Fall Leaves

Today we read  the book,  Fall Leaves by Loretta Holland.  Students loved the book and we discussed the playful quality of a word's meaning and how it changes when it's used as a noun or a verb.  

"SUMMER LEAVES/ FLOWERS LEAVE/ APPLES FALL/  LEAVES FALL/ FALL STAYS/LEAVES LEAVE".  

Week of October 27th

ELA Homework & Updates

• QR- 25 minutes 

• Writing About Reading (In Google Docs. Due Friday)

• Supporting Details Activity

• Word Study Activities (See word lists below)

           Word Study Lists (Group 1, 2, 3)

• Halloween Short Story Contest (Due 10/29)

• Permission Slips  

          Writing About Reading (Mattson)

          Writing About Reading (Moynihan)


Reminders:

Short Story Contest  (Entries due 10/28)

Field Trip to Gillette Stadium  (11/4)

Roller Kingdom (11/20)

Field Trip to Harvard Peabody Museum (11/24)

Week of October 20th

Homework & Reminders

• Reading: 25 min (each night)

• Writing About Reading:  Asking Questions (In Google Docs)

Writing About Reading (Mattson)

Writing About Reading (Moynihan)

• Adverbs 1 & 2 (Due Friday)

• Word Study Activities

• Halloween Short Story Contest  (Optional Due 10/28)

Halloween Short Story Contest Link

Word Study Activities

Word Lists (Group 1, 2, 3)

* We will be going to the Book Fair this week on Thursday & Friday.  

Week of 10/13

Week of 10/13
ELA Homework & Updates:
We've been continuing to practice the reading strategy of "Lifting A Line" to help us think about what we're reading.  We also read the nonfiction book The Mary Celeste, The Unsolved Mystery by Jane Yolen.  We talked about the importance of asking thoughtful questions while we read.  
SS:
We continue with our research on famous explorers.  Students will use their information to create a report card for their explorer using google docs. 

1.  Vivid Verbs (Due Friday)
2.  QR & Reading is Thinking (25 minutes each night)
3. Word Study Activities  (Due Friday)
4.  Halloween Short Story Contest ( Due 10/28 Optional)
5. Continue with Explorer research at home too!


Halloween/Fall Short Story Contest Link

Word Study Activities Link

Week of 9/29

ELA Homewrok & Update: 
1. Reading: 25 minutes (each night)
2. Reading Comprehension packet Lesson 2 (due Friday)
3. Nouns: packet p. 9 & 10 (due Friday)
4. Word Study Activities (See menu in WS Notebook)

Word Lists
Word Study Group 1                                                                

Word Study Group 2
Word Study Group 3                                                         

Students have been introduced to a new writing activity- The Perfect Fall Day.  We discussed how good writers are like sponges, using our five senses to absorb information from all around us. We spent some time discussing the many wonderful changes that the fall season brings. This week, we will revisit figurative language and students will use their observations to write about a perfect fall day while incorporating the elements of figurative language.

Conferences:
Next week begins fall conferences.  I look forward to meeting with you. Please see the link below for the schedule. Please sign up if you have not done so. If none of the available times work, please email me and we can arrange another time to meet. 
Fall Conference Link