This week, we will be starting our spelling paragraphs. Each student will be expected to write the paragraph Monday and Wednesday nights and return it the following day. On Wednesday, a cursive version will come home for them to trace. This counts for writing the paragraph and practicing cursive. They must choose 3 words that might be difficult for them. These three words must be written 3 times correctly on the back of the sheet.
The paragraph is generated by the students with direction from me. We are working on the Step Up to Writing model with a topic sentence, main ideas and details, and conclusions. I also try to incorporate skills they are to be working on in reading. This week it is compound words and contractions.
This week's paragraph is:
Pollinating Flowers
We have been growing plants in Science. They have sprouted leaves and yellow flowers. On Tuesday, we pollinated the flowers. Bees, birds, butterflies, and wind normally pollinate flowers. It's been an interesting experience!
The test on this paragraph will be on Friday.
We continue to study Friendship in reading. In math, we are working on fact families and using them to complete addition and subtraction problems. We will be finishing up our unit study on plant growth and development - hopefully. Plants are never predictable!
Monday, October 6th we will start Food is Elementary. Thank you for your generous support. If you have not sent in the permission slip, please do so or your child will not be able to participate. Also, thank you to Mr. Henn who will be helping out. We still need one more parent volunteer. Let me know if you are interested.
