Due
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Students need to
decide which book character they will dress up as on Friday, March 1, Read
Across America Day (in celebration of Dr. Seuss’s birthday). Students need to tell me the character
they’ll dress up as by February 22. The
book needs to be in t heir hands for the parade through our school on March 1.
Continue the great work in reading
with your child for 30 minutes each day and recording it in the RAH
folder. In reading we are reading non-fiction, informational texts,
learning about main idea and supporting details. The writing assignment this week has an
example of that genre of reading. The
time spent reading counts as RAH minutes.
Falcon Fast
Facts are now on the RAH folders. Have
your child work on Xtra Math or flashcards for a few minutes. Mark your initials by Falcon Fast Facts on
the RAH folder each day.
Please continue to have your child use SumDog. If you need the
password for SumDog or Xtra Math, please let me know.
Family Writing: We’re
working on developing a non-fiction (expository informational) paragraph.
- Go to our
classroom blog.
- Click on the link
“National Geographic for Kids” (If you don’t have access to a computer,
read a book or see a PBS program about an animal.)
- Left click on
“Animals and Pets” tab.
- Choose an animal
to read about.
- Use your graphic
organizer to write your topic (example:
gorilla) in the oval.
- In the top
rectangle write a topic sentence about your animal. (Example: Gorillas are amazing animals.)
- Write 6 things and
any details about those things you learned in the rectangles around the
oval.
- Write a conclusion
(example: That’s why I think
gorillas are amazing animals.) in the bottom rectangle.
- Put your graphic
organizer to use by building sentences from your graphic organizer and
write them on notebook paper.
Indent to begin your paragraph.
Write one sentence after the other.
Don’t forget your topic sentence and conclusion!
Scholastic Book orders are
due by Monday, February 25. Please order
online.
