10/19/09-10/23/09

Monday~10/19

Advisory~ We will be working on recognizing TRUSTWORTHINESS this week. Trustworthiness is the character word this month.

Reading~ DRA, Direct Reading Assessment will be the goal again for this week. We will still be emphasising fluency and we will be moving into our small grouping strategies. The students have been working on strategies that will help them on their common assessments and state tests. The students really need to be reading at home for 30 minutes per night. Research directly ties this into success in the “real” world.

Writing~ Our writing process is really coming along. The Students will be working with their journals and will be starting to use their seed ideas to come up with a descriptive story to write. Expository writing will be our focus for the second nine weeks.

Tuesday~10/20 ~PARENT/TEACHER/STUDENT LED CONFERENCE FROM 4-7 TONITE

Advisory~We will be doing some character identification and some discussion on bullies.

Reading~ Continue the DRA and have the students focus on Authors Purpose during our floor time.

Writing~ In writing we will brainstorm ideas using our journals and may go outside to record our observations.

Wednesday~10/21

Advisory~A Continuation of  Tuesday’s work with the students choosing which traits they have that would make for a good leader.

Reading~ Continue the DRA and have the students focus on Description during our floor time.

Writing~ In writing we will brainstorm ideas using our journals and may go outside to record our observations.

Thursday~10/22~PARENT/TEACHER/STUDENT LED CONFERENCE FROM 4-7 TONITE

Advisory~A Continuation of Wednesday’s work with the students choosing who would make a good leader.

Reading~ Continue the DRA and have the students focus on fact and opinion during our floor time.

Writing~ In writing we will brainstorm ideas using our journals and may go outside to record our observations. We will compare our finding throughout the week and write about them.

Friday~10/23~NO SCHOOL TODAY~ REST AND RELAX~

 Catch up on the activities that we missed out on previously. We will have “FREE READ FRIDAY” during our reading class.

Advisory~A Continuation of Monday’s work with the students choosing which traits make for a good leader.

Reading~ Complete the DRA and have the students focus on fact and opinion during our floor time.

Writing~ SIM strategies