Happy New Year! I hope we all had a safe and relaxing break.  Yesterday we revisited our Daily 5 expectations and class agreements. We then reviewed “All Summer in a Day” (both story and film).  Today we began making connections to our article of the week and was introduced to organizing a Formal Letter.  Tomorrow we will begin our “Letter of Complaint” with the topic being “All Summer in a Day”.  We will continue writing, editing/revising, and finalizing this letter throughout the week.

NWEA testing is approaching! (end of the month)  Please ensure that your student is reading their “good fit” book at home 5 times a week!  The only way to improve in reading is to practice reading! Talking about what they are reading will help boost their comprehension tremendously. Ask them questions about what they are reading to become involved!   You can find some great questioning ideas here! https://www.shmemorial.org/cms/lib8/NJ01912932/Centricity/Domain/55/Parent%20Flyer_Book%20talk.pdf

Homework

• Read for 20 minutes and respond on reading log (4 total this week)

I sent home Scholastic Book orders. If you are interested in ordering, I will be submitting the order next Friday! You can send money with your student to school or order online here:  https://clubs.scholastic.com/home

Class code:  N8M2H