Week of September 17th

Another short but wonderful week!

Here's a look back on last week... 

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

And the students have been LOVING learning about

how to use their chrome books...

This week's objectives:

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FORMATION PROJECT

We continue to read from Genesis - this week we will study about the sacrifice of Isaac. As we read about how God asked Abraham to give up his only son, we will discuss Self-Sacrifice. We define Self-Sacrifice as God's power for you to give up something to help others. This week's "Big Question" is, How can you give to God what matters most to you? 

PHONICS and SPELLING

This week we will 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. 

**A Note About Spelling Homework**

It would be helpful for you and your child to 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 this week comes from another Kevin Henkes book, Chester's Way. We will continue to study sentence structure and nouns, but we will also discuss dialogue. 

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

• September 21st - Casual for a Cause CCLS-Uganda 
• September 21st - Field Trip to Eckert's Apple Farm 
• September 28th - September Reading Logs due
• September 28th and 29th - Carnival at LHSS 
• October 11th - CCLS University Night 
• October 12th - End of 1st Quarter 

BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK!