I’m back!!!! \u00a0What an interesting experience. \u00a0I took my responsibility as a Juror very seriously and am proud of our Judicial system. \u00a0 Now back to my little loves! \u00a0I really missed them. \u00a0Sometimes I found my mind wandering as to” what are my kids doing right now??”<\/p>\n
READING-Unit 6 Week 2 of\u00a0Our Neighborhood. \u00a0<\/strong>This week’s theme is\u00a0People and Places in our Neighborhood.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n WRITING-Dialogue!!! \u00a0Speech Bubbles and Quotation Marks \u00a0 You can look for them in your bedtime stories.<\/p>\n SPELLING WORDS-man \u00a0ran \u00a0fan \u00a0said \u00a0go \u00a0to yes \u00a0<\/strong>I have been putting a list of the words in their Book Boxes and they use the list for several in class Literacy activities.<\/p>\n LETTERS-E \u00a0e \u00a0 \u00a0Y \u00a0y<\/strong><\/p>\n MATH- We will revisit the penny, nickel, and dime. \u00a0We’ll make trades with the coins. \u00a0Practice at home.<\/p>\n SCIENCE-Land Forms\u00a0<\/strong> We will begin with\u00a0oceans and lakes.<\/strong><\/p>\n Wednesday we will add\u00a0Mountains and Plains. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Add “Where do sand, water, and soil lie?”<\/p>\n SPELLING TEST went very well today! \u00a0I wanted to start them with easy words, both familiar and patterns from word family “an.” \u00a0Thanks for helping them study on the home front. \u00a0They felt proud. \u00a0Beginning with next week’s list, I will be looking for ALL letters to be written correctly. \u00a0No capital letters in the middle of words, letters going in the correct direction,\u00a0y, g, q, p, j\u00a0<\/strong>dipping below the line, etc. \u00a0Practice writing them at home with a line. \u00a0Their name also needs to be written neatly and correctly…only 1 capital letter in their name and all letters on (or below if appropriate).<\/p>\n In case you were wondering, I work with their writing in a specific routine that I have developed through the years with young writers.<\/p>\n On Mondays I introduce a new idea, concept, or build on one from the previous week. \u00a0For example, last week I introduced\u00a0dialogue.<\/strong><\/p>\n On Tuesdays we create a writing together. \u00a0Last week it was writing\u00a0dialogue<\/strong> between 2 charachers.<\/p>\n On Wednesdays they write a piece themselves, using the skill taught on Monday and Tuesday. \u00a0This is called\u00a0Prewrite.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n On Thursdays I conference with them about their writing. \u00a0This is called\u00a0Revise and Edit.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n On Fridays they publish their writing and share with the class. \u00a0This is called\u00a0Publishing.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n As you can see, this process is how you would have learned to write your papers in school. \u00a0It does take a lot of time and they each want to share their published work, which also takes time. \u00a0But is is worth the investment!!<\/p>\n Next Monday I will introduce\u00a0quotation marks.<\/strong><\/p>\n Have a glorious week!<\/p>\n Mrs. Smith<\/p>\n “No matter how cool,<\/em><\/p>\n talented,educated, <\/em><\/p>\n or rich you think you are,<\/em><\/p>\n how you treat people<\/p>\n tells all.<\/p>\n Integrity is everything.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m back!!!! \u00a0What an interesting experience. \u00a0I took my responsibility as a Juror very seriously and am proud of our Judicial system. \u00a0 Now back to my little loves! \u00a0I really missed them. \u00a0Sometimes I found my mind wandering as to” what are my kids doing right now??” READING-Unit 6 Week 2 of\u00a0Our Neighborhood. \u00a0This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}