Man, this new reading program is great, but it sure is hard to cram each day's lessons in to one day. Right now in class, we are doing our best to transcend from complete subjects and predicates to the simple subjects and predicates.
We've been working on seeing character development in our reading. Some of the kids seem to have a better grasp on this than others.
Today we read a story, however, that didn't have a whole lot of character development, but it does fit in with the theme of this unit with the whole "moving to a new place". This story was told from the point of view of five immigrants who moved to the United States through Ellis Island between 1895 and 1952. I met with one guided reading group this morning to read from a book called Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman while other students either worked in the vocabulary journals or wrote in their journals.
We will get caught up, but in the meantime, make sure you are practicing those ten spelling words with your child each night. We will practice them in duos or trios throughout the week.
I want to thank Mrs. Christa Manahan, who helped me out this afternoon by filling in while I ran home to meet with my electrician. Mrs. Manahan is a really cool lady who works in our school, and the kids hadn't had much of a chance to meet her up until today.
More later.
We've been working on seeing character development in our reading. Some of the kids seem to have a better grasp on this than others.
Today we read a story, however, that didn't have a whole lot of character development, but it does fit in with the theme of this unit with the whole "moving to a new place". This story was told from the point of view of five immigrants who moved to the United States through Ellis Island between 1895 and 1952. I met with one guided reading group this morning to read from a book called Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman while other students either worked in the vocabulary journals or wrote in their journals.
We will get caught up, but in the meantime, make sure you are practicing those ten spelling words with your child each night. We will practice them in duos or trios throughout the week.
I want to thank Mrs. Christa Manahan, who helped me out this afternoon by filling in while I ran home to meet with my electrician. Mrs. Manahan is a really cool lady who works in our school, and the kids hadn't had much of a chance to meet her up until today.
More later.
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