12-15-13

This week in reading we will be continuing to read historical fiction stories directly tied to the Revolutionary War.  Last week we talked about the conflict that this war caused and how it would make itself shown through the stories that we are reading in this unit.  Each story is from a different point of view.  We acted out some of the different groups of people that participated in the Revolutionary War.  The great thing about this theme is that it ties directly to Ms. Bram's 13 colonies unit!  We will be review cause and effect this week as well.  That skill really ties into any unit dealing with wars and conflicts.


There will be no new spelling or vocabulary words this week.  We will be using that time to work on prefix, suffix, and base words.

In language we are working on subject and predicate.  We will take that a step further this week and go to simple and complete subject and predicate, as well as move into run on sentences and fragments.

We will have a couple of quick write assignments this week, but no big essays.

Mark your calendar:
Monday and Tuesday Mrs. Mick and I will be a TIES (technology conference) with Mr. Nelson, Mr. Thompson, and several other staff members.  We are really looking forward to bringing back some great technology integration ideas.

Wednesday: Our last SRI test of the 2013
RC quiz over Katie's trunk
Laptop work on prefix/suffix

Friday: Bring a snack and drink for our Winter "party".