LISTENING/SPEAKING: We are reading a variety of books as a class and exploring different elements of a story. We are practicing excellent listening and asking meaningful questions. We are sharing our opinions and trying to give evidence that supports our opinions. We are sharing our writing aloud and working on our presentation voice. 

READING: The Library will be available for our students on Thursday morning, they may choose a new book to read each week. (This should help them be prepared to D.E.A.R. time and encourage reading for pleasure).

D.E.A.R.  is an independent reading program that will be 15-20 minutes each day. 

Students are being tested on their reading level and we are encouraging good decoding, self correction and fluency. Good readers try every word and use strategies like sentence finishing and looking at pictures to improve their reading. 

WRITING: We are working on the writing process. First we are drafting stories using the great ideas we've created. Then, we are editing and peer editing our work. We are then creating final copies of our writing for class books and share times. These polished pieces, along with all work in the writing folders, will be graded for marks.  

GRAMMAR: We are looking at SENTENCES in grammar.We are looking at commas and compound sentences. We are looking for mistakes and learning how to fix any we find within a sentence.

We are continuing our work with our word wall.

As always, we have a spelling quiz on Thursday morning.