Week of April 1, 2013

reading:

• genre-biography
• Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
• reading strategy-fact or opinion
• AR points 44...or 2 points...need 44 points or reading log for Friday Fun

spelling:

• week 22
• reading list words-prefixes
• TTT due Friday 

State Testing April 16 & 17

• no art until after testing, 
  
  so we can spend more time prepping for test

Book Project for April

• flip book for historical fiction
• directions

Week of March 25

Reading:
Poetry
     vocabulary

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• imagery
• rhythm

read poems; illustrate poems; and enjoy

Spelling:
    student choice

Writing:
    finish ABC book, letter, or choose from 'I Can Write'

Thursday:
    Spring/Easter celebration-start after pe.  Hosted by 'evens'

Early out on Thursday (1:10 pm) 

No school on Friday March 29 or April 1st

No weekly journal until April 8

Week of March 19th

Reading:

• Encyclopedia Brown Mystery
• Reading Strategy-plot

Spelling:

• week 21
• adding prefixes un-, dis-, and in-

Writing:

• finish ABC book

March 4, 2013 Week

Reading:

• narrative nonfiction-Encantado
• strategy: compare & contrast
• AR goal=38 points

Spelling:

• Encantado words...Spell words with final le, al, en.
• week 19

Tuesday:
    We'll share our game boards with the 3rd graders

Writing:
   Continue working on our ABC books
Introduce writing workshop