August 25, 2010

A whole day!!! All of the equipment was in working order today and everything went very smoothly! We even got our first two assignments.

Due tomorrow: Reading Response journal and Hot Air Balloon activity

Reading response: Each student is responsible for reading AT LEAST 15 minutes tonight. After they read their 15 minutes they are to write on their response journal. They only have to do one of the four sections of the journal. They were told to star it today, but just in case they forgot...they are to write a four sentence summary of what they have read so far in their free reading book. Each night they will read the 15 minutes and have a different task to complete dealing with what they have read.

Hot Air Balloon: Complete and color the squares on their balloon. Tomorrow they will present their first Language Arts speech by sharing their answers with the class.

Spelling: We will begin our spelling program tomorrow. You'll notice that some of the words on the lists might seem "easy". Each set of words was chosen for the things that those words have in common. For example, all of the words might have long vowel sounds, or double consonants etc... The reason for this is that now the kids aren't just memorizing the words, they are learning the skills behind reading and spelling those words!