Reading/Writing/Spelling News

READING NEWS:

We finished up our narrative nonfiction unit last week and this week we will be starting our research report reading workshop lessons. We will learn about becoming experts on shared nonfiction topics. We will also learn about pursuing collaborative inqui9ries with commitment.

WRITING NEWS:

We will be starting our research report unit by creating some basic reports using graphic organizers to help get us used to imputing data and putting data in our own words.

SPELLING NEWS:

Spelling this week is adding -ing. Every child gets a hard copy of their spelling words each Monday to take home to study. Please double check to make sure that they have it in their take home folder.

coming

skating

taking

giving

choosing

smiling

baking

sliding

changing

waving

leaving

making

hoping

trading

having

Our spelling test will be on Friday.

HOMEWORK: Your child should be studying their spelling words every night as well as reading 20 minutes and recording it on their April reading log. Those reading logs will be due May 1^st

PAXTON ELI

WE MISS ALL OF YOU!
Love, Mrs. Darling and Paxton

April Scholastic Book Orders

Scholastic book orders will be placed on Thursday, April 30^th. Please make sure to have those book orders in by that Thursday. Don’t forget, the more books you and your child order help us get more books for our classroom. If you’re ordering online please use our classroom code, JJQRM.

Thanks,

-Ian Grzesik

Reading/Writing/Spelling News

READING NEWS:

This week we will be continuing our narrative nonfiction reading workshop lessons. We will learn about achievement texts and disaster texts, two templates in narrative nonfiction. We will also learn about envisioning (an other strategies) to figure out unfamiliar words.

WRITING NEWS:

We finished our final drafts of our personal essays! We will be starting research reports soon.

SPELLING NEWS:

Spelling this week is compound words. Every child gets a hard copy of their spelling words each Monday to take home to study. Please double check to make sure that they have it in their take home folder.

herself

nobody

airplane

grandfather

someone

rainbow

anything

grandmother

everything

afternoon

sunshine

himself

anybody

something

without

Our spelling test will be on Friday.

HOMEWORK: Your child should be studying their spelling words every night as well as reading 20 minutes and recording it on their April reading log. Those reading logs will be due May 1^st

Reading/Writing/Spelling News

READING NEWS:

This week we will be starting our narrative nonfiction reading workshop lessons. We will work on identifying nonfiction text structures and adjusting the students reading. We will also practice reading nonfiction narratives as stories with main characters.

WRITING NEWS:

We finished our final drafts of our personal essays! We will be starting research reports soon.

SPELLING NEWS:

Spelling this week is adding a suffix (-ly). Every child gets a hard copy of their spelling words each Monday to take home to study. Please double check to make sure that they have it in their take home folder.

slowly

mainly

badly

hourly

suddenly

lately

partly

closely

really

lastly

plainly

loudly

shortly

monthly

softly

Our spelling test will be on Friday.

HOMEWORK: Your child should be studying their spelling words every night as well as reading 20 minutes and recording it on their April reading log. Those reading logs will be due May 1^st

March is Reading Month Activities

As you know, March is Reading Month and here at Roosevelt Primary we have been participating in many fun reading activities. Last week we went to Mrs. Schichtel’s 1^st grade class to read with a buddy. A 3^rd grader got paired up with a 1^st grader and spend some time reading together. It was a blast and we all owned our behavior!

We also had pajama day. Lots of fun was had when we brought in our blankets and stuffed animals and got to read with a partner!

Please continue to read with your child at home for at least 20 minutes a night.

Thanks,

-Mr. Grzesik

Reading/Writing/Spelling News

READING NEWS:

This week we will be continuing our Mixed Genre Series reading workshop lessons. We will work on organizing our thinking and talk by stopping to see importance. We will also link our comments to the remarks of others.

WRITING NEWS:

This week we continued our writer’s workshop personal essay writing. We will learn how writers revise and edit their personal essays. We will also celebrate our complete personal essays by typing them and then reading them to our small groups.

SPELLING NEWS:

Spelling this week is contractions. Every child gets a hard copy of their spelling words each Monday to take home to study. Please double check to make sure that they have it in their take home folder.

he’s

what’s

don’t

I’m

that’s

doesn’t

there’s

she’s

isn’t

I’ll

won’t

here’s

didn’t

who’s

can’t

Our spelling test will be on Friday.

HOMEWORK: Your child should be studying their spelling words every night as well as reading 20 minutes and recording it on their March reading log. Those reading logs will be due April 1^st