I Have a Dream...
Due to snow days, we are in school today, Martin Luther King, Jr. day. I actually appreciate the learning opportunities that this day allows us in the classroom. So for today, we will center our Reading and English Language Arts lessons on a very courageous man. In Reading, students will take an excerpt from the "I have a Dream" speech, and complete a "Close Read". This is something we have been working on. It allows students to look deeper into a text as they read it several times over, and then discuss with partners, and the class to determine the meaning of more complex texts. The students are doing awesome! I can't wait to hear their interpretations of this monumental speech. In English Language Arts, students will listen to the story, "Martin's Big Words". This text includes several quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr. They will then use the opportunity to write about what they have heard. For the rest of today's lessons, I will place then in the paragraphs for each subject.
In Math this week, students will take the time to work on a guess and check strategy, finding the better buy between two items, and work with exploring the mean. By Friday, we will begin preparing for a test that will be on Monday.
In Science, we will learn about identifying different types of rocks by their qualities. Students will then learn about the changes to the earth's surface, both quick and slow, and how these changes occur. We will complete a few investigations this week to aid in the comprehension of these two concepts.
In Spelling, we will test today. Tomorrow, students will work on any missed words. We will introduce the new list on Wednesday. (I will post that list after our test.) The concept that we will study this week is the /or/, /ore/ spelling patterns.
In English Language Arts, we will work on comma usage, and quotation usage. On Friday, students will have a chance to create a quotes, using macaroni noodles to show their knowledge of the comma and quotation usage.
In Reading, students will continue their work on "Close Reading" for the first couple of days. On Wednesday, we will begin studying reading from different points of view. For instance, first person can be identified when the words " I , me, or my" are used. If the story is told from the third person, it uses the character's name, the pronouns "his, her, or they". We will use a few small picture books to help illustrate this concept. Hopefully students will be able to easily notice these in their own reading.
At the start of our new quarter, AR begins again. Students are asked to earn 10 points before the end of the third quarter, March 13.
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