Hewitt Anderson

Today we read "Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life," and students should reread it for this evening's homework (pages 466-489).  We discussed the vocabulary from this story, and students will take a story test tomorrow.

We are learning various genres of narrative text, including tall tales, folk tales, myths, pourquoi tales, and fairy tales.  All of these forms have an element of fantasy, were first told orally, and may include animals as characters.  They usually reflect the values and beliefs of a culture.

Please keep reading for Book-it!

Spelling test is NEXT week!

So Busy!

We are back to work with a "regular" week.  There will be a Tuesday night story assigned to read at home tomorrow(Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life).

Today we completed Practice workbook pages 111 and 112 together in class.  Page 111 introduced our spelling words for NEXT week, but they are a bit difficult so we decided to get a head start.  Page 112 helped us to learn more about comparative adjectives (big, bigger, biggest).

We also worked on our "Grammar Rocks" posters to learn more about different parts of speech.

We are also learning about narrative literary forms, such as fables, folktales, fairy tales, myths, tall tales, and pourquoi tales.

Keep reading for Book-it, due February 28 with one good-quality book review.

Grammar Rocks!

After participating in the "Grammar Rocks" musical and watching the "Schoolhouse Rocks" grammar video, we divided into teams and learned about different parts of speech ( conjunctions, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, etc.).  Students created posters and projects based upon their assigned part of speech.

We also took our spelling test today.  We will NOT have a spelling test next week, but the students DO have a newsletter with the words for the week of February 17 to 21st.

Keep reading for Book-it!

Show TIme!

See you tonight for our musical at 7:00.  Art Showcase starts at 6:30.

Spelling test tomorrow!  Spelling workbook page 73-74 was available for extra credit.

Musical Rehearsal

Today we practiced for our "Grammar Rocks" musical.  Students should wear jeans tomorrow and they will have their "Grammar Rocks" t-shirt here at school.   Thursday's Art Showcase begins at 6:30 p.m., and students should be in their homeroom close to 6:40 to prepare for the 7:00 show.

As an extra credit assignment, students were offered the opportunity to complete spelling workbook page 73-74 to help them prepare for Friday's spelling test.

Please continue to read for Book-it, due February 28.

Last Testing Day!

Today we finished our Terra Nova tests.  Only "make up" tests still will need to be completed.

There is a spelling test on Friday, and students should still continue to read for February Book-it.

We will be practicing tomorrow and Thursday for the "Grammar Rocks" musical.  See you there!

Testing, Day 4

We are still very busy this week working on our Terra Nova tests.  Today students took their Mathematics tests.

We are still going to have a spelling test on Friday.  The words all contain prefixes such as "under/over/sub," so the main goal is simply to practice the base word.

This week we will also be busily practicing for our musical, "Grammar Rocks."  The musical will be held on Thursday evening.  We will also present to the Ridge students on Wednesday and the Prairie students on Thursday.  There's a lot going on this week!

Don't forget to read for February Book-it, and optional Six Flags forms would be due to homeroom teachers on February 19th.