Week of 12/3/13

I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday.  On Tuesday, we will be starting two new stories.  They are called "The Fun They Had" and "Feathered Friend."  Our focus comprehension skills are setting and theme.  We will be comparing and contrasting the literary works.  The test for these two stories will be on Wednesday, December 11th.  Grades 3 - 6 concert will be on Friday, December 6th at 9:30 a.m. in the high school auditorium. 

Week of 11/25/13

The students will have a comprehension test on the story "Aaron's Gift" on Monday, November 25th.

We will be doing a following directions activity on Tuesday, November 26th.  It will taste delicious also!!!

The students will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday!

Have a super Thanksgiving Holiday!!!

Week of 11/18/13

Parent conferences will be on Monday, November 18th.  All appointments have been scheduled.  If you have any concerns or questions, please feel free to call me.

The students will start a new story on Tuesday, November 19th.  It is called "Aaron's Gift."  The focus comprehension skills are drawing conclusions and setting.  They will have the test for this story on Monday, November 25th.

Have a great week!

Week of 11/11/13

We will be reviewing our comprehension skills on Monday (PSSA practice p. 132 and 133.)  They will also receive a PSSA terms paper on Monday.  On Tuesday we will be working on Informational Texts p. 134 - 138 and PSSA practice review p. 168 - 171.  On Wednesday we will be playing the Eggspert game to study the PSSA terms.  On Thursday we will be playing Jeopardy to review the PSSA terms.  They will have a test on Friday on the PSSA terms.  Make sure they study the terms!Have a great week! 

Week of 11/4/13

The students are working on the story "The All American Slurp."  The focus comprehension skills are drawing conclusions, theme, stated theme and implied theme.   The test will be on Friday, November 8th.  Have a great week!