This short week...

Here's what we're up to this week:

Literacy
We will finish up our story Pumpkin Fiesta and take an assessment on the story on Wednesday. We read this story as a class and the kids read it today on their own. We are working on the skill of retelling events from a story in the correct sequence. We will havea few sessions of Daily 5, where the kids choose their literacy activity and work on independent reading.

Math
We are finishing up Chapter 3 this week. The students will work on a variety of math box items in small groups and will take an assessment on the unit concepts on Wednesday.

Writing
We continue to work on creating paragraphs with one topic. The paragraph should begin with a topic sentence that does not include the details. We are learning to use transition words, commas in a series, as well as using the proper mechanics in our writing. If you would like your child to show you what he or she can do, just give them a topic and ask them to write a paragraph about it. EXTRA WRITING WORK DONE AT HOME EARNS A SMELLY STICKER! Just bring it in to show me! Here are a couple suggestions for writing a topic sentence and details:

My favorite anything (subject in school, friend, vacation, movie, etc.)
How-to paragraphs (brush your teeth, fix a bowl of cereal, ride a bike, etc.)

Science
Calling all boat makers! Bring those boats in tomorrow for the Cargo Challenge, which will take place in the afternoon! Remember to follow the guidelines for making your boats!

OTTER CREEK
STUDY THOSE FACTS!!

I hope some of you are at school right now, listening to the amazing storytelling of Sue Black. She was WONDERFUL today - we listened and participated in 3 storytellings. My favorite was about the teacher who assigned her kids the most unusual homework! Do you remember? Can you retell the major events from this story?? Which one was your favorite?

See you tomorrow, little ones!