Week of 4/28/14

The students are working on fables, folk tales and myths.  They will have a test on "Arachne," "Why the Tortoise's Shell is Not Smooth," and "He Lion, Bruh Bear and Bruh Rabbit" on Thursday,
May 1st.  They will be doing Dibels on Tuesday during Reading class.  We will go over to visit the high school on Friday, May 2nd.  Have a great week!

Week of 4/21/14

The students can wear gym clothes on Monday - it is Teens Against Tobacco day.  We are working on Fables and Folk Tales.  The students will have a test on "Tiger," "Ant," "Lion" and "Boy" on Wednesday, April 23rd.  Have a nice Easter!

Week of 4/14/14

We are still working on the poems "Oranges" and "Ode to Family Photographs."  The comprehension test will be on Tuesday, April 15th.  We will be working on Unit 6, Folk Literature on Wednesday.  The four folk tales are "The Tiger Who Would Be King," "The Ant and the Dove," "The Lion and the Bulls" and "A Crippled Boy."  The focus comprehension skills are cause/effect and fables/folk tales. 
The test for these will be on Wednesday, April 23rd.  There is no school on Friday. Have a super Easter!

Week of 4/7/14

We finished the PSSA's on Monday.  Everyone was thrilled.  They did a great job!!!!  We had a super time on our field trip to the Franklin Institute on Tuesday.  Thank you PTO!  On Wednesday we started Unit 4 - Poetry.  The two poems we are concentrating on are "Oranges" and "Ode to Family Photographs."  The focus comprehension skills are tone, rhymes, free verse and forms of poetry.  The students will have a test on these two poems on Tuesday, April 15th.  Have a great week!