Sunday, December 18, 2011

December 18, 2011

I can't believe how quickly the year is going! I wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season with your families.

Upcoming Events:
December 23rd:
Realistic Fiction Writing Celebration 1:15 (Anyone is welcome to attend!)
Winter Party 1:45
Holiday Sing A Long 2:15

Reading
*No book letters or spelling lists this week.
This week, we will be celebrating the holiday season with holiday read alouds. Book group packets, lesson 3, are due Wednesday December 21st and December reading calendars will be due after the break. Students have done an excellent job on these book packets! We have also been working on inferring and summarizing in Reading Workshop. After the break, we will start a non-fiction  unit.

Writing
Typed realistic fiction stories are due Monday, December 19th. We will have a celebration to share realistic fiction stories on Friday, December 23rd at 1:15. Our next writing unit is non-fiction, feature articles. We have been reading a variety of different feature articles in preparation for writing these after the break. Students will pick a topic and begin researching a topic the week we get back.

Math
Students took a test on long division and got these back on Thursday. We are working on a graphing unit this week.

Social Studies
Students are working in groups to research and make posters on different aspects of Iroquois life.

As always, feel free to contact me any time at mleach@bcsd.neric.org.

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