Last week we had the privilege of listening to the fourth/fifth grade chorus. They did an amazing job and put everyone into the holiday spirit!
The first bracket of the MYON reading competition for the Final Four continues into January. Dolvin third grade students currently hold the #1 position out of 90 schools! Students have been encouraged to read the stories for themselves rather than listening to the audio. Students are also asked to write a review/recommendation after each story and these are shared on the MyON site with their classmates. Reading: We are working on our mid-year BAS reading assessments through the remainder of this quarter. We hopefully expect to see every student progress at least one reading level from where they were in August. On every BAS assessment, students are expected to identify the genre of the story. They should know that realistic fiction stories are made up but could be based on events that could happen in real life. They should also know that non-fiction stories provide facts and information and use text features to help clarify the text or provide additional information about the topic. We will continue learning how text features aid in understanding non-fiction text. Students will have an assessment on text features prior to the end of the quarter. Grammar: Students are working on sentence structure and how to identify and correctly use declarative (statement), interrogative (question), imperative (command) and exclamatory (exclamation) sentences. They are also learning to use the appropriate punctuation with each type of sentence. Spelling: Students will be working on spelling sort 17 this week. Beginning in January, we will be calling these phonics assessments since we focus on the phonics of each word rather than memorizing the spelling. We expect students to not only be able to identify the phonics pattern in the words presented in the list, but to be able to spontaneously read this pattern in other words. Writing: This week students will be creating a booklet on one of the six European explorers that they are studying in social studies. Students have been reading to research the explorer. The booklet will use informational writing and text features and will be graded with a rubric for reading, writing, and social studies grades. Homework Although written homework assignments are not given every week, there are certain expectations that should be met every week. All students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes (this can be on Myon)/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and can do this on Spelling City. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that can be completed at home for extra practice if you so choose to do so. Dates to Remember: On January 9, we will be having an in-house field trip called “Georgia Rocks”, This is an excellent experience given by naturalists from the Chattahoochee Nature Center and enhances our students’ understanding of the science standards on Rocks and Minerals. The cost of the field trip will be approximately $7.00. More information will be coming home soon. Happy Birthday to: Evan Dec. 17
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