Peregrine Press

October 20-24

 

Schedule

Monday:  Italics Class; Running Club

Tuesday: No Out and About

Wednesday:  Honk! Performance at Theatre in the Grove 10:00; PE

Thursday: Art

 

Updates:

We started off the week with literacy circles.  The literacy circle books that were assigned were short for this first round because I wanted the students to become familiar with the routine.  In the next few weeks students will be starting longer books that should take several weeks to get through.  All activities should be done at school, however, if students misuse their time, they may have additional work come home. These literacy circle activities give students a chance to read out loud to their peers, work on vocabulary development, learn the story elements, and review grammar.

 

Another major activity involved the study of government.  Students were in groups that researched and prepared a presentation on a specific aspect of the government.  This week the groups will present on their topic and be responsible for teaching their peers about what they learned.  The topics include:  Legislative Branch, Executive branch, Judicial Branch, How Laws are made, and Citizenship.

 

On Monday we participated in a Solv project at the A.T. Smith House.  The students helped clear out weeds, blackberry bushes and also softened up some dirt so a garden can be planted.  Ask your children about why the A.T. Smith house is important.  They can also share some things they learned about that very historic home.   

 

To help students develop and improve their writing and editing skills I have buddied them up with a peer that will help them.  Last week we did a fun activity where they were using their imaginations to write silly stories and after each sentence was written, the buddy was responsible for helping with editing.  The biggest hurdle we will face with writing is really paying attention to editing.  So many students have great ideas, but they don't necessarily want to take the time to check their spelling and punctuation. 

 

This Week

This week the students will learn about the different presidential candidates, and measures, then they will be responsible for writing a persuasive essay taking one side.  We will learn about persuasive techniques and also the essential components of a 5 paragraph essay.

 

Upcoming Events

All school Meeting and Buddy Lunch October 27^th 

Mock Election October 27th