Reading
We will learn how to attach poetry this week. We will look into what work and thinking can help us answer reflection questions about poetry. Our hope is that this kind of analysis of poetry will then start to spill over into your child's work in fiction and expository.
Writing
We LOVE Mrs. Bolton. The WITS program has been a joy to be part of at HCE. Mrs. Bolton visits every Tuesday. Last week she helped us realize that there are many things a good writer carries in his or her writing toolbox. Students got a chance to dig deep into similes. Some of my favorite that they created and shared were---
Yellow is as excited as me on a field trip.
Pink is joy like a seal with a squeaky toy.
Blue is as sad as a woman who has lost her husband.
Orange is exciting like a UT football win!
This week we will work on understanding and creating metaphors with Mrs. Bolton.
With me students will begin to compare narrative to expository writing. We will look for similarities and differences as we move from writing narratives to working on expository pieces.
Spelling
Spelling will resume this week. Look for new words to come home on Wednesday. Homework is due Tuesday, 1/20. The spelling test will be Wednesday, 1/21.
Social Studies
We have begun a new unit of study in Social Studies. (This is by far my personal favorite!) Over the next 9 weeks, students will learn about pieces of American history through the lives of famous American's who made or continue to make a lasting contribution to our country. To help students understand the wide range of time our nation's history covers, we begin the unit week learning about time lines.
Vocabulary that you can discuss at home: time line, year, decade, century, past, present, future, and chronological order
This week we will focus on the life and service of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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