This year is just flying by! We are already wrapping up our third week of classes. Students are starting to adjust back to being in school. We are already focused on learning our standards for this year. In Social Studies we began studying Reconstruction. Our Writing Unit is focused on Narratives for the first few weeks of school. Your child have already created a map of their "heart" with events from their life. This is the first step in creating a personal narrative. In Reading we have started working on theme. Students have taken notes on what is theme and how to determine theme in literature. They will have an open note test on Friday. Our vocabulary focus is prefixes (re- and dis-).
Creating a "heart" Map.
Working on theme notes (Standard RL.5.2)
Tomorrow, I have surprise for the students! They don't even know it yet! But, we are going to start an awesome Read Aloud: MATILDA! I love the book and the movie. I hope they really enjoy this book as much as I do!
