Hello, Families!Thank you for signing your child's agenda, and encouraging your child to read at home every day.
December Events
- December 10-14 - Book Fair Week
- December 13 - International Night, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
- December 19 - Winter Parties/ Students Last Day
- December 21-January 4 - Winter Break/No School for Students and Staff
Book Fair-
This week there is library book fair. The kids will all get to preview the book fair on Monday and we will have a library time later in the week. Kids who bring money can go to the book fair on the day they bring it, and we will also have a specific shopping day where our whole class has a 30 minute shopping time together.
Reading:
Students will review literary nonfiction versus fiction texts. We will read paired texts (fiction text and nonfiction text about a similar topic), and discuss the differences and similarities between the two. We will focus on main idea, and we will practice picking out important parts when reading fiction or nonfiction. Students will have a DCA this Friday. We will also continue with book clubs this week.
Spelling:
No new spelling list until after the break.
Writing:
Students will have a DCA on Thursday. Students will be writing an expository piece this week. They will get to choose which prompt they want from a list of four prompts. Students will create a boxes and bullets organizer before they start drafting their piece. Here are the prompt choices:
Everyone has days that they will always remember as being very special. Think about a special day that you have had. Write an essay telling why it was so special.
We are learning all the time. Some of our learning takes place in school and some outside of school. Write about something you have learned recently and how it has affected you.
Rules are important. What are the most important rules at your school and why are they important?
We all have a place where we can imagine or go where we want to be alone and relax. Think of your favorite place. Now write an essay explaining why this place is your favorite.
Social Studies:
This week, we will be studying the time after the Revolution when Texas was its own country called The Republic of Texas. We will talk about the success and challenges this new Republic faced, and students will identify the important leaders during this time.
Ungraded Writing Prompts-
These are great practice if your child is struggling with getting ideas onto paper. Practingin just getting started and writing something out is helpful.
- If you could design a bike, what would it be like? You may draw a picture.
- What is your favorite movie and why?
- If you were faced with an obstacle, how would you overcome it?
- What is your favorite subject and why?
- What is your least favorite restaurant and why?
- If you found $100 on the floor, what would you do with it?
- Write a poem about a very important moment in your life.
- What is your favorite animal and why?
- Write a poem about an animal.
- Would you rather live in the city or in the country?
- If you saw that someone was left out, what would you do?
- If you could design a robot, what would it do?
