I hope everyone had a beautiful week-end! 

A few notes before we begin the week...

Before I write anything about the upcoming week, I would like to say how proud I am of my authors!!  The last two weeks have been filled with planning, adding, Smiley-Face-Tricks, revising, editing, focus shares, and conferences.  Every day, the students put in incredible effort! On Friday, it was such a pleasure to share their hearts during our first Author Share.  I learned so much about my students.  I believe the most important part of this share is that we are a family, and the classroom is a safe place to learn and grow!  We will continue the share on Monday.  It is important for all of my authors to take a turn in our special chair!! 

This week, we will revisit the essential question..."What is important to know?"  I will give the students domain specific vocabulary words for "Pigman".  We will complete a "Close Read Workshop" together.  It is important for the children to know what questions to ask while completing first, second, and third reads.  Please make sure your student has post it notes for class this week!  I can't wait to start reading!!  I will keep you posted!!

This week,  grammar finds us concentrating on the two parts of a sentence...complete subjects and predicates and compound subjects and predicates.

The standards I expect to hit this week include: Speaking and Listening #1 and Reading Informational Text #2.

Enjoy the week!

Mrs. Reina