Week of September 18th

Another short, but wonderful week! 

This week might feel short too...We have our field trip on Tuesday, and I will be out for my grandmother's funeral on Wednesday.

Here's a look back on last week... 

We made a Venn Diagram to discuss expectations during Guided Reading...

 We learned from each other during Writers' Workshop...

 We went outside with our Tiny Topic Notebooks to get more ideas to write about...

 The kiddos acted like detectives during independent reading. 

They searched for long vowel sounds in their texts.

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT
This week we will study the virtue INTEGRITY. We define integrity as God's power for you to do the right thing in each situation. We will read about how David spares Saul's life (his enemy) from 1Samuel 24. As we dig deep into this story, we will ask ourselves this "Big Question," How do you stay true to yourself and God by being kind to people who are not kind to you? 

PHONICS and SPELLING
This week we will review, read, and sort words with "short o" and "long o" (specifically with the o-consonant-e rule). We are also working on learning sight words or commonly misspelled words in your child's writing. You may see some of those words come home on your child's spelling lists.

**Please note**

About spelling homework... 

It would be helpful for you and your child review spelling homework together, specifically the sentences your child writes using the spelling words. I encourage you to review and help your child "edit" their sentences, especially with things such as capital letters, punctuation, or even the misspelling of certain sight words that you feel your child should know. 

READING SKILLS and STRATEGIES 
This week we will read a story called Jamaica Tag-Along and discuss how the characters we read about can relate to our own feelings and personal experiences.

GRAMMAR
Our mentor sentence of the week comes from Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. We'll be studying good sentence structure, nouns, and pronouns.
Check out this adorable story here...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ccFdQNxhs 

WRITING 
This week's writers' workshop sessions will focus on noticing author's craft, and creating personal narratives that have a particular effect on the reader. Revising and editing are also a continued target because each child is always in a different place in the writing process.

NEWS and NOTES 

• Tuesday, September 19th - apple farm field trip 
• September 29th - September reading log due 
• September 29th and 30th - CCLS Carnival 
• Sunday, October 1st - CCLS Sunday at Webster Gardens

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!