December 9th - December 13, 2013

We went to the the Nutcracker 

on Thursday, December 12, 2013!

We were one of the first ones to arrive.

Intermission

Our new student, Jayden!

Christmas Decorations!

Christmas Decorations!

Tissue Art

Tissue Art

ROFL, LMBO, LOL, all these acronyms have something in common. They all symbolize laughing. The simplest being LOL, meaning laughing out loud and the more complex being ROFL, suggesting one might be rolling on the floor laughing. In a chat room, seeing such acronyms is not strange; in fact, it is quite normal. In the world of instant messaging the English language is stripped of punctuation, grammar, spelling, and even sometimes vowels (to the horror of educators). This week we are going to explore IMing and how to use it properly.

three-dimensional shapes

three-dimensional shapes

We put our Christmas tree up!

It's fun to decorate!

Citizen of the Week

Harley

• Comprehension - Cause and Effect - A Cause is an event or an action that makes something happen. An effect is something that happens because of an event or an action. Sometimes cause-and-effect relationships are stated.

• Vocabulary -  Homographs - are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations. Homographs also have separate entries in the dictionary. For example, bow is a noun and means "a knot with two or more loops"; bow (bou) is a verb that means "to lean forward."

• Spelling - Prefixes re-, un-, pre-, and mis-  Prefixes are word parts added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning of the root word. Re- means "again," un- and dis- mean "not," pre- means "before," and mis- means "wrong." These clusters are not always prefixes. Examples - uncle, missile, and reaching 

• Grammar - Commas in a Series and Past Tense Verbs

• Writing - How to Write a Letter - Set a purpose and Add Time-Order Words
• Math – two-dimensional and three-dimensional 

December 2nd - December 6, 2013

     The story we are reading in class this week is about a boy named Juno.  He gets a letter from his grandmother in Korea.  He cannot read what she has written because he does not know her language.  The story is called Dear Juno.  We are learning about the different parts of a story – character, setting, and plot. (C.005)  We’re paying attention to these things as we’re reading.   We will get to know Juno better and what he does to understand his grandmother’s letter.

                                                           Thank you,

                                                           Mrs. Haynes

We love writing about our Thanksgiving!
We start with our Flee Maps,

and then we finish up with style!

Games This Week

Vocabulary Game

Spelling Game 1

Spelling Game 2

*Citizen of the Week*

Chase!

Practicing our handwriting with our spelling words.

Alphabetizing our spelling words.

Bossy R - ar and or

Rainbow Writing!

THIS WEEK at a glance:

Phonics/Spelling - r-Controlled Vowels ar, or, TEKS 3.1 (C) When a vowel is followed by an r, the r changes the vowel’s sound.  When the letter R follows the vowels a and o, they are pronounced /ar/ (as in March) and /or/ (as in torn) bark, shorts, sharp, sore, hard, storms, yard, sport, sharks, porch, pour, story, chore, wore, carve, first, third, nurse, orchard, artist

Strategy I - Generate Questions TEKS 3.2 B

Strategy II- Context Clues (TEKS 3.4 (B)) help you figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.  Learning to use the words or sentences before or after the unfamiliar words will help you know its meaning.  Graphic Features - parts of a text that help readers find and use information.  Titles, headings, boldface or italicized words, illustrations, and captions are examples of graphic features.  Time Lines shows when important events took place.

Skill - Character, Setting, and Plot; Characters are the people or animals in a story.  Plot is the series of events that happen in a story. The setting is when and where the story takes place.

Genre - Fiction

Grammar/Mechanics - Present-Tense Verbs (TEKS 3.22 (A) (i)) Subject-Verb Agreement (TEKS 3.22 (C))

Sensory Language:  Sensory language helps create a picture, or graphic visual image, in a reader's mind that appeals to the senses.  One kind of sensory language is a simile.  A simile uses like or as to compare two things.

Writing -  Trait: Voice TEKS 3.20(B)  Purpose and Audience

Math - Tables (TEKS 3.7A & B)