Thursday!

FYI:
We made it to 15 PAWS!! We will decide as a class a reward and then hopefully have the party next Tuesday
No school on Monday

Reading:
We are continuing working on referring to details along with finding the main idea.  Students worked in leveled groups today using a realistic fiction article to find the main idea and supporting details.  The group I worked with did a great job and were working hard!  Students made space-ship organizers while working on this skill.  We also worked in pairs to practice for our vocab. tests tomorrow.  *Vocab. groups are interchangeable! :)  Students also had their last day of practicing lit. groups.  Next week we will begin our 'real' groups and get our new leveled books!
HW: practice for vocab. tests tomorrow - students need to know how to spell the word AND how to use it in a sentence (not just give me the definition as the sentence!!!!)

Writing:
I love our anti-bullying opinion pieces! The kids are doing such a wonderful job with these! We completed our second paragraph on our first drafts.
No HW

Math:
Today I finished up small groups with kids on place value while Ms. Wilham worked with students on completing their study guides.  If a parent signs the study guide, your child will get extra credit on the test tomorrow!
HW: complete study guide (pg. 24-26 in textbook)

SS: Today we continued learning about using a compass rose and using our vocabulary of cardinal directions, intermediate directions, and relative location.  We did a mapping activity that ALL of the kids did great on! Ask your child to show you the cardinal directions chant and/or the intermediate directions chant!
No HW