Welcome back!  I hope everyone enjoyed the break!  Mine was very relaxing. I cannot believe that we only have eleven weeks left of school! Time is passing quickly and a lot of learning still needs to be done.

In Language Arts today the students continued to work on their folktale projects.  Presentations will be taking place on Wednesday.  The students also took their vocabulary quiz for lesson two in their books.  I will have grades updated by the end of the day.

Our students will be going on a field trip next Wednesday, April 13th to the Lincoln Park Skating Center.  Permission slips for this field trip went home with students today.  All permission slips must be returned to me by this Friday, April 8th in order for students to be eligible to attend.  If a student does not turn in the slip, they will not be permitted to attend the field trip.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Library day tomorrow
3. Folktale project due Wednesday
4. Field trip permission slips due to me by Friday

In Language Arts today the students continued to learn about interjections.  Today we practiced identifying interjections in writing.  The students were also taken to the library to get good fit books for the break.  Lastly, the students were given time to work on their folktale projects.

Have a safe and fantastic break!

Homework:

1. Read for 140 minutes
2. Vocabulary Book Lesson Two due Monday, April 4th
3. Lesson Two Vocabulary Quiz Monday, April 4th
4. Folktale Projects Due Wednesday, April 6th

Today in Language Arts the students focused in on interjections during our grammar lesson.  We discussed examples of interjections, how to incorporate them into our writing, and when it is appropriate to use them.

The students were also given their scrapbook paper to create their theme page.  The students were given time to work on the page as well as their powerpoint during class.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Vocabulary Book Lesson Two Due Monday, April 4th
3. Folktale Presentations are Wednesday, April 6th

In Language Arts today the students continued to work on the powerpoint component of their folktale projects. Their goal was to try to complete all of the content by the end of class. Tomorrow, the focus will be on their theme scrapbook page.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Vocabulary Book Lesson Two Due Monday, April 4th
3. Folktale Project Due Wednesday, April 6th

In Language Arts today the students continued to work on their folktale projects.  They were given time to work on the computers in class.  They will be given their scrap paper to work with on Wednesday.  Due to the amount of time this project requires, the projects will be presented in class on Wednesday, April 6th.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Vocab. Book Lesson Two Due Monday, April 4th
3. Folktale Project Due Wednesday, April 6th

Today’s lesson in Language Arts was a continuation from yesterday.  The students continued to work on their folktale projects, learn about the parts of speech, and they continued working in their vocabulary books.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Vocabulary Book Lesson Two Due April 4th

Today in Language Arts the students continued working on the parts of speech and their vocabulary books. The students also started working on their folktale project.  For this project, the students are focusing on the analysis of a folktale of their choice.  They will be creating a powerpoint presentation and a scrapbook page teaching the rest of the class about the folktale.  The students are working in groups of three to complete this project.  They were allowed to choose their own partners.  I have attached the requirements of the project to this blog post.  I am aiming to have the projects completed by Monday, April 4th but if we need to adjust the time frame, we will.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes

Folktale Presentation Rubric

Folktale Project Checklist

Theme Scrapbook Rubric

In Language Arts today the students continued to practice identifying story elements of a folktale.  Today they focused on the story, Rumpelstiltskin.  They were also given time to go to the library and the book fair.

Tomorrow we will be starting the next lesson in our vocabulary books.  Please make sure the books are brought to class tomorrow.

I have some excellent news!  The Giver cost less money than I had anticipated.  If you sent money to school for your child to own a copy of the book, I will be returning two dollars to your child.

Conferences will be taking place from 3:30 to 6:30 in Ms. Cosenza’s room.  If you are interested in sitting down with your child’s core teachers, please feel free to join us.  Meetings will take place on a first come-first serve basis.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf9_APDfCZk

In Language Arts today the students reviewed the story elements of folktales.  The students were given time to review folktales in their reading interactive notebooks and discuss the story elements of folktales with the people at their table.  They also practiced applying their knowledge of these story elements to the story, The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig.

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes

Announcements:

1. Tomorrow is Library Day and our Book Fair Day
2. Tomorrow is Conferences starting at 3:30 and ending at 6:30
3. Due to Conferences, there will be no Extended Day tomorrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmNl7Mt48H8

In Language Arts today the students spent time peer editing their compare and contrast constructed response.  The final draft of these responses will be due on Monday. The students should include one similarity, one difference, textual evidence to support each, and they should explain their thinking.  The final draft can be hand-written in pen or typed.  It needs to be double spaced.

The students were also introduced to our new unit, Folktales.  We reviewed the types of folktales as well as the elements of folktales.  Lastly, the students were introduced to our new grammar lesson.

Today is the end of the fourth marking period.  Grades will be updated and submitted by the end of the day.  All book money for The Giver was due at the end of today too.  If students did not purchase their own copy and want to, they will be responsible for doing so on their own.  We will start reading this book towards the end of April. Students who did purchase a copy of the book will be given their book next week.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Compare and Contrast Constructed Response Final Draft due Monday

Announcements:

1. Parent Teacher Conferences on Tuesday
2. Book Fair and Library Day Tuesday
3. Late Start Wednesday

Folktale Powerpoint