September 22, 2014 - September 26, 2014

In My Very Own Room, a young girl is sharing a 

room with five brothers. What she wants more than anything is to have her own room. Because of the title, we think the girl will get her room in the end. We keep making predictions as we read. They are good guesses about what will happen next, and they’re based on clues the author has given. Making predictions are fun!  It’s like solving little mysteries. The predictions also keep us get involved in the story.

Author - Amada Irma Pérez

Illustrator - Maya Christina Gonzalez

Citizen of the Week

Matthew!

This week we learned the acronym BOAS. The word BOAS stand for but, or, and, & so!  

We use these conjunctions

to combine sentences.  

We got to wear BOAS as we worked with our writing buddies!  It was a lot of fun!

Mrs. Ochoa and I are getting our "BOAS" on!  We're making "fancy" combined sentences with the kids!

SMARTIE FRACTIONS

Week 5:

Comprehension

• Compare and Contrast (not accessible from home)
• Make and Confirm Predictions
• Self-Selected Strategies
• Genre:  Expository Nonfiction, Fiction,
• Let's Talk About it!

Vocabulary

• Vocabulary Practice (not accessible from home)
• separate, determination, storage, exact, ruined, luckiest
• Word Parts:  Suffixes -er -est
• Vocabulary Game

Spelling

• Long Ii, Multisyllabic Words - mild, sky, pie, might, find, fight, tied, right, fry, tight, hild, flight, bright, buy, die
• Long Ii Sound (not accessible from home)
• Spelling Game 1

Grammar

• Compound Sentences - BOAS
• Capitalization and Punctuation in Sentences

Fluency

• Phrasing

Writing

• Develop a Setting

Math

• Fractions

Technology

• Draw