is: What's Inside. This is an in school project that we will be working on from now until winter break.
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