Week and a half??

I can't believe that it is a week and a half until Thanksgiving Break! We have so much to do and so much to be grateful for.

Our assembly on Wednesday for Ms. McDonald was wonderful. Each grade got to share their great words about Dorothy and it was very powerful.

This week we were able to conclude our unit on Multiplication and Division. Monday your mathematicians will be reviewing and Tuesday there will be a test. Its format is a mad minute followed by multiplication and division fill in the blanks and word problems. If you are working on your facts, it should be no problem!

In Reading Workshop we took our retake on the Non-Fiction Text Features open book today. The results were much better with an average of 91%. Following directions seems to be our biggest obstacle. Today we went over the directions on the ELMO as a class and I gave them a second chance at the final question. We moved onto expository text features as well focusing on description and definition texts. Next week we will cover: Process, Classification, Comparison, Analysis, and Persuasion. Each of these are different forms of NF writing.

Our How To's are coming right along in writing workshop. Being clear and concise is our focus. We will be peer revising and editing next week and I hope to present our How To's either the week of Thanksgiving break or the week we get back.

We have spent a good deal of time on the Native American's of NYS for the last few weeks. We are becoming experts on the Iroquois and Algonquin tribes and know a lot of information about their homes, lives, responsibilities, and traditions. We will be concluding our study of the Native American's before Thanksgiving and moving into Explorers with our first Jeff Bennett presentation the Monday after break.

Monday I will not be in class as I am on the interview committee for Mrs. Browne's third grade replacement. I am hoping for great behavior from my Team and I hope to give you a good report on Tuesday.

Have a great weekend!!!