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Monday, April 16, 2012

Good afternoon from Mrs. Burton's class! I hope everyone has a great Monday. Today was the start of my second solo week and we got a lot accomplished. Today was also out scheduled math MAP testing time. This took the time of normal reading class so we put reading in place of science and will catch up on science on Thursday.

No Science today

Reading- We are staring a unit on literary elements and discussed point of view and how it changes the story. We looked at two accounts of the Three Little Pigs Fairy tale. One perspective was from pigs view and the other was from the wolf. the students decided as if they were a jury which view they believed. The responses were well thought out and creative!
HW- Finish part  E of vocab
         Begin studying for test on Thursday

Math- We are continuing our algebraic thinking unit and looked at number patterns. We reviewed several examples and discussed what the rule of the pattern was. The kids then played a game in which they ordered different sets of numbers to make a pattern and stated the rule.
HW- 4 number patterns to complete


Writing- We began a unit on poetry with an introduction to alliteration. We listened to examples and practiced making some. Students will be compiling different types of poems into their own poetry book. This book is a big project for writing and should be kept neat with the best work in it. Some students will need to finish writing their alliteration poem at home, though they were given plenty of time in class. This can be done on a separate sheet of paper and then transferred to the book tomorrow, because I didn't want any books to be forgotten at home. I'm excited to see what they have come up with! Each student will also record a favorite poem on a podcast over the course of the week. I have plenty of books for them to choose one from, but if they have one at home they like, that's awesome too!
HW- Finish alliteration if not finished in class ( at least 8 words of alliteration, can be two short poems also)

Have a wonderful Monday night!

Miss Rickard







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