Weekend Homework

READING: Read 30 minutes each night. Log and remember to stop and think. Be thoughful and active readers. If you need to put  post-it notes in your book to remind yourself to stop and think, please do so.

STAR BOOK

Scholastic News: Please bring in cash or a check for $4.95.

Week in Review 9/24 - 9/28

1. We started word study in class and we are practicing with the same sort. We are learning the routines on word study. We have 5 must do's every week. MW
2. We had Open House last night. Thank you parents for coming and writing us back! AA
3. We are going to finish Rio today. HS
4. We finally presented all of our "Me in a Nutshell" Yay! RB
5. We had our first Portraits of America. Mrs. Comey and Mrs. Drugge came in to teach us about famous art work of the Northeast. GS, FD, DS
6. We are finishing up our Math Road trip. We are zooming in on one day to show our best math thinking. We will create a poster, share with our classmates and defend our thinking! HP
7. We had our first real pacer test in gym. A pacer test is when you run across the gym as many times as you can. The time to travel across the gym gets shorter and shorter. CV
8. We went on Scholastic Book Wizard this week looking for a list of Just Right Books. AA
9. In band, we had our first week of practice. MW
10. We will have our second mystery reader today... Who will it be? KC
11. We are starting Dreambox next week and we get our usernames and passwords. We also have a schedule for when we go on. WS
12. We inducted more books into the Rock & Read Hall of Fame. Almost everone has done a book talk. AC & HP
13. Charlotte and Ally wrote words to the pictures of "Chalk" and presented them to the class. AA

Thursday, September 27, 2012

READING:
1. Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot the thoughts you are having while reading.
2. Find books from the list of JR books you generated from Scholastic Book Wizard. Bring them in!

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. This book, along with a response journal, will be circulating to a new student each night. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Scholastic News: Please bring in check by September, 28th. Thank you for your help!

Homework, Tuesday & Wednesday

READING:
1. Read for 30 minutes and log. Remember to stop and jot the thoughts you are having while reading. 
2. Use Scholastic Book Wizard to find Just Right books. You will be creating a list of JR books that you would like to read. Start looking for these books in the class, library, book room, or at home.   See purple sheet for more details.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. This book, along with a response journal, will be circulating to a new student each night. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Scholastic News: Please bring in check by September, 28th. Thank you for your help!

Homework, Monday, September 24, 2012

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log.  Remember to stop and jot something you want to share with your partner tomorrow in reading workshop. After reading, practice retelling your story at home to a parent.

1. Will you start at the beginning of your story and take big steps through the timeline of events, only tell the key events?

OR

      2. Will you start out retelling the section you have just read and fill in important references as 
          needed?


STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. This book, along with a response journal, will be circulating to a new student each night. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Scholastic News: Please bring in check by September, 28th. Thank you for your help!

And the mystery reader is... Mrs. Comey!

Thank you for coming in and reading to us!

Weekend Homework Friday, September 21, 2012

READING: Read for 30 minutes and log each day over the weekend. Spy on yourself as a reader tonight. What do you notice you are doing while reading. Are you reading on autopilot? Are you surprised? Are you confused? Are you stumped on a word? Think about all of the strategies we discussed in class and jot down your thoughts.

STAR BOOK: Read My Secret Bully with a parent or guardian. This book, along with a response journal, will be circulating to a new student each night. If it is your night with the book, please read the S.T.A.R. book together with a parent, talk about the discussion questions on the inside cover, and fill out the response sheet. It is important to provide your comments and reactions on the bottom. Upon completion, please cross of your name and bring it to school the next day. Hand the book to the next person on the list.

Scholastic News: Please bring in check by September, 28th. Thank you for your help!