Dear Parents,
This
week I had the kids write their own “Weekly Reflection” summary. I think it’s important that you
have the opportunity to see how your child is progressing as a writer, so about
once a month, the weekly summary will be written by your son or daughter.
Our Patricia Polacco Author Study is
progressing nicely. I chose to study Ms.
Polacco because many of her books are memoirs.
On Thursday, the children heard the book Thunder Cake by Patricia
Polacco. This is one of my favorites,
and it’s an excellent example of memoir.
We will begin drafting our memoirs this week. At this point the children have written and
published three pieces: Special Person,
Special Place and Special Object.
DARE began on Wednesday. Officer Harrington began this 8-week program
with an overview of the "new and improved" DARE program. He also
introduced us (via PowerPoint) to his two dogs, Willie and Stone. The children are looking forward to meeting
these drug-sniffing canines at some point in the near future.
The crayfish unit is winding
down. This past week the children
identified and labeled crayfish anatomy, took notes about the crayfish, and
learned how to identify the gender of crayfish.
This coming week the children will be taking a crayfish vocabulary quiz,
and the following week they will take the unit test. You should be seeing your child studying the
contents of their blue binder in preparation for the culmination of this unit.
We began Literacy Stations this
week. The children visited four stations
including Time For Kids reading, biography reading, non-fiction reading and
Scarecrow art.
Our read aloud right now is a book
written by my friend, Dawn Kolakowski.
Her book, Madison Hart and the Desert Jewel is currently being
reviewed by publishers, so we are the first class to have the opportunity to
read this great adventure story. Dr.
Kolakowski will be visiting our classroom in the near future to talk with the
kids about writing.
Have a great week!
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