ELA Updates, Biztown Interviews, and More!

In ELA this week, we wrote spooky stories to get in the Halloween mood. Everyone had such creative ideas, I cannot wait to display them in the hallway! Come prepared next week for more Halloween ELA activities and projects! In reading groups, we have been discussing several topics including theme, plot, and character development throughout stories.

Check out our "Shelf"ie progress ... we almost have shelf 3 filled!

On Tuesday, students came prepared to answer tough interview questions to apply for their dream job at Biztown. They all looked spectacular in their interview clothes and it was great to see them practicing this life skill together! Biztown is quickly approaching (Nov. 14th!!) and it will be great to see everyone working together to run the town for a day.

A group of students have been working on a special project with one of our parent volunteers, Mrs. Hartman. They are researching gardening and planning ways to utilize a greenhouse our vertical team has. This week, the fourth and fifth grade students joined in on the fun. Check out our pictures below!

On Friday, we had a magician come to our school! He performed some super cool tricks and although I did not become the magicians assistant (darn . . . :)), Miss Kahl did ... she was magnificent!

Finally, when Mother Nature gives us a chilly recess day, we warm up with a fun game of four square!

This Week's Question: One of our Halloween activities will require you to identify different examples of figurative language. What is one type of figurative language? Can you give an example? Email me by Monday morning to pick from the candy stash (which, by the way, has just been restocked with chocolate!!)

Pronoun Practice, A "Shelf"ie Update, and More!

This week in ELA we focused a lot on practicing our grammar skills. We studied pronouns, homophones, and subject/verb agreement. To practice pronouns, we split into two groups: pronouns and antecedents. Once we were split, we had to find our match. To practice homophones, we broke into teams to complete a homophone challenge. (Psst ... check out this week's question: it's another homophone challenge!) It was such a nice week, we decided to go out to the courtyard to practice some of these skills!

This week in ELA come prepared with creative ideas to write some spooky Halloween stories! We will also be having our WTW quizzes on Monday.

Our "Shelf"ie is doing spectacular! We have now filled our second shelf and are on our way to filling up our third one - more books are already waiting to be added! It will be so fun to read all your book reviews on Whooo's Reading later this week. Keep up the great work everyone!

Did I mention we WON the Box Tops Race?! We had our donut party on Friday and it was delightful!

This Week's Question: Complete the homophone challenge and send me an email by Monday morning to win a treat! Spelling counts!

The baker thought the dough _____ to be _____ more.

Narrative Writing, a "Shelf"ie Update, and More!

In ELA this week we worked on writing our personal narratives. Students were not only authors of their own papers, but they offered suggestions to their peers as they revised and edited together. We are focusing on including strategies we found in Saturdays and Teacakes into our own writing and there have been some pretty creative uses of the techniques! Before finalizing the narratives, we are also going to talk about what a good hook and good conclusion sentence look like so that we can make sure ours will be strong parts of our stories.

Our Class "Shelf"ie continues to grow - we have almost filled shelf #2! Keep up the great reading everyone!

We had our second school-wide PAWS Meeting today where we talked about goal setting. After the meeting, we all headed outside for human foosball!

* New to the Blog! Every so often, I will put a question in the post that, if answered correctly by Monday morning, could get you a small treat. So keep reading the blog to get updates on our classroom and maybe even win something!

This Week's Question: We have been working on writing Narratives. What are the two other types of writing we will do this year? Send me an email with your answer by Monday morning! :)