Week 6

Reminder:  There will be NO SCHOOL on WEDNESDAY, November 11, 2015 in observance of Veterans Day.  Click the link to learn more.

4/5 - This week we used the Weekend News rubric to think about how we can evaluate our own writing.  Together we created a rubric for our reading responses.  The reading responses will be focused on making connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world) to the articles we are beginning to read about Alaska.  The articles come from an amazing site called Newsela.com.  You can follow along with us by clicking here.  (You may have to sign up for Newsela to view it - it's free!)  Newsela allows students to read articles on their own personal reading levels.  We are currently reading the 660L in class.

Home Connection:  This week, we discussed four new vocabulary words: stage, layer, lead, and frontier.  Have you ever heard or seen any of these words before?  In what context (where and how was the word used)? 

3 - This week we started reading non-fiction texts and learned how we could use text features to help us learn about real topics in our non-fiction texts. We are using the sheet below:

Home Connection:  Ask your children what the differences are between fiction and non-fiction texts.

K/1 - This week we learned the letter Kk.  Students wrote and sketched as many words as they could that begin with Kk.  We completed our letter pages, sorted letters and objects, and read a poem about the letter Kk.

Home Connection:  Ask your children what begins with Kk.  See how many things you can name!

Parents - If you are interested in learning or improving your English, please join us on Wednesdays at 8:15 am in Room 212A.  Your children can stay in the cafeteria.  This week, we spoke about the American holiday of Thanksgiving - mainly about traditional foods that are eaten and the shopping holidays that follow it... Black Friday and Cyber Monday.  We also discussed some cultural differences in childrearing and societal norms between the USA and Sweden.  Additionally, we spoke about the website mommypoppins.com, which is a great resource if you are looking for fun and free family activities in and around NYC.